Motec or other program?

Peter Duivelaar · Jan 16, 2009

I just connected a second monitor to my computer, because I want to use a program where I can see while I race how for instance my tires are doing.
I have searched the forum and I saw 2 programs:
Which one would you advise for me to use:
http://forum.racedepartment.com/gtr-evolution/8171-motec-i2-pro-gtr-evo.html

http://forum.racedepartment.com/gtr-evolution-mods/7706-real-time-telemetry.html

Thanks for the advice

DeeezNutz · Jan 16, 2009

Can't help with that. Now i've read your post i'm thinking about getting my old monitor back for the same idea.

Dave Stephenson · Jan 16, 2009

I would advise both Patrick.

Motec will not give you information live but will write a detailed log file for each run. which you can call up as soon as you return to the pits. it looks a bit heavy at first and lots of infor there but that gets better with time.

RTM will give you less information but you can see it live on track. handy for races and long stints. It gives more acurate fuel info than the car dials and realtime tyre temps which can help adjust your style as nescisary during a race to preserve one or the other.

Peter Duivelaar · Jan 16, 2009

Thanks for the reply. When I go to the motec site I see a lot of different programs. I think I2 pro v1.03.0106 is the one I should use?
and the real time telemetry, where must I put that file?

Dave Stephenson · Jan 16, 2009

Yes it is, you need to make sure you setup the paths in your .plr

There is a small performance hit sometimes with race logging due to writing the log to the drive and loading data from it simultaniously. If you have 2 drives install motec to the opposite drive to you steam/race installation or at least set the log folder to a different drive and that will reduce the impact.

Stefan Gunnersen · Jan 16, 2009

Is there other telemetry programs than the two mentioned. I know there is a GTR Evo plugin for Logitech G15, but are there any other programs?

Simon Trendell · Jan 16, 2009

Another:
http://www.sim-tools.de/

I tend to find MoTec overwhelming for my needs. I just need to know fuel, tyres etc

Stefan Gunnersen · Jan 16, 2009

I mostly needed tire wear, but using ctrl - pit menu - works perfectly for me. But in long races I kind of need the temps of the tires, oil and water. Especially if I train for a race.

Completely forgot about Sim-Tools, thanks!

Sebastian Huba · Jan 16, 2009

Motec is very useful program but there is one condition: you must know how to "read" the data from Motec and it's not simple.

Alex Guehennec · Jan 17, 2009

Sebastian Huba said:
Motec is very useful program but there is one condition: you must know how to "read" the data from Motec and it's not simple.

+1
and not so easy to make it work

Richard Bunschoten · Jan 17, 2009

Motec ...

because i need to know the time variance with my fastest lap.

Motec shows me exact when i lose or win time. and offcource to read the factor wich is the contributing factor to losing or wining time, you have to know where to look , but it isn't that very hard if you use the existing workbooks around .

I don't use it all the time though , just when i can't get to times i should get to , then i want to know where i go wrong.

Dave Stephenson · Jan 17, 2009

http://www.nogripracing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32733

Peter Duivelaar · Jan 17, 2009

Thanks everyone for all the information.
I now use the real time telemetry, because it gives me all the information I was looking for, like tire temperatures, fuel and tire wear.

Peter Duivelaar · Jan 17, 2009

I have a new question:
Everytime I use real time telemetry, it keeps going back to desktop while racing. What can I do to avoid this?

Neil Gault · Jan 17, 2009

never had that problem myself although it did crash on me during my pitstop last night.
I presume you have let it update to the newest version.

Richard Bunschoten · Jan 17, 2009

in addition to the thread dave revers to ,

i dont see him talking about the time variance view i talked about.
when right clicking on the part of the screen where you see the readouts , you can click a time variance window on or off.

and that is the window i find so usefull. try it out i would say .

hope you crank up your times !

good luck

eace:

Peter Duivelaar · Jan 18, 2009

Neil Gault said:
never had that problem myself although it did crash on me during my pitstop last night.
I presume you have let it update to the newest version.

I already downloaded the newest version, but the problem is still there

Neil Gault · Jan 18, 2009

Not sure what it could be then Patrick, you could maybe try the original GTR-PD it works great also but i do find it causes a fps hit at some demanding tracks, it can be found here http://forum.racedepartment.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=13

floodo1 · Jan 19, 2009

one advantage of the sim-tools.de programs (simAdapter and SimView) is that they work over a network, so you can use a laptop or another computer as your display.
They also have gear indicator which is kinda useful sometimes

Neil Gault · Jan 19, 2009

floodo1 said:
one advantage of the sim-tools.de programs (simAdapter and SimView) is that they work over a network, so you can use a laptop or another computer as your display.
They also have gear indicator which is kinda useful sometimes

Network is also supported in both RTT and gtr-pd so no different there. When i first tried simview it looked great but the lack of support it gets puts it to the bottom of my list, i do not think it has been updated since July 08 which means it is all but useless for race07/gtrevo.