Head-to-head Updated

Dunlop Blue Response TG vs Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 1 + 3 road tests and 7 + 5,009 owner reviews. How we score

Pilot Sport All Season 4 is ahead, 79–69

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Dunlop Blue Response TG
Tire ADunlop

Blue Response TG

Summer

± 7Provisional

Tests 80 · 1 test Owners 60 · 7 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 8 in 2026 Summer ECO Tyre Test (dry braking)

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4
± 5

Tests 77 · 3 tests Owners 80 · 5,009 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 9 in 2024 Tire Rack UHP All Season Tyre Test (snow braking)

“I just switched from the Pilot Sport All Season 4 to the Continental DWS 06 Plus, and the contis are WAY quieter and ride so much smoother than the Michelins. Hopefully they'll last longer too, the Michelins only lasted me about 28k~ miles despite regularly rotating them.”

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 72

    Dry

    Pilot Sport All Season 4 +11
    83
    Why this score
    SourceBlue Response TGPilot Sport All Season 4
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / 3 tests7979
    Reviews found online6089

    Blue Response TG: 60% × 79.4 + 40% × 60.1 = 72

    Pilot Sport All Season 4: 60% × 78.6 + 40% × 88.8 = 83

  2. 74

    Wet

    Pilot Sport All Season 4 +10
    84
    Why this score
    SourceBlue Response TGPilot Sport All Season 4
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / 3 tests8281
    Reviews found online6390

    Blue Response TG: 60% × 81.7 + 40% × 63.1 = 74

    Pilot Sport All Season 4: 60% × 81.2 + 40% × 89.5 = 84

  3. –

    Snow

    No comparison
    76
    Why this score
    SourceBlue Response TGPilot Sport All Season 4
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests–84
    Reviews found online–64

    Pilot Sport All Season 4: 60% × 84.4 + 40% × 64.4 = 76

  4. 60

    Comfort

    Pilot Sport All Season 4 +13
    73
    Why this score
    SourceBlue Response TGPilot Sport All Season 4
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 3 tests≈ 66 (est.)69
    Reviews found online5577

    Blue Response TG: 40% × 66 (est.) + 60% × 55.4 = 60

    Pilot Sport All Season 4: 40% × 68.8 + 60% × 76.5 = 73

    No road tests of comfort for Blue Response TG. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  5. 70

    Noise

    Blue Response TG +6
    64
    Why this score
    SourceBlue Response TGPilot Sport All Season 4
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / 3 tests7255
    Reviews found online≈ 66 (est.)79

    Blue Response TG: 60% × 71.9 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 70

    Pilot Sport All Season 4: 60% × 54.9 + 40% × 78.8 = 64

    No owner ratings of noise for Blue Response TG. The owner half is the owners’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

  6. 62

    Treadwear

    Pilot Sport All Season 4 +8
    70
    Why this score
    SourceBlue Response TGPilot Sport All Season 4
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 64 (est.)≈ 68 (est.)
    Reviews found online5972

    Blue Response TG: 60% × 63.7 (est.) + 40% × 58.7 = 62

    Pilot Sport All Season 4: 60% × 68.5 (est.) + 40% × 72 = 70

    No road tests of treadwear for Blue Response TG. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

    No road tests of treadwear for Pilot Sport All Season 4. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. 57

    Handling (owners)

    Pilot Sport All Season 4 +25
    82
    Why this score
    SourceBlue Response TGPilot Sport All Season 4
    Reviews found online5782
  8. 54

    Efficiency

    No comparison
    –
    Why this score
    SourceBlue Response TGPilot Sport All Season 4
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests54–
Scores at a glance
Dunlop Blue Response TG vs Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4: scores by category (0–100)
CategoryDunlop Blue Response TGMichelin Pilot Sport All Season 4
Relative Score 69 79
Dry 72 83
Wet 74 84
Snow – 76
Comfort 60 73
Noise 70 64
Treadwear 62 70
Handling (owners) 57 82
Efficiency 54 –

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

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Recomputed
Headline score
± 7

Blue Response TG

± 5

Pilot Sport All Season 4

Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.

The professional test results behind the scores

Per discipline: the average % of the best tire over every test both tires were in, and how many of those tests each one won. “Different tests” rows compare results from separate tests.

DisciplineCategoryBlue Response TGPilot Sport All Season 4ΔHead-to-head
Dry Braking Dry 100% #1/8 · 2026 Summer ECO Tyre Test 100% #1/5 · 2025 AutoView Ultra High Performance All-Season Tyre Test – Different tests
Dry Handling Dry 100% #1/8 · 2026 Summer ECO Tyre Test 100% #2/5 · 2025 AutoView Ultra High Performance All-Season Tyre Test – Different tests
Wet Braking Wet 97% #2/8 · 2026 Summer ECO Tyre Test 100% #1/5 · 2025 AutoView Ultra High Performance All-Season Tyre Test – Different tests
Wet Handling Wet 100% #1/8 · 2026 Summer ECO Tyre Test 98% #5/9 · 2024 Tire Rack UHP All Season Tyre Test – Different tests
Noise Noise 100% #1/8 · 2026 Summer ECO Tyre Test 98% #5/5 · 2025 AutoView Ultra High Performance All-Season Tyre Test – Different tests
Also published by the testers (not in the score)
Overall Ranking Overall #1/8 2026 Auto Motor Und Sport Summer Tire Test R17 #2/5 2025 AutoView Ultra High Performance All-Season Tyre Test – Different tests

Pros, cons & observations

Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.

Tire A Blue Response TG

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Tire B Pilot Sport All Season 4

Pros

  • Exceptional grip and confidence in both wet and dry weather conditions
  • Noticeable improvement in ride comfort, responsiveness, and smoothness compared to OEM run-flat tires
  • Strong braking performance and resistance to hydroplaning in heavy rain

Cons

  • Faster-than-expected treadwear, particularly on performance vehicles or staggered setups
  • Noticeable road noise, humming, or cavity resonance at highway speeds for some users
  • Firm sidewalls can transmit sharper impacts over rough roads and potholes
All owner themes in the Pilot Sport All Season 4 review

What real owners are saying

From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score

Tire A

Dunlop Blue Response TG

We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.

Tire B

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4

Positive

Community sentiment for the Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 is predominantly positive, with drivers praising its dry and wet grip, responsive handling, and substantial upgrade over stock tires. However, several users report drawbacks including mediocre deep snow performance, noticeable road noise or ride stiffness compared to competitors like the Continental DWS 06 Plus, and an efficiency or range penalty on electric vehicles.

r/BMW ·3 upvotes ·2026-04-06

“I use these on my F80 M3 competition with the 666M wheels for the winter. I had Continental DWS 06 Plus on my E90 M3. The PSAS4 have stiffer side wall than the DWS06 Plus, so the ride will feel more sporty if that's what you're after. PSAS4 also have slightly more dry pavement grip and tad more steering feel than the DWS. The DWS is a tad bit quieter and softer sidewall. Superior to the PSAS4 in light snow. Dry pavement grip is still amazing. I have 2 sets of 666m wheels for my F80 comp. One set outfitted with Pilot sport all season 4 and the other set outfitted with Pilot sport 4s.”

r/ForteGT ·3 upvotes ·2026-04-02

“New Tires (Michelin Pilot Sport All-Season 4) I know this has been discussed a lot here so I won't go into a ton of detail, but I recently got a '23 GT (DCT, around 30k miles) and the stock tires were so ASS. Decided to grab the ones in the title and it's literally night and day difference. I was getting terrible traction when just barely accelerating w/ stock tires. Now I can basically floor it. Same with braking; felt pretty damn bad before, and so much better now. The ride, in general, also just feels more comfortable (smoother, though I didn't notice a huge sound difference, but I usually have music on anyway). Haven't gotten to really push it on turns or anything yet, but it's definitely a big difference already with the small bit of driving I did after getting them installed. I did also go with 235 over the stock 225.”

r/TeslaModel3 ·6 upvotes ·2023-02-17

“Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 efficiency FOLLOWUP: On a recent drive, similar speed (70-80) and same route, I managed to get 290Wh/mi. Only notable difference was that the outside temperature was now 25-30C (instead of <10C) In trying to debug WTF tesla is doing, I started looking at the CAN bus. It appears that the car tries to keep the battery in the 30-35C range, so pretty much all that extra power usage was the car trying to maintain battery temperature in cold weather rather than the tires. Original post--------------------------------------------: just FYI about Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 235/45zr18 98Y I knew to expect a small efficiency hit, but this is almost as bad as when I towed a 2000lb boxy trailer. M3LR, stock 18" wheels and aero covers, no roof rack, no bike rack, driving in ~10-15C ~70-80mph funny part is that with the $0.46/kWh supercharging for the California portion of the road trip, driving a Tesla comes out more expensive than a 22mpg gas car @$4/gal :rofl: Read more”

Top themes
#wet and dry grip#winter and snow capability#EV efficiency and range#Continental DWS06 Plus comparison#CrossClimate 2 comparison#road noise and ride comfort#tread life and wear

Based on 241 community posts

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Dunlop Blue Response TG B · Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4
CategorySummerAll Season
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available—3
Rim diameters—20″
Tread depth—9 - 10/32″
UTQG280 - 400 A - B A440 - 540 A - AA A
Sidewall—Black Side Wall
Max pressure—50 - 51 psi

Which one should you actually buy?

Dunlop Blue Response TG

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4

Winner: Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 — better handling, comfort and dry. Pick the Dunlop Blue Response TG if noise matters most to you. Dunlop Blue Response TG rests on little evidence so far (1 test, 7 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B You enjoy sharp, responsive handling

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 scores 82 vs 57 on handling.

Pick tire B You want the most comfortable ride

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 scores 73 vs 60 on comfort.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 scores 83 vs 72 on dry.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 scores 84 vs 74 on wet.

Tire A · Dunlop Blue Response TG
Tire B · Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4

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Blue Response TG or Pilot Sport All Season 4?

Which is better in the wet, Blue Response TG or Pilot Sport All Season 4?

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4, 84 vs 74 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, Blue Response TG or Pilot Sport All Season 4?

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4, 83 vs 72 on our dry score.

Which is quieter, Blue Response TG or Pilot Sport All Season 4?

Dunlop Blue Response TG, 70 vs 64 on our noise score.

Which is more comfortable, Blue Response TG or Pilot Sport All Season 4?

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4, 73 vs 60 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, Blue Response TG or Pilot Sport All Season 4?

Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4, 70 vs 62 on our treadwear score.

How do we compare tires?

Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.

Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.

Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology