Trackside reference
Tell it where the car is struggling and what it's doing, and it'll show you what to change.
This is setup knowledge that has been shared with us, that we have learned, that we have applied — but it is not complete. We learn every race. We hope it helps you!
Check this first
Before you change ride height, check for bottoming. If the car is already hitting the track, you can't lower it — and lowering it will make the problem worse, not better.
Pick one
Every corner can be tight or loose, at entry, in the middle, or on exit. The changes come back grouped by system — shocks, stagger and rear axle, springs, panhard bars, weight — because you may already be out of adjustment on one of them. Work down the group that's still open to you.
1. Where is it struggling?
2. What is it doing?
Choose both, and the changes appear here.
The car won't turn in when you first put it in the corner — it pushes up the track.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Panhard bar
Weight
The back steps out as soon as you turn in, before the middle of the corner.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Panhard bar
Weight
It turns in, then stops turning through the centre of the corner.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Panhard bar
It's free through the centre — the back won't settle once you're off the brake.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Panhard bar
It won't rotate off the corner — you're waiting on the wheel to come back straight.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Weight
A corner exit problem is usually an entry or mid-corner problem.
It breaks away as you pick the throttle up on the way out.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Panhard bar
Weight
If it's loose off, check whether it was loose in the middle too — fixing that usually fixes the exit.
The car won't rotate anywhere in the corner. Fix the whole corner, not one end of it.
More rotation, whole corner
Too much rotation for the whole corner. Calm the car down before chasing corner-specific fixes.
Less rotation, more stability
Useful for printing or for reading once, before you're standing in a pit lane.
The car won't turn in when you first put it in the corner — it pushes up the track.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Panhard bar
Weight
The back steps out as soon as you turn in, before the middle of the corner.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Panhard bar
Weight
It turns in, then stops turning through the centre of the corner.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Panhard bar
It's free through the centre — the back won't settle once you're off the brake.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Panhard bar
It won't rotate off the corner — you're waiting on the wheel to come back straight.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Weight
A corner exit problem is usually an entry or mid-corner problem.
It breaks away as you pick the throttle up on the way out.
Shocks
Stagger & rear axle
Springs
Panhard bar
Weight
If it's loose off, check whether it was loose in the middle too — fixing that usually fixes the exit.
The car won't rotate anywhere in the corner. Fix the whole corner, not one end of it.
More rotation, whole corner
Too much rotation for the whole corner. Calm the car down before chasing corner-specific fixes.
Less rotation, more stability
Not tight or loose
These aren't corner-specific, so they sit outside the picker.
The car is balanced but sliding.
The car is into the track: generating too much grip and using up energy rolling instead of going forward.
Compiled by G² Racing over many seasons — from our own notes, our own mistakes, and the experience of other racers.
With the biggest single contribution from Advanced Racing Suspensions.
A general starting point, not a set of rules. Check for bottoming before changing ride height. Follow your chassis builder's guidance and your track's rules first.
v1.0 · October 2026
