Tech info: TITC 2023 set-up sheets
At the ever changing TITC track conditions (of RC Addict) we had to constantly adapt and keep working on the car setup. It's common knowledge that grip levels are the highest during the last days of open practice, to then decrease as racing starts on the Thursday. This is because of less cars circulating, and with short breaks etc.
For racing, we ended up using a graphite chassis setup, originally developed by our Japanese team driver Shin Sawada (XRAY Japan). We made a couple of adjustments for better drivability, such as PSS only on the front axle (we've used this damping configuration for the last 3 TITC events that we attended). The front PSS prevents the car from diving as hard onto the nose off power, which makes it more predictable.
The graphite chassis benefits from the use of a rear T-brace, to remove flexibility from the rear of the car. This allows you to get on throttle earlier out of corners. We also ended up using H lower arms instead of M, which seemed to give more consistency in the hot conditions.
As for the ESC setup, I used less boost than I normally would on large tracks, mainly to reduce wheel spin, and make the car more forgiving to drive in the infield section.
What setup changes are usually made between the low grip and high grip conditions?
Typical things to consider would be:
