Best Pro Settings for The Crew Motorfest

The Crew Motorfest allows players to tune and optimize their cars in many different ways. While the myriad customization options can be overwhelming, once you understand the Pro Settings adjustments, you'll be able to improve the drivability and speed of every vehicle. Here are all the best Pro Settings for The Crew Motorfest.

How to choose Pro Settings in The Crew Motorfest

Tuning your cars allows you to maximize their potential and adapt them to a particular surface or style of competition. The optimal setup won't be the same when you're attempting a Speedtrap or Chase versus a Rally. Learning the fundamentals of car tuning in The Crew Motorfest will not only make you faster but also make your drives more enjoyable.

Understeer and Oversteer

Understanding what oversteer and understeer are and how to manage them is most important. When you get to a corner and turn your steering wheel, your front tires will want to turn the car to the side, while your back wheels will want to push it forward.

Although the physics involved are more complicated than this, we can say there is a struggle between two forces: the front axle wanting to turn and the rear axle wanting to go straight. Which one triumphs over the other depends mainly on your car setup; while none is inherently better, knowing how to recognize them and when to choose one over the other is key for a great setup.

If the rear axle wins the struggle, the vehicle will keep sliding forward even when the steering is turned; this is what we call Understeer. On the other hand, if the front axle wins, the car will turn, and the rear tires will slide to the side, which is what we call Oversteer.

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Best Car Settings in The Crew Motorfest

To enter the tuning menu, select one of your vehicles and go to the far button on the right that says "Pro Settings" (first image).

Final Drive

Final Drive is the only adjustment you can make on your gear ratios. A shorter ratio will sacrifice top speed for better acceleration, and a longer one will do the exact opposite. I always adjust this to suit my driving style, but more importantly, I change it from event to event, making sure I have better top speed on tracks with long straights and better acceleration on sinuous roads or Rallies.

Tires

When you decrease the grip from your tires, you affect the equation we talked about when we discussed Oversteer and Understeer. By reducing grip on the front tires, you ensure the rear axle triumphs over the front one and thus induces Understeer on your car. The other way around will induce Oversteer.

On drift cars or Rally cars, I prefer to run this with a touch of Oversteer, but on circuit cars or single-seaters, I choose to have Understeer and avoid degrading the tires.

Brakes

The brake balance will also affect your Oversteer/Understeer by locking one axle before the other. If you put your balance towards the back, the rear tires will lock earlier and lose the struggle against the front ones, thus causing Oversteer under braking. The other way around will cause the opposite effect and Understeer into the turn.

I generally run this balanced towards the front because it gives my car more stability while braking. Brake Power can be reduced for realism or when you find you are locking the tires too quickly, but I always leave it at maximum.

Aero

The aero components increase the pressure the air generates on the car: the higher the aero load, the more the air will press down on the chassis and increase the tires' grip by effectively squeezing them into the ground. If you decrease the aero from the front, you will lose grip in the front tires and allow the rear axle to win the struggle and understeer, while lowering the aero on the back will make your rear tires lose grip and Oversteer.

Suspension

Springs

The car's body shifts under braking and acceleration; too much of this movement and the vehicle may feel unstable. If you find you are understeering while braking, that might be because the weight of the body is being pushed forward; you can stiffen up the front springs to have less weight transfer and reduce Understeer. The same happens the other way around with the rear axle. Keep in mind that a really bumpy road will require softer springs, while a tarmac circuit can be driven better with a stiff suspension.

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Damper Compression

This affects how the weight of the vehicle is transferred when you begin braking or turning. The higher the compression, the stiffer the car will feel and this will result in a less responsive vehicle. Overall, I try to run this soft on the front to improve steering, but if you feel you are bouncing too much or it takes a long time to stabilize your car after a bump or a turn, you might have gone too soft.

Damper Rebound

This works the same way compression does, but it takes effect when you begin to accelerate after having turned. Since they are very much related, you can play with this and the compression to find what suits your car the best.

Anti-roll Bars

The Anti-roll Bars provide stability for the axle. If you want to reduce Understeer you can soften the front ARB. If you want to reduce Oversteer you can reduce the rear one.

Alignment

Camber is the vertical angle of the tires in relation to the ground. If you tweak this it will make the tires not sit perfectly perpendicular to the track and play with the amount of grip: negative camber will give you better grip when cornering at the cost of better grip on corner exit, and vice-versa. Depending on the event, if there is a particular twisty portion of the track, I prefer to run a slight negative camber on the front.

For more information on The Crew Motorfest, check out The Crew Motorfest – Beginner tips & tricks on Pro Game Guides.