Which TD tyres best in the wet?

Which TD tyres best in the wet?

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Synchromesh

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Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Looking for a set of tyres for my MX5 - its main purpose is as a track day car.

However I tend to do a lot of track days in the winter and at the Nurburgring, where the weather can be unpredictable. Don't have the capacity to take a 2nd set of wheels/tyres to these events so they need to cover all the bases.

Options are:

Toyo R1R
Yokohama AD08R
Federal 595 RSR
Nankang NS-2R

Basically, which of these give the best wet weather performace?

Synchromesh

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167 months

Wednesday 16th December 2015
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JKING said:
Michelin p2g's
Don't know what these are but the ones I've listed are the only ones available in my size anyway.

Looks like a toss up between the AD08R and the R1R - leaning towards the Toyos though, as they'll save me about £50 for the set.

Synchromesh

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Thursday 17th December 2015
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I probably didn't explain myself very well. I need a tyre that's good in the dry too. Rather than have to have two sets of wheels/tyres, I want a tyre that's as good in the wet as it is in the dry, even if it isn't the outright best in either scenario.

I've currently got Uniroyal Rainexperts on, which at a wet track day on Sunday I overtook 20 cars in as many minutes while not getting overtake once, and I'm not even a particularly good driver! However, I've heard bad things about Uniroyals on dry TDs, like that they overheat and go off (e.g. they were recently criticised in the CarThrottle MX-5 video).

Let me put it another way. When I take the MX5 to the Nurburgring in April I won't have space for a second set of tyres. When I went last April it was pretty torrential, but its so unpredictable there that I didn't know it would be when I left home. So my tyre choice needs to cope as well on if its hot and sunny as if its cold and wet.