Race Engineer Werkstatt tool

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As a side quest from the FFB Werkstatt, we are creating the Race Engineer Werkstatt – a tool for a personal car setup that fits your style of driving.
Fixed setups from lap-time champions often don't fit your driving style. You lose the car and can't hold the grip.
The idea: we have gigabytes of real data from our other project and a real suspension engineer from Volkswagen on board, so we can build this side quest.

The new app follows you for 5 laps on your chosen track and analyzes your driving. After some calculations, you get tips for suspension, camber, wings etc. to keep the car more stable, specific to this track. We combine track data with your driving data. The analytics find the problems in your driving and describe them for every corner: your reactions, your apex points, everything.

Youre personal Race Engineer


Not a driver Error: the setup didnt support this style

The app helps you like your dad on the Kart Track
DRIVING STYLE
■ Hard on the brakes: 2.35 g peak decel, consistent braking points
■ Deep trail-braking: brake still on in ~20 % of turn-in (default runs ~10 %)
■ High minimum speed, early and quick on throttle: full throttle 0.8 s after apex in Rivazza
■ Smooth in fast corners, the car stays neutral there

WHERE IT WENT WRONG
■ Trail-braking rotates the car, then early throttle asks the rear for more than it has: rear runs out of lateral grip on slow-corner exits
■ Not wheelspin (<1 % slip), it's sideways grip, so the fix is rear grip, not traction control
■ Front bottoms out braking downhill into Rivazza and over the bump on the main straight
■ Not a driver error: the setup didn't support this style

the question is, is someone interested in a project like this?

 

Short answer is: Yes

 

Anything that encourages people to enter and use the advanced car setup area is a positive to the community.

There is a potential for it to be a net negative though, but that’s only if the information and advice it provides is not correct for the game, even if it is correct for real life, as sometimes the game lives in the grey, and some cars are more grey than others in certain areas.
Also to ensure that it only suggests adjustments that are genuinely adjustable in the setup sheets. Including those that are enabled in the sheets, but mysteriously not adjustable (known issue).
Extensive testing will prove all of this out, course. As the saying goes, if a job’s worth doing…

All the best
Andy

 

Race Engineer Werkstatt could bring people into car setup who have never touched this side of a racing game before. For most people it's too complicated, and they don't know which setting actually makes a difference.

Race Engineer Werkstatt explains everything to you in a funny, motivating way and makes you faster. It's a tool for learning by playing and having fun.

The main part: It analyzes your driving and sets up the car exactly for you.

The only downside is that Reiza doesn't let us change setups from outside the game. You have to adjust the wing setting, for example, in the game yourself.
But on the other hand, this is actually better: after a month you'll know exactly what you're doing, and you'll become an expert in setting up a race car.

 

The question, my dear Watson, is who wouldn't be interested?

And I agree with what Andy said - as long as it works within the confines and quirks of AMS2 it'll be a huge boon for the community and those who otherwise don't spend much time or any time at all with car setups. (I'm kind of guilty of that myself - I have a decent understanding of which option does what, but the defaults tend to be good enough for many car/track combinations so I mostly stick with them with the exception of minor adjustments.)

 

First tests done..

 

Yes, very interested.
Sounds like you drive and AI does the MoTeC analysis, then recommends changes based on data results.
If I could reduce my MoTeC viewing time, I would like to try this.

 

its not A.I based. But yes it reduces the Time of try and error. The race Engineer talks to you before every corner to find the right braking point and make less mistakes... so you learn the perfect line

 

pre beta test is coming for everyone to Download in my signature TODAY...
stay tuned.. it works also for Gamepad players
only 4 hours of sleep

 

its hapening
pre Beta Race Engineer Werkstatt free Download in my signature.

dont forget its a game, just play it...

You play, and i make more tests. In the meantime my colluege is working on youre personal learning brake point overlay system it reads out youre best brake points per round and corner.
I programming a lock system for online Races, because its complete unfair to race so fast

 

Where can it be downloaded from?

 

in my signature or direct link
free: Dr.Disconnect Werkstatt

 

new functions for the next pre beta