Next generation linear gauges! Completing our trifecta of next-gen gauges, the new linear gauges brings tremendous design flexibility and creativity. Vertical or horizontal gauges You can now create horizontal or vertical gauges to make your dashboard layouts as effective as possible. Background, needle, and mask bitmaps Optionally customize the gauge with a combination of background…
Peer into the sausage factory that is Autosport Labs – Last month we were a guest on the launch event for the framework we use for the RaceCapture and Podium app. Best part, I managed to not have a coughing fit as I was dealing with a bad cold. If you want to learn more…
There’s been one massively overdue feature in the RaceCapture app – and it’s finally been added. Not real-time telemetry, but batch upload! Since the beginning of time we’ve offered the powerful ability to broadcast telemetry in realtime to Podium. This has been used by our community for millions of laps across many forms of racing.…
It’s a Thanksgiving Miracle! We’ve released our next generation analog gauges and you can start playing with them today. Beautiful, photo-realistic gauges With our super flexible analog gauge editor, you can design your own beautiful gauges and the dashboards that contain them. Get crazy! You can also design any crazy or fun gauge you’d like…
Congrats to Andy on the 3rd place win at Evergreen AutoX! We have a quick but important RaceCapture app release – read on! New analog gauges!!1!!… SIKE If you were hoping our new analog gauges were in this release… they’re not. But hang tight and watch for it in 2.12.0. It’s coming soon. Sometimes App…
Cellular Profiles aren’t APNs! Applies to RaceCapture/Pro with 4G cellular and all PodiumConnect systems with 4GRequires firmware 2.2.0 Our new cellular profile feature lets you tune the system for better compatibility in various worldwide regions.The default cellular profile was (and still is) to simply configure the profile via the currently inserted SIM card, allowing the…
(Podium Telemetry courtesy of Jefferson Raley A big improvement to the app based telemetry broadcaster Based on feedback from users during races, we’ve found that the core framework we were relying on had a bug that would cause our telemetry broadcaster to get into a bad state, and the only recovery was an app restart.…
Bitmap Gauges Now you can add bitmap gauges to your RaceCapture dashboard configurations! Deceptively simple, you can use them to create logos, dashboard backgrounds, and even “dummy lights” – indicators that show a specific condition based on the alert rules you define. Here’s an example of how you can use it : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyo2WoF1iHo&blahd Text on…
Video improvements Now, when you import data and video into analysis we’ll massage your video (technically called “transcode”) to ensure playback is smooth and optimized. This is a step towards full and robust Video + data integration, where video is precisely timed with your data logs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4mxA-fhJn0 Video Gauge in the dashboard We’ve enabled the…
In about a month we have another app release with some significant improvements! Let’s see what’s in it: Z-index ordering for dashboard and analysis layout editor Now you have better control how your gauge designs can be organized and layered in your dashboard designs. To access the feature, unlock the dashboard, press the edit button…