NS-2R XL(180)

One of the best semislick tire and it is within the budget, it will lose almost 40% of the gripping when it's wet, and the noise when speed over 80km/h is quite unbearable as I am still using these tires as daily/commuting to work, giving the fact that Nankang CRS is almost double the price than NS2R, l personally think this is a great tire and will probably come back for this.

Initial impression was in the greasy cold (~0°C) and not overly bad, definitely daily driveable if you're sensible.
Track use was moderate but good, be it dry, damp or gravel (you can get out of a trap or drive a flat road without washing away easily).
Wet grip is fine, as in pure chinesium dry handling fine. You'll get there, you can slide it if you want, it'll be slow.
Feels very progressive, but definitely needs some slip to be quick. Feels somewhat understeery and loaded feedback is great, very suitable for mountain roads and bumpy tracks.
Slides are very enjoyable, transitioning between grip and sliding smoothly, confidence inspiring.
Noise is absurdly loud and vibrations are harsh, I had people wonder if a bearing blew out but that's to be expected. Once did 900 km of highway and by hour 5 when I stopped, the combination of the loud tyres and very loud wind noise in the car literally deafened me for a good 15 minutes (~60% wind noise).
Rolling resistance is high, averaging a good 1-1.5 extra L/100 km fuel consumption on both regular gas and E85 as well as a noticeably reduced top speed.
Front set is barely used, while rear had to be replaced at ~12K km despite not seeing much abuse, so be careful about weight and balance for maintenance (power is not the issue on this car).
Grip levels didn't noticeably change thoughout, except once where they felt noticeably slower but I suspect a bad previous heat cycle when I lent it, as it came back to normal after 2-3 proper cycles. Haven't used it in full wet conditions past half-life though.
Available in a good range of sizes, definitely recommend it as a cheap fun tyre, or if a high speed index is needed for inspection on older cars.

Honda Crz stock engine 10-12 000 km and still verry good .I think IT will last at list another 8000
But I have no powerful car. In dry and +10 °C .. is all You need. Grip ,handling , brake ...feedback everything you need
On wet it a litle bit slower ,but I feel is becouse of me.not the tire. I have to learn more about performance driving
Being a Racetrack.oriented tire , of course is verry stiff. A Little bit heavy ...but is a budget tire. Not premium
IT is verry good tire for it's price . Over exepctation
I will replaced with another tire , only if I will find Something lighter on a same budget.I have no powerful car.and for 1.5 liters and 120 HP....weight is important

Great value for money for the tread wear (softness). Nothing unusual for a trackday tyre like this to need a bit of heat to really work but still decent enough dry grip when cool. Like another review states, they make a sound like a wheel bearing or rear diff has worn at motorway speeds 60/70mph. I was glad I found that review as it helped reassure me it was the tyres and not something more expensive wrong with the car.

Ran these tires on my race car as they are the new control tire. I previously ran dunlop direzza z3. The difference in lap time under the same conditions were noticeable. The Dunlops were 1.49.3 a lap where as the nankangs were 1.52.8 a lap. The handled worse and I noticed down the straight my car struggled to reach 180km where as it easily reached 200km with the Dunlops. I have used the nankangs for several race meetings and after the first initial scrub ins they haven’t improved. I have tried varying the pressures over several test days to try and see if that would help. It doesn’t. They look like they don’t wear down too fast but that is the only good side of them. I haven’t tried them in the rain yet.