Free Setup Guide
Caterham Academy 270R
Nürburgring Nordschleife
Automobilista 2
Updated Oct 8, 2026
// Hot Lap · Dry
TYRES
- Compound: Caterham Academy hard-compound road-legal slick
- Front Pressure: 1.62 bar
- Rear Pressure: 1.60 bar
- Optimal Operating Temp: 80–95°C for peak grip window
ELECTRONICS
- TC: N/A (not equipped)
- ABS: N/A (not equipped)
- Engine Braking: N/A (fixed)
- Brake Pressure: 96%
- Brake Bias: F: 64% / R: 36%
DRIVETRAIN
- Fuel Map: Map 1 — full aggressive map, no fuel saving, max throttle response (single lap, fuel irrelevant)
- Gear Ratios:
- 1st: 3.166
- 2nd: 2.050
- 3rd: 1.481
- 4th: 1.166
- 5th: 0.967
- Final Drive: 3.846
SUSPENSION
- // FRONT
- Ride Height: 55mm
- Wheel Rate FL / FR: 18.5 N/mm / 18.5 N/mm
- ARB: 5.5 N/mm
- Brake Torque Multiplier: 96%
- Brake Bias: 64%
- // REAR
- Ride Height: 60mm
- Wheel Rate RL / RR: 16.0 N/mm / 16.0 N/mm
- ARB: 4.0 N/mm
- Diff Preload: N/A (no adjustable diff)
- Diff Coast: N/A
- Diff Power: N/A
DAMPERS
| Slow Bump | Slow Rebound | Fast Bump | Fast Rebound | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 950 Ns | m | 1350 Ns | m | 480 Ns | m | 700 Ns | m |
| FR | 950 Ns | m | 1350 Ns | m | 480 Ns | m | 700 Ns | m |
| RL | 850 Ns | m | 1250 Ns | m | 430 Ns | m | 650 Ns | m |
| RR | 850 Ns | m | 1250 Ns | m | 430 Ns | m | 650 Ns | m |
KEY SETUP NOTE
- Nordschleife's bumps (Hatzenbach, Brünnchen, Pflanzgarten) punish stiff setups brutally in a low-mass, soft-sprung Caterham — keep ride height slightly higher than a flat circuit setup (55/60mm) and dampers on the softer end of range to maintain contact patch consistency; sacrificing a fraction of flat-out stability for compliance pays back far more in bump absorption than it costs in aero-less high-speed sections.
TRACK GUIDE
- Hatzenbach/Flugplatz: let the soft suspension soak up the bumps — don't fight the car, stay loose on the wheel through compressions, trust the rear on the Flugplatz crest, no lift.
- Fuchsröhre: brake late in a straight line before the downhill plunge, car will compress hard at the bottom — be ready for the wheel to load up and resist the urge to lift mid-compression.
- Adenauer Forst: this is where the Caterham's agility shines — late trail-brake, rotate hard on entry, get back to throttle early since power is modest and momentum is everything.
- Karussell: commit to the banking, keep it right on the inside concrete kerb, slightly unload the car on entry so it settles into the banked radius — mid-corner speed matters more than outright entry speed in a low-power car.
- Döttinger Höhe: this low-drag, light car will top out — tuck in, use full straight, and set up braking
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