F1 24 Canada Setups

In F1 24, the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Canada is one of the fastest circuits with an incredibly long back straight and a few fast chicane sequences. You’ll need to get your car setup just right for this tricky and technical circuit. Opting for the wrong aerodynamic or suspension setup can result in your car being slow down the long straight, or hard to handle through the fast chicanes.

Canada can be hard on tyres, especially the rear tyres due to the rear limited nature of the circuit. Many corners require hard acceleration from lower speeds which can punish your rear tyres if you start to lose traction. There are ways to combat this with our car setup, notably by lowering the on-throttle differential.

A popular approach is manually adjusting the on-throttle differential on the approach to slower corners, such as turns 1 and 10. A lower on-throttle differential setup will allow you to accelerate harder without as much risk of breaking traction and spinning the rear wheels. You can then manually increase the differential for the rest of the lap, where it can be more beneficial to run a higher setup.

Is Canada a low downforce track in F1 24?

Canada has some elements of a traditional low downforce circuit thanks to the incredibly long straight between turn 10 and 13. This straight present very good opportunities to overtake into the final chicane, so ensuring your aerodynamic setup is just right is important.

Other corners around the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve rely much more on a good downforce car setup. The chicanes 3 and 4, 6 and 7, and 8 and 9 are all slow to medium-speed corners, and each chicane will benefit from more downforce.

This presents the challenge of balancing the right amount of front and rear wing aero to include in your car setup. I recommend opting for just a little less than completely balanced. This approach will allow you to hit good top speeds down the long straight while ensuring that you have enough downforce for the slower corners.

Setting up the suspension to handle the kerbs

Canada is a circuit where you really do want to push the track limits. With some of the faster chicanes being quite tight, you will want to position your car up and over the kerbs at every opportunity. You can do this around Canada in F1 24, as the kerbs aren’t too high. However, you must ensure you set up your suspension to be soft enough to handle the constant bumps of the kerbs.

I recommend creating a car setup with a relatively soft front and rear suspension. This will stop your car from reacting negatively each time you ride over a kerb. If you chose a stiff suspension setup, you could face a lot of instability when attacking the kerbs.

You will also want to set your ride height high enough so that the bottom of your car doesn’t hit the track as the suspension compresses over a kerb. A slightly higher ride height will prevent any bottoming out and any instability that this can cause.

F1 24 Canada race strategy

Canada is a circuit with roughly average tyre wear. If you are competing in a full race distance in F1 24, you will almost certainly require a two-pit stop strategy. Choosing to start the race on medium or soft tyres will give you a good launch off the start line. You can then switch to hard tyres before a final pit stop to switch back to medium or soft tyres for the final stint.