F1 26 Austin / COTA (United States) setup (2026 Season Pack)
Reference starting setups for Austin / COTA (United States) in F1 26, the 2026 Season Pack for EA SPORTS F1 25: pace, balanced and tyre life, written as the clicks you enter on the setup screen. The 2026 car has a different aero package and tyres, so F1 25 numbers do not carry over - these values are for the 2026 car only.
Reference baseline setups
Driver Dojo’s starting-point setups for Austin / COTA (United States) in F1 26. These are reference values, not personalised — the app reads your own telemetry to tell you which clicks to change from here. What each setting does: setup guide (the setup screen is the same in F1 26). Car pushing wide? Fixing understeer. Tyres going off early? Tyre wear too high.
Pace: Lowest one-lap time, accepts more wear. · Balanced: A compromise between pace and tyre wear. · Tyre life: Protects the tyres for longer stints.
3 of 20 parameters differ between goals at this circuit — the rest are shared, and are shown once.
| Parameter | Pace | Balanced | Tyre life |
|---|---|---|---|
Aerodynamics | |||
| Front Wing | 36 — same for all goals | ||
| Rear Wing | 24 — same for all goals | ||
Transmission | |||
| On-Throttle Diff | 85% | 80% | 70% |
| Off-Throttle Diff | 40% — same for all goals | ||
Suspension geometry | |||
| Front Camber | -3.5° — same for all goals | ||
| Rear Camber | -2° — same for all goals | ||
| Front Toe | 0° — same for all goals | ||
| Rear Toe | 0.1° — same for all goals | ||
Suspension | |||
| Front Suspension | 18 — same for all goals | ||
| Rear Suspension | 12 — same for all goals | ||
| Front Anti-Roll Bar | 5 — same for all goals | ||
| Rear Anti-Roll Bar | 13 — same for all goals | ||
| Front Ride Height | 24 — same for all goals | ||
| Rear Ride Height | 44 — same for all goals | ||
Brakes | |||
| Brake Pressure | 100% — same for all goals | ||
| Brake Bias | 54% — same for all goals | ||
Tyre pressures | |||
| Front Left | 26.2 psi — same for all goals | ||
| Front Right | 26.2 psi — same for all goals | ||
| Rear Left | 22.5 psi | 22.5 psi | 22 psi |
| Rear Right | 22.5 psi | 22.5 psi | 22 psi |
Also driving F1 25? F1 25 setup and per-corner telemetry for Austin / COTA (United States).
These are the starting numbers. Your laps decide the rest.
Driver Dojo reads your F1 26, F1 25 or F1 24 telemetry at Austin / COTA (United States), asks how the car felt, and gives the exact setup clicks to change — corner by corner, with a predicted lap-time delta.
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