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C&D August 09 issue compares some summer tires against a benchmark tire, the Michelin PS2, with help from Tire Rack.

Overall Rank:
1) Dunlop Star Spec
2) Hankook Ventus V12 Evo
3) Kumho Ecsta XS
4) Bridgestone Potenza Re760
5) BFGoodrich G-force KDW
6) Yokohama S.Drive
7) Falken Azenis RT-615
8) Nitto Invo
9) Ling Long L688

They tested these for: Autocross, Skidpad, Braking, Sound Level and Price.

They ended up in the order listed above but each had different strengths in each category, for example the Kumho was ranked best in Autocross, had a good price but was not so good in the wet.

The PS2 was not ranked against the others overall but had a rating in each category as can be seen below.
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Update... rankings by category, first to last using first letter of each brand :

Autocross, dry: K, D, B, F, H, BFG, PS2, Y, N, L
Braking, dry: BFG, D, K, H, B, PS2, Y, F, N, L
Autocross, wet: PS2, D, H, BFG, Y, N, B, F, K, L
Braking, wet: H, D, BFG, B, PS2, Y, N, K, F, L
Sound level: B, H, Y, F, K, PS2, N, D, L, BFG
Skidpad Gs, Dry : K 0.94, H 0.93, D 0.92, PS2 0.92, BFG 0.91, F 0.91, N 0.91, B 0.90, L 0.88, Y 0.88
Skidpad Gs, Wet: PS2 0.88, H 0.87, D 0.86, BFG 0.85, Y 0.84, N 0.82, B 0.80, F 0.80, K 0.77, L 0.73