Ride Height
Lower = lower CoG = more grip. Too low = bottoming and broken suspension geometry.
Front travel avg63.7%
Rear travel avg57.8%
Rumble-strip contact0.00%
What it does
Lower ride height drops the centre of gravity, reduces weight transfer, and improves cornering grip. The trade-off is suspension travel: the lower you sit, the easier it is to bottom out, and the harder dampers have to work to keep wheels on the ground.
A small front-low rake (front slightly lower than rear) shifts a touch of static load forward and helps turn-in; rear-low rake does the opposite. Rake interacts with aero on cars with downforce — front-low feeds the diffuser less air than rear-low.
Off-road and rally builds typically need 1–2 inches more than the slider minimum to clear ruts and bumps without bottoming.
In-game controls
Front ride height
Range: Minimum for track, mid for road, max for off-road
Raise →
higher CoG (less grip) but more travel
← Lower
lower CoG (more grip), bottoming risk, sharper turn-in if lower than rear
Rear ride height
Range: Equal to or 0.1–0.4" higher than front for most setups
Raise →
shifts weight forward, helps turn-in
← Lower
shifts weight rearward, more rear grip, less rotation
Watch these telemetry signals
- Suspension travelsuspensionWhere: Corner panels, suspension bar (0..1, flashes red at >0.95)Frequent >0.95 bottoming over normal road bumps = too low. Add height before stiffening springs.
- Rumble strip / off-trackrumbleWhere: Corner panel rumble dotOff-road or rumble strips lighting up while the underside grinds = you're scraping. Telemetry won't tell you scraping directly; rumble + repeated bottoming is the proxy.
Symptom → fix
| What you feel | Likely cause | Try this |
|---|---|---|
| Bottoms repeatedly on a smooth track | Ride height too low for spring/damper choice | Raise 0.1–0.2" first; only stiffen springs if travel is otherwise wasted |
| Vague turn-in, car pushes initially | Too much front ride height OR rear lower than front | Drop front a notch or raise rear slightly to add front rake |
| Off-road car bottoms over ruts even on stiff springs | Not enough total travel | Raise ride height before adding more spring rate |