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The airbag is essentially a spring. Match the damper with the "spring" it's the same basic principle.

How can air suspension exceed the performance of springs? If you used an integrated yaw/pitch/roll detection system combined with a rapid compressor then you could theoretically keep the car perfectly level (and lower) in all aspects of the braking/corning/accelerating phase. It would be on par with "active" suspension and better yet if you combined the computer controlled air system with a pre-programmed GPS map of the track then the air suspension could be dialed into the track and modify itself (ride height/firmness) based on real time location.