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Here is my experience...
I have the SoloStorm connectivity package with a GoPro. I used it extensively in 2013 and it is a great program and even more so support was awesome. If data logging is something you are interested in trying, it is a great place to start. I wouldn't dive in too much deeper at the start. I found that data logging and video took away too much from my concentration and enjoyment. I had messed with data acquisition and video for many years and it started to feel like a job. In 2014, I didn't capture any data or video. I solely focused on course line, car feel, mental replay, competitor feedback, and times. Data definitely has the potential to make a person and car faster. For me, focusing on my sensory inputs seems to get the job done more effectively. I am confident my car had the setup to potentially win every event I attended this past year. I am not saying my car setup was better only that I had the potential to make up the disparity between my placement in class and first. In the cases where I did not win with similar cars in class, I knew mentally where I had given up time on course that would have allowed me to win. It was a driver issue that I was already aware of and data logging would have only reaffirmed that. |
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Things data teaches you - stuff you should already know, but feel like you want to try it a different way anyway. Listen to your elders. haha
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If I find a co-driver this year that can consistently beat me in my car, would you guys feel differently about the usefulness of data/video?
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I used data for the first time at Nats last year. I found it very frustrating. It showed I was more fast-in, slow-out and my co-driver was more slow-in, fast-out, but we ran identical times and overthought everything by the time the event was done. We both coned away our trophy chances on separate days. We were never more than a couple tenths apart either way all season and plenty successful without data. |
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My number one goal for this year is to primarily use left foot braking at local events and depending on results/comfort level start doing so at the National level. If I am able to do so effectively, it should make me a faster driver. I spoke to a couple seasoned drivers last year who made the switch. One said that it took him a full season to adjust and the other said it took here a few months. The other detail that was easy to see from the logs after our co-drive was that I also gained a bit of time off the line due to differences in launch technique. |
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having a faster co-driver and being able to log them and overlay over your own performance will cut your learning times ten-fold, if not faster. A single event (5-6 runs) will provide you with tons of data points to analyze and focus on the next event. You'd have to run a whole year side by side to truly learn what makes them faster. A graphical overlay will give you all the "WOW, I see now" moments and make adjusting your driving much easier. (but not on the fly, that is very difficult). Some people are skeptical because they've been doing it for a very long time, and believe that all anyone needs to do is just drive their cars. Well, datalogging will help you (if you let it) cut down on the amount of driving you need to do before improving. Like, I only get 4-5 months worth of autocross per year. Last year I did 15 events and was busy nearly every weekend.... my wife certainly did not like that. I had to make every event count.
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This isn't super helpful at nats itself - IMO nats is "put up or shut up" time, and even if you can learn something from day 1 it's probably not going to help you any on day 2 (not true for the pro finale though). You should do this all season long with your codriver so you both can work on your weaknesses. The fastest guys have few weaknesses but are aware of them and know how to cover for them. |
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You are the second or third person in this thread to mention Solostorm being a bit clunky. I am surprised to hear this, I was thinking it was pretty smooth, especially for the $200 price tag.
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It is solid if you don't try and get the updates the day they are released. I am downloading the latest version every week, so there is always bugs with the new functions.
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