Federal SS 595 RS Track tyres..any good?

[braddersm3]

Having made the costly mistake of trying to use michelin pilot sport tyres on a track day at brands i'm torn between Toyo 888's,Yoko AO48's or these unknown quantities!
This is on my 3.0 M3,any advice would be appreciated.

[Mroad]

There was a track tyre test supplement with Mays issue of PPC magazine where they tested a load of track tyres (Toyo R888, Yoko A048, Dunlop D036, Kumho V700, BF Goodrich G Force Profiler, Silverstone RR).
Tests were carried out at Donnington with two different track cars (factory Westfield and Mk2 Golf Gti) and performed by two championship winning race drivers.
The results were a bit divided but...
6th place - BF Goodrich (it's really a road tyre but stood up well to track work, good for beginners)
4&5th place - joint places for Kumho V700 and Dunlop D036
Top 3 places were close call between them...
3rd place - Yoko A048 (good but a soft compound, provides same grip as the top two but the top two were intermediate compound so will last longer. Also the Yokos are more expensive than the top two.)
2nd place - Toyo R888
1st place - Silverstone RR (not much between the Toyo R888 and the Silverstone, both drivers agreed the Silverstone was better but when price is taken into account the Toyo can usually be found for a cheaper price.)

As for me I have a set for R888's waiting to go on my E36 M3 track car, I'll let you know if they are any good