Beginners guide to car setups in Assetto Corsa Competizone 

good way to find a starting brake bias is to turn off your ABS and then go for a long straight with a hard braking zone. Figure out if the front or rear is locking up, then adjust brake bias as necessary. Find out what the equalization point is where your tires all lock up at about the same time, then from there you can adjust that brake bias to suit certain tracks e.g. Spa you want heavier front brake bias due to the downhill hard turns. the more even your braking is the higher braking potential you have before your abs kicks in. in some tracks you may want to use your bias to induce over/understeer but thats quite advanced for steering ratio if you want to be more aggressive you can turn the steering ratio down a click or two and turn the wheel like you normally would, this will throw the car into the corner a bit more aggressively.

I learned a lot. I usually just try to make aggressive settings work because I was afraid of all the settings. But I think you explained it really well and I feel more confident about playing with those settings.

Incredible video! I’ve followed F1 for 25+ years and have a general understanding of aero, suspension geometry etc, but since I owned ACC I’ve been a little bamboozled by the terminology being used. Now I think I need to write everything down and keep a notepad with setup notes for each car/track. Thanks heaps, now I can’t wait to get home in a week and half after being in Asia for work.

Thank you.. best explanation in all RU-vid

I recently came back to sim racing and your channel has been just a gold mine. I love the way you go through setups, cars, etc. in a way that is clear and informative but still very approachable. I was shocked to see that your sub count isn't higher, but I guess that's due to the channel being somewhat new. I'm sure you'll be in 100k soon enough. Wish you you all the best on your way there.

Thanks for the great explanation. I changed the settings of my own car. Watching you made me faster. I appreciate you.

Ever since I started to play this game about a year ago, I could never find a video on RU-vid that would explain all this content. So THANK YOU very much for uploading this, I have honestly learned a lot and written down notes to help me with the setups. I have subscribed to your channel as well and am looking forward to watching more of your videos. So thank you so much, really appreciate you! 💯👍

Thanks for this video Kevin as I was one of the people asking for this tutorial. I wish I would have seen this a year ago when I started but am happy to have it now. I can't tell you how many others I have watched trying to make sense of this stuff and your explanation is head and shoulders above the rest. You have the "IT FACTOR" for doing these videos brother and I hope it pays dividends for you in the near future and for years to come. I am watching and liking all your vids on smart TV so you dont see me making comments but I am still there.

How you explain it all is top notch. Will be waiting for more videos 👌

I'm enjoying the development of my own setups. I don't really care if I'm 2 secs slower than I would be with a purchased setup but I do care if I manage to improve the setup by a 3 tenths. So for instance at Monza, I can go a race laps around 1m49s5 which is at least a second slower than the leader. But maybe I will be able tune the setup a little to get bellow 1m49s which would be a great success. I noticed the faster guys have better stability in turns, their setups provide more grip at high speed corners but they are also faster on straights. So... yep, there is still some work to do. :-) So thanks for the explanation (though I already knew most of it).

One of the best newbie setup explanations I've seen!

Sorry for flooding all of your comments but I just found your channel today, and there's so much I want to see here 😅 Setups are a complete mystery to me. Especially in ACC where some players say 26 - 27, others say exactly 27.7, I have no idea what camber and toe do, and I don't care. I just wish it was possible to be competitive without knowing all this stuff. I just want to press the loud button and go

Thanks for your video buddy. I learned a lot from it. Now I finally understand why my setup feels so spongy.

Yet another brilliant video on setting up a car you've made it really easy to understand. I've watched other sim racers do these types of videos and they've completely lost me.

After watching numerous setup tutorials without much success, I stumbled upon yours and it's hands down the most helpful. Just yesterday, during a race, I couldn't pinpoint why my car was behaving oddly despite a decent setup. Thanks to your insights, I made a few adjustments and the difference was remarkable. Big thanks, buddy!

Found your channel yesterday and subscribed after the first video I watched. RU-vid algorithm on point.

For most cases i would suggest brake pads 2, they are less aggressive and easier to modulate, plus they have a wider temperature range so they work better on tracks with long straights. Other than that, pretty much perfect overview of the setup

Hey, I’m one of those “dummies” and I’d really like to thank you for this video. It’s not too complicated and you go through every aspect of the setup. I’m a beginner to this game and I’d like to learn lots more and this help me a lot. Thank u ❤

This is the kind of videos I need. Keep it up bro I like your content 👍

I would love to see more advanced setup about mechanical grip card.

It should be attached with the game. Like a button to press when we are in doubt about a specific setting. Lol, great job

thank you at last someone actually giving an explanation that is understandable for us newbees thumbs up

Thank you for the video! I was so lost in all the setup option that I was using only the default Safe. I will definitely try to adjust my setup base on what you explained.

The best guy to understand car setups!!! I had questions and you just answered before i ask 👌👌

This video could be outdated but the information provided is an huge help! Thank you for taking the time to post this and explain the basics to car setup.

Thank you very much for this detailed guide. Definitely the most detailed I have found so far. Thanks for your time and advice,)

Amazing video! Thank you so much for this.. as a new ACC player I’ve found this so helpful because it’s been so daunting trying to understand it all!!

Bratmouse THANK YOU! I’ve been looking for a definitive explanation of these settings and you have certainly given that and more! I’m relatively new to ACC and been getting disheartened by settings. I run mine through a PS5 so I presume all the settings still do the same thing? Thanks again man👍

Thanks for the video. I watched it twice, then used your tune as a baseline. A few more tweaks (and some guesses) to fit my car and I am super happy. Thanks!

Great video and I feel well informed now. Thanks!

Awesome video dude. Thanks for sharing it.

Brilliant explanation. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. 😊

Super good video and very helpful. I'm new to ACC and had a very hard time with the basic aggressive preset and didn't really understand how to do a setup I've watched this video 7-8 over the last few days. After a pretty basic setup I shaved 1.88secs on the cold tire lap out of the pits then shaved another 2secs over 6-7 laps. Car handles souch better and I feel comfortable tweaking the setup and get even more. Thanks for this video

Amazing no BS video on how to set up and learn which setting does what. Very informative! From a new sim racer this has helped loads, thanks. Subscribed 👍

Great video very informative and explained for dummies like me perfectly and best one I have seen explaining everything.thanks bro helps me a lot.

Thank you so much. On that career mode, 4 hour race. Had problems setting up the Jag, now it does okay. Now I am upset at this Stint thing. Getting good laps, car performs well, but this Have to pitstop every 10-15 mins to change driver. I want to drive for like an hour then, when car needs pitting. Such frustration when getting better lap times and then told to pit every 10-15 min thing. Thinking about letting the car sit in the pit for the four hour race. Not race, so I can move on and finish this career at last place.

Ive been waiting for a video like this. Thanks, it really helps

Ayoo! haha I hope you're doing well. This is the first video of yours I've ever seen. I'm Polish living in the UK from like 10 years and I love the way you talk I mean your accent it's so easy to understand. Naaahh laaaihh thhhyyss phheophheeaa innn hhhyyyeeeaa..

Brilliant video thank you, now I have more of an idea of what to change and by how much so it will be more enjoyable to play the game and get quicker. I save all your setup videos for reference, so thanks again for great content, keep it coming. Rob

Thanks for this. Most guides just say "set this to that, trust me" I prefere knowing why :)

Regarding Brakekpads: Just DON´T use set 4. Afaik they are used ones "for testing purposes". Not much more to know about those :D

Man!! I have looked at set up vids for ACC and some are decent and some were.... harder for me to understand. This?! This video here has helped me big time! And I'm skimming the surface. I'm gonna get all of this. Today I pumped up my tires to around 26.? in the air department. Increased the front roll bar a couple notches. In Electronics I did what you said but I also wanted to take TC and turn it all the way off and ABC down quite a bit. What's happening then was I loved the speed but the steering was too sensitive to I turned it up to about 14 or 13...? I can't remember... in the steering wheel thing.... And now I'm flying faster than ever with control at Nurburgring Nordschleife. I'm starting to love this course! I'm also gonna buy WRC 10 after seeing what you said about that and how it helped you and some of your very experienced teammates? Is there a specific version of WRC or just the latest? 2. My Crew Chief 4 seems to be lost, especially at Nurburgring. Cause after a while it just shuts up and I hear nothing and it has file path messages stating something regarding registration ? Do you even use this Crew Chief program or is there a paid version that is better to use? I've been doing this for a couple years almost. I'm addicted!! I'm looking at getting a bigger wheel base and a couple higher end wheels. I really like my VRS pedals. My experience made me wonder is your hardware might be what's giving you trouble with TC all the way off? My thought is if a NEWB like me can do it with so much more speed than what I was doing, a seasoned vet like yourself should smoke it! ACC used to seem slow to me but turning off TC and learning some of these concepts your teaching me has made a 100% difference!! I have much to learn! Thanx! Respectfuly Marc "DragonFlySlayer"

Great vid as always Kevin! Almost all the setup vids out there are for earlier versions, so its great you point out the "glitches" and things that work best in the game now. I think setup is still holding me back a bit, but I still need to improve my driving. Trail breaking and corner exit need work. Practice, practice, practice!!

As a tyro I very much appreciate your good work! (See you in a year when I get any good!) Best, Crash

A big take away that I got is, get the tyre pressures adjusted first BEFORE changing anything else.

Perfect

Awesome video, just what I need. Thank you. 👊

Excellent video, thanks man. Def beginner - intermediate here :)

just watched your video and i would like to say thanks for your help, much appreciated.

Gday from Autralia 🇦🇺 buddy 😁👍 great video, thanks for your content. You fine tuned 😜 my understanding, forcing myself to learn to tune to get faster. I'm lucky you made this recently. Earnt yourself a sub buddy

Youre a legend!

Awesome video

Fantastic video

Great Video. Thank you. I really learn. The only think I really dont understand its how works rebound and fast rebound when you add o less number. If the number is low or high I dont understand how works and how should use it for diferent tracks.

Thanks for this info, Kevin.

Awesome video. But I can’t understand english so good. Anyway I appreciate for your work. Thank you.

thank you

time for a second watch because I can't remember all of this. I feel like I'm just losing so much time trying to tune my own car, but I would rather do that than buy a tune.

Yesterday I felt lost in acc 😢 I miss 1.8 and my porsche 2019! The game was so fun then most cars could win a race, now I'm forced to play 3-5 cars otherwise I'm dead last 😢

I have always heard, change only one thing at a time.

Awesome video ty I’m a newby and I subbed. Where do u go for setups

Daaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmm, I'm been looking for a video that explains what each thing is in a car and how it affects the race, handling all that! I wondering what TC2 is.. I mean, in comparison with the "normal" tc, what's the difference? I just feel that it started nice, and then it ended up starting to rush trough. But still very good!

This was extremely helpful for us beginners, does this apply to Xbox Version as well?

Nice video man.Lots to take in but can you please stop saying that you arent the fastest etc you are faster and more knowledgeable than most of us which is what counts your videos are accessible which is the most important metric.If i wanted knowledge overload and the feeling of watching paint dry i would watch a nils video

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Question: Please...... I was watching a GT race on TV and the term mentioned was "Under shifting" It was then mentioned that the driver in question doesn't want this now. In all my ignorance I've never heard of Under shifting but I have thought at times while driving my sim if I'm over shifting or under shifting.... Then there's the gear ratio set up in sims I've seen. 1. Is this why sometimes we would alter a gear ratio maybe for a given track in order to fully shift through the car's total gears to achieve max speed on a given track? Or is that totally not the case? Cause sometimes I'm flying all the way to ... 5th gear but it's time to down shift and position straight break then trail through an Apex of a turn? When would we ever want to change gear ratios? Should there only be one gear ratio set up regardless of track we're on? I've never driven a race car. 🤔

btw is 27-28 psi is ideal for when you on the race? (warm tire + load) or just on the pit?

Why does lower ABS slow down the car? Real life ABS is always a bonus, did the devs make it less potent in the game for gameplay purposes?

I , you have a fanatec podium dd2?

Is this for all the cars set up?

Wait a second, you sure about that TC2 option not working right? Saw some videos showcasing how it works (TC1 being when it kicks in, TC2 how much it kicks in)... This isn't the case? I mean they put TC1 to 5 on the McLaren and dropped TC2 to 1 to showcase how it went it was very different to both being say on 5, and vise versa they tested TC1 1, and TC2 at like 5 and it was later but stronger..... No longer the case???

“Beginner guide” lol 40min video later 😂😂 appreciate it tho

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Great in-depth video, the info is appreciated BUT you seriously need to stop saying "Ahh" before, after and in-between almost everything you say !! Ahh everything was well Ahh described and Ahh explained Ahhm quite a few things Ahh have Ahh helped me Ahh understand Ahhm certain areas that I Ahh wasn't fully Ahh understanding Ahh Ahh Ahhhhhhh Arrrrrgggggg GRRRRRR !!!! Seriously, count how many times you say Ahh, it's insane.....so-much-so that I couldn't watch the whole video in one sitting because AHH gets proper annoying.....Sorry but I mean this as constructive criticism, someone had to say something !!

its not real racing though mate. spending 40 dollars for a set up is midnbogglingly silly.