What is the practical difference between spring rate and damper bump in Dirt Rally?

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I've read that springs store energy, while dampers control the rate at which the energy is stored or released. What's the practical difference between these two settings? What's the result of a soft spring rate with a stiff bump setting, or vice versa, compared to setting both to soft or both to firm?

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