Porsche Track Precision
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports | Free | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
NEW: Now available for additional Porsche models
The new Porsche Track Precision app is available for all Boxster, Cayman and 911 models, as well as for all GT cars with model improvements from CW45/16. The Porsche Communication Management (PCM) version 4.0, as well as the equipment options Connect Plus and Sport Chrono Package are required to use the app.
Automatic lap time recording
Thanks to precise GPS data, lap times can be automatically recorded.
You can select your desired track from over 130 predefined race tracks worldwide or simply create your own.
Recording of precise vehicle data
The Porsche Track Precision app is connected via the Porsche Communication Management system or a special app control unit with various control units and records accurate data from the vehicle’s sensors.
3 live views available
While driving on a race track, 3 live views are available:
- Lap timer: Clear display of the lap time with real-time deviation to a reference lap recording
- G-force: Additional display of the acceleration reached
- Ghost car: Display of distance, time and speed in comparison to a reference lap recording
Video analysis
Use your smartphone while driving to record videos for subsequent analysis. To obtain an additional view point while driving, a second video can be added, for example, from another smartphone camera or action cam.
Videos are available to view on your smartphone directly after driving – enhanced with useful driving data to improve your performance.
Driving performance analysis
By connecting to the vehicle's sensors, the app enables you to analyze additional driving data which can be compared with previous laps, allowing you to improve your driving performance, for example, in relation to the steering angle, braking pressure and the position of the gas pedal. Videos and driving data can also be exported to your PC for detailed analysis.
Sharing with other drivers
Share your driving experience with friends through social networking sites.
Terms of use:
Only use the Porsche Track Precision app on tracks that are closed to the public. Adapt your driving style to your personal ability and the prevailing conditions. As the driver, you bear sole responsibility for controlling your vehicle.
The full range of app functions is only available when you drive your vehicle on tracks closed to the public that are supported by the Porsche Track Precision app.
Secure your smartphone in a holder designed for this purpose. Park your vehicle safely before operating the application or viewing evaluations and analyses.
The accuracy of the displayed values, evaluations and analyses cannot be guaranteed as conditions can vary.
The use of GPS via smartphone can decrease the smartphone battery life without any charging connection to the vehicle.
Use of this product (particularly the video recording feature) may be prohibited through legal stipulations in certain markets or at certain events. Before using the app, please always check that this is permissible in accordance with the applicable local legal stipulations.
The map editor and analyses based on GPS data are not available in China and Turkey.
Reviews
Data is awesome, need some improvement to perfection
蛤蛤ks
Data is very detail. Need to find a way to export video. The storage of the phone is limited. I could only record one session of my track day. Maybe a software on PC or Mac platform? Read the data from phone and overlaid with the video taken by gopro?
User
RKL User
The newest version does not connect to the car. The StatusControlAppUnit shows "not connected". This needs to be fixed.
Cool app
16_cayman_gt4
Looks like a well put together app. I can't wait to take it on the track. One question: Why doesn't the app have Thunderhill or Sonoma raceway? I will update my review once I use it. I need to get those engine break-in miles done!
Great Potential but ...
991Newman
App is buggy, loses sessions. Difficult to download videos with data overlays. Documentation is very limited. Porsche dealer does not have a clue how to use it and has not responded to repeated requests for assistance. Still, App has great potential and hopefully Porsche will get it together.
Very disappointing...
Mech333
I spec'd the "Sport Chrono" option on my GT3 just to get access to the app. Nobody had received cars with the option yet, so I went out on a limb and assumed Porsche would do it right (like they do their GT cars). Unfortunately it's been a disappointment from the start. In the early versions of the app, it would take multiple tries of turning off and on the car and quitting / opening the app to finally get the car to connect to the app. And then, half the time the virtual steering / gas/ brake overlay would be about a second out of sync with the video (making it no longer useful). Then when I updated to iOS 9, the app stopped connecting all together. It took a while for Porsche to update the app with a fix. With the latest version 1.50, the connection now seems repeatable, but the app will randomly delete old lap records. Over the course of one day (5 sessions of about 10-12 laps per session) at Laguna Seca, the app would capture all the laps from the first session correctly, then in the second session half of the laps didn't record. Later in the day I went back to look at some good laps from the first session, and most of the session laps were gone! Unreliable data storage is something that isn't tolerable. I can't trust the app to save my lap records even session after session, let alone day after day over a season. So I am unfortunately giving up completely on the app and going back to my previous lap timer app on my phone. It has proven to be far more reliable, and has never accidentally deleted my data. Oh, and the Porsche app won't even let you export your video with overlays! Completely ridiculous. Porsche, if you're reading this, I think you really had the opportunity to make an amazing experience for your GT car customers with this combination of custom hardware and software with the Sport Chrono and Track Precision option they could have been better than even the professional lap timer / analysis packages. PLEASE re-invest in this and fix all of these issues (and add video export in!) so that this can become a sought-after option again, rather than one to be avoided.
Unreliable
dingoboy72
Porsche’s Sport Chrono package costs almost $2000. Its main feature is that it can send data from the car (e.g., speed, RPM, brake pressure) to the Track Precision app for use in recording lap times, video, and related information. It should be incredibly useful. Instead, it’s useless. The app will randomly delete sessions after they’ve been recorded. Your best lap ever might just get randomly deleted. Given the cost of Sport Chrono, this is extremely disappointing.
Piece of C___
GT4 Owner
The instructions are terrible. The dealer can't help me because they have no training nor other means. I feel that I was ripped off in spending a $1000+ for this piece of crap. This is not what I expect from Porsche. This is my 9th Porsche, very disappointing, I would like my money back for this debacle.
Version 1.6.1 with problems.
Filial702
After updating to version 1.6.1 stopped working. App does not connect with the a PCM car. How to get back to the old version?
