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bi22le - 25/4/13 at 09:46 PM

Hi all,

I have up loaded my video to Youtube. The video quality is debatable and I had to crop the video quite heavily. The camera broke during this session so its a great excuse to get a new one!

Things to look out for when watching the video:

- The caterham accadamy car that cant keep up, by a long shot! The driver came and found me in the pits to quiz me about my car.
- The DB9 I skin on lap 5
- Lap 7 is the quickest lap at 56.6 I did go quicker with a 56.2 but I did not catch it on video.
- This is the first track day since the Pro comp set up. Note the lacking tyre screeching and ease of setting the 56.6 lap, I was held up and it was not that tidy. This car has plenty left in it.
- This is also the first time that I have used the 5Hz GPS Bluetooth technosnazzery. The speedo, track location and lap times are a lot more accurate.

As always, feed back welcome. I want to put a seperate post up about racing lines but im going to wait until after the weekend to see what the RGB guys do.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqr9fKIFp10&feature=youtu.be

Biz

jeffw - 26/4/13 at 05:24 AM

Next time you go book an instructor to show the lines.

Davey D - 26/4/13 at 06:30 AM

What camera, and software did you use, as it looks good with all the info like speed, track layout, and G's

olimarler - 26/4/13 at 08:57 AM

Hi,

Just been looking at your video!
There is a lot more time you can gain on most corners!
Happy to got through it with you some time.
A good start is the autosport guide. Lots of useful tips in there.

Oli

mark chandler - 26/4/13 at 09:00 AM

Impressive stuff Biz, especially as road tyres I bumble around as fast on slicks!

bi22le - 26/4/13 at 11:15 AM

quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Next time you go book an instructor to show the lines.


I understand the benfits of instructors but I do find it hard to se how I would benifit without going out in a tin top so I can actually hear and see what he is talking about.

One thing I did not do this time is watch videos of pro drivers going around the track before the day. I do think due to this I was lost a little.

Thanks for the feed back.

bi22le - 26/4/13 at 11:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Davey D
What camera, and software did you use, as it looks good with all the info like speed, track layout, and G's


Front facing camera - Old sony that I hacked apart to get a mic in (cut the internal mic and wired in a 2,5mm jack then used an xbox360 mic!). THis has died now, too much sand a water into the zoom mechanicals.
Rear facing - MiniDV. These are top quality cameras and cost about £30. They are HD, built in battery and mic and take great video. Very small aswell.
Data logging - Via Trackmaster app on a Galaxy S2. I have a Qstarz GPS receiver at 5Hz connected to the phone via Bluetooth. All data logging captured from this including track shape and G meter. Export as an Excel spread sheet and Race Render does or the nice stuff with the raw data.
Video and data merging - I use Race Render Delux. Cost about £30 I think but a great bit of software.

adithorp - 26/4/13 at 03:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bi22le
quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Next time you go book an instructor to show the lines.


I understand the benfits of instructors but I do find it hard to se how I would benifit without going out in a tin top so I can actually hear and see what he is talking about.

One thing I did not do this time is watch videos of pro drivers going around the track before the day. I do think due to this I was lost a little.

Thanks for the feed back.


I know what you mean but most instructors are used to deaing with the problem and be able to communicate in very simple hand signals. Personally i think the limit on communication actually helps; Too much information isn't always a good thing. You will learn a lot more in a 20 min session with an instructor than hours of watching videos.