[Vracer111]

The FR-S has been my only vehicle for the past few years (first time in a long time I've only had one vehicle to rely on). Suspension is still stock...only relevant changes have been steering rack bushings changed to solid aluminum ones (which helped out very much with the weird mid corner steering trait of the stock car) and running 205/45-17 tires on lightweight 17x7.5 wheels with more than 4lbm of unsprung weight removed from each corner. Car is much more composed than bone stock and quicker in reflexes at the same time while having greater stability at higher speeds as well (...lower CG from reduced tire diameter and rear factory diffusor delete just works better.)

Perfectly content with the stock suspension and only plan to upgrade to non-adjustable Bilstein B6's when the originals have noticeably degraded below acceptable handling. Don't feel like messing with suspension on this car....don't even want to change the springs, even though i would like it just a little lower (but I want to keep the same stock ratio F/R). They pretty much nailed the suspension from the factory, and after 3 years getting to know the car I've pretty much explored what it has to offer and am very satisfied... my rear tires wearing down to the tread bars evenly across the width in less than 6k miles can attest to that...LOL That's why I buy inexpensive tires... I drive with some slip angle every turn I can because that's what the car likes and it feels great doing that (very slight force on the steering wheel in the direction opposite of the turn means you nailed it perfectly). Alignment has never even been touched from how it left the factory either.

I've had some track cars in the past with adjustable suspension setups....didn't really even messing much with the suspension once I found a good setting for the condition. No reason to bother with adjustable dampers for my DD FR-S... I want it simple and highly dependable while being a vehicle specific tuned application - can't get better than non-adjustable Bilstein dampers in that regard.

In racing sims I don't mess with cars settings except for tires and gearing...I just drive, drive, drive the car on the stock setup and try to maximize what it can do and what I can learn from it. You get a lot from doing that.