Tires YOKOHAMA or NANKANG

MT71s are good and the FT7 Nankangs seem to work ok:

I have Yokohama Geolandar A/T's on my 250 and im satisfied ????

Tires that work well in the heat with more pace than a V730? Nankang CRS.

Also lift kit, 14” rims and nankang AT tires so I can get to more remote job sites.

You may also look at Nankang AR1, 100tw semi slicks, if it’s only for track and dry days.

I had great experience, my car weighs 3k lbs, and the set lasted me for 16-17 track days, and it was a used set.

The grip in these tires is insane and improved braking drastically.

Since you’re dedicating this set purely for HPDE and want something that survives endurance-style sessions without overheating or chunking, the Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 is the best pick among everything you listed. It holds grip longer than PS4S, it’s far more heat-resistant than the Continental Sport 02, and unlike the RT660, it doesn’t fall off a cliff halfway through a session. Perfect match for a VA STI on stock power and mild camber.

Nankang are cheap budget tires. They might have ran out of money recently and have been cutting corners on maintenance.

After installing the *Yokohama YK-GTX All Season* tires, there was an observable drop in mileage.

Never had a Yokohama tire last more than 30k miles on three different vehicles, so I won’t be buying them again.

I had the Yokohama with orange oil on my previous Crosstrek, and it slid in every turn no matter how slow I went.