It is personal preference. If you do shift, make sure you wait until right before you get back on the gas--you're using it for the drive off, but don't want to use it to slow you on entry!

@maconisetupshop got it! Thanks

anytime man! thats funny id imagine youre not the only one whos done that LOL

@@RobVrabel you're right. A guy in my second race said someone gave him a crappy Atlanta set-up on purpose. Turns out he too didn't realize it was the legacy track 😂

Each season, iRacing updates the sim in a massive update. The update for 2025 Season 1 was 70 gigabytes, which included changes to the weather, aero, and track physics modeling. These changes will impact setups from previous seasons, which worked then, but no longer will after the changes. Those changes are outside of our control, and are made by iRacing to the entire platform.

@maconisetupshop i understand there's changes to many things with 58.2GB of updates this time around, but since when do tech standards change?

Tech standards change, as well as the physics that dictates where each segment of the vehicle is. The setups are not "the ride height is now 3 inches, and compresses to 2.5 inches in the corner", for example, it is a series of calculations using iRacing's physics/aero/etc. parameters to determine where the vehicle ends up. If you change the physics parameters to adjust how much of an impact a specific adjustment has, then it can cause a setup that used to work to fail. Additionally, sometimes the vehicle's adjustable settings are changed, such as two seasons ago with the trucks when the spring perches were changed out for the current aero settings, and removing front spring rate entirely. The setups are a result of multiple vehicle settings interacting with iRacing to calculate the result. When iRacing pushes an update and changes those parameters, then the setup may or may not still work. Those changes are outside of our control, and are made by iRacing to the entire platform.

@@TheJimmycrakcorn Jeff covered everything really but the only thing id add on is iracing is always trying to get the garage to be as accurate as possible with the data and info they have from nascar... which is why during the week 13s through out the nascar season we tend to see small changes that dont always destroy a setup .. sometimes they do but its more rare compared to the off season where they do much bigger updates that can change things a lot. sometimes it doesnt take much to get a setup to pass if its failing after an update and other times we gotta start from scratch.

its a way for iracing to mix things up during the off season. IMHO ... not saying this to get you to spend money.. but legacy kentucky and other legacy tracks to me are much more fun and enjoyable than the new. Personally i cant stand new kentucky but old kentucky was like my 6th fav 1.5 mile we had. ive said in our team discord before i think old atlanta, old texas, homestead, chicago, charlotte, kentucky are my top 6 and id debate charlotte kentucky all day theyre so close. different time on iracing and the old gen 6 car also made the racing super enjoyable. but back to the point at hand... usually with the nascar off season this is a time for iracing to bring back some old tracks for people to experience and such.. really wish theyd do this with the old gen 6 or even the old B cars too cause they were a blast but thats why.

That is scheduled for 2025, probably in Season 2 (March). Not confirmed, however.

love to hear that! hopefully that result improves through out the week!! Keep going :)

I've been watching your track guide set-ups every week. Glad you're back after the break we just had lol. It's a huge help and much appreciated!!!! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!!! 🤞

In trucks tires don’t mean much I wouldn’t worry about it. In higher power cars it may impact your ability to work your way through a pack late in the run. So in Xfinity for instance you’d prefer to run low over running high for the first parts of the run

@ yeah I been racing it honestly hasn’t even been a run longer then 20 laps 😢

thank you, really the best advise i can give is to simply not slide the tires. its so easy to do when racing people especially if trying to pass on the bottom. More wheel input can easily over heat and wear the tires. typically when i talk about the fastest lines and tire saving lines its like when running by yourself which will save the most tire usually because you dont have to put extra wheel input in to keep it lower off the wall cause someones on your outside or keeping more wheel in it center corner cause someones above you. racing people will naturally wear your tires and its hard not to wear them!

its in the intro

@@MAJSKARMhe wants the gen 4 car

honestly... i use a 12:1 steering with i think a -8 offset and 60 brake

I agree. Helped me win in Vegas couple weeks back.

"Diamond"-ing a corner is where you enter the corner all the way on the inside against the curb, then let the car drift up half a lane or so in the middle of the corner, then turn down and clip the inside again on exit. It can help get really good runs on exit at short tracks like Martinsville. Plus it protects the inside on corner entry. Think of it like inverting the normal corner line, where you enter high, track down to the inside for the apex, then exit high.

only thing different from a Qual lap to a race lap is just really high in 3-4 and cut down to get a bigger run to start the lap. other than that theres no difference between the two :) Typically yes the bottom is the preferred line on restarts :)

That's great to hear! Those setups are built by Santiago Tirres, who's one of the best in the business! Great job on the track!