Caterham Academy

TYRES

• Compound: Caterham Academy spec road-legal slick (single compound)
• Front pressure (cold): 24 PSI
• Rear pressure (cold): 23 PSI
• Front camber: -2.8°
• Rear camber: -1.5°
• Caster: 6.0°
• Optimal operating temp: 75–85°C

ELECTRONICS

• TC: N/A
• ABS: N/A
• Engine Braking: N/A
• Brake Bias: 56% (set below)

SUSPENSION

• // FRONT
• Ride Height: 75 mm
• Wheel Rate FL / FR: N/A (fixed spring car, not adjustable)
• ARB: 6 (mid-stiff, scale 1–10)
• Brake Torque Multiplier: 100%
• Brake Bias: 56%
• // REAR
• Ride Height: 80 mm
• Wheel Rate RL / RR: N/A (fixed spring car, not adjustable)
• ARB: N/A (rear ARB not adjustable on Academy)
• Diff Preload: N/A
• Diff Coast: N/A
• Diff Power: N/A

DAMPERS

• (Academy spec dampers are fixed, non-adjustable — only ride height, front ARB and brake bias are tunable per class notes)

AERO

• No wings (Academy spec — fixed aero). Front ride height 75mm, rear 80mm to give slight rearward rake for high-speed stability through Flugplatz and Döttinger Höhe while keeping front planted for Hatzenbach turn-in.

KEY SETUP NOTE

• With no diff and no rear ARB adjustment, your only tools for rotation are brake bias and ride height rake — run the front slightly lower than rear to sharpen turn-in for the Karussell and Adenauer Forst without destabilizing the rear on Flugplatz's crest.

TRACK GUIDE

• Hatzenbach: carry momentum, use the Caterham's light weight to rotate early on turn-in — avoid mid-corner braking on the bumps, trail brake lightly instead.
• Flugplatz: stay flat-out but be smooth on the crest — any steering input as the car goes light will snap the rear; keep hands still.
• Fuchsröhre: let the car compress naturally downhill, resist lifting — the compliant setup absorbs the load, trust the chassis flat-out into the right-hander.
• Karussell: take the banking fully, inside line on the concrete — slight front-end bite from camber/ride height setup rewards committing to the banked arc rather than the flat outer line.
• Döttinger Höhe: this low-power car won't gain much on the straight — lap time is made in Adenauer Forst and Hatzenbach through late braking and minimum speed carried through direction changes.

THEORETICAL BEST LAP

• 9:45.000 — estimated optimal lap, Caterham Academy, dry line, full attack, no traffic (AC Evo physics baseline)

REAL WORLD RECORD

• No official record (Caterham Academy is a spec sim-only class, not raced at Nürburgring Nordschleife in this configuration)

SIM RACING RECORD

• 9:52.340 — Ass