Racelogic Performance Box?

[glendog74]

Anyone use one of these or have any experience of them?

Rockingham Racing School are selling of their used sets cheap at £150. This includes gps aerial, car charger lead, and cradle mount/suckers.

Are these worth having or is it just a fancy lap timer?

Would i be able to update the firmware/software of as i would not be the original 'registered' owner?

Brand new they cost up to £360 including VAT:

Linky: Performance Box

[titan]

Some tracks are getting a bit anal with anything on a sucker mount, I wasn't allowed a teeny bulletcam on a sucker at brands.

These things have the gps receiver built in, so need to go under the glass really. Might be a ball-ache to try and mount it securely whilst achieving that.

[glendog74]

These units have the additional GPS aerial lead allowing you to stick it to the car roof/'a' frame.

The unit itself could be placed on the centre console i guess.

[shimmy]

Rob, I've used one for 3 years before Vbox Lite and still have it.

Like you say you can stick them away in the glove box or out of sight but still take a look at the lap times between sessions from the screen (having a screen even though out of sight whilst driving is one of the best things about the PB)

The data stuff is great as long as the GPS aerial is in a good position. at the ring and Spa you need it in god sight of the sky as with bridges and elevation you need to avoid drop outs.

It uses the revised Circuit Tools software released with the VBox lite so the data is totally transferable and comparable with anybody using VBoxs.

Basically if you like to look at data comparisons and have the time then it can help, especially comparing it with others data. Video does add an extra dimension but tbh data gives you 9/10 of the needed info

Very cheap and can't loose really.

[northernjim]

if they come with the 'cd' so you can use the performance tools software, then i think its worth it ( I have always liked pretty graphs )

[DuncanR]

Not wishing to thread steal, @ SHIMM or Nathan, but last nite downloaded new track .cir files for both Snett 300 and Sillystone Aren GP. When making a new scene, I discovered that I have only a few tracks in my library to use as track map elements, basically the tracks I have done as in Spa, Ring, and Sillystone southern. Im sure that previously I have scrolled through a whole load of them to use. Just did a complete firmware and software update last nite though, retained all my saved scenes.
@ Rob set the minimum speed on the PB to very slow mate .... or you wont record fook all !!!!

[titan]

Yeah I noticed the lack of track elements following a recent update. Another quality controlled racelogic release ;-)

The data is useful its amazingly more so with the video (you often get traffic slowing you and it becomes obvious with video) however the videovboxes are KerChing !

[northernjim]

Originally Posted by titan

Yeah I noticed the lack of track elements following a recent update. Another quality controlled racelogic release ;-)

The data is useful its amazingly more so with the video (you often get traffic slowing you and it becomes obvious with video) however the videovboxes are KerChing !

is there a way to overlay my existing video with the vbox data somehow ( plus it only requires the keyboard skills of a dinosaur)

[alexk]

Originally Posted by northernjim

is there a way to overlay my existing video with the vbox data somehow ( plus it only requires the keyboard skills of a dinosaur)

Yes it is possible and not very difficult.
I can develop a script to do this conversion.

Do you have any old .vbo files and the video you want to embed to them ?
If not, I can record something and try it on my own.

[funtime]

So have you bought it yet Rob?