Simulator Controller with AI-based virtual assistants (race engineer and race strategist)

Release 6.6.5

Beside several important fixes this release contains a major overhaul for pitstops planned and prepared by the Engineer for an upcoming weather change. The current grip level on the track will now be taken into account as well as the long term weather development. A new event and a new action have been defined for the Reasoning booster, so that the decisions can also be conveyed to a LLM, if necessary.

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Release 6.6.7

While still going full-throttle for the anniversary version, which will be released at the 5th Dec, we nevertheless can release some useful features today.

A new importer for telemetry data lets you integrate telemetry data from almost any location into the session database, as long as the required information is available in CSV format. And a new convenience feature makes sharing of telemetry data and other objects from the session database much easier.

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Release 6.7.0 - the super duper 5th anniversary release

Five years ago tomorrow, Simulator Controller was first released. It all started as a tool to automate actions in our beloved hobby, and you all know where we are now. The use of GPT technology, the introduction of agent scripts last year, the expansion to LAMs (aka Large Action Models) this year, and everything the engineer has learned this year about tire management now enable a lifelike pit crew, allowing full concentration on what matters most: driving. Simulator Controller has thus become a fully-fledged development environment for sim racing assistants, yet it can still be set up in a very simple configuration for beginners, offering the essentials. Once experience is gained, all the bells and whistles mentioned can be activated over time.

As we do every year for our anniversary, we're bringing you a very special feature this time as well. The Driving Coach offers a new coaching mode for proper braking. The braking points are announced, and there are also tips on how to brake in each corner — hard or soft, with or without trail braking, etc. But see for yourself in this video:

The project is now going on hiatus. Fixes and support will continue as usual, but major new features won't be available until the new year. C u then...

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The pitstop managemeny doesnt factor safety cars

 

The Strategist understands full course yellow and can simulate whether a pitstop will be of any benefit.

 

Ive been racing and itll go fcy and i wont get ordered to pit and itll ruin the race bc ill pit under race not fcy and i lose pos

 

He will not automatically call yout to pit. You will have to ask the Strategist using this command:

[{We have a Full, Full} Course Yellow. What {should, can} {I, we} do, {We have a Full, Full} Course Yellow. Should {I, we} {come to the pit, come to the pit now, pit, pit now}]

Full Course Yellow cannot be detected automatically in most sims, so it is "optional". And: All this is only an Assistant. You are still fully responsible for your race, aren't you?

 

Yeah fair enough, was just doing a test run with it to see if i should use it, also could you add a better explenation on how to use voice controls bc its given like a sentance which basically boils down to "this can be used iwth voice commands you can use ptt to talk to the assistants" so either im missing smth or its just plsin vague

Id like to clarify this wasnt meant to be an attack and i was more asking for clarification, ive had issues with crew chief not understanding a thing i say and idk if its just me or if im doing something wrong as i wont even get a say again from sim controller

 

Release 6.7.5

Thanks to some great support and contribution by @Awesome-XV we can introduce support for Project Motor Racing this time. Not everything is working perfectly right now. Especially the pitstop automation is not available yet due to lacking information in the API, but the Spotter, Coach and Strategist are working fine. The developers of PMR are already informed and hopefully will extend the API soon.

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Actually, there are reference sheets for each Assistant in each language available. Here is the one for the Engineer in English, for example:

https://github.com/SeriousOldMan/Simulator-Controller/wiki/Race-Engineer-Commands-(EN)

Contact me on our Discord. We will have a session of 15 minutes and I will set it up for you.

 

Ok thanks, i cant run a vc in discord but i can do a text chat next friday?

 

PM

 

Ok

 

Release 6.7.7

Happy new year - and we start the year with a bang which can be heard all over the world - literally. We included a translation step in the speech processing pipeline. This machine translator supports Azure, Google, DeepL and any OpenAI GPT service. Some of them provide free contingents, therefore this new feature comes for free.



Beside that, we have many improvements in the dark UI mode, which makes all apps look even more modern.

Have fun and let 2026 be a great year...

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Release 6.7.8

This week we have many smaller improvements:

- Further optimizations of the dark UI mode
- Thanks to @inthebagbud UK a full update on AMS2 track names
- And @rysimabd supplied a full update of the Chinese translation files
- The translator can now also be configured for the special listener for activation phrases.
- Lastly, new script functions allow you to automate the Assistants using "faked" voice input

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Release 6.7.9

We have an impressive list of changes and additions this week:

1. The name which is used by the Assistants to address you, can be changed now.
2. The currently setting of the brake balance is available in scripts. Therefore, brake balance automation is now possible.
3. Thanks to @inthebagbud UK we now have a huge collection of AMS2 cars with direct support in the "Setup Workbench".
4. The new version of the Lua scripting language has been integrated. Not yet activated by default, because it still needs some more testing, but there is a switch for the brave ones.
5. Lastly, several small bugs and glitches have been resolved for the machine translation system, which had been added lately.

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Release 6.8.0

This release includes several important fixes, one of which fixes a criticial bug for ACC.

The SimHub plugin, which had been a community project maintained bo Jordan Moss in the past, has been rewritten by the development team and is now bundled with Simulator Controller. This plugin allows you to use all the data about strategy, pitstop management, but also handling instructions by the Coach in your dashboards and overlays.

A new audio route let you specify audio device and volume of all speeches and other audio output generated by scripts and automations.

Lastly, several dozen car models for Automobilista 2 have been added by @inthebagbud UK to the "Setup Workbench" again and this release contains useful extensions to the "Session Database", that improve sharing items with the community.

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Release 6.8.1

This one contains once again many new AMS2 car models for the "Setup Workbench" by @inthebagbud UK. It also comes with an updated version of the SimHub plugin which fixes a couple errors.

"Solo Center" saw several improvements for car and track name handling. Lastly and beside some other small additions and fixes, the session database has been cleaned up for Le Mans Ultimate.

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Release 6.8.2

Beside a fix for a crititical bug that caused the ACC integration to stop working, we introduce full support for sector times for the honourable Assetto Corsa this time. The timing is not 100% exact, cause the data is not provided by the game API. Rather it is sampled with a 20 Hz resolution which should be good enough for the Spotter to tell you which will be the sector to attack your opponent, for example. Additionally, the lap reports in "Solo Center" and the "Team Center" has been extended with corresponding sector time information.

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Release 6.8.3

Using the data sampling method implemented with the last release for the sector times in Assetto Corsa, we introduce now correct lap times and sector times to Project Motor Racing.

Additionally, a massive change in the startup sequence of the Assistants will now activate the AI kernel even in lap 0. This will allow for an earlier reaction to incidents or weather conditions, for example.

And thanks to @inthebagbud UK we have support for almost 100 new Automobilista 2 cars for the "Setup Workbench".

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Release 6.8.4

Many small improvements this week.

1. The cooldown phase for the Assistants is more intelligent now. Restart is triggered immediately, once all post session processing is finished.

2. API access for LMU is deferred until LMU is fully up n running.

3. A lot of new stuff for scripts and rules.

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