195/60R15
A well-balanced and affordable tire.
That is, all properties are even, and this even level is above average.
I don't give it five stars only because an objective "five" is a premium tire, and this is a consumer tire. Its main rating is a solid "4". No drawbacks.
10,000 kilometers of mileage through the hot summer, wet autumn, wet spring, and cool summer of Krasnodar.
No noise at all. Neither low-frequency nor high-frequency noise. After Dunlop (old), the tire is silent. When driving over joints, the thuds are soft but clear.
The tire is demanding of pressure. If your norm is 2.1 and the pressure drops to 1.9, the tire becomes vague and floats. Pumping the norm "cold" - and the wheel becomes energy-absorbing and grippy.
It does not overheat.
It brakes above average, without collapsing. Without ABS, the pedal is informative, and the locking of the front wheels is felt in advance.
The tire's rolling resistance is very good, I was impressed. As if all the bearings had been replaced. With a smooth driving style, it is fuel-efficient.
On front-wheel drive with a manual transmission, it has good directional stability, it overcomes rutting smoothly, its turnability is rather neutral, and I didn't notice any understeer of the front axle. With proper wheel alignment, there is no squealing on serpentines.
On dusty dirt roads, it slips moderately, predictably, but on gravel, it is very unstable, skidding unexpectedly. This is a tire with a longitudinal groove, without transverse ones, so gravel is not its thing. We drive carefully.
The "moose test" was unfortunately conducted, a two-legged "moose" got scared, but not scratched. Ugly. The speed was approximately 55 km/h. On exit, the front axle slid, but did not skid, the rear did not slide, and it was possible to exit without skidding. I consider it normal.
When the tire loses traction, it is unstable in the lateral direction - predictably - but unstable, since the shoulder is rounded. I advise being more critical of your driving skills, and everything will be fine.
Aquaplaning is absent, even on a water-filled rut, at least up to 140 km/h. I don't recommend trying it further, and I won't do it myself.
The tire of medium hardness requires attention to traction on very cold or very dense surfaces. At +10°C, it's necessary to enter a wet metal ramp smoothly and carefully with traction.
Medium hardness means medium wear resistance, not softness and ultra-fast wear. At this price, I consider the main mileage (before the first minimum) of 50,000 to be normal, and now - 10,000 - and there are no signs of wear at all.
On a cold road at 0...+5°C, it becomes "strict" - first, it needs to be warmed up, then the grip is "summer-like", a cold wheel is "slippery". BUT at 0°C, you need a winter tire, not experiments.
My opinion of the GT Radial brand has become high. I don't know about off-road or sports cars, but for a cheap, non-heavy, C/D-class passenger car - it's the best.
I compare it to consumer Dunlop, Viatti, Hankook, Bridgestone, Kumho, Maxxis. It's entirely on their level.
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