Tires Hankook or Falken

Rs4 is the answer I've ran them on the track at 30° in freezing rain and snow and I didn't die

Long time Falken user here- the 615’s last forever, and give you great performance value. I recommend these tires to newer intermediate drivers that are starting to need something grippy, but not too grippy that it starts to cover up your mistakes / become a crutch.

I’ve run RS4s for the last 3 years. First set lasted 2 years, about 14 track days and 10K miles total between street driving (April to October) and track miles. They saw rain both on track and street without issue. They would have lasted longer but I picked up a puncture on one of them. It’s not a fast tire but it lasts and is very flexible. I’ve driven them in high 30 to low 40 degree weather with no drama.

Running 615+ on my race/street car. Car is fair weather but have been caught in the rain. Hoping they last 9 events this year plus less than 1500 street miles. Love the tires just did my first event and performed great.

i ran 615s on a gti for two-ish seasons and i’d highly recommend them for the track, but would warn you at least for me, they weren’t great on the street if any water entered the chat.

RS4s are pretty good for dual duty. Seem to last forever.

I use to run their ar1 then I saw the falken rt660 came out and those last longer. Grip feels about the same, I got a faster time on the falkens.

I have about 15k miles on some Falken Aklimates and they’re not bad. Live in upstate NY and they’ve handled the seasons well so far. No hesitation when getting some more spirited driving in through the Adirondacks.

I had some hankook Kinergy, I didn’t love them. They were loud and didn’t last super long

40k is a pretty good run for the OE Falkens. I recently replaced the same OE tires on my Crosstrek at 24k. They had been already performing poorly in the wet for a while.