Just finished out of the first IRL race for myself, mixed feelings. Not really that much green flag racing, but good when it came. Other than a screwed up pit stop that sidelined me, had fun. Though I was extremely slow, well more than I thought I would have been. I was running flat out, never lifting or hitting the break, running 1/1 on the aero, but couldn't get much speed out of it. Is there something I am missing, or any tips out there that might be able to help out in general? Any advice would be welcome. I'm almost positive I was running the long oval setups on the Fort Worth race, but almost felt like the short oval setup, just running with a brick on my back.

I felt the same way Richard. I too was running 1/1, but I think where you gain a competitive advantage with setups is the mechanical side of things with these ovals, especially when you get into substantial banking. I know nothing about setting up open wheels for ovals (and even with stock cars I am often in a state of utter confusion), but I guess I will have to learn quick because I think it is very important with this kind of oval racing. If anyone finds a guide *specific* to open wheels on ovals please help us out! thank you :-)

I think Texas is one of the few places you can easily run 1/1 because of the high banks, the cars push right into the track instead of sliding up it (like Indy).

As for knowing for sure what chassis you're using after you've selected the Upgrade and are at the track, I was struggling the whole time trying to find a solution for that, and still am. Just can't figure out a way while keeping the car classification the same for R2P scoring purposes (talked to Tim at length about this).
I can't find a way to name anything differently in the time/driver list while keeping the class FIS2008. So it wasn't an arbitrary action or an oversight. If you have modding experience suggestions are welcome.

But I still always thought it was easy if you knew what to look for.
If your default wing is 23/25 and your left/right ride height is the same, that is the road course setup.
If your default wing is 7/7 and the left height is lower than the right, that is the superspeedway setup.
If your default wing is 26/26 and the left is lower than the right, that is the short track setup.

These numbers are close, I have to check exact wing settings later.

Running the road chassis at 1/1 doesn't do you any good at an oval because it inherently has a lot more downforce & drag than either oval tub.

The first thing I do is check what tyre options are available. The oval chassis only have soft/med/hards available. Where as the road couse chassis have super-soft etc.

On the ovals, so far I've only ever run 1/1 wing. Best tip I can give really is to concentrate on the rear end of the car to get the rotation sorted out.

That's it Jon, brilliant.
Thanks!

What is it that the third springs do on the front and rear of the car? I see them only on the IRL Cars on the Advanced tab.