One of our local group members was part of this testing, and I think his review that he gave us was pretty spot on for what the main questions seem to show here:
"After testing this BFG KO2 in some of the harshest terrain on Earth, this tire has really impressed me. Sand, rocks, gravel, asphalt, and yes, even mud (we had a torrential downpour yesterday), this tire performed very well, above all of my expectations.
I have not been a fan of the KOs. So I was really skeptical going into this. But if you're looking for a tire that you can use for all situations on a daily driver, this is the tire. It is not the best tire at any one thing. There are better mud tires. Better snow tires. Better desert tires. But this tire can do all of these terrains and situations more than adequate for the daily driver.
For those into the look of it, they have kept with the same web traction design, but have brought the traction design down onto the sidewall, similar to the KM2, for toughness and aesthetics. Every drop in I did, the tire rode right down the berm with no slippage. When hitting the mud, the tire would throw the mud out effortlessly, even at low speed, for a continuous grip onto the rock.
I am genuinely impressed with what BFG has done with this tire. They have put a lot of engineering and testing in this tire to make it what it is today.
This is also not the first test run of this tire. They ran this tire on 2 of their BC class cars in the 2013 Baja 1000, and won their class! I rode with Rob MacCachren in a Class 1 on a nice, VERY high speed hot lap, on these tires, and they performed wonderfully. Also did the same hot lap with Gus Vildosola in a Raptor trophy truck. Same results.
This tire releases on November 1st in 12 sizes, with 32 more coming 1st quarter 2015. I highly recommend looking into it! My two cents!"
-R.B.