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Originally Posted by jqsmooth
My car came with Contis too. What's wrong with the Contis? PS2s are slightly more expensive, but the reviews on tirerack are pretty close, PS2s have a .5 higher rating on a scale of 1 to 10. I'm willing to spend a little more if there's a distinct advantage one set over the other. Can people elaborate? Thnx
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Personally, I put little faith in TireRack's rating system. The Conti's do not have the same level of ultimate grip and are more susceptible to hydroplaning, at least with my experience. I think a good gage of a street tire's true performance is which street tires are used by competitors in the One Lap because they run on road courses, drap strips, autox courses, and wet and dry skid pads. Most of the top teams run the PS2 and I believe it holds the dry and wet skid pad max g - around 1.0 in the wet!
Also, Hoosier makes the race slicks that are labeled as Conti's in the Grand AM Conti Sports Car Challenge so they don't even make their own race tires.