Guides
Short, practical how-tos for getting your telemetry into LapLift and making sense of it — syncing camera footage, opening logger files without their desktop software, and reading the data itself. Free, in your browser.
DJI gyro data missing? The settings that make or break telemetry sync
Which DJI cameras record gyro for Gyroflow and telemetry sync (Action 4/5/6 yes, Action 3 never), the two settings that switch it on, and how to check a clip you already shot.
GoPro lap video that syncs itself — keep the telemetry track alive
GoPro embeds a telemetry track since the HERO5, but re-encoding strips it. Why exports fail, which transfers keep it, and how to check a clip before you sync.
How to analyze AiM data without Race Studio
Open AiM .xrk files and compare laps in your browser — no Race Studio, no CSV export. What LapLift reads, what stays in Race Studio, and the file-to-overlay steps.
How to read a speed trace
Read a speed trace like an engineer: why distance beats time on the axis, the shape of a corner, comparing two laps with a delta trace, and the signatures of lost time.
Track Mode: arm it once, let it pull your AiM sessions all day
Set up LapLift Sync's Track Mode to auto-pull AiM sessions all day with no per-stint taps. Why the phone's hotspot beats joining the logger's Wi-Fi, and the two setup gotchas that cause most first-try failures.
Customize your track's sectors (splits)
Right-click LapLift's track map to add, move, or delete sector splits — desktop only, snapped to a 5 m grid — and get per-lap sector times plus a crowd percentile in the Split Times panel.
vMin corner scores: reading the dots and pinning them
What LapLift's vMin overlay shows, how to turn it on, and how to drag a corner dot to pin the exact spot where you actually brake and apex — plus Reset corner pins to undo it.
Watkins Glen track guide: every corner, with real lap data
Turn-by-turn guide to the Watkins Glen long course, from the 90 and the Esses to the Bus Stop and the Boot, with minimum corner speeds from 13 drivers' laps.
NJMP Thunderbolt track guide: every turn, with real lap data
Turn-by-turn guide to Thunderbolt at New Jersey Motorsports Park, including the Octopus, with minimum corner speeds from 15 drivers' laps after the 2024 repave.
Lime Rock Park track guide: every corner, with real lap data
Corner-by-corner guide to Lime Rock Park's classic layout, from Big Bend to the Downhill, with minimum corner speeds from 20 drivers' laps. One corner rewards going slower.
MoTeC i2 Standard vs i2 Pro: what you get and how Pro is unlocked
What i2 Standard limits (5 graphs, 1 overlay lap), what i2 Pro unlocks, and the two ways to get Pro: a Pro Analysis upgrade on your logger or a yearly Feature Licence.
AiM file types explained: .xrk, .xrz, .drk and what opens them
What every AiM data file is, from .xrk and .xrz to Race Studio 2's .drk and .rrk, which ones hold your laps, and how to open them or turn them into CSV.
Gyroflow for track-day video: GoPro and DJI settings that keep your gyro data
Which GoPro and DJI cameras record gyro data Gyroflow can use, the settings to record with, and how to stabilize in-car footage without losing the original file.
What is vMin? Minimum corner speed, explained
vMin is the slowest speed you carry through a corner. What it tells you, why a higher number is usually faster, the corners where it isn't, and what a low vMin points to.