Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R vs Toyo R888 vs Giti Sport GTR3. What's the best track day tyre? 

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I find it amazing how big an effect tyres can have on a sports car. If you went into a dealer and bought an M2 on one set of tyres you might not be particularly impressed with it, but be blown away by it on another set. People don't understand this enough. Keep it up, great video

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The M2 looks so good with these wheels.

You made it like child’s play reviewing and thinking while driving to get a good timing. Imagine you drive with full concentration!! My go to channel before i buy tyres. Thank you

I have no intention of buying any of these tires, yet I'm still watching and finding it very interesting. Great work.

Keep up the great work, used to rely on word of mouth or garage recommendations when sourcing new tyres, these reviews seem to be more honest and "real-world"!!

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I have tried almost every tire brand including those cheap ones, I couldn't forget how well balance and grippy a michelin tire was, how pointy a yokohama can be, and how durable a bridgestone can last. Recently I have changed a set of Giti S2 and I can assure you it is basically a cheaper version of Michelin PS4. It saves my wallet and satisfaction by a big margin, I hope Giti is keeping their quality without increasing its' price. Last but not least, I have to thank tyrereview's professional and honest review throughout the years, it is really helpful when we are looking for the better deals! Keep up the good work guys!

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Excellent video, as always. What is painfully obvious to me is that little by little over time there is no reason whatsoever not to opt for a 'second' brand. I mean, who knew of Giti until recently? And now they not only throw the gauntlet, but pick it up as well. Well done.

Great video and +1 for full track day tyre test 👌

Congratz again in making these videos, it's really valuable to see someone test it which actually understands it well. I have test also many tires on my cars although it always comes at a cost :|

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Respect your hard work!!!

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Subscribed and watched all your videos this evening. Really enjoyed the rare proper technical detail, presentation and natural style! Cheers Jonathan 👍🏻 I’d personally like to see some Porsche N rated versions of Pirelli and Michelin tested back to back. A little niche perhaps, but we’re all stuck on these N versions while under warranty!

Good video, but sad to see you only included 3 tyres. Would really have loved seeing a full track day tyre test with atleast the Cup 2 and AD08R in there aswell(and the new R888r). Now it almost comes off as a review of the GITI GTR3. Tough luck on the moody M2 spoiling your test evening, but you saved it pretty good. Liked and subbed, hoping for a full track tyre shootout!

excellent reviews, my man!

Wow, this is one of the or the only Giti tyre review in youtube I could find. Can you do more reviews on Giti control 288 Giti comfort and Giti SUV tyres? Really would love to learn how they work on normal everyday cars. Great reviews. Subscribed.

Love these reviews

Great test! Hope your channel get all the suport

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I had GT Radial Champiro 50 (sub brand of Giti) on my Suzuki Swift 10 years back. The tyres were very noisy, but they were super grippy on wet and dry roads and had excellent braking and handling capabilities. These were even grippier than the Yokohama Adrives and Michelin Energy XM2s that followed it. I were skeptical when the tyre dealer recommended me GT Radial, an unknown brand. But in fact, they proved to be good quality tyres.

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looking forward to the next video!

Smashing watch!!! Always on point with your delivery of pieces and conclusions!

Interesting review, thanks for the effort. On the R888 and R888R, these are not liked in Australia for track days, they are sold as a semi slick but don't perform anywhere near the best semi slicks.

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Brilliant video! Last time I drove Toyos they were a bit on the bad side on the wet. Pirelli seem to know what they´re doing. PS! Can´t wait for the next video! The showdown of MPS4S and MPS4. I have a feeling it´s gonna be close! Just ordered a new set of MPS4 last night btw.

You're Videos Are Very Educational . Can't Wait For Next Videos . . . .

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Tyre reviews, what psi did you run in each set of tires???? Because as you know a track tire like Trofeo R will respond very well in a car weighing similar to an M2 at between 28 and 33psi hot and a street tire will run 33-40psi hot. Heres the tricky part, if you've done any study at all on the r888 you will realise the sidewalls are quite soft, and this becomes worse once warm. Toyo actually recommend varying tire pressures as per the weight of the car and they are unusually high but work extremely well. This is what I have found, 1400-1600kg car should run 36-42psi hot. Which takes about 2 laps off the life until they overheat and you need a cooldown lap, however the grip for the 5 laps before that are unreal. Many track days ive heard people complain about their r888's and EVERY single one of them are running close to 30psi hot. I instantly facepalm and offer a suggestion, we pump them up and send them back out. A bmw z4 improved his time by 6 seconds, an r35 gtr by 3 seconds, and a Supra by 5 seconds on a 1min 40 lap circuit. As soon as my car drops below 36psi you can safely knock 1.5 seconds off my lap time. Nobody runs an r compound semi slick that high, but with r888 you need to, and its a big improvement. I have turned people from hating the tire to now saying its the only thing they will run. Im assuming you ran them too low, because anyone who says the toyo is noisy is obviously running them below 36psi. Its actually quieter than the trofeo R if you run the pressures correctly, tho i am still faster by 0.15 of a second on the trofeo r, having about 60 laps under my belt with the trofeo r and well over 100 with the r888.

Awesome video dude! Not many youtube channels that review car tyres in an unbiased way, using both subjective and objective data. Keep up the good work!

this is an awesome video about tyre performance

I was lucky enough I experience the trofeo R at snetterton this week. They’d been freshly installed on a GT3 RS. Previous experience was on cup 2. Very impressed, better grip than standard cup2 and stayed on boil for a long time at high speeds and some hard braking. They were even quite good from cold (18 degree ambient). Wouldn’t want to use them in any kind of wet though!

Bronze alloys looked amazing!

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Lovely video, keep doing good job :)

Great video, very interested in the Gigi's now! Looking forward to the next video.

Would love to see Cup 2 vs Trofeo and Giti vs 4s. Keep up the amazing videos!

Interesting and in depth info

Quality video 😀 subscribed

Definitely want to see more videos like this. Really interesting, well done! I'd love to see the Yokohama AD08R in a test. It'd be interesting to compare it against the top UHP tyre, the GTR3 in this video & full track day semi slicks. I understand the AD08R & the GTR3 to sit in the middle of UHP & track tyres so it'd be good to see if they're worth the extra money. I currently drive an FN2 Type R on PS4's & they're a great tyre, but do overheat on track. It'd be good to see how tyres compare in that aspect too.

Can't wait for the next vid ! (4 vs 4S etc) Also interested to see this GTR3 against those too. Fingers crossed for the Giti in my sizes :D

Have you compared Trofeo R vs Cup 2 R? We would like see which one is faster around track. You have very nice reviews.

One of my favourite tracks !

Good test. I was just missing two tires there in this comparison - Michelin's Cup 2s and Federal's 595RS-RRs as a budget option.

Love this @TyreReviews! I know that this is about tires but I would also be interested to hear your opinions on the M2 in general as a fast-road/daily & trackday car. Cheers

Thank you for these super informative reviews! Just one question poped up in my mind, why didn't you use the new version of toyo - r888r?

I've been selling Giti tires the last year or two. Very good tires for the money price is right. The car tire ride great. I've also had amazing results with Thunderer at half the price of a sumitomo. The thunderer ride is amazing in 235 40 18s.

Wonderful, real expert! You need a bigger production crew to have a massive test! Although I have to say the production quality has come a looooooooooong way! Fantastic!

Will you do a 200 tw track day and auto cross tire test? So re71, rival 1.5s, kumho. 19 30 305. Rival just released that size.

Awesome content. Thanks.

I had the Federal 595RSR and it was a great compromise occasional track day tyre on my every day car (tuned Mazda 3MPS which was terrible on my factory tyres on the track) - very good wear and wet performance was great. Front end grip was excellent and I could really push the front wheel drive as much as I dared without just understeering under power. Puncture resistance not so great but I would think its good value for the perfomance.

Very good video!!!!!Nice guys!!!!

Thanks for you vids, that's not easy to find that kind of serious tyre test in the internet ! Could you also review tyres in smaller dimensions ? I have to fit 17'' trackdays tyre on my GT86, there's not much choices available and I really don't know what to choose... I want to keep my car fun without too much grip (bye bye PSCup2), but I don't want either a tyre that will overheat after 5 laps (Bye bye PS4, Eagle F1...). Any thoughts ??? Yokohama AD08R maybe ?

Good test!!

That was a really good video, I'm super surprised about the Toyo. I thought that tire would do much better

Great video. Here's an idea for a test... PS4S v CS6 v GTR3 v PS91 v FK510

Great video and as per usual so informative👍🏼 keep up the amazing work😁

Thank you for a great video, as always. It would be good to mention what alignment the tyres were tested with. Assuming it was stock on the BMW, with zero camber in the front, no surprise you couldn’t get confidence with R888s. Due to tyre construction R888 likes significant negative camber, at least -2.5 or more. And that’s what most serious track guys would run anyways. Trofeo Rs are frequently fitted on super cars, which tend to have have zero camber due to their intended regular road use. With a serious track set-up of a more common track car, most people (think old Bimmer owners) would probably be able to get much closer results between R888 and the Pirellis, at half the cost. Would be really interesting if you make a test on a track-ready car with front camber alignment.

Intersting comparison, I would not rely on a Giti tire to fit my car before but after looking to the video, I could envisage it. Need to look to other performances like "wear" to make the good choice. Impressive to see how budget tire can sometimes get close to premium brands...

would be nice to see mpsc2, mps4s, ad08r and trofeo r in the next test. Perhaps even a road based tyre like mpss or mps4 . thanks for this video please keep up the great work. subscribed

Late to the party here, but having run R888s and assorted 200tw rubber (Old Dunlop Z1s, Nitto NT05, and currently Falken RT615K+) I always felt like they were close to the same in one-lap absolute pace. The Toyos put up with heat a little better in longer driving sessions, but sacrifice a lot of road comfort to do so (which is whatever because that's not what they're made for).

Interesting video! Thanks!

another excellent video! Now i'm really interested in the GitiSport GTR3, should I put it on my GT3 when it's available?

I love almost all the wheels what wheels are they ? You recon they will look alright on a blue m235i ?

Very informative video this & although I have an R53 track car that has NS2-R trackday tyres on it the GTR3’s look interesting as a tyre that could go on my A45 AMG as I daily it & wouldn’t mind trying it on track. The ‘go to’ tyre on that is the PS4 so would be very interested in a direct comparison to that. Maybe do a comparison using a hyper-hatch next time like an A45, RS3 or RS

Thank you for the information. I’m very curious how tweaking tire pressures can change the characteristics of tires. For example: Would lowering pressure up front and raising pressure in the rear help fight understeer? Thanks again.

Great comparison! Really surprised by the Giti

Nice video again. would be interesting to see how the Dunlop DZ03G would do against the Pirelli, for me it is a better track day tyres than the Toyo. Never heard of the Giti sport GTR3, looks like a good job though for road! Will check it out, thanks for that.

Can't wait for the ps4 vs ps4s review. Hope you can show how it compares to the gtr3

Thankyou, more please and can you include target hot pressures for optimal performance?

Good video , i will try giti

Looking forward to that promised review of the Giti against the Pilot Sport 4S.

Thanks for the test! What was ambient temp at the track that day (approx?)

Would of been great if you could of done a comparison of the m2’s standard super sports.

Brilliant video mate, that Giti looks interesting, hope they do them in 18's...

I'd love to see this awesome test done again in 2020 or 2021. Sport Cup 2(R?) vs R888R vs Nankang AR-1?

excellent vid, I would like to see Yoko AD08R vs Dunlop Direzza Z111 vs Michelin Pilot Cup Sport 2, basically 180 to 200 treadwear comparison so a track day hero tire for the road

Not bad for a brand I wasn't aware of. Never even thought there was a tyre brand from Singapore

Would like to see the Giti Sport GTR3 vs PS4s, Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport, Continental sportcontact 6!

Could you please test the Federal RS-R, Federal RS-Pro, Syron Street Race, Banking NS-2R and compare to the Cup 2, AD08 RS or some other Semi-Slicks/UHP tires in size 225/45/17? Greetings...

how would you compare a trofeo R to a Dunlop dzo3g or a Yokohama Ao50 as a 15" for track only use?

trofeo r vs mpsc2 vs ar1 vs r888r vs yoko A052 please. This will be the ultimate current track tyre shoot out. Would be amazing to see this.

I thought R888R's are in the market for a few years now. Was very suprised to see old R888 in this video. Would love to see Cup2 and AD08R tires in next track day tire test, and maybe 4S as best street tire. I think it would be good to mention UTGQ numbers of participants in track tire test videos. In defence of R888 vs Giti, R888 is at least 10 year old tire model. Giti "not in the market yet" is just matching R888's performance numbers...

Interesting review. Despite others opinions I liked the lack of bias. Still a r888 fan tho. BTW, what wheels are those, please?

Just found out your channel and I loved it. got my sub man Btw, can you tell me what those wheels are ? They are a beauty :D

I came from car throttle when you were with Alex a little bit before this comment in the first video of Gareth, the e46 330d

What about the Yokohama Advan? I'm quite please about my AD08R's on a 2.5 Focus ST.

What build year is the M2? Mine got a SW update in January and I did not have the limb mode issue with mine on track even with an almost empty tank. It would be awesome if you'd also talk about tire pressures you used during the day on the tires. I also noted that you did not seem to have used the pressure sensors on the wheels, which is a helpful thing to have at a trackday, since you're able to see the tire pressures and temperatures of the (air inside the) tires in the idrive menu. Looking forward to your next video :)

Please include other Giti tyres(Giticomfort 228v1, F22 Giticontrol 288) in your reviews more.

WOW, very informative video! All you guys need to sub. More recourses too this channel/type of content please.

Interesting how the market is different in the UK vs. North America: Trofeo R - heat cycles out instantly so only for people with lots of money who won't buy Hoosier R7's; R888 - trashed by pretty much everyone in North America sooo hard at introduction years ago - everybody wanted a better RA-1 - that Toyo almost instantly started importing the R888R, which is so (relatively) slow that '200' (ha!) treadwear tires like the RE-71R are typically faster, albeit nowhere near as long-lasting on track; and I've never heard of the third tire - but I would caution against saying anything about a prototype tire. The 200 treadwear market is huge in North America due to competition rulesets, with everything from tires good for only a couple hot laps (RE-71R) to tires good for endurance races all wearing the '200' rating. Still, it is nice to see what is available in other countries. Keep up the great work, and plan on running street cars with a full tank!

What are the wheels you were using? I've been looking for a good y-spoke wheel and really like the one you are using.

Pilot Sports Cup 2s should have been there, otherwise great vid.

Thanks for the reviews... have you previously rated tires for AWD cars? I’m a subaru fan and always wondered what tires could conquer the track and be good on my daily driver.