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 + 0 road tests and 1,506 + 10 owner reviews. How we score
Pilot Super Sport is ahead, 77–40
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Tests 75 · 1 test Owners 82 · 1,506 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 9 in 2017 Motor Mag UHP Tyre Test (dry handling)
“Damn. 295s on Style 359Ms? That's pushing it a bit, isn't it? I so desperately wish Michelin would make a 285/30 PSS. I'm running 275/35s now, and while I like the extra rubber on the road, I don't like the increased sidewall height over the OEM 265/35.”
Tests – · none yet Owners 24 · 10 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | Eagle F1 Supercar EMT |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 77 | ≈ 53 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 90 | 32 |
Pilot Super Sport: 60% × 77.4 + 40% × 90.2 = 83
Eagle F1 Supercar EMT: 60% × 53 (est.) + 40% × 32.1 = 45
No road tests of dry for Eagle F1 Supercar EMT. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | Eagle F1 Supercar EMT |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 73 | ≈ 48 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 84 | 29 |
Pilot Super Sport: 60% × 73.1 + 40% × 84 = 77
Eagle F1 Supercar EMT: 60% × 47.5 (est.) + 40% × 28.7 = 40
No road tests of wet for Eagle F1 Supercar EMT. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | Eagle F1 Supercar EMT |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 71 (est.) | ≈ 59 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 77 | 16 |
Pilot Super Sport: 40% × 70.6 (est.) + 60% × 76.9 = 74
Eagle F1 Supercar EMT: 40% × 59.3 (est.) + 60% × 15.9 = 33
No road tests of comfort for Pilot Super Sport or Eagle F1 Supercar EMT. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | Eagle F1 Supercar EMT |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | ≈ 68 (est.) | ≈ 47 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 73 | 12 |
Pilot Super Sport: 60% × 68.4 (est.) + 40% × 72.8 = 70
Eagle F1 Supercar EMT: 60% × 47.4 (est.) + 40% × 12.2 = 33
No road tests of treadwear for Pilot Super Sport. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
No road tests of treadwear for Eagle F1 Supercar EMT. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | Eagle F1 Supercar EMT |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 83 | – |
| Category | Michelin Pilot Super Sport | Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar EMT |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 77 | 40 |
| Dry | 83 | 45 |
| Wet | 77 | 40 |
| Comfort | 74 | 33 |
| Treadwear | 70 | 33 |
| Handling (owners) | 83 | – |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
Wet grip starts at “Important”. Treadwear starts at “Neutral” here: road tests measured it for at most one of the two tires, so it rests on owner reviews. Move the sliders and the scores update instantly.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
Pilot Super Sport
Eagle F1 Supercar EMT
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
The Michelin Pilot Super Sport is widely praised by the community as a benchmark high-performance street tire offering outstanding dry grip, sharp cornering capability, and decent ride comfort for daily driving. Many drivers note that its successor, the Pilot Sport 4S, improves upon it—especially in cold and wet conditions—while several users highlight downsides such as poor winter/snow capability, premium pricing, and eventual rubber degradation or tread cracking as the tires age.
“The Michelin PSS are great tires. I am currently running Michelin (PS3s) on my sport bike. But a more budget-minded summer tire I like for a DD car is the Yokohama s.drive. I got over 26k miles out of my last set on an S5 (some twisties, but no track use). The s.drive is cheaper, quieter, and I believe a little lighter than the PSS. The s.drives do give up grip to the PSS, for sure, but that depends on how hard you push your car on the street, if you're going to be doing track driving with these tires, how much you like being able to break it loose, and the type of car these would be going on. For a car I want to regularly exercise on weekends, I'd go PSS. For a DD that just needs to feel better than it would on an A/S tire, the s.drive is a good balance.”
“I bought my 2006 C2S last September. It came with Pirelli P Zero Rosso N spec tires that were 3 years old and had about 80% of tread life remaining. I drove about 8000 miles and relaced them yesterday with Michelin Pilot Super Sports. They grip much better than the Pirellis. The biggest surprise is the car is now much much quieter than it was. I had no idea how noisy the old tires were until I got rid of them.”
“Re: Best summer tires & Best winter tires! I run PSS on my M Roadster during the summer and do a couple of weeks each summer of some very fast paced driving with our car club on mountain roads. I have tried a number of tires over the years and PSS for me have the best balance of wet and dry traction with a great feel for how close you are to the edge of performance. I have been getting 2 years on the rear tires and 3 years on the front tires. Another brand of very good winter tire is Nokian Hakkapeliitta R2's.”
Based on 364 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Michelin Pilot Super Sport | B · Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar EMT |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer tire |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 50 | — |
| Rim diameters | 17″ – 23″ | — |
Michelin Pilot Super Sport
Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar EMT
Winner: Michelin Pilot Super Sport — better comfort, dry and wet. It leads or ties in every category we score. Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar EMT rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 10 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport scores 74 vs 33 on comfort.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport scores 83 vs 45 on dry.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport scores 77 vs 40 on wet.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport scores 70 vs 33 on treadwear.
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Michelin Pilot Super Sport, 77 vs 40 on our wet score.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport, 83 vs 45 on our dry score.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport, 74 vs 33 on our comfort score.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport, 70 vs 33 on our treadwear score.
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
