AiM Infotech Sim Racing iRacing Setup

1 - iRacing

In this guide, we will cover the steps to generate telemetry data from iRacing using AiM Infotech's RaceStudio 3 software and how to start analyzing this data.

2 – Preliminary settings

• Download RaceStudio 3 from the website www.aim-sportline.com/en/sw-fw-download.htm and install it. After the process is completed, you will also find that RaceStudio 2 has been installed on your PC; this is the software you will use to analyze your telemetry data.
• Now run RaceStudio 3 and in the Preferences menu, go to Conversion and Settings. In this section, there are the following fields and options:
  • The path to the folder where data to be analyzed are stored. This path can be customized using the icon [folder icon] at the end of the line.
  • A checkbox for the Race Studio Analysis converter selection.
  • A checkbox you can choose in iRacing if you want all the available channels to be logged instead of the default list (the complete lists are in the appendix).

It is recommended to flag the RS2 checkboxes. Doing so will enable RaceStudio 3 to monitor the folder in which the simulator saves the telemetry files. If you prefer to check it manually, you can however use the batch conversion option available in the Preferences – Conversion menu.

AiM Simulator Manager (ASM)

Inside RaceStudio 3, you will find a small application called the AiM Simulator Manager (ASM). ASM needs to be running while you are using the simulator and will allow you to record the telemetry data.

To select how this application should be launched, enter the RaceStudio 3 Preferences menu, then go to the AiM Sim Racing section and make your choice whether it should run automatically or manually (setting ASM to run at OS Startup is recommended).

The first time you use the ASM, you will simply have to choose what simulator you are going to use by clicking the start button and selecting it from the options.

From the second time onwards, ASM remembers your choice and, based on the launch option chosen, it will start recording data during the race and will stop at the end of the session (so you do not have to press the stop button of the ASM).

3 – Drive and get data

Another way to generate Telemetry data in iRacing is, during a race, to press the alt-l (lowercase L, that stands for logging) buttons (or manage the dedicated buttons in the options menu). At the end of the session, data logging will be stopped. ASM is the recommended option because everything is automatically managed.

Once everything is properly set, there are a few steps left:

• Run iRacing and enjoy!
• At the end of the session, the data will be stored in the default folder: documents/iRacing/telemetry, in .ibt format.
• Now you have to import the data and convert them into DRK format. Go to the Preferences menu, then Conversion of Files, and select the files that you need. In a few seconds, RaceStudio2 Analysis will automatically open the last session files, and you will be able to start analyzing the data and checking every single detail of your performance!

4 – Appendix

Default channels available for iRacing are (some channels like the GPS ones are generated by RaceStudio, not by iRacing):

Advanced channels available for iRacing are (if you flag the “all channel" option, you have the default+advance channels):