Hi, I have been using RaceChrono Pro for the last few events I participated and I'm really happy with results. I appreciate the simplicity and straightforward approach to lap timing, especially these related to predictive timing and analysis. The only thing I miss is the ability to customize the screen which is presented during driving (or have alternatives to default screen). The main screen currently has number of information (last lap, best lap, previous lap), which I don't really care about during the lap. I would really love to have the option, which would allow to change this screen and present only predictive timing, but on entire screen area and/or in the center of the screen with the bigger fonts. Other data may be available, however in smaller version. The second feature is the coloring. Current version display predictive timing filled with red when going behind best lap and green when going ahead. It would be more helpful if the coloring was related to current speed vs reference speed from the best lap, so even if I fall behind the best lap I can compare my speed on the straights and analyze how the corner exit influenced straight line performance. It can be presented as a bar to present also the speed difference (not only if the current speed is higher/lower than reference). I attach two wireframes to help understand the idea :-)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9d8l23cschlcg91/much_faster.png?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/q3mdjacbm28br6y/bit_slower.png?dl=0
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PS. there is a public beta group you can already join: http://www.racechrono.com/forum/#/discussion/832/beta-group
1) Start new session
2) Tap the "graph" button on top of the screen to go to session overview
3) Go to lap list's header and click the overflow button (button with three dots)
4) Select 'Add reference lap'
5) Pick your reference lap
6) Go back to live screen, and the predictive timer will compare to the reference lap you've just selected
Might not be entirely obvious...
This is a cool bonus feature of reference laps. Could there be a shortcut to expose it better?
I see that if there are multiple reference laps, only the last one is shown. So what do you think of using an action button to jump to the existing reference selection feature, and tapping the Best/Comparison section could rotate through the choices (that is, Best / R1 / R2 / Best again)?
I think that's doable. Just needs some small details.