I posted a tire thread months ago and was told either grassroots motor sports or car & driver did a "value" tire test against the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 and the Direzza's came out on top. They outlapped the the Hankook Ventus V12 Evo, the Bridgestone Potenza RE760, and the Falken Azenis RT-615, just to name a few. If I remember correctly they also outlapped the Michelin's and all testing was done on a FWD.