Audi RS5 DTM (2017)

TYRES

• Compound: Medium (race)
• Front: 26.5 PSI, Rear: 26.0 PSI
• Blanket temp: 80°C (if applicable)

ELECTRONICS

• TC: 3
• ABS: 4
• Engine Braking / Brake Magic: 3 (reduced to help rotation under trail braking)
• Brake Bias: 54% front (set below in suspension block)

SUSPENSION

• // FRONT
• Ride Height: 55 mm
• Wheel Rate FL / FR: 110000 N/m / 110000 N/m
• ARB: 55000 N/m
• Brake Torque Multiplier: 100%
• Brake Bias: 54%
• // REAR
• Ride Height: 58 mm
• Wheel Rate RL / RR: 98000 N/m / 98000 N/m
• ARB: 38000 N/m
• Diff Preload: 50 Nm
• Diff Coast: 0.45
• Diff Power: 0.55

DAMPERS

AERO

• Front Splitter: 5 (clicks), Rear Wing: 6 (clicks), Downforce level: Medium-High balance, Brake Ducts: 4 (front) / 3 (rear)

KEY SETUP NOTE

• The RS5 DTM's front end needs slightly stiffer front ARB and higher front pressure than baseline to resist push through the Schumacher-S direction changes, while the softer rear diff coast setting keeps the rear planted on trail-braking into Turn 1 — this balance is critical because overheating the front-left under sustained aggressive rotation is the main tyre deg risk across a full race run.

TRACK GUIDE

• Turn 1 (Yokohama-S): brake later than feels natural but trail off smoothly — the car rotates well with 54% bias; don't lock the front-left, it's your deg-critical tyre.
• Schumacher-S (T3): commit to a stable mid-corner line; avoid mid-corrective inputs — the stiffer front ARB punishes sloppy entries but rewards confident, early-turn commitment.
• Dunlop hairpin (T5) and Bit-Kurve (T11): these are your lap-time-defining traction zones — get the car rotated before apex and feed throttle progressively; too much power-diff lock will scrub exit speed.
• Veedol chicane (T13): sacrifice nothing on entry speed here — carry momentum through flat-ish, it feeds the long back straight where DTM cars make up real time.
• Ford-Kurve (T18) into stadium: last chance to defend/attack — aggressive but controlled throttle application matters more than outright entry speed since the final sector rewards traction over corner speed.