Advanced Analysis
Session Cockpit
The analysis cockpit is TrackOut's full-screen telemetry view. The cursor-linked panels share one position, so wherever you point -- a channel trace, the track map, the scrubber -- the others show the same moment on track. Zooming is narrower: the channel stack and the track map share one zoom window, and stint evolution plots the session as a whole rather than following the cursor.
How to open it
- On Analysis, drop a telemetry file anywhere on the page, use Upload telemetry, or attach a file to a specific track day. The cockpit opens as soon as the file parses. A standalone upload may show a Link to event banner for a matching past or today track day -- Saving sessions covers Link, Unlink, and dismiss.
- On a session row that already has saved telemetry, click Analyze.
- On Saved sessions, click Analyze on any saved session. Saved sessions also have a direct address:
/analysis/session/<id>.
Built for larger screens
The cockpit's main row needs roughly 870px of width. On a phone it scrolls sideways, and a note at the top of the session -- on freshly uploaded and saved sessions alike -- says so. Open the session on a laptop or desktop for the full layout.
What is on screen
From top to bottom:
| Area | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Session header (sticky) | Session title and date, the Track map venue name with a layout picker when the venue has more than one configuration, the Ref lap selector, the workspace switcher, and Save / Open session |
| Conditions bar | Weather for the session -- conditions, air temperature, humidity and wind -- when a lookup succeeds. A reopened saved session carries no conditions |
| Transport bar (sticky) | Play/pause, jump to lap start or end, the scrubber with a tick at every turn apex, the current turn phase and elapsed time, live speed / throttle / brake / gear readouts from the large (lg) breakpoint up, and Map channels whenever a priority channel is still unmapped |
| Reference comparison (sticky) | Every selected lap's cumulative time delta against the reference lap, plotted by distance |
| Channel stack | Up to 12 stacked channel traces with a picker to add, remove, relabel, and map them; scroll to zoom, shift-drag to pan |
| Camera | On a VBOX Video .vbo, choose the session's local .mp4 files. Footage follows the cursor, plays from your computer, and is never uploaded. See Camera video from VBOX Video loggers |
| Track map | Your real GPS line per lap with car markers at the cursor, the layout's turn markers when the venue is mapped, a G-force mini plot that expands to the full friction circle, overlay controls (Δ heatmap, Phases, Off), and basemap styles (SAT, STR, HYB) |
| Coaching lines | Draw, list, and delete per-turn instructor lines on the map (Coaching lines) |
| Stint evolution | Lap times across the stint with the best lap as a reference line; click a point to make that lap the reference |
| Delta waterfall | Time gained or lost in each turn versus the reference lap |
| Where the lap was won or lost | Ranked insight cards naming the turns that cost or gained the most, with the corner-focus action |
| Corner performance matrix | One row per turn: entry, apex, and exit speed, brake start, throttle on, max lateral G, peak brake, and consistency |
| Turn inspector | Per-turn cards with mini traces and expanded channels, switchable between braking, entry/exit, and minimum-speed views |
Drag the divider between the channel stack and the map to resize the map column. When the main map scrolls out of view, a floating mini map keeps the cursor position visible; drag it, resize it, or collapse it.
Lap selector
The Ref control in the header opens the lap selector. It holds:
- Reference mode -- Best lap (the default), Selected lap, and Theoretical best once TrackOut has computed one from your best sectors on complete, valid laps
- The lap table -- click a row to overlay that lap and use the ref radio to make it the baseline; the fastest valid lap is marked
- A compact stint evolution chart -- invalid laps are shown but cannot be picked as the reference, and they do not donate sectors to theoretical best
The selector closes when you click anywhere else or press Escape. See Lap comparison for how selections and colors work.
Synchronized cursor
All panels share one cursor position, measured in distance along the lap so laps of different lengths line up.
- Hover or drag on any channel trace to move the cursor
- Click the track map to jump the cursor to that spot
- Use the scrubber, or press play in the transport bar, to run through the lap
- On a VBOX Video session, playing the Camera panel drives the cursor instead of the usual play control
- The transport bar's readouts, the map's car markers, the reference comparison strip, and the G-force plot all follow it
Zooming and panning
One zoom window is shared by the channel stack and the track map.
- Scroll over a chart to zoom around the cursor
- Shift-drag to pan the window along the lap
- Double-click a chart, or click the reset chip, to return to the full lap
The map highlights the zoomed stretch of track so you can see exactly which section the traces cover.
Tip
Scrub the cursor to the corner you care about first, then scroll to zoom around that point.
G-force plot
The small G-force widget on the map plots lateral G against longitudinal G at the cursor, colored by turn phase. Expand it for the full friction circle.
- Trail braking shows as a smooth arc from braking (the bottom of the plot) into cornering (left or right)
- Grip usage -- points near the edge of the envelope mean you are using most of the available grip
- Smoothness -- a tight pattern means steady inputs; scattered points mean abrupt ones
Corner coaching
On a curated layout, ranked insight cards describe tightening, opening, constant, and compound corners inside the official turn. A technique becomes an opportunity only when the reference is faster through that corner and the following straight, without a slower exit. See Corner coaching.
Turn consistency coaching
When three or more laps are selected, TrackOut scores how repeatable your segment times are through each turn. The score appears in the corner performance matrix's Consistency column and inside each turn inspector card, and the most inconsistent turns are called out so you can jump the cursor to them.
Paid insight
Paid plans also show brake-point spread when TrackOut has enough data, so you can see whether inconsistent turns come from braking at different distances.
Saving and workspaces
- Save stores the session to your account (see Saving sessions). When you are offline the button stays visible but disabled, with a Reconnect to save hint.
- The workspace switcher keeps named chart layouts per session profile. A freshly uploaded file groups by logger format (and car, when the file names one); a reopened saved session is keyed to that stored file, so it keeps its own workspaces rather than sharing a car's. Switching, renaming, creating, and setting a default all work offline and sync when you reconnect; deleting a workspace needs a connection.