Some fair and informed comments on here. Some bollocks too of course.

I love my R888s and use them year round. Have been for a few years now.

Literally in anything other than floods, I really rate them over any other tyre I've owned or tried.

Depends what you're after, but for best performance, R888s are right up there IMHO. For me, that's ENTIRELY what owning a performance car is about. Crap tyres compromise everything you do with your car to make it go better!

Have seen about this cracking thing, but have NEVER seen it in 3 or 4 years of year round use, including snow and the car living inside in the winter frosts.

Si