Tests – · none yet Owners – · 1 review (needs 5)
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Riken Raptor HR vs Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 — Compared
Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews. Based on 0 + 11 road tests and 1 + 2,129 owner reviews. How we score
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Tests 78 · 11 tests Owners 67 · 2,129 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 16 in 2018 Test World Summer Tyre Test (dry braking)
Category by category
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
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Dry
No comparison74Why this score
Source Raptor HR Ventus S1 evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 11 tests – 76 Reviews found online – 70 Ventus S1 evo2: 60% × 76.5 + 40% × 70.4 = 74
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Wet
No comparison78Why this score
Source Raptor HR Ventus S1 evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 11 tests – 82 Reviews found online – 72 Ventus S1 evo2: 60% × 82.4 + 40% × 72.3 = 78
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Comfort
No comparison69Why this score
Source Raptor HR Ventus S1 evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests – 72 Reviews found online – 64 Ventus S1 evo2: 60% × 71.7 + 40% × 64 = 69
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Noise
No comparison72Why this score
Source Raptor HR Ventus S1 evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 6 tests – 76 Reviews found online – ≈ 67 (est.) Ventus S1 evo2: 60% × 75.7 + 40% × 67.3 (est.) = 72
No owner ratings of noise for Ventus S1 evo2. The owner half is the owners’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.
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Treadwear
No comparison62Why this score
Source Raptor HR Ventus S1 evo2 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 64 (est.) Reviews found online – 60 Ventus S1 evo2: 60% × 63.8 (est.) + 40% × 59.6 = 62
No road tests of treadwear for Ventus S1 evo2. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).
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Handling (owners)
No comparison67Why this score
Source Raptor HR Ventus S1 evo2 Reviews found online – 67
Scores at a glance
| Category | Riken Raptor HR | Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 |
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| Relative Score | – | 72 |
| Dry | – | 74 |
| Wet | – | 78 |
| Comfort | – | 69 |
| Noise | – | 72 |
| Treadwear | – | 62 |
| Handling (owners) | – | 67 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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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.
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Headline score
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Raptor HR
72
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Ventus S1 evo2
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Pros, cons & observations
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
Tire A Raptor HR
Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.
Tire B Ventus S1 evo2
Pros
- Excellent dry and wet grip performance
- Strong value compared to premium alternatives like Michelin or Continental
- Crisp steering response and confident cornering handling
Cons
- Faster-than-expected tread wear, particularly on heavier or high-performance vehicles
- Increased road noise and harsher ride quality as the tire ages and tread depth lowers
- Occasional reports of structural weaknesses such as sidewall bulges or cracking
Specs side by side
| Attribute | A · Riken Raptor HR | B · Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 |
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| Category | Grand Touring All-Season | Summer |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | — | 61 |
| Rim diameters | — | 16″ – 20″ |
Which one should you actually buy?
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Riken Raptor HR
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Hankook Ventus S1 evo2
Only Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 has enough test and review data for a Relative Score, so there is no head-to-head winner yet.
Tire A · Riken Raptor HR
Tire B · Hankook Ventus S1 evo2
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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