Rev. 1 – October 10, 2020
Symptom |
Remedies |
Loose on Entry |
- Increase RF Tire Pressure
- Decrease RR Tire Pressure (Tightens car significantly throughout turn.)
- Increase Cross Weight
- Increase Front Brake Bias
- Decrease LF Spring Rate
- Increase RF Spring Rate
- Increase LR Spring Rate (Early to Mid-Entry Only)
- Decrease RR Spring Rate
- Decrease LF Bump Stiffness (Early entry, braking)
- Increase LF Rebound Stiffness (Mid Entry, decreasing braking)
- Increase RF Bump Stiffness (Early entry, braking)
- Decrease LR Rebound Stiffness (Pre-apex to apex, constant throttle)
- Decrease RR Bump Stiffness (Mid entry, decreasing braking)
- Decrease RR Rebound Stiffness (Early entry, braking. Will also loosen car on corner exit.)
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Loose in Middle |
- Decrease RR Tire Pressure (Tightens car significantly throughout turn.)
- Decrease Rear Stagger
- Decrease LF Spring Rate (Banked track only, and also decrease RR spring rate.)
- Increase RF Spring Rate (On a banked track, increase RF and LR spring rates.)
- Increase LR Spring Rate (Banked track only, and also increase RF spring rate.)
- Decrease RR Spring Rate (On a banked track, decrease RR and LF spring rates.)
- Increase LF Rebound Stiffness
- Decrease LF Bump Stiffness
- Increase RF Bump Stiffness
- Decrease RF Rebound Stiffness
- Decrease LR Rebound Stiffness
- Increase LR Bump Stiffness
- Decrease RR Bump Stiffness
- Increase RR Rebound Stiffness (Will make car looser on early entry.)
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Loose on Exit |
- Decrease RR Tire Pressure (Tightens car throughout turn.)
- Decrease Rear Stagger
- Increase LR Spring Rate
- Decrease RR Spring Rate
- Decrease LF Bump Stiffness
- Decrease RF Rebound Stiffness
- Increase LR Bump Stiffness
- Decrease RR Bump Stiffness
- Increase RR Rebound Stiffness (Will loosen car on early corner entry.)
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Loose Throughout Turn |
- Decrease RR Tire Pressure
- Decrease RR Bump Stiffness
- Increase Cross Weight
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Tight on Entry |
- Decrease RF Tire Pressure
- Increase RR Tire Pressure (Loosens car throughout turn.)
- Decrease Front Brake Bias
- Lower Cross Weight
- Increase LF Spring Rate
- Decrease RF Spring Rate
- Decrease Left Rear Spring Rate (Early to Mid-Entry Only)
- Increase RR Spring Rate (Will loosen car on corner exit.)
- Increase LF Bump Stiffness
- Decrease LF Rebound Stiffness
- Decrease RF Bump Stiffness
- Increase RR Bump Stiffness (Will loosen car throughout corner.)
- Increase RR Rebound Stiffness (Will tighten car on corner exit.)
- Decrease Cross Weight
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Tight in Middle |
- Increase RR Tire Pressure (Loosens car significantly throughout turn.)
- Increase Rear Stagger
- Increase LF Spring Rate (Banked track only, and also increase RR spring rate.)
- Decrease RF Spring Rate (On a banked track, decrease RF and LR spring rates.)
- Decrease LR Spring Rate (Banked track only, and also decrease RF spring rate.)
- Increase RR Spring Rate (On a banked track, increase RR and LF spring rates.)
- Decrease LF Rebound Stiffness
- Increase LF Bump Stiffness
- Decrease RF Bump Stiffness
- Increase RF Rebound Stiffness
- Increase LR Rebound Stiffness
- Decrease LR Bump Stiffness
- Increase RR Bump Stiffness
- Decrease RR Rebound Stiffness (Will make car tighter on early entry.)
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Tight on Exit
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- Increase RR Tire Pressure (Loosens car throughout turn.)
- Increase Rear Stagger
- Decrease LR Spring Rate
- Increase RR Spring Rate
- Increase LF Bump Stiffness
- Increase RF Rebound Stiffness
- Decrease LR Bump Stiffness
- Increase RR Bump Stiffness
- Decrease RR Rebound Stiffness (Will tighten car on entry.)
- Decrease Cross Weight
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Tight Throughout Turn |
- Increase RR Tire Pressure
- Increase RR Bump Stiffness
- Decrease Cross Weight
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Tip: Don’t stack adjustments. Make one adjustment at a time and test it.
- Bold face remedies are the go-to fixes for each symptom. You might try those remedies first.
- This matrix is based on the components in the iRacing Advanced Legends Ford ’34 Coupe. These settings apply to any asphalt oval cars although there are fewer settings on the Legends car.
- If you are going to make any spring or cross weight adjustments, please see this page first.
- If you see any errors or have any questions, I can usually be found in Discord.