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Originally Posted by Longboarder

I drove in a torrential thunderstorm with the freeway flooded with R888s. Most of the cars were doing 40-50mph I was doing fine at 80mph.

They are loud. Very loud. But so what. No other tire can compete with these in all these disciplines. Nothing.

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[Sered]

They're a 100 tread-wear R-compound tire; it IS a race tire lol. Of course they're going to grip well and do better than the 200 tread-wear tires to which you're comparing them. Nitto NT01s would be a better comparison, not RS-3s.

You might have had great experience in the wet, but I know for a fact that they do not do well there, especially in standing water. There's plenty of dips and shallow spots on the interstates here in Florida that end up having standing water.

If you're wanting no compromises in your dry traction; sure a 100 TW tire is pretty awesome. But there are 200 TW tires out there that give superb grip in both the dry and the wet. I'll write a review of my BFG Rival S tires once I've got a few thousand miles on them.

Originally Posted by Longboarder

How much do you know about the R888 as a multi-disciplinary tire for high HP cars? Have you ever driven a car with 600+ HP where traction is an major issue?

Every car with a 1,000+ HP coming out of Underground Racing comes fitted with R888s.

My Turbo S could not get off the line without violent spinning after I upgraded to 750 HP. Stock 0-60 was 2.8 but when adding a ton of power it would only go low 3's using PSS tires. With R888's it's now mid-2's. Cold or hot. Doesn't matter.

These tires work nicely at the track as well. I did a track day at ACS last year it was over 100 deg F track temps nearing 200 and these tires held up like race tires. Unbelievable. I was literally the only one left in the afternoon. Lapping everyone because the R888s were the only tire still working.

I drove in a torrential thunderstorm with the freeway flooded with R888s. Most of the cars were doing 40-50mph I was doing fine at 80mph.

They are loud. Very loud. But so what. No other tire can compete with these in all these disciplines. Nothing.

[Longboarder]

Originally Posted by Sered

They're a 100 tread-wear R-compound tire; it IS a race tire lol. Of course they're going to grip well and do better than the 200 tread-wear tires to which you're comparing them. Nitto NT01s would be a better comparison, not RS-3s.

You might have had great experience in the wet, but I know for a fact that they do not do well there, especially in standing water. There's plenty of dips and shallow spots on the interstates here in Florida that end up having standing water.

If you're wanting no compromises in your dry traction; sure a 100 TW tire is pretty awesome. But there are 200 TW tires out there that give superb grip in both the dry and the wet. I'll write a review of my BFG Rival S tires once I've got a few thousand miles on them.

I thought the treadware was a 180. I'll need to check. But regardless what makes the r888 so special is that it hooks when COLD. Yes it works hot too but this is what makes the r888 unique. And it did great in standing water for me. In fact a lot of guys run the r888 as their wet track tire.