10-09-2016, 07:17 PM | #1 |
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M Laptimer v. M Drive Analyser
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Does anyone have any experience with these apps, that can provide some commentary around the pros/cons of them? The online documentation from BMW is pretty poor. It appears that the M Drive will also do lap times?? The OBD Dongle for the Drive Analyser shows to be $265 on the BMW website, wondering if it is worth it? I would like to track this car, and as noted by others there is no Oil Temp Gauge on the car. Ideally it would be nice to have a decent track app that also shows oil temp for those of us that run in the warmer climates.
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looking forward to the feedback here, will drop the conversation in the other thread. will shop around if i pull the trigger.
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I have quite some experience with the M Performance Drive Analyser.
I used it to gain the data for my videos on markymark666 RaceRender Videos Example: In fact I was in loose contact with the developers in the past. It's nearly identical to Drivedeck Sports Pro... Feel free to ask... |
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Will be updating later on during the week. I used it for the first time Sunday during an Autocross event and not all parameters were reading properly. My Tach, Speedometer were not registering correctly.
I will review the data export to see if it missed there or if the transfer of the Video portion is just missing it.
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I used the laptimer app with an iPod Touch and an M235 at Palmer Motorsports and Watkins Glen. Fantastic. Gives you lap times and max speed of course, but also allows you to review the entire sessions later in different modes, e.g. mph, RPM, throttle, braking, fuel usage, g-force.
Plus, it's easy to use. Start the app on the iPod, plug it in to the USB connection, and the app on iDrive will prompt you to start the session.
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I assume both M Laptimer and M Drive Performance Analyzer use the in-car GPS. Any idea what the update frequency is (1Hz?) or if an external GPS can be used?
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I bought the drive analyzer and for the life of me it doesn't look like it will do lap times, just overall time that it has been running. am i missing something here?
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Does the laptimer app keep a record of the data in any place that the BMW dealer can look back at and see that you tracked the car to deny maintenance or water th claims?
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