NASCAR The Game: Inside Line - Daytona Setup - 200-202 MPH For Daytona Night or Daytona Day

This is the best setup I have for running 200-202 MPH at Daytona in NASCAR The Game: Inside Line. This setup assumes you have downloaded the patch, and have read my Talladega Setup Tutorial to understand WTF is going on here. It is optimized for the faster Daytona night race conditions, where you have more grip and higher speeds. It will work well for the Daytona 500 day time conditions, where it will be a bit slower but bottom out and spark a bit less.

Daytona is a plate track similar to Talladega. However, Daytona is slightly shorter than Talladega, and it is more narrow. In a game like NTG:IL, you can get away with an ill handling car at a wide track like Talladega so long as you are fast, but when things narrow up at Daytona, handling becomes more essential. With that in mind, I try to preserve the speed advantage provided by having your nose raised on the straights, but press that nose back down to the track in the corners.

Raising the nose may be fast, but if you don't find a way to get it back down in the turns,

you're going to have a hell of a time in those fast-but-narrow Daytona corners.

Also, I err a bit more on the safer side with the back of the car bottoming out, since there's less room to slide up the track when it does. Either way, start from here and see how you like it. As always, I encourage you to experiment to make it fit your own driving style.

Front Left:
Cold Pressure: 35
Camber: 8
Caster: 6

Front Right:
Cold Pressure: 65
Camber: -8
Caster: 6

Rear Left:
Pressure: 35
Camber: 1.8

Rear Right:
Pressure: 65
Camber: -1.8


Front Toe-In: -1/4
Left Rear Toe In: -1/4
Right Rear Toe In: 1/16

Suspension:

Front Left:
Ride Height: 10.0
Bump: 71
Rebound: 45
Spring: 350

Front Right:
Ride Height: 10.0
Bump: 71
Rebound: 19
Spring: 400

Rear Left:
Ride Height: 5.5
Bump: 69
Rebound: 14
Spring: 490
Trackbar: 4.7
Rubber: YES

Rear Right:
Ride Height: 5.6
Bump: 69
Rebound: 14
Spring: 700
Track Bar: 4.7
Rubber: YES

Drivetrain and Aero:
Gearing: Cog B

Brake Bias: 59
Steering Lock: 14

Aero

Tape: 100%
Front Splitter: 2.0

Front Bias: 53
Left Bias: 52
Wedge: Whatever it says

Front & Rear Sway Bar:
Front: 800
Rear:  450

Alternate Patched Talladega Setup - 202 to 203 MPH - NASCAR The Game: Inside Line

Notes:
-You've read my 3-part tutorial that explains the basics of NTG:IL Talladega Setups, right?
-If you haven't downloaded the patch yet, check out my 199 to 200 MPH Talladega Setup for that version of the game.
-If you have downloaded the patch, you've read how this is a preliminary attempt to strike a balance between raising the front ride height and how the car will want to bottom out, and now know how to adjust it to your liking, right?
-If this setup is too slow for you, I have an alternate NTGIL Talladega Setup for the patched game here. Beware, it's even more loose than this one.

This Talladega setup will bottom out and be loose. I race on the PS3 with a controller. If you have a wheel, reduce your steering lock.

 Front Left:
Cold Pressure: 35
Camber: 8
Caster: 6

Front Right:
Cold Pressure: 65
Camber: -8
Caster: 6

Rear Left:
Pressure: 35
Camber: 1.8

Rear Right:
Pressure: 65
Camber: -1.8


Front Toe-In: -1/4
Left Rear Toe In: -1/4
Right Rear Toe In: 1/16

Suspension:

Front Left:
Ride Height: 10.0
Bump: 55
Rebound: 40
Spring: 350

Front Right:
Ride Height: 10.0
Bump: 71
Rebound: 19
Spring: 380

Rear Left:
Ride Height: 5.5
Bump: 69
Rebound: 14
Spring: 460
Trackbar: 4.7
Rubber: NO

Rear Right:
Ride Height: 5.6
Bump: 69
Rebound: 14
Spring: 620
Track Bar: 4.7
Rubber: NO

Drivetrain and Aero:
Gearing: Cog B

Brake Bias: 59
Steering Lock: 14

Aero

Tape: 100%
Front Splitter: 2.0

Front Bias: 50
Left Bias: 52
Wedge: Whatever it says

Front & Rear Sway Bar:
Front: 800
Rear:  500

Patched Talladega Setup - NASCAR The Game: Inside Line

Notes:
-You've read my 3-part tutorial that explains the basics of NTG:IL Talladega Setups, right?
-If you haven't downloaded the patch yet, check out my 199 to 200 MPH Talladega Setup for that version of the game.
-If you have downloaded the patch, you've read how this is a preliminary attempt to strike a balance between raising the front ride height and how the car will want to bottom out, and now know how to adjust it to your liking, right? 

This Talladega setup will bottom out and be loose. I race on the PS3 with a controller. If you have a wheel, reduce your steering lock.


Front Left:
Cold Pressure: 35
Camber: 8
Caster: 6

Front Right:
Cold Pressure: 65
Camber: -8
Caster: 6

Rear Left:
Pressure: 35
Camber: 1.8

Rear Right:
Pressure: 65
Camber: -1.8


Front Toe-In: -1/4
Left Rear Toe In: -1/4
Right Rear Toe In: 1/16

Suspension:

Front Left:
Ride Height: 10.0
Bump: 71
Rebound: 40
Spring: 350

Front Right:
Ride Height: 10.0
Bump: 71
Rebound: 19
Spring: 350

Rear Left:
Ride Height: 5.5
Bump: 69
Rebound: 14
Spring: 460
Trackbar: 4.7
Rubber: YES

Rear Right:
Ride Height: 5.6
Bump: 69
Rebound: 14
Spring: 660
Track Bar: 4.7
Rubber: YES

Drivetrain and Aero:
Gearing: Cog B

Brake Bias: 59
Steering Lock: 14

Aero

Tape: 100%
Front Splitter: 2.0

Front Bias: 50
Left Bias: 52
Wedge: Whatever it says

Front & Rear Sway Bar:
Front: 800
Rear:  400

NASCAR The Game: Inside Line Talladega Setup Pre-Patch

Here's the short and sweet version of that I've been telling you in the tutorial for setting up your car to get to 199 MPH - 200 MPH at Talladega in NTG:IL. This is the pre-patch version. If you have not yet received the PS3 update for the game through the Internet, this is optimized for you. It should help you get to 199 MPH or so by yourself in practice on the straights, and give you a consistent lap time in the low 48 second range. For qualifying, it can give lap times in the high 47 second range, hitting 200 MPH at Talladega. It bottoms out a few times. If that bugs you, stiffen the rear springs 10-50 lbs in the rear, particularly on the right rear. If you want to use it for Daytona, stiffening the springs 40-100 LBS in the rear will help.

Even if you have patched, I've found this setup handles really well in the draft at Talladega. I once got a lag-push bump draft all the way up to 219 MPH down the back stretch and the setup was stable enough to save it.

Note: I developed this setup for the PS3 with a controller. If you have a wheel, it may need tweaks (particularly with lowering the steering lock.)

Important:

Start with the Michigan qualifying setup. In the infield garage, go to tuning, load the preset Michigan qualifying setup, edit it it how I have it below, and save it for Talladega.

Tires


Front Left:
Cold Pressure: 35
Camber: 8
Caster: 6

Front Right:
Cold Pressure: 65
Camber: -8
Caster: 6

Rear Left:
Pressure: 35
Camber: 1.8

Rear Right:
Pressure: 65
Camber: -1.8

Front Toe-In: -1/4
Left Rear Toe In: -1/4
Right Rear Toe In: 1/16 (If unpatched, this may be -1/4 and unchangeable. Don't worry too much about it.)

Suspension

Front Left:
Ride Height: 8.0
Bump: 71
Rebound: 40
Spring: 350

Front Right:
Ride Height: 8.0
Bump: 71
Rebound: 19
Spring: 380

Rear Left:
Ride Height: 7.5
Bump: 42
Rebound: 18
Spring: 240
Trackbar: 4.7 (If unpatched, you get this by starting with the Michigan Qualifying setup.)
Rubber: NO

Rear Right:
Ride Height: 7.5
Bump: 69
Rebound: 14
Spring: 310
Track Bar: 4.7 (If unpatched, you get this by starting with the Michigan Qualifying setup.)
Rubber: NO

Drivetrain & Aero 

Gearing: Cog B

Brake Bias: 59
Steering Lock: 14

Tape: 100%
Front Splitter: 2.0

Balance

Front Bias: 50
Left Bias: 52
Wedge: Whatever it says -- don't bother touching it.

Front & Rear Sway Bar:
Front: 800
Rear:  400