F1 25 Controller Setups For Every Track

When we first turn on the latest F1 game, a lot of players just want a stable, easy to control baseline setup to start off with to get used to the handling on a controller. Thankfully, the pad handling is much improved on F1 25 than on ’24, so this has proved to be a much easier challenge so far for me at least this year. I’ll share my findings so far on some simple baseline setups pad players can user that are stable and just allow you to lap most circuits consistently to get used to things. I’ve started off with three templates – a middle of the road one, a more stable and “planted” one and a more aggressive one so you can pick whichever once you’re looking for based on preference. At the bottom I’ll also link off the custom setups for all individual circuits that I’ll be posting gradually as I work my way through my own career mode on the game. Caveat 1 – These setups were made with my Controller Calibration settings as follows – Throttle Linearity on 60, Brake Linearity on 30, everything else as I found them on default (the Steering Rate setting is the key one to change to get faster once used to the game, which I’ll cover further down) : Caveat 2 – These setups are obviously early setups made with the early build of the game (June 2025) and so are subject to change as the game and my understanding of the handling evolves. NEW UPDATED 2026 SETUP POSTED FURTHER DOWN Suggested Starter Template Controller Race Setup For Offline Races (Good Planted Feel) I’ll start of with just a simple baseline setup that’s not the most aggressive but not the most sluggish either. Just something in the middle that shouldn’t be too hard to control on a pad. After playing the game for just over a month, what was my more stable setup posted below is now my default setup, because it seems to work most often in providing a good stable planted feel and easier traction throughout a race (not just on fresh tyres). Here’s my starter baseline for F1 25: Wings – 28/30, adjust wings for each track Diff – 10/55 Camber – -3.50/-2.00/0.03/0.13 Suspension – 41-3-14-10-22-49 Brakes – 100% Pressure/55% Bias Tyre pressures – Max pressures all tyres 2026 Update – This baseline was much more effective in the first half of the game life cycle and still is perfectly fine for offline races at around 80-95 AI levels. But for competitive online racing and top AI levels, it’s fallen away in effectiveness as the handling of the game has evolved with patches. Check out my updated 2026 setup further below for an updated baseline that takes into account the new handling. Keeping the rear wing two clicks above the front gives a good stable feel to the handling, plus the conservative Diff settings make traction easy and prevent over-rotation. The roll bars were originally set at 12-16 but I’m finding 14-10 provides that planted feel that’s useful over entire races. Tyres do overheat readily on this game so it will be max pressures all tyres on a lot of tracks, but if you’re struggling to get heat into the tyres on certain tracks, lower them to somewhere near the middle or just above. And then with this baseline, it’s just a case of adjusting the wing levels for each track. Getting this nailed precisely is still a work in progress on F1 25, but here are some early suggestions: Lowest downforce tracks (Monza, Las Vegas, Spa as well for some players) – Wings between 1 and 5 (some players are already using 0-0 wings as well) Low-Medium downforce tracks (Jeddah, Belgium, Baku, Miami) – 7/9 to 10/12 wings Medium downforce tracks (Bahrain, Australia, Japan, China, Imola, Canada, Austria, Britain, Mexico, Brazil, Abu Dhabi) – 18/20 to 22/24 wings – update – will probably go higher for some of these now – see update just below High downforce tracks – (Spain, Zandvoort, Portugal, Texas, Qatar) – 28/30 to 32/34 wings (can go higher depending on preference – will now probably go higher for my setups- see important update just below) Maximum downforce tracks (Monaco, Hungary, Singapore) – 47/50 or 48/50 wings. IMPORTANT UPDATE RE: WING LEVELS – It’s starting to become clear that in contrast to the previous few games, it’s actually better on some tracks to run HIGHER wings than lower, as any loss in straight line speed is more than outweighed by better and easier car control and traction on worn tyres, easier to follow other cars, less affected by dirty air, and just generally easier handling and better average lap times over an entire stint (not just when the tyres are fresh). I’m in process of updating my setups, but I first found this doing my CoTA setup, which has some more analysis of this. Other setups I’ll be going back and revising include China, Bahrain, Miami, Hungary, Zandvoort, Baku, Singapore. Basically any circuits which are classed as “rear limited”, or which have lots of traction zones. You need more downforce at these tracks to maintain solid pace when the tyres start falling off (traction can start getting super tricky on worn tyres, and it can cost you loads of lap time as the back end keeps stepping out if you’re lacking downforce). IMP Video – You need higher downforce for races when the tyres go off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=831LvrcJXzIVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Why you shouldn't use TT setups online (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=831LvrcJXzI) On some tracks like Monaco, I’ve found that just using the 0.15 for the rear toe only and putting the front toe back to the left also works better. This setup definitely gives you a more planted, stable feeling but is also more sluggish in cornering. But it’s easier to be consistent and it’s also good to try at circuits where you want total control of the handling to avoid damaging your wing (circuits like Miami, Monaco, Jeddah, Baku, Singapore, plus anywhere else where you don’t want any nervousness or “twitchyness” to the handling with the walls close by). Updated 2026 Baseline Setup (Online Racing) The handling of this game has changed quite a lot, and I have been noticing that the above baseline I was initially using offline has become uncompetitive for online league racing. The qualifying pace especially was poor. So I’ve posted an updated, revamped baseline that is more aggressive, accounts for the newer handling model (second half of the game cycle) and can work both for offline and online, but with an emphasis for faster pace for online racing. Wings – 28/30, adjust wings for each track Diff – 10/55 (reduce to 10/25 for Quali only) Camber – -3.50/-2.00/0.00/0.10 (LLLL) Suspension – 41-1-1-5-21-41 Brakes – 100% Pressure/53% Bias Tyre pressures – Max pressures all tyres Key adjustments for Quali – Must reduce the Off Diff to 25 just for quali (you can revert it back for the race) to get sharper rotation and really attack the sharper corners for best lap time. You can also optionally invert the wings, placing the front 3-5 clicks above the rear, again just for Quali and just go for maximum all out rotation and turn in, which you can get away with on fresh soft tyres. Then revert the wings and Diff back to normal for the race for better stability. But quali pace was my main weakness with the older baseline above, so some tweaks are needed for competitive onlline racing. This baseline might feel slightly trickier to control at first on a pad but delivers stronger cornering with the more aggressive settings. On a pad, you might need to get used to using a more partial steering input with the joysticks, just using about half of the range instead of full lock to prevent over-rotation. I’ve also put all the camber/toe settings all the way to the left for best possible performance, as well as using more aggressive roll bar settings at 1/5. If you don’t want to go quite that aggressive on the roll bars, something like 12-16 is a decent compromise, and I can still use this on more uncomplicated tracks like Austria and Monza where tyre wear doesn’t affect you so much. This is what a lot of the early wheel user setups are running, and it does give better cornering performance, but it will also be more unstable to control on a pad, especially on worn tyres. Key Controller Setting to Adjust Once Used To The Game (To Be Faster) Setups can get you so far with improving speed versus using the game presets, but the key controller calibration setting on this game that seems to impact lap times in a big way is the Steering Rate setting in Controller Calibration (go to Controller & Vibration in Settings, then Edit your current scheme and select Controller Calibration settings to adjust). The setting I started the game with of 100 is very conservative by now late on in the game cycle and is leaving a lot of pace on the table. Increasing this setting up to 110, 120, 130 or 140 deliver noticeably sharper cornering by increasing the sharpness of the turning angle on the in-car steering wheel in the game. So this is the setting to play around with if your car control is pretty consistent and you want to find more speed. Raising it does make a difference. I just raced at Canada and the difference even between 100 and 120 is noticeable. The car rotates much better round sharper corners and hairpins and it allows you to get back on the throttle sooner. However, go too far with this setting and traction can start to get tricky on older tyres and you end up losing time overall. It’s about adjusting the setting in gradual increments until you find a sweet spot for you. Here’s your quick guide for improving overall speed once used to the game: Bump the Steering Rate setting up gradually in increments of 10 to 110, 120, 130, and perhaps 140 (but can be tricky to manage on a pad) If you don’t like the feeling of using higher steering rates in the race (too unstable), just raise it for qualifying and put it back down to 110 or 100 for the race. If you get used to using a higher steering rate setting and still think there’s more time you can find, you can optionally go more aggressive on the car setups, putting the front wing 3-6 clicks above the rear for sharper turn in (can be tricky to manage in races on worn tyres though). Adjusting For Wet Conditions And for wet conditions, this needs a few more adjustments, here are some guidelines: INTERMEDIATE CONDITIONS: Load a dry setup for a track and: Add 1-2 clicks on the wings Space the rear wing 4-5 clicks above the front for better stability (5 clicks is actually my preference right now as stability is tricky in the wet). Lower On Throttle Diff to 10 Increase Off Throttle Diff by 1 or 2 clicks (5 or 10 points) Sometimes, even just using your dry setup with the slight wing adjustments also works fine for in light rain inter conditions. Other times you need to make more changes to dial out rotation. It’s all about reducing the rotation to an idea level where you can get back on the throttle smoothly on corner exit without wheelspin or losing the back end because the car is still over-rotating. Dial back the settings above until you get to this point. FULL WET CONDITIONS: Full full wet conditions, it’s generally similar adjustments as for inter conditions, just more drastic. Load a dry setup for the track and: Increase wing level 5-10 clicks (add a lot more downforce) Space the rear wing AT LEAST 4 clicks above the front for better stability (you might need to test spacing the wings apart 5 or even 6 clicks until you get the required stability. I’m always using at least 5 click spacing in the wet right now). Reduce On Throttle Diff to 10 Increase Off Throttle Diff 2-3 clicks (10-15 points). Increase ride height 3-5 clicks Soften suspension 1-2 clicks (optional) Lower the anti-roll bars 1-2 clicks (optional) Low speed traction is MUCH trickier in full wet conditions, so it’s again about dialing back the rotation in the setup to allow for easier drive out of slow corners without the car over-rotating. Sometimes, you have to use some pretty extreme settings on a pad to get the required stability, plus turning the ERS down to None in all slow speed sections and traction zones to make corner exits easier. For example, in inter conditions in Monaco I was using 46/50 wings with 60 Off Diff, and I’m pretty sure that in full wet conditions I’d be using 45/50 wings with the Off Diff all the way up to 65, which I’d never use in the dry. But if this is what’s required to dial out the rotation so the traction is smooth, then go for it. UPDATE FOR WET CONDITIONS – It seems the AI are incorrectly calibrated for inter and full wet conditions, with lots of players complaining that their pace is competitive in the dry but terrible in the wet using the same AI level. Therefore consider dropping the AI level 10-15 clicks before any wet sessions to try and balance this out for the time being (I guess a patch will be issued at some point to rebalance it). I’m having to drop it down 15 clicks at the moment. Individual Race Setups For All F1 25 Circuits As I work my way through my own career mode, I’ll also be posting the individual race setups for all 24 circuits on the calendar in order. Again, these are early setups and a work in progress but I’ll post what I’ve used first time round here in offline modes. They’ll usually be a tweak of one of my first two baselines posted above, with some settings adjusted. So far, they seem to be decent as they’re allowing me to complete against the AI on 100 Difficulty level on the launch version of the game, which isn’t bad. Here are the setups one by one: Australia China Japan Bahrain Saudi Arabia Miami Imola Monaco Spain Canada Austria Silverstone Spa Hungary Zandvoort Monza Baku Singapore Texas Mexico Brazil Las Vegas Qatar Abu Dhabi More F1 25 Setup Resources (All Tracks) For pad users wanting more precision in car setups, and who test out and compare more custom car setup for all tracks, here are some resources to check out: Simracingsetups YouTube channel – Fantastic resource, and a great starting point for me now as a pad player. Always produces great usable baseline setups for all tracks, but I do have to tweak them significantly as his setups are created on a wheel and the wing and Diff levels especially don’t translate well over to a pad for me at least. F1laps.com – Another car setup forum with pages for every track, and loads of custom setups posted. F1gamesetup.com – An even more specialized resource with custom setups, every car and every track, wet and dry weather. Can also filter setups by car type and input device (wheel vs pad) for even more customization and precision. Sim Racing Centre (Premium) – Online shop that sells setups and strategy guides, either by the track or for all tracks in the game in one. Advanced setup resources with aggressive higher end setups (more suited for wheel users). F1 26 setups are now available via Track Titan — see our F1 26 setup guide for dry and wet race setups. Want faster setups built from real telemetry data? Track Titan builds F1 25 setups from actual lap data, with AI coaching to help controller users improve faster. Explore Track Titan F1 25 Setups → Want faster setups built from real telemetry data? Track Titan builds F1 25 setups from actual lap data, with AI coaching to help controller users improve faster. Explore Track Titan F1 25 Setups → Want to try the full F1 26 setup library?Track Titan now has dry and wet setup bundles available for F1 26, with Race and Quali Esports variations to be added automatically once ready.View Track Titan F1 26 Setups →

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