Skip Barber Formula 2000

TYRES

• Slick, front 26.0 PSI, rear 24.5 PSI, no tyre blankets in this car (cold set, no heating)

ELECTRONICS

• No TC, no ABS (car has neither), engine braking N/A (fixed map), brake bias 54% front

SUSPENSION

• // FRONT
• Ride Height: 30 mm
• Wheel Rate FL / FR: 19500 N/m / 19500 N/m
• ARB: Stiffest available (max, ~14 N/m rate — set to max stiffness)
• Brake Torque Multiplier: 100%
• Brake Bias: 54%
• // REAR
• Ride Height: 45 mm
• Wheel Rate RL / RR: 17500 N/m / 17500 N/m
• ARB: Soft-mid (approx 6 N/m rate)
• Diff Preload: 20 Nm
• Diff Coast: 0.5
• Diff Power: 0.6

DAMPERS

AERO

• Fixed wing car (Skip Barber has no adjustable wing angles in iRacing) — minimum drag configuration inherent to spec chassis. Ride height is the only aero-relevant tuning tool: run front 30mm / rear 45mm rake to minimize front lift and maximize straight-line speed while retaining chicane bite.

KEY SETUP NOTE

• The Skip Barber has fixed aero and a spec chassis, so lap time is won almost entirely through mechanical grip balance and ride height rake — running slightly more rear ride height than front (rake) stabilizes high-speed Curva Grande and Parabolica while the stiff front ARB and lower front ride height sharpen chicane rotation; this is a mechanical-grip car, not an aero-tuning car.

TRACK GUIDE

• T1/2 (Rettifilo): brake as late as possible in a straight line from ~185km/h, downshift fast, get the nose turned early into T1 — car will understeer on entry if you carry too much speed; use the second chicane apex kerb hard on exit for a straight run to Curva Grande.
• Curva Grande (T3): taken near-flat in this car — commit early, trust the rear, small steering corrections only, this is a momentum corner not a braking one.
• Roggia chicane (T4/5): heavy trail braking into T4, get back to power early for T5 exit — exit traction here feeds a long run to Lesmo 1.
• Lesmo 1/2: brake early and straight-line for Lesmo 1, rotate on entry using front grip; Lesmo 2 is where understeer creeps in — be patient on throttle, don't add steering mid-corner, let the car run wide slightly rather than scrub speed.
• Ascari chicane: use the kerbs aggressively but stay flat and stable — this car is light and will get airborne/unsettled if you attack the kerb too hard; smooth is faster here.
• Parabolica: this is THE lap-