FINN987

Laguna Seca had amazing weather last week with three track events with no wet running in any of them. Tuesday was PCA-GGR; Wednesday HOD and finally Friday was Shelby Club. Only managed to make it there on two out of three days. The organizers ran the events very well and some of us had great trackside support from BR Racing again. Awesome friends were around as well; too bad not everyone was able to make it.

gstahl and myself had our first LS days in our "hand me down" rides from 24Chromium and jmenczer. We tried to do the cars proud, but at least for me, getting anywhere near Jesse's times will be a struggle

Still have "ice brake" issues at T11 (ditto for T14 @ Thunderhill); looking into ways of addressing that without learning a new braking technique.

johnboise3

Nice shots! I have no knowledge of the video options, so have a couple questions:
What camera was used, and how do you get the different displays of the track, telemetry, etc.?
Thanks

FINN987

Thanks!

The first clip is straight out of an AIM SmartyCam with data from EVO4 and an ECU connection.

The second is Traqmate data over footage from a GoPro HD HERO.

gvtesse

I am looking getting another dq system. Which of the two do you prefer?

FINN987

Whatever one started with

Seriously though, it would be excellent to have a real-world comparison of the major data acq systems and their fit for any particular use. Apparently all the pro teams run with MoTeC, but getting even a CDL3 with an i2 Pro license is way more than what a casual weekend warrior budgets for. Porsche Sport Driving School uses Race-Keeper. IMO, AIM has the best ECU-fed data integration. Many, many fellow trackers go with Traqmate since that's what their friends run. Even Harry's LapTimer has become a contender with OBD-II data support.

Personally I'd ditch whatever system I have for the first vendor that has a native, full-featured Mac OS X analysis package with an iOS (iPad + iPhone / iPod Touch) companion app. I don't have my hopes up for anything like that coming up next week at PRI

gvtesse

Same here. I wish there was a native OSX package.

gstahl

It was a fantastic couple of days at Laguna. The first day (Tuesday) was a bit of a problem with sound (have switch, not sure it was working, ended up adding turn ups and ******* it up the hill after 5). In the end, Wednesday was fantastic, car is amazing, really happy with a 1:42 in my 5th day at Laguna and my 4th day overall in the car. Thanks to 24Chromium for setting up a brilliant car, we need to see him back at the track. =)

mikymu

Nice video and I LOVE LS!! What kind of brakes/pads combo do you have in your ride? Car just did not want to stop at T11 with firm pedal?

irysfan

A companion video to your fastest lap, captured with a GoPro HD. No wonder I had a hard time keeping up with you :-)



http://youtu.be/7CoOIn3QfJk

gstahl

Awesome video, great to see two perspectives. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the point by, was definitely the smooth point by and pass that enabled a good lap.