How I use each Setup Setting and what else can they do for me?

Hi guys

The more I try to understand setups outside of actually testing changes on track (by reading forums or books), the more I see they can interact with each other in less "orthodox" ways to fix specific driving traits.


I have a quick lookup list to aid me, based on what I've casually learned over the years by experimentation, but my understanding of how each setting can help me reached a hard limit because I cannot feel setup changes that gain only 0.3 ~ 0.7 seconds and when reading books about them, my comprehension is very poor.


This being the most technical forum from all the sims I play, would you help complete my list by mentioning quick tips from the top of your heads on what else can each setting be used for?







So here is my understanding of car setups. Can you guys help fix/improve this list?

Anti-Roll Bars

Slow-Bump / Slow-Rebound

Fast-Bump / Fast Rebound

Wheel Rate (or springs rate)

Camber

Toe-in/out

Tire Pressures

Ride height

Wings

Coast

Power

Preload

Brake Bias

Thanks a bunch

 

I usually dont do much about setups when driving. Im only starting to know what camber so does so cant really help you lol.
Heres a guide you can read:
https://forum.reizastudios.com/threads/setup-simplified-quick-start-guide.2171/
Most things apply to AC aswell.

 

There should probably be a driving technique forum for all this type of chat so it's easy to find again. There is a lot of very useful information on this subject including great videos from he makers of the game but if you're not in the thread when these things come up it's impossible to find.

Setup is a dark art. There is only a small minority of sim racers that could be called experts in setup. There is another slightly larger group that understands what things do but don't know how to link it all together, and the majority just download others setups which probably isn't all that much better than using the default.

To be able to do setups in the first place you have to be a good and consistent driver, or you won't be able to tell if your making things better or worse.

There are some basic fundamentals you can change that will make the car better. Tyre pressure is an easy one that can make a huge difference and there's an app for that. Setting up your gears so your hitting the limiter at the end of the longest straight is another easy fix. Camber is another one I'd mess with using the tyre app as a guide..

The tyre temp app will show you if you're heating up the tyres correctly. After that things start to get difficult. There's a youtube channel that explains suspension but I can't remember the name of it now off the top of my head.