iRacing partners with McLaren Electronic Systems

[Kevin Watts]

iRacing has announced today that it will be partnering with McLaren Electronic Systems to provide telemetry data. iRacing announced that this summer it would be releasing v2.0 of its software and that with the update there will be improved telemetry output. McLaren Electronic Systems were contracted by the FIA to supply the powertrain control system to F1 teams at the start of 2008 and NASCAR has named McLaren Electronic Systems as the official engine control unit supplier for 2012.

McLaren's ATLAS Express software will be integrated into the iRacing service by the end of May and documentation will also be released to help iRacers get the information they need from the telemetry. ATLAS Express has been derived from the ATLAS software that McLaren developed to support their F1 team. As well as the ATLAS software the new telemetry output will allow broadcasts of online races to have overlays showing real time telemetry from the cars and also give greater support to sim hardware such as motion platforms and external guages.

You can read the full press announcement here at iRacing's 'InRacing News' site here, or scroll down below to read the announcement made on the iRacing members site:

iRacing.com announced today it is partnering with McLaren Electronic Systems to incorporate the ATLAS Express data analysis software into its system. As a result, iRacing’s more than 25,000 members will now have access to similar data acquisition and telemetry software used on every car competing in the FIA Formula One World Championship since 2008 and on NASCAR’s standard ECU (engine control unit) in 2012.

In addition to affording members unprecedented opportunities to increase their understanding of their virtual race cars’ performance with ATLAS Express, iRacing is also releasing an upgraded application program interface (API) that will dramatically enhance the service’s compatibility with an array of external features including motion platforms and external displays.

“With the new iRacing telemetry capability, our members will be able to log detailed telemetry from their virtual race car to disk,” says Dave Kaemmer, iRacing’s chief executive and chief technical officer. “Using McLaren Electronics’ Atlas Express data analysis application, members who wish to delve into the engineering details in order to improve their cars’ handling will be able to do so, using very similar tools as F1 and NASCAR teams. In addition, with iRacing’s new real-time telemetry interface, multiple applications will be able to access telemetry simultaneously, allowing easier support for motion platforms, external gauges, and other add-ons from the sim-racing community.”

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[Bram Hengeveld]

Impressive partnership that is!

 

[Kevin Watts]

Good news indeed! I wonder if the ability of having real time telemetry in broadcast races could open the door for drivers to have a real crew cheif who could watch the data and call the pitstops etc

 

[Ramon Alonso]

That be insane, having someone driving while your buddy watches and makes adjustments as a crew chief. That would be awesome!!