Always qualified in last until I found this video. Just ran my first race in it in career mode with the shorter races. Qualified in 19th and I wasn't very smooth. Got 2nd in the race, made an error on the last turn and got passed and could recover on the tri. With a bit of practice this is going to be an awesome setup! Thank you so much!
Great setup raiseing the front ride height really adds some speed, I never would have thought of trying that before seeing this video. This setup is a tiny bit faster and more stable if the rear track bar is turned all the way down instead of all the way up. That makes it a little tight though so lower the wedge to your liking. Also if using a controller wheel lock at 1 makes the steering smoother, the set up man is probably using a wheel which is why he has it higher.
Good setup 👍 Had a hot spot race in a 3* Nascar. Qualified 40, got into the wall running the high line lol. Finished 3rd. Speed rating 105, expert settings. Thanks again.
Thanks! I'm so glad I found your channel and your set ups! These are helping me tremendously. Everytime I stream this game on Twitch, I mention your channel when I modify the setups. You've put alot of time and effort into this and it shows. Thanks again! NASCAR HEAT 5 is so much fun! I wonder how the new Thunder '21 game is going to be?
WOW! What a huge difference for me personally. I just picked up Heat 5 a few weeks ago, (I guess I should note that i'm a new fan to the sport, so learning all the ins and outs of stock car racing is crazy.. and I love it! Especially how much goes into setups for the cars. But now that I'm dipping my toes into the online races... I can't compete so save my life, unless someone spins out and doesn't catch up to me, haha, but custom setups are the only way to compete online it seems. Thanks again for the tips and advise throughout this entire video, you know your shit lol
I like this setup, very loose for me but I’d rather have a looser car than a tighter car at these bigger tracks, however during the race with the green flag pitstops I tighten the car and raise the grill tape one time and overall this setup is great. I advanced myself to the round of 8 and won some multiplayer races with this setup. Thank you Mr. Setup Man!
@@darrenhernandez2270 You must be sum trash 😭 dominated the ai with this on a keyboard leading 29/47 laps and winning with 105 speed rating. The car handling is difficult but its what makes it fast
Qualifying was junk. But I worked my way to a 15th in a 3 star hot seat. I always use your setups as a base, I try to tweak them for controller use. I usually get really good set up out of it. Thanks for sharing all these
@@Ka1zerr wheel lock and steering offset are generally lower. The bump and rebound settings, depending on the track are a click or two higher. Then of course wedge assignment as needed.
@@Ka1zerrDepends on how you like to drive with the controller. I use a controller right now and I use even his high wheel lock sometimes depending on track but usually about 3 is a good feel but some ppl like 10
Hey white lightning motorsports! I cant seem to find your youtube channel. If your truly doing what your say your doing on restrictor plate tracks, then put up or shut up with all that horse manure. Keep it up Tom! Your an awesome person in and outside the heat community.
Your set up are really fast on all the tracks I've tried them at. The only two tracks that gave me any issues are Talladega and Bristol. The set ups are fast but I get some pretty bad body shake in the corners at both tracks which cause me to wash up the track. The shake is side to side and makes it impossible to hold the bottom. any clue as to what could be causing it?
Will this setup work for truck also? I haven’t found that setup, and I can’t get over 181 mph and 54.5 sec on lap time and the rest of the AI are in 52-53s
Hey was wondering how I can get into a league. I have been using you setups for the past two weeks. I’ve been racing for while but never in a league. I stop trying to play online because all they want to do is wreck you, so if you have a suggestion I would greatly appreciate it Thanks Sandman
I have a couple of suggestions. Join some groups on Facebook that are dedicated to NASCAR Heat 5 and create a post saying that you're looking for a league. You'll probably get several invitations. Here are some groups that I would recommend. Just search for them on FB and then join the group. XBOX One NASCAR Racing Community (Playstation guys are on this as well), NASCAR Heat 5 Community, NASCAR Heat Series Leagues, and NASCAR Heat 5. These are all good groups, but the first one is probably the most active! Also, I'd recommend watching this video prior to getting into league racing. League racing can be a great experience, or it can be horrible, it just depends on the league(s) you join, how they are ran, and whether they fit what you're looking for. This video will help you find the right league. th-cam.com/video/bimhVcpHjHQ/w-d-xo.html Good luck! Let me know how it goes!
All your setups work so good but this set up needs to be updated or please tell me what im doing wrong... I followed everything and in 40th.... WHY????? i use Steering wheel . its good grip but everyone just passes you and cant qualify .. at all and TOP SPEED 197
I’m having the same issue, I’m in career mode, and at first I thought it was my slow car, but I have a good car now, and I still can’t make practice time, unless I find a draft partner, for racing, I start off 40th as well, the steering seems like it wants to steer right towards the wall, but if you can stay in the draft long enough you’ll catch up
Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback. First, I think qualifying is kind of broken on the restricter plate tracks. At every other track, I can qualify in the top 10 easily, and I get lots of top 5s and poles, but at plate tracks, I'm always at the back. So, I think the game is broken in that regard. They don't adjust the AI's qualifying time properly to reflect "single car" speeds with no draft. Second, if you have any assists turned on, try turning them off. The assists make the car easier to control, but slower. Another key to running fast in qualifying is to be very smooth with the wheel. The more you turn the wheel, the more speed you lose. So, if you're turning the wheel back and forth a lot, you're losing speed. Also, hitting the apron, even a little, really kills your speed. Finally, I set this up to be a little bit tight. Try going down on the front sway bar a click or two. That might give you a little bit of extra speed by loosening the car up a little bit. I hope this helps, and I'm sorry that I didn't respond sooner!
If I'm running by myself, I usually run in 3rd gear, unless I've got the car really wound up. When I'm in the draft, I only use 4th gear. Hope that helps.
Not at all. In fact the tire wear is so good that you can frequently go with 2 tires or just a gas and go. The over-inflated tires give you more speed on the straights. Literally, every fast guy that I know runs 60 PSI on their tires at Daytona and Talladega.
I have a question, the setup works great in qualifying, however I find that it is very tight around the corners ,the setup works amazing but I don't know how to fix the tightness.
I have a Question? My car in career mode has the same setup as my online setup has and my car lacks horse power. It has lost 2 or 3 mph at Daytona only getting 198 mph and online 201 mph. I went with a team in stead of making a team. I raced a friend on two player split screen and after that it lost speed. I remember on the PS3 had issues like that........ Been having heating issues also on the PS4 also could that cause it?. Has anyone else had theses issues on lose of power at Daytona?
Are you on a wheel or controller? I've heard that after a while, some wheels just lose power and you need to turn them off and reboot them to get the power back. That's not much advice, but that's all that I've got - sorry!
I've got a preset setup for Phoenix. Check out my website. You can get all my videos in one place. setup-man.com/. Here's a link to the Phoenix preset setup. th-cam.com/video/3AsIHlobktU/w-d-xo.html.
Are all of the tuning settings in this game wonky? A lot of these things you have set up would never work in real life. So it's confusing for me trying to set my car up. There doesn't seem to be much realism with these physics. Wouldn't more aggressive camber lead to more wear? Thus meaning more pit stops and a full length race.
I've never driven a real race car, so I can't say a lot about how it compares to the real world, but a lot of other people have told me that the stuff that works in this game would never work in real life. As far as camber goes, they do get that part right (at least somewhat). More camber does lead to more tire wear. It varies greatly from track to track, but it does lead to more tire wear. However, the tires will still usually last throughout a full fuel run, so you don't end up making more pit stops, unless you go completely crazy with the camber settings. At Talladega and Daytona, you actually get pretty good tire wear, and you can do a two tire stop or even a gas and go, depending on the number of laps left.
I can only think of two things. First, you have to be very smooth on the steering and follow the line exactly as I drove it in the video. You want to turn the steering wheel as little as possible. The more you turn the wheel, the more speed you lose, so try to practice being smooth with the steering and moving the steering as little as possible. You always want to watch the line carefully, by swinging wide on the exit of the corners and taking a high entry into the corners, you're creating a wider arc for the car to follow, and losing less speed in the corners. Finally, if you are running any assists, turn them off. Assists make the car easier to drive, but they limit your speed on the straight stretches. I hope this helps. Sorry it took so long to respond, and thanks for watching!
I guess hot seat cars run alot slower. My car in the hot seat will not go faster than 193 with this seat up. I can get 201 on the straight away online with this set up but not in career mode
Try changing the steering offset. The steering offset means that when your wheel/controller is pointed straight, the wheels are actually not straight, they are pointed slightly to one side. I think this is done so that when you're going down a straight stretch that has a banking, you don't have to turn the wheel/controller to the right to keep the car from sliding down the banking. I'm not sure which direction you need to go on the offset, I think down, but try setting it at .000 and see if that cures the problem.
Love your setups! But I got a question on this one. I use a controller and Idk if it’s my sensitivity or what, but it’s hard for me to keep a smooth line around the corners with the track bars at 15.00. I’ve tried lowering both track bars to 10.00 but still tough. It’s still pretty loose to me. And when I barely try to adjust my line with my joystick, it makes me wanna head straight up the track. I also have my wheel lock at 10 and offset at 0.100. Would it help to adjust the cambers from what you have setup? Also, I have my settings set with Deadzone all the way to the left, steering sensitivity 3 clicks from the left and steering rate all the way to the right. Wish I had a steering wheel but have to just deal with controller for now. Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!
Most people that I know that use controllers, use the default settings. I would try getting rid of the deadzone and lowering the steering sensitivity. As far as setup advice, I'd try lowering the wheel lock and going up on the wedge.
I'm putting out an updated Daytona setup later today (4/22/21), so please look for my new video. But, to give you a direct answer to your question, "Yes, this should work well at Daytona, my Daytona setup is very similar to this one".
It should work for Xfinity. My Xfinity setup is extremely similar. You might have to change the gearing slightly, the Xfinity engines hit the redline at about 500 rpms lower than Cup, so that might affect the gearing, so you might need to go up one click on the rear end ratio.
I run a "3" at Talladega when I'm running presets, but I've heard a lot of people run a "1" preset, so run whatever you're comfortable with. When I'm on a preset, I run the tape at 45%, the wedge at 50% and I max out all of the tire pressures at 60 psi.
Always qualified in last until I found this video. Just ran my first race in it in career mode with the shorter races. Qualified in 19th and I wasn't very smooth. Got 2nd in the race, made an error on the last turn and got passed and could recover on the tri. With a bit of practice this is going to be an awesome setup! Thank you so much!
Great setup raiseing the front ride height really adds some speed, I never would have thought of trying that before seeing this video. This setup is a tiny bit faster and more stable if the rear track bar is turned all the way down instead of all the way up. That makes it a little tight though so lower the wedge to your liking. Also if using a controller wheel lock at 1 makes the steering smoother, the set up man is probably using a wheel which is why he has it higher.
Good setup 👍 Had a hot spot race in a 3* Nascar. Qualified 40, got into the wall running the high line lol. Finished 3rd. Speed rating 105, expert settings. Thanks again.
Thanks! I'm so glad I found your channel and your set ups! These are helping me tremendously. Everytime I stream this game on Twitch, I mention your channel when I modify the setups. You've put alot of time and effort into this and it shows. Thanks again! NASCAR HEAT 5 is so much fun! I wonder how the new Thunder '21 game is going to be?
I'm glad you like the setups, and thank you so much for the support!!
WOW! What a huge difference for me personally. I just picked up Heat 5 a few weeks ago, (I guess I should note that i'm a new fan to the sport, so learning all the ins and outs of stock car racing is crazy.. and I love it! Especially how much goes into setups for the cars. But now that I'm dipping my toes into the online races... I can't compete so save my life, unless someone spins out and doesn't catch up to me, haha, but custom setups are the only way to compete online it seems. Thanks again for the tips and advise throughout this entire video, you know your shit lol
I haven’t raced on NASCAR Heat in awhile. I’m gonna have to put this in and try it out! Thanks 👍
Great updated talladega cup series setup can't wait to test it tomorrow.
Good setup, I was doing a 3 star hot seat and I was in the top 20 until I made a mistake and ended up flying through the air like a plane.
NICE! that was a great setup and I improved my time on talledega a lot, thanks
Awesome setup!! Got my first top15,10, and 5 all in one race in xfinity!! Thankyou so much 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Merry Christmas, fast as I ever been. Thanks still works with tweaks
I commented on your last upload about my leauge race I had on Tuesday, AND I WON!!!
Congrats!
@@theset-upman3500 thank you
I like this setup, very loose for me but I’d rather have a looser car than a tighter car at these bigger tracks, however during the race with the green flag pitstops I tighten the car and raise the grill tape one time and overall this setup is great. I advanced myself to the round of 8 and won some multiplayer races with this setup. Thank you Mr. Setup Man!
5th straight win on expert with these setups. This was a tough race but won it in on the last lap by a car length!!
how, this setup is sooooo slow. like i cant pass 103 even with draft and it just slipps around so bad
@@darrenhernandez2270 You must be sum trash 😭 dominated the ai with this on a keyboard leading 29/47 laps and winning with 105 speed rating. The car handling is difficult but its what makes it fast
@@darrenhernandez2270he uses manual so he gears it differently.
You won 5 in a row on expert, but what difficulty was it on? If it was on legend that's extremely impressive
Used this for Xfinity, works great.
Qualifying was junk. But I worked my way to a 15th in a 3 star hot seat.
I always use your setups as a base, I try to tweak them for controller use. I usually get really good set up out of it. Thanks for sharing all these
what setting do you change for controller use ? I’m struggling to control the whip with my controller
@@Ka1zerr wheel lock and steering offset are generally lower. The bump and rebound settings, depending on the track are a click or two higher. Then of course wedge assignment as needed.
@@joshuaglaude1549 bro i’m sorry i’m very new i’m on career mode with legendary difficulty can you explain a little more on that last part
@@Ka1zerrDepends on how you like to drive with the controller. I use a controller right now and I use even his high wheel lock sometimes depending on track but usually about 3 is a good feel but some ppl like 10
@@joshuaglaude1549why do you change the bump n rebound settings for controller?
perfect big thanks! Enjoy the festive period!!
Hey white lightning motorsports! I cant seem to find your youtube channel. If your truly doing what your say your doing on restrictor plate tracks, then put up or shut up with all that horse manure. Keep it up Tom! Your an awesome person in and outside the heat community.
What a setup. thanks
Thanks for the setup bro
This is very good set up thank you
perfect birthday present LOL, thanks bro
Happy Birthday!
@@theset-upman3500 appreciate it boss :) saving me so much restart trouble, especially on the short tracks and POCONO!
Thanks this is good at daytona too
Good setup Thanks
Thank you was hurting on out front speed
Awesome!
Thank you 🙏
For your next video can you do darlington xfinity preset, no custom setups but a slider
Your set up are really fast on all the tracks I've tried them at. The only two tracks that gave me any issues are Talladega and Bristol. The set ups are fast but I get some pretty bad body shake in the corners at both tracks which cause me to wash up the track. The shake is side to side and makes it impossible to hold the bottom. any clue as to what could be causing it?
Hey man! Do you have a Darlington trucks slider setup?
Will this setup work for truck also? I haven’t found that setup, and I can’t get over 181 mph and 54.5 sec on lap time and the rest of the AI are in 52-53s
How come you don't have a truck set up for this track? I need ya bro lol
Hey was wondering how I can get into a league. I have been using you setups for the past two weeks. I’ve been racing for while but never in a league. I stop trying to play online because all they want to do is wreck you, so if you have a suggestion I would greatly appreciate it
Thanks Sandman
I have a couple of suggestions. Join some groups on Facebook that are dedicated to NASCAR Heat 5 and create a post saying that you're looking for a league. You'll probably get several invitations. Here are some groups that I would recommend. Just search for them on FB and then join the group. XBOX One NASCAR Racing Community (Playstation guys are on this as well), NASCAR Heat 5 Community, NASCAR Heat Series Leagues, and NASCAR Heat 5. These are all good groups, but the first one is probably the most active! Also, I'd recommend watching this video prior to getting into league racing. League racing can be a great experience, or it can be horrible, it just depends on the league(s) you join, how they are ran, and whether they fit what you're looking for. This video will help you find the right league. th-cam.com/video/bimhVcpHjHQ/w-d-xo.html Good luck! Let me know how it goes!
All your setups work so good but this set up needs to be updated or please tell me what im doing wrong... I followed everything and in 40th.... WHY????? i use Steering wheel . its good grip but everyone just passes you and cant qualify .. at all and TOP SPEED 197
I’m having the same issue, I’m in career mode, and at first I thought it was my slow car, but I have a good car now, and I still can’t make practice time, unless I find a draft partner, for racing, I start off 40th as well, the steering seems like it wants to steer right towards the wall, but if you can stay in the draft long enough you’ll catch up
Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback. First, I think qualifying is kind of broken on the restricter plate tracks. At every other track, I can qualify in the top 10 easily, and I get lots of top 5s and poles, but at plate tracks, I'm always at the back. So, I think the game is broken in that regard. They don't adjust the AI's qualifying time properly to reflect "single car" speeds with no draft. Second, if you have any assists turned on, try turning them off. The assists make the car easier to control, but slower. Another key to running fast in qualifying is to be very smooth with the wheel. The more you turn the wheel, the more speed you lose. So, if you're turning the wheel back and forth a lot, you're losing speed. Also, hitting the apron, even a little, really kills your speed. Finally, I set this up to be a little bit tight. Try going down on the front sway bar a click or two. That might give you a little bit of extra speed by loosening the car up a little bit. I hope this helps, and I'm sorry that I didn't respond sooner!
Why don't we have an Xfinity setup for Talladega
How would u use 3rd and 4th gear bc it feels like coming out of the turn switching to 4th slows me down a little bit
If I'm running by myself, I usually run in 3rd gear, unless I've got the car really wound up. When I'm in the draft, I only use 4th gear. Hope that helps.
Will the over inflation not kill long run tire fade?
Not at all. In fact the tire wear is so good that you can frequently go with 2 tires or just a gas and go. The over-inflated tires give you more speed on the straights. Literally, every fast guy that I know runs 60 PSI on their tires at Daytona and Talladega.
I have a question, the setup works great in qualifying, however I find that it is very tight around the corners ,the setup works amazing but I don't know how to fix the tightness.
Going down on the wedge or front weight will loosen the car up. You can also go up on the rear springs, or down on the front sway bar.
@@theset-upman3500 thanks
Why when I turn my car is wobbling
I have a Question? My car in career mode has the same setup as my online setup has and my car lacks horse power. It has lost 2 or 3 mph at Daytona only getting 198 mph and online 201 mph. I went with a team in stead of making a team. I raced a friend on two player split screen and after that it lost speed. I remember on the PS3 had issues like that........ Been having heating issues also on the PS4 also could that cause it?. Has anyone else had theses issues on lose of power at Daytona?
Also thanks for the setups always gives me a base to start.
Are you on a wheel or controller? I've heard that after a while, some wheels just lose power and you need to turn them off and reboot them to get the power back. That's not much advice, but that's all that I've got - sorry!
My best time for qualifying with this set up is 48.674 guys are getting 47.7's..how? Hahaha
Does anyone have anything for Phoenix X2 on Sliders by chance? Please I'd really appreciate it I struggle here .
I've got a preset setup for Phoenix. Check out my website. You can get all my videos in one place. setup-man.com/. Here's a link to the Phoenix preset setup. th-cam.com/video/3AsIHlobktU/w-d-xo.html.
Are all of the tuning settings in this game wonky? A lot of these things you have set up would never work in real life. So it's confusing for me trying to set my car up. There doesn't seem to be much realism with these physics. Wouldn't more aggressive camber lead to more wear? Thus meaning more pit stops and a full length race.
I've never driven a real race car, so I can't say a lot about how it compares to the real world, but a lot of other people have told me that the stuff that works in this game would never work in real life. As far as camber goes, they do get that part right (at least somewhat). More camber does lead to more tire wear. It varies greatly from track to track, but it does lead to more tire wear. However, the tires will still usually last throughout a full fuel run, so you don't end up making more pit stops, unless you go completely crazy with the camber settings. At Talladega and Daytona, you actually get pretty good tire wear, and you can do a two tire stop or even a gas and go, depending on the number of laps left.
I'm only getting 195 (scarcely 196) with this setup...what is it wrong¿?
I can only think of two things. First, you have to be very smooth on the steering and follow the line exactly as I drove it in the video. You want to turn the steering wheel as little as possible. The more you turn the wheel, the more speed you lose, so try to practice being smooth with the steering and moving the steering as little as possible. You always want to watch the line carefully, by swinging wide on the exit of the corners and taking a high entry into the corners, you're creating a wider arc for the car to follow, and losing less speed in the corners. Finally, if you are running any assists, turn them off. Assists make the car easier to drive, but they limit your speed on the straight stretches. I hope this helps. Sorry it took so long to respond, and thanks for watching!
I guess hot seat cars run alot slower. My car in the hot seat will not go faster than 193 with this seat up. I can get 201 on the straight away online with this set up but not in career mode
Can someone explain to me why my car drifts to the left with this setup?
Try changing the steering offset. The steering offset means that when your wheel/controller is pointed straight, the wheels are actually not straight, they are pointed slightly to one side. I think this is done so that when you're going down a straight stretch that has a banking, you don't have to turn the wheel/controller to the right to keep the car from sliding down the banking. I'm not sure which direction you need to go on the offset, I think down, but try setting it at .000 and see if that cures the problem.
Love your setups! But I got a question on this one. I use a controller and Idk if it’s my sensitivity or what, but it’s hard for me to keep a smooth line around the corners with the track bars at 15.00. I’ve tried lowering both track bars to 10.00 but still tough. It’s still pretty loose to me. And when I barely try to adjust my line with my joystick, it makes me wanna head straight up the track. I also have my wheel lock at 10 and offset at 0.100. Would it help to adjust the cambers from what you have setup? Also, I have my settings set with Deadzone all the way to the left, steering sensitivity 3 clicks from the left and steering rate all the way to the right. Wish I had a steering wheel but have to just deal with controller for now. Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!
Most people that I know that use controllers, use the default settings. I would try getting rid of the deadzone and lowering the steering sensitivity. As far as setup advice, I'd try lowering the wheel lock and going up on the wedge.
@@theset-upman3500 I’ll try that! Thanks for getting back with me!
Will this work for Daytona?
I'm putting out an updated Daytona setup later today (4/22/21), so please look for my new video. But, to give you a direct answer to your question, "Yes, this should work well at Daytona, my Daytona setup is very similar to this one".
@@theset-upman3500 I just raced with this setup and it was fast!!
It’s so loose??
this is the loosest setup bro 💀💀
I thought it was me but holy shit!
does this work for xfinity
It should work for Xfinity. My Xfinity setup is extremely similar. You might have to change the gearing slightly, the Xfinity engines hit the redline at about 500 rpms lower than Cup, so that might affect the gearing, so you might need to go up one click on the rear end ratio.
Preset slider?
I run a "3" at Talladega when I'm running presets, but I've heard a lot of people run a "1" preset, so run whatever you're comfortable with. When I'm on a preset, I run the tape at 45%, the wedge at 50% and I max out all of the tire pressures at 60 psi.
@@theset-upman3500 awesome thanks
It's too lose! How do I tighten it?
Try going up 3=5 clicks on the wedge and it will probably tighten the car up significantly.
@@theset-upman3500 alright, thanks
@@theset-upman3500 very loose
Looking to join a new league in NASCAR heat five had to leave the last league due to their un-American ways not good they were totally un-American
I’m first!
I've run a 48.425 on my setup.
how do i find set car plz helpp for sub