Relative Score (0–100): 60% professional tests, 40% owner reviews.
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Tests 75 · 1 test Owners 79 · 1,506 reviews
“12k on two consecutive sets of PSS. Stage 2 MK6 (285whp/325wtq), drive fairly aggressively, an odd track day or two here and there, full suspension but run aggressive alignment settings. No abnormaly quick wear in any one spot, they just look like racing slicks when I’m done. If you can afford it, they are well worth the $$. Other tires may come close in performance, but for daily use, can’t beat the comfort of the PSS”
Tests – · none yet Owners 61 · none yet
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| Source | Pilot Super Sport | HTR Sport H/P |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | 77 | – |
| Reviews found online | 87 | – |
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | HTR Sport H/P |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | 73 | – |
| Reviews found online | 80 | – |
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | HTR Sport H/P |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 75 | – |
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | HTR Sport H/P |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 75 | – |
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | HTR Sport H/P |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 70 | – |
| Source | Pilot Super Sport | HTR Sport H/P |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 81 | – |
| Category | Michelin Pilot Super Sport | Sumitomo HTR Sport H/P |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 75 | – |
| Dry | 81 | – |
| Wet | 76 | – |
| Comfort | 72 | – |
| Noise | 70 | – |
| Treadwear | 68 | – |
| Handling | 81 | – |
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Pilot Super Sport
HTR Sport H/P
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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.
“Our 2017 Z51 has about 18k miles on the AS3+ ZP, and 10k miles on the factory PSS ZP, we switch out every Fall/Spring with a second set of wheels/sensors. I've done hours of really hard driving on back roads in Texas and New Mexico with the AS3+, if you need the little extra grip of the PSS on public roads, you're driving like an idiot. I only keep the PSS because I do some autocrossing each summer and small increases in grip can be the difference between good times and mediocre times. Also, the PSS will stand up to the heat of competition driving better, but that shouldn't be an issue on the street. The PSS cost about 10% less and last about 50% longer, so your tire-cost-per-mile gets cut in half. Below about 50'-60', the AS3+ grip as well or better. I just tested them in 3 1/2" of snow on my driveway, worked pretty well. The AS3+ should be the standard factory tire, with the PSS only as an option.”
“Pilot super sports. I had the Dunlop Star Specs, they where a excellent handling tire but lasted only 24K miles. Currently running the Pilot super sports, they are outstanding and I have 26K miles on them. They are the best tires for the G37 in my opinion.They look like they will go another 10K. Recently I ran a road corse for 30 miles following my friends Lambrogini Gilargo, speeds where 60-85 miles per hour and the turns sineage was 35- 45 mph. We where both able to run the 35 mph turns at 70mph and the 45mph turns at 85 mph. I used the paddle shifters in 3rd and 4th gears. With the suspension mods and the Michlien PSS on my G I was able the keep up with the Lambo, needless to say my friend who is an avid high performance driver was serouisly impressed with my Infiniti especially 50 K for the G vs 230K for the Lambo.”
“I use mine all year round, and it's only in snow that they come unstuck - although I've never actually been driving in enough snow to need to break out my sno-socks. I've done wet 'Ring laps on mine, below zero Welsh hoons etc. They take about 10 miles to warm up enough to push on, but you probably shouldn't be pushing on in the first 10 minutes of a sub-zero day anyway!”
Based on 364 community posts
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| Attribute | A · Michelin Pilot Super Sport | B · Sumitomo HTR Sport H/P |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | — |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | SUV and 4x4 |
| Sizes available | 50 | — |
| Rim diameters | 17″ – 23″ | — |
Michelin Pilot Super Sport
Sumitomo HTR Sport H/P
Only Michelin Pilot Super Sport has enough test and review data for a Relative Score, so there is no head-to-head winner yet.
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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.
Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score.
