RACE MENU
The race screen can be viewed either horizontally or vertically by rotating the device.
Vertical View
The screen is split into three main areas.
The top section displays the current driver leaderboard for practice, qualifying and race sessions.
The title bar headers are selectable and will toggle the columns of information. For example, by selecting the driver header the title and column information will change to team. Selecting the team header will revert the column back to driver.
The area is scrollable so you can view all information.
The leaderboard consists of horizontal bars of information for each driver, the default bar colour is black.
You can select a driver by selecting one of the driver bars. This automatically changes the camera angle at the bottom of the screen to follow that driver. The bar changes to yellow to indicate your selected driver - press the bar again to deselect. You can also select a driver by selecting a car on the track below.
Other driver bar colour variations indicate the following: Red - car has stopped. Blue - car is in the pit lane.
The middle section has various race information. By selecting the toggle button on the far left you can hide the track view to display the full leader board screen - press the toggle again to display the split screen.
Next to the toggle button is the race status - displayed as a flag or safety car. This will change depending on the status of the session.
The race time and laps completed/remaining are displayed to the right of the race status.
The right hand side of the middle bar is a scrolling information field that contains track temperature, weather etc.
Track View
The bottom section displays a visual representation of the live race timings information. The view can be zoomed or rotated by using pinch-zoom and moving your finger left or right, and up or down the screen.
The cars are represented as coloured circles. The lower circle moving around the track indicates the approximate position of that car on the track. The number on the car is that car's current position in the race order. You can select a driver by selecting one of the cars.
The colour of the car indicates the speed of the current lap.
White: car has not improved its best sector time.
Green: car has set personal best time for the previous sector.
Purple: car has set the fastest time of any car for the previous sector.
Yellow: indicates the car position is not current.
The larger circle displayed above each car contains an abbreviation of the driver's name. The larger circles also change colour depending on the status of each car.
White: normal.
Green: race leader.
Red: car stopped.
Yellow: your selected driver.
Horizontal Track View
Switch to Horizontal View by rotating the device.
Track View in horizontal view becomes full screen with a list of driver names on the left hand side.
The bar at the bottom of the screen contains the same information as the middle bar in vertical view.
The toggle button in horizontal view allows you to toggle between the full Track View and the Detailed Timing Screen.
Detailed Timing Screen
This is the live timing data for all the cars on track. You can see at a glance each driver's last laptime, gap to the race leader, sector times, number of pitstops (in the race), driver's status (e.g. Pitted, Out), and number of laps completed.
The Detailed Timing Screen can be scrolled to see details for all the drivers.
The lap and sector times are colour coded.
White: most recent time recorded by a car, and is not a personal best.
Green: car has set personal best.
Purple: car has set the fastest time of any car.
Yellow: indicates the number is no longer the most recent time recorded for that car.
INFO MENU
Select any of the menu options for more information.
Help: contains information on how to use this application.
Drivers: takes you to a menu/list of current drivers. Select a driver from the menu to go to the driver's page, and scroll to view all the information. Use the button in the top title bar to navigate back to the drivers menu.
Teams: takes you to a menu/list of current teams. Select a team from the menu to go to the team page, and scroll to view all the information. Use the button in the top title bar to navigate back to the team menu.
Races: takes you to a menu/list of the current race calendar. Select a race from the menu to go to the race page, and scroll to view all the information. Use the three buttons at the top of the screen to move between race/circuit/results information.
When selecting a circuit, you can scroll the page to view the information or press the enlarge circuit button to see a detailed map of the circuit.
Use the button in the top title bar to navigate back to the circuit menu.
Standings: displays a list of the current driver/constructor standings. Use the buttons at the top of the screen to toggle between the two screens.
Credits: displays copyright information, and details about the development of this application.
NEWS
This screen will display the Latest News or the Live Feed (race commentary).
It will default to the Latest News if no race is running, and swap to Live Feed when a race is being run.
The title of the news button on the application button bar will also change respectively.
To swap between Latest News and Live Feed use the buttons at the top of the screen.
When viewing the Latest News screen, select a headline to launch your iPhone browser, and read the news story.
SETUP
The Setup screen contains a list of options that control which race or session from the current season is displayed on the Race screen, and allows you to customize the race screen options.
You can also change the preferences of the display and turn off the help tips that pop up on each screen.
Options:
Track: select this option and scroll to choose a Grand Prix.
Session: select this option and scroll to choose which part of the race weekend you would like to view.
Start: select this option to choose the start time and date of the event. This will automatically default to the real time start of the event you have chosen in the steps above. Changing this option allows you to start half way through or at any point in a historical race. For example, to begin watching a race 1 hour into the race, set the start time to be 1 hour before the present time.
Fade Cars: Select ON to turn backmarker cars semi transparent - select OFF to turn off transparency.
Show Tips: Tips are ON as default and appear on each screen - select OFF to turn them off.
Hide Stopped Cars: Select ON to hide stopped/retired cars - select OFF to show stopped/retired cars on the map for the entire session.
Clear Local Store: This option clears downloaded timing data. If you are having problems and the race doesn't appear to have downloaded correctly, use this button to clear the memory, then download the race event again.
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