Experiment with the game. There are an almost unlimited
amount of set-ups. Once you get your car built, test it thoroughly
to get familiar with it. This allows you to cut good lights and
run close on your dial-in. Depending on your preference, you may
want to try deep staging, which is going farther down to where
the pre-stage light goes off. This will make your reaction time
better, but will give your car less roll out time (less time to
start accelerating before the elapsed time clock begins).