A method to evaluate a quality of road feedback to a driver in a steer-by-wire system includes setting a test bench by grounding a steering system steering wheel using a physical 6th order impedance constraint; preloading the steering system with data defining a steering wheel angle and a vehicle speed; applying tie rod load signals to the steering system and recording signals representing each of a tie rod load, a steering wheel torque and a steering wheel acceleration. In parallel: applying first a fast Fourier transform algorithm to the recorded signals to calculate each of a gain, a phase and a coherence response from the tie rod load to the steering wheel torque; applying second a fast Fourier transform algorithm to the recorded signals to calculate a power spectral density of the steering wheel torque versus frequency; and applying frequency weighting functions to the gain and power spectral density functions.