It's my pleasure to gift the community RaceEssentials, an all-encompassing app I've been working on lately. I've tailored it to bring together a large number of relevant data and to display it logically and clearly. The app monitors over 30 useful parameters crucial for almost every type of driving session. AB track types as well as classic circuit tracks are fully supported. I also have to thank Jorge Alves, who wasn't directly involved in the app development, but his StatsBar Plus app inspired me to make this one and I had a look or two in his code to figure out some logic.
Download the app at RaceDepartment:
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/raceessentials.10016/
A quick overview of how the app works and what it's capable of:
1. Gear, goes red when near limiter.
2. Speed, can be set to either kph or mph.
3. Rpm, graphical and numerical.
4. Turbo boost, graphical and numerical.
5. KERS, graphical and numerical. The bar is green when
stored energy is currently in use, otherwise it's blue.
6. ABS, Traction Control and DRS indicators.
7. Current lap time, goes red when lap is invalid.
8. Last lap time, goes red when last lap was invalid.
9. Best lap time, only displayed if best lap was valid.
10. Personal best lap time, only valid laps are saved (per track/car combo).
11. Tyre info area; the bar on the right represents tyre wear.
scaled from 94% to 100% and colored accordingly from red to green, similar to official Kunos app (below 94% the bar remains its minimum size). Core temperature values (currently ony in Celsius) and pressures (currently only in psi) are displayed on the left of each tyre. Also, the tyre compound short name is displayed in the middle.
12. Delta best and delta personal best using normalized spline position and
interpolation (original idea and implementation by Erwin Schmidt). Various checks are implemented to avoid erratic behavior and to maximize accuracy. Click the label to switch between best and personal best delta.
13. Current position in the ongoing event.
14. Current lap number and total laps number.
15. Clutch, brake and gas pedal bars, together with FFB clipping bar, basically a pedals app clone.
16. Remaining time in a session, goes red when under 5 minutes, plus a real life clock.
17. Fuel information area with current fuel level, consumption per lap, how many laps are left in the tank and how much fuel is required to complete the race (red if insufficient). Consumption per lap works after the first completed lap and keeps track of all previous laps, not only the last one. If the driver topped up during the lap, that lap will be ignored.
A quick FAQ:
Q: Roadmap for the future?
A: Delta pacing (gaining or losing time), scaling parameter (a tedious work I wasn't smart enough to do from the start), tyre temperature colors (if I manage to collect enough relevant data, see below), bug hunting, further optimizations...
Q: My KERS value displays 100% left although the car doesn't have KERS.
A: There is a bug in AC when reporting KERS charge, I tried to work around it, but if you click the KERS button, the graph will sometimes show full charge. Otherwise it should be fine, with a minor kink that the KERS Charge is displayed only after it's been actually used.
Q: ABS, TC and DRS are not realtime?
A: They indicate if the respective systems are on or off, no way to tell if they're in use at the precise moment or if you're in DRS range unfortunately, Kunos pls?
Q: Why no tyre coloring according to temperature but only the numerical value?
A: I've had trouble finding the official optimal tyre temperatures for each tyre type. Also, we only have access to core temperatures and no info how the V7 Kunos tyre app actually mixes all the avalable temperatures to deduce exact color. Until we get more info, or until I get much better at guessing, it will remain like this.
Q: Delta is not shown?
A: You're either on an outlap, you've visited the pit in the current lap or you haven't done a valid lap yet to compare with.
Q: Total number of cars is not shown during online sessions?
A: Nope. AFAIK there's no way to get actual cars on track number while online, only maximum server slots.
Version history:
v0.8 - Initial release
