N2 Setups...Where do I start?

Hello, I've been racing with Nascar 2 for about 3 months. I'm lost when it comes to setiing up the car. I usually just take one of the pre-set setups but I know it can be better. It seems when I touch anything in the setup my car becomes uncontrollable. I tweak things, but I can't tell if it worked or not. When you start with a setup, where do you start? How can you tell if you need to adjust the wheels, wedge, or shocks? hoping to get faster, --Mike

Try looking at one of the set-up/ track guide sites. They will give you a good idea of how everything works in conjunction w/ everything else. Also don't try to make a bunch of changes at once or you'll never know what effect each change has. Here's a couple of sites to get you started! http://ebusch.akorn.net/setups.html http://www.ivga.com/pjfnas2.htm http://www.traction.git.net/snrc/school.htm http://members.aol.com/g24fan6734/school.htm http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/9783/trackguide.html

I'm not an expert by any means, but here's how I got some pretty good setups at a few tracks. First - everyone has a different driving style. What works well for me may not work for you. You can get setups from www.theuspits.com to try, but it's probably better to do your own. Second - change only ONE thing at a time. Make small changes, one step at a time, WRITE DOWN what you change, see what it does, then change it more & see what happens. If you make only one small change at a time and write down what you changed, it's easy to see what happens. This takes time, but you can really learn a lot about car setups. Keep trying and document your changes. Printing the settings is a nice feature: you can write your change on the setup sheet and have a good record of what you did. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dave Starr Professional Shop Rat - 32 years in an Auto Plant

try to adjust your driving style to the car

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>I've been racing with Nascar 2 for about 3 months. I'm lost when it >comes to setiing up the car. >I usually just take one of the pre-set setups but I know it can be >better. >It seems when I touch anything in the setup my car becomes >uncontrollable. I tweak things, but I can't tell if it worked or not. >When you start with a setup, where do you start? >How can you tell if you need to adjust the wheels, wedge, or shocks?

Mike, Take a look at my setup tutorial at: http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/Features/setupguide.html There should be enough information there to get you started. Dave Sparks IWCCCARS Project: http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars/index.html-ssi Late Night Series: http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html