Owners rate the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 highly overall (83% average), with the vast majority praising its strong grip in both dry and wet conditions and a confident, sporty feel. Comfort also comes through as a real strength for a UHP tyre, and many report crisp steering and stable handling. The main reservations are more mixed: around two in five owners mention tread life and road noise, with experiences varying from excellent longevity and refinement to faster wear and a noisier ride, while a smaller group note reduced cold-weather grip.
What owners mention most counted across 222 reviews
Pros:
+ Good grip in the dry
+ Decent ride over bumps
+ Little road noise
Cons:
- Poor in rain & damp conditions. Does not need spirited driving to spin the tyres.
- Lacks steering precision due to softness of tyre
- Can be prone to sudden understeer, & this includes dry conditions
- Quick tyre wear
- Drives badly once the tyrewear reaches 4mm
- Average steering feel
Overall:
These tyres came with the car I bought 2nd hand. I wish they did not as I knew what to expect. I previously owned a Skoda Octavia VRS Mk2 which I got Goodyear Asymmetric 3s all round, & they were really bad. Understeer, delayed reaction & lack of steering precision. The Asymmetric 5s only improvement is better grip, but the same traits remain as the Asymmetric 3 because of how soft Goodyear tyres typically are. The best Goodyear tyres I have owned were the Asymmetric 2s on an old Skoda Fabia, that had great grip in the dry & even better in the rain. Goodyear should bring the Asymmetric 2s for those reasons. The tyres on my current Fiesta need changing soon as the tread depth is down to the 3mm range & the handling feels sloppy, so I will change to another brand away from Goodyear.
Everything is good with this performance tyres except it has hard rubber and hard drive on colder weather, (mornings and evenings). On hot periods of spring and summer shows excellent behavior on road.
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As you would expect, high wear and higher rolling resistance. But very good Grip in the dry and especially in the wet, in my opinion there is no big difference in handling no matter if dry or wet, but you notice a more understeery behaviour when temperratures get below 15 degerees.
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Previously experience was mostly with Uniroyal and some Michelin tires. Went with a larger size of aftermarket wheels on my new car and decided to give premium tires a shot. Went with the Goodyear's because of a reasonable price and obviously the history they have.
I've now done nearly 32.000 km's and have rotated front to back once, after about 12k. Front tires are starting to near the end now, back still have plenty left.
In short: These tires performed fantastic for me. Loads of grip, in dry as well as in wet conditions. I did not expect them to be this good in the wet, coming from Uniroyal. Maybe not the most comfortable tire, but nothing extreme, in my opinion. Had lots of fun pushing these tires and they've never let me down.
Excellent grip in the dry, I could feel the tyre sticking to the road and had confidence when turning. However, the /50 profile sidewall was extremely soft and caused a lot of body roll and slow turn in, which spoiled all the fun from a sporty drive. Would not buy again, but maybe a lower profile would be better.
96%
Member
Mercedes Benz
235/40 R18
6,000 miles
Mostly Country Roads
Average
the tyre is very predictible at the limit and easy to push. sometimes under hard braking it locks up and ABS kicks in but nothing too dramatic. in the wet the tyre feels very safe and in control.
Grip levels are fine. The biggest downside is tread life - I have put on about 15 000 kms on them, and they are close to done. Mind you the driving style is pretty normal, with 70% on highways.
After many years of using Good Year winter tires on all our Audi’s, we happily swopped the original -not too great- ‘A0’ Hankook Ventus S1 evo 2 tires for these famous F1’s some weeks ago.
The drive precision, stability and road holding is indeed much better.
Only problem we hear is the excessive rolling noise they produce between 80-130km/h on smooth highway tarmac. It sounds like a hollow singing noise. Similar to the hollow echo you hear when skipping a highly pressurized basketball, only continuous/monotone (instead of briefly with each bounce). Really annoying since quite prominent.
Our Audi dealer installed them carefully on the original RS summer rims (8W0073189A 8AU).
No advise from Good Year what to do to get these great v5 quiet on these rims, like they should be as ‘C’ labeled for rolling-noise. May be we should have waited for our larger size of the recently introduced slightly better v6?
Because of this - never experienced before - excessive hollow rolling noise, somewhat disappointed.
I found these tyres to have a sportier feel than the Pilot Sport 4 tyres I later changed to.
They feel dynamic and have a good linear steering feel, similar to the Bridgestone Pirelli RE003 tyres.
They lasted quite a long time, but they were significantly louder and slightly less comfortable than the Pilot Sport 4 tyres I changed to later, and their wet grip wasn't quite as good.
Just a brilliant tyre all round, The rim protector does not really seem to be large enough to do anything I must say. the tyre isnt as comfortable as its competitors due to the more rigid sidewall but it is worth it for the improved feedback and handling.
I have a 2016 Volvo S60 T5 with an ecu tune (roughly 300hp and 450-470nm of torque). I have to say the first thing I noticed about the tires are how good they grip in the dry.. they almost eliminated 90% of the negatives associated with front wheel drive which was very impressive because they had to handle a good amount of torque for a front wheel drive setup. They have really good traction in the wet too, specifically wet braking impressed me.
Road feedback is excellent!
Disadvantages:
Wear was a little bit too much for me on the front tires but I guess you could blame the stress of the high torque and my very enthusiastic driving…
I would also note that grip is noticeably lower the wear is high but it is understandable.
The only reason I will not buy these again is the new F1 asymmetric 6.
