sitting on the inside has a signifigant benefit, some cars more signifigant than others. the xfr is potentially the one that benefits most, what with it's huge rollover tendency and all.

hobbling driver choice during pitstops to make up for other current flaws seems a little backwards thinking to me.

err, yes. if one person goes to the effort, as has already been done, then many people don't have to. more efficient that way.

an option to force it to always change both front or both rear tyres, if one needs changing, rather than making it lopsided...

it wouldn't necessarily make it fair and equal. not everyone drives the same way. currently it's very easy to get hold of good sets, it's not like only those few talented setup folk can go a lot faster than everyone else.
I'd be screwed, I like more oversteer than normal in fwd's and more understeer in the rwd's...

I've got the last round of a 5 round series of the fwd r's tonight... I don't think any rwd will ever be comparable for racing. maybe for 1 lap, but the main 'thing' with these cars is the way they utterly destroy front tyres if given half a chance. I still hate fwd, but actually *racing* these cars, working on race setups, managing overtaking lines without destroying tyres, is really very enjoyable. I don't think a rwd competitor in this class would suit. I guess if you made the rwd a little slower it could be interesting over the length of a race... but I still think it would take the charm from racing these things.

it takes a while to get the hang of all the setup options, but you should become familiar with the anti roll bars as quickly as possible. higher front anti roll bars will stop the car spinning out as easily, higher rear anti roll causes more oversteer / spinning. Adjust these until you can drive the car comfortably. Personally I'm most comfortable in an oversteering fwd (where throttle can be used to stabilise it) and an understeering rwd. (heavy throttle can be used to destabilise the car, light throttle will stabilise)
oversteering rwd setups have more potential, but understeering setups can come close and are *much* easier to drive.

I was almost going to post a similar thread last week
it 'feels' like the xfr's centre of gravity is too high. how is weight distribution modeled anyway, anyone?

after a year or so of lfs I finally decided a few weeks back to get stuck into some 'organised' races. Best thing I could have done, can't believe I didn't do it earlier. I've had some great races on public servers, but I've also had plenty of crap ones. An organised race means you're pretty much guaranteed a large field using competitive cars.

not everyone wants to bother downloading a setup every time they enter a new track / car combo. Thanks for posting this compilation up matey, appreciated.