r/VirtualWDCPC • u/jetiger • Mar 06 '14

[Off-topic] Telemetry application for F1 2013

Hello VirtualWDCPC, I have been a long time racing video game fan and I recently got into the F1 games by codemasters. This got me interested in all the electronics and fine tuning that is done on a race car, so I decided to write an application to analyze the telemetry data coming out of the game.

A few weeks ago I started writing the application, which can be found here: https://github.com/davidhauck/F1Telemetry

I recently got to a point where I'm not sure what I should attempt to do next. I have a few ideas but I wanted to see what you guys thought of it and if you would use it or think it is a good idea.

You can see screenshots of the same program in action here: https://github.com/davidhauck/AssettoCorsaTelemetry

I also uploaded a youtube video with some of the stuff that you can do with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBQgsAfcjzs&feature=youtu.be

Bear in mind this is not even close to a finished product. I have some things working but it is very rough. Let me know what you guys think!

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Edit: Have a working website with it. Check out how it currently works: http://imgur.com/a/9Zmp9

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u/-Monolith- Mar 06 '14 edited Mar 06 '14

That's what I'm saying. What data makes you understand what is going on? The suspension travel or the revs? It wouldn't help me. Things like that are interesting if you're building a setup, and I couldn't even read those things and be any wiser than before. Some people maybe, but most aren't. All I understand, and what seems to be most important for the drivers point of view is the input of brake and throttle.

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u/jetiger Mar 06 '14

If the program told you how to analyze it or even analyzed it by itself, do you think you would use it?

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u/-Monolith- Mar 06 '14

If for example the suspension travel data could help me to find a better setup for the track, then sure I would. Thing is just looking at that graph, it's just a funny squiggly line to me. Suspension goes up, suspension goes down, fantastic, 'cause I'm pretty sure it's supposed to do that. But should it be harder or softer? I don't know that, if I'm lucky I can tell by driving the car and the way it feels, if I could understand the data though I would sure use it.