Nascar 09 setup thread
 

I don't have any yet myself but I thought maybe this would be a good place to share ideas and setups.

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Re: Nascar 09 setup thread
 

good luck with that. unfortunately since everyone races online, setups are like gold that noone is willing to let go of.

here's 1 from 08 with 1 current 09 setup (not sure if 08 will work for 09 yet)

http://nascarea.proboards3.com/index...d=ps3360setups


and has you can see the site was rarely updated due to the secrecy of the setups.

Re: Nascar 09 setup thread
 

i've always found that you just start racing with a group of guys and practice with them all the time. Between your little group you should start testing stuff and sharing ideas etc and watch your times improve.

Re: Nascar 09 setup thread
 

http://www.setup-guru.com/ They have good setups for nascar racing 2003 I download them open it with note pad and you have a good base that you can start with on your cars on nascar 09 with a few tweaks of theese you can be pretty fast. my ps3 game tag is bjowers88 and if anyone has done a dale sr car for the cot that they are willing to share please do so

Re: Nascar 09 setup thread
 

LOL, well if I knew what to do to best tune a car for a given track I would share it with you guys. I know nothing about setups, but I will keep playing around and se what I can come up with.

Re: Nascar 09 setup thread
 

Basic overview for using subtle tweaks to really help your stock car:

If it's oversteering and wants to spin out a lot, increase front sway bar or decrease rear sway bar, and move weight bias forward.

If it's understeering and pushing to the wall, decrease front sway bar, increase rear (or both), move weight bias back.

You can really start getting deeper into it based on loose or tight on corner entry, middle, or exit, but as a rule of thumb, I tinker with the sway bars first and then tinker from there. You should be able to get a consistently handling car just by messing with sway bars. Once you come to grips with that, then you start dealing with shocks, tire temps (harder tires=faster speed, less grip, but better wear, etc), and other things, but sway bars are usually my first stop to fix a base setup.

Re: Nascar 09 setup thread
 

Here is a great site I've found recently: http://www.racelinecentral.com/

It's got some excellent articles on setting up cars. But also, it has some great art for use in painting your car. I would definitely give this place a visit.

Re: Nascar 09 setup thread
 

I put together a simple MS word file that is a quick and dirty setup how-to. It's attached below. I've sized it so you can print it out on one page.