If you are an engineer and you want to start in the professional world and you have not yet had the opportunity, SimRacing is the best way to apply your knowledge and help the best international teams and drivers.
Sim Racing is becoming more and more like the real world and we have more and more applications used in the real world. In the following article we will review different tools that an engineer should use.
Telemetry Software
Telemetry is a technology that allows remote measurement of physical quantities for later analysis. Applied in the motorsport world, it will allow us to gather all the information provided by the vehicle to analyze desired aspects like car behaviors that affect the dynamics of the vehicle or driver inputs.
Our main advantage using sims is that we have to completely forget about testing the sensors in the different parts of the vehicle. We have choose this following tools to analyze your data and improving you driving and racecar setup.
| SOFTWARE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| MOTEC | MoTeC’s i2 data analysis software has been developed over a number of years with valuable input from professional race teams worldwide. It delivers an extensive package of powerful analysis tools and innovative data management features, whilst maintaining a simple and intuitive user interface. |
| ATLAS | ATLAS 10 is a software package which is used to obtain, display and analyse data from control systems such as those used within motorsport and automotive applications. |
| iSpeed | iSpeed can keep vital information in front of you (using visual and audio output) while driving, and will also help you after the fact - finding the best way through a corner, with braking points, lines and cornering speed. |
| Z1 Analyzer | The Z1 Analyzer application is a program that is aimed at improving the most important part of the car - you the driver! |
| Racing Sim Tools | Racing Sim Tools is a leading provider of cutting-edge software, using real-world engineering to help you achieve your optimal performance in game. Designed and tested by real life engineers, Racing Sim Tools promises to provide the highest quality products on the market. |
| Race Engineering Center | Race Engineering Center (REC) is a software complex for telemetry recording and analysis from racing simulators. Currently it supports importing IBT files from iRacing and CSV files exported from MoTeC, and live telemetry recording from AC/ACC and R3E. |
Telemetry Racing Books
Due to our difficult to gain real life racing experience sometimes many engineers have from little to none knowledge about what is needed to improve their own performance on track. Study and reading it is not a foolish thing in any case, and racing and simracing are not exceptions. This book will help you to understand the data analysis principles.
| BOOKS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Analysis Techniques for Racecar Data Acquisition | Racecar data acquisition used to be limited to well-funded teams in high-profile championships. Today, the cost of electronics has decreased dramatically, making them available to everyone. |
| A Practical Guide to Race Car Data Analysis | A Practical Guide to Race Car Data Analysis was written for the amateur and lower-level professional racers who either have a data system in their cars or who may be thinking about installing one but who do not have access to an experienced data engineer. |
| Making Sense of Squiggly Lines | This book is clear and easy to follow with great example illustrations with insightful analysis in text to accompany the illustrations. |
| Competition Car Data Logging | Data Power is the first practical guide to using data acquisition systems in racing. You’ll learn simple visual techniques to recognize critical car and driver performance characteristics at a glance. |
| Data Power: Using Racecar Data Acquisition | Data logging has become an essential tool for professional racing teams in all forms of motorsport who are trying to get the maximum potential from the engine, chassis, and the driver. |
Coaching & Setups
It is one of the most repeated questions throughout all the seasons and practices. What setup do you use? Where did you get it? Do you share it? The eternal search for that setup that makes us the reincarnation of Senna, Schumacher or Alonso and that makes us go down two seconds per lap magically.
This sites will help you to test different setups and improve your lap times using Services like videos, phantom laps, olaps and blaps, telemetries, times, references, etc.
| SITES | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| VRS | With VRS, you can learn to race from the best iRacers in the world! Get training from Ray Alfalla, Martin Krönke, Mitchell deJong, and 20+ other coaches! |
| Pure Driving School | Setups from top drivers. We provide great setups for the most popular cars on iRacing! Set up your account now and improve immediately! |
| Craig's Setup Shop | Craig A Williams is one of the most well known setup creators all across simracing. He provides high quality setups for a fair price. |
| Coach Dave Academy | The home of amateur and professional sim racers looking to up their game. |
| Grid and Go | Grid and Go is an app created by pro iracers offering a bunch of useful resources, including setups, telemetry, videos, etc. |
| Apex Racing Academy | Apex Racing Academy is a group of pro iracers with a passion for providing iRacing setups, teaching & developing drivers. |
| Setups4iRacing | Free setups for iRacing made by Tanner McCullough and friends |
| Driver61 | Sim Racing Fundamentals – Pure Pace MasterClass |
Audio & Spotters
If you need to know in real time how much fuel you need to finish the race or receive notifications in the race. We recommend the following spotters and audio applications for you to adjust your racing preferences.
| SPOTTERS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| CrewChief | One of the best Spotter and Race Engineer software packages available to enhance your Sim Racing sessions. |
| The Digital Engineer | Advanced command and feedback system for Voice Attack built exclusively for the iRacing Simulator. Use your voice to control iRacing with over 600 commands and listen to vital performance information from The DRE. |
| Voice Attack | Add your voice as an extra controller with voice commands that YOU create. |
Overlays & Tools
For those who want more information in the iRacing simulator. Today we bring you a compilation of the best overlays. Take your time to install and configure them correctly.
| OVERLAYS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Racelab | Since Racelabs (by Istvan Fodor and Tobias Zürcher) has implemented its Native VR function, its popularity has increased exponentially, as it is very well debugged and consumes very few resources. |
| JRT | JRT is an application for iRacing. It’s not a simple timing table, it has been think to be able to be used in race thanks to well studied color codes. It works also with replays that could be useful to make overlays on videos after a race or to comment races delayed. |
| SDK Gaming | The most accurate live timing software available for iRacing taps into the power of the SDK. Display a detailed timing screen on a second screen, integrate an overlay into your race screen or display an overlay on your Twitch stream all displaying live information! |
| Kuttu Apps | A bridge between iRacing API and web browser based applications |
Management & Scheduling
It is important to plan the season and know the next races to be prepared. We recommend the following planners and calendars.
| Schedules | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| iRacing Companion | [IOS] Get the iRacing Calendar at your phone, follow your favorite series, add reminders for a races, watch upcoming races and much more directly at your phone. |
| iRacing Companion | [ANDROID] Get the iRacing Calendar at your phone, follow your favorite series, add reminders for a races, watch upcoming races and much more directly at your phone. |
| Box Box Design Planners | Print Planners |
| iRacing Week Planner | Week Planner for iRacing |
See you on the track!
