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Riken Raptor HR vs Hankook Winter i cept evo2 — 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 0 + 5 road tests and 1 + 28 owner reviews. How we score

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Riken Raptor HR
Tire ARiken

Raptor HR

Grand Touring All-Season

Tests – · none yet Owners – · 1 review (needs 5)

Hankook Winter i cept evo2
± 7

Tests 67 · 5 tests Owners 71 · 28 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 10 in 2017 Sport Auto Winter Tyre Test (snow 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 comparison
    67
    Why this score
    SourceRaptor HRWinter i cept evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests–65
    Reviews found online–71

    Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 64.9 + 40% × 71.3 = 67

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    Wet

    No comparison
    71
    Why this score
    SourceRaptor HRWinter i cept evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests–70
    Reviews found online–74

    Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 70.1 + 40% × 73.5 = 71

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    Snow

    No comparison
    70
    Why this score
    SourceRaptor HRWinter i cept evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests–72
    Reviews found online–66

    Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 72 + 40% × 66.4 = 70

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    Comfort

    No comparison
    70
    Why this score
    SourceRaptor HRWinter i cept evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score)–≈ 69 (est.)
    Reviews found online–71

    Winter i cept evo2: 40% × 69.5 (est.) + 60% × 71.1 = 70

    No road tests of comfort for Winter i cept evo2. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

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    Noise

    No comparison
    55
    Why this score
    SourceRaptor HRWinter i cept evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 4 tests–47
    Reviews found online–≈ 67 (est.)

    Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 47.4 + 40% × 66.6 (est.) = 55

    No owner ratings of noise for Winter i cept 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 comparison
    69
    Why this score
    SourceRaptor HRWinter i cept evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests–67
    Reviews found online–73

    Winter i cept evo2: 60% × 67.1 + 40% × 72.6 = 69

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    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    73
    Why this score
    SourceRaptor HRWinter i cept evo2
    Reviews found online–73
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    Efficiency

    No comparison
    59
    Why this score
    SourceRaptor HRWinter i cept evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 4 tests–59
Scores at a glance
Riken Raptor HR vs Hankook Winter i cept evo2: scores by category (0–100)
CategoryRiken Raptor HRHankook Winter i cept evo2
Relative Score – 69
Dry – 67
Wet – 71
Snow – 70
Comfort – 70
Noise – 55
Treadwear – 69
Handling (owners) – 73
Efficiency – 59

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

Raptor HR

± 7

Winter i cept 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 Winter i cept evo2

Pros

  • Impressive grip and traction on snow and ice
  • High level of ride comfort and low noise levels
  • Good value for money compared to higher-priced premium alternatives

Cons

  • Soft sidewalls or goofy feel on dry roads, particularly in warmer winter temperatures
  • Performance and grip degrade significantly as the tire ages over multiple seasons
  • Can struggle to put down high torque/power on rear-wheel-drive vehicles
All owner themes in the Winter i cept evo2 review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Riken Raptor HR B · Hankook Winter i cept evo2
CategoryGrand Touring All-SeasonWinter
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available—79
Rim diameters—15″ – 22″

Which one should you actually buy?

Riken Raptor HR

Hankook Winter i cept evo2

Only Hankook Winter i cept 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 Winter i cept 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