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The Circuit of the Americas, USA is a fantastically fun circuit to race around in F1 2021. Here is our most optimum race setup guide for USA in F1 2021.

• Written by RichWritten on September 24, 2021. Last updated on September 24, 2021 Tags: Track Guides, F1 2021 Game

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Our F1 2021 USA Setup Guide

Next up in our F1 2021 car setup guides is our USA setup. And this is a favourite track of both Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo, and for good reason. The Circuit of the Americas is extremely fun to drive, and it’s a track that is always going to require a compromised car setup.

The first sector is fast and flowing and requires both bravery and a verybalanced car. Then you have the huge long straight of the middle sector. And finally, the last sector is tight, twisty and technical.

But when you hook it up just right, this is a track that is extremely fun todrive and very fun to race around. However, the AI always goes strong around here, so you need to be on top of your game, and that all starts with a great car setup.

So with that in mind, let’s jump into the setup and have a look and see what we’ve got.

Aerodynamic setup

Starting with the aero I’ve donesomething a little bit differentcompared to most of our F1 2021 setups. I’ve gone with a higher front wing aeroof 8 and a lower rear wing area of 7.

This is primarily because you need agood front end for that last sector otherwise, you’re going to understeer horribly. Essentially, if you can point your car inthe right direction and get the frontturned in, the rear will follow and notcause you too much trouble.

This allows us to run a slightly lower rear wing angle, without too much worry aboutoversteer moments or loose rear ends. During my testing, I did run slightly higher wings of 9 and 8, which allow for slightly better turning and morestability.

But this did hamper me down the long straights meaning it would betricky to overtake during the race. So 8 and 7 was a better option here.

Transmission setup

For the transmission setup, I’ve gonewith a reasonably balanced on-throttledifferential.

A lot of time trial setups have the on-throttle differential very high. I found lowering it down to around 77% helps with acceleration out of the slower corners without too much loss of traction.

We can’t run it too low though otherwise, we will hamper our acceleration throughand out of the faster corners.

And then go with the usual low off-throttle diff around 57%to help rotate the car into the slowercorners.

Suspension geometry setup

Then the suspension geometry follows asimilar setup style to most of our other F1 2021 setups. With high front camber, medium to low rear camber and then lowto minimal toe.

So go with -2.6 and -1.6 on the camber, and then 0.07 and 0.2 onthe toe.

This is designed for both stability, responsivenessand help with long tyre life during therace.

Suspension setup

For the suspension, I’ve gone with a soft suspension setup again, which is pretty common formost of our F1 2021 setups.

This will help the car ride over the kerbs, especially through the first sector where you’ve got the really fast Maggots, Becketts, Chapel style complex as you’ll be driving right over thosekerbs.

So go with 1 and 3 on the suspension setup. And then for the anti-roll bars again I’ve gone with astiffer front anti-roll bar and a softerrear at 6 and 2.

This is completely different to all of the time trial setups that you’ll find at the top of the leaderboard. However, having a stiffer front anti-roll bar will really help with stability through the race. Which is crucial for putting in solid, consistent lap times.

And then go the ride height of 3 and 7 which again helps with overall stability.

Brake setup

For the brakesgo with our usual 97% brake pressure andthen 57% on the brake bias. This givesus a nice balanced setup that performs well throughout the lap.

Tyre Pressure setup

I’ve gone with high pressures of 22.6 onboth fronts and 23.1 on both rears. The lower front high pressures will helpsoften the car over the bumps and thehigher rear tire pressures will helpwith stability.

Overview

And that will do it for F1 2021 USA car setup. As I mentioned at the beginning, any car setup will be a compromise around here.

I’ve prioritized the fast first sector and sacrificed ever so slightly on that lastslower technical sector by runningslightly lower downforce. As for me this produced the best overalllap time and helped me compete down thelong straights for overtakes by runninga lower downforce setup.

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See you on track guys.

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