Mercedes-AMG's new Track Pace app is all about helping trackday enthusiasts go quicker. But does it work?
Now, you might not think software geekery is a PH thing. And to be fair, most of the time you’d be right. But while I was at Mercedes-Benz World the other day,, I was also getting to grips with AMG’s Track Pace App. The latest in-car software will either come as standard if you buy a new Mercedes , or, for a relatively small fee , you can add it as a factory option.
Anyway, keep reading because there are some interesting elements to this new software. As with any form of datalogging and recording device, the primary purpose is to make you a better, faster driver. To hone your skills, down to the last millimetres of throttle application and lb ft of brake pressure, and get you carrying a bit more mid-corner speed.
Once the system knows where you’re going, it relies on the rest of the car's sensors to ascertain how well you’ve gone. And when you think what’s installed on cars these days on top of the GPS positioning stuff – yaw sensors, accelerometers, a steering angle sensor, throttle position sensor, brake pressure sensor, readings for speed and revs – the app wants for nothing.
For example, you can see that corner where the front started running wide, and reference it with the following lap, when you braked longer and deeper into the corner and picked up a tenth just by keeping more weight on the nose. It works in a straight line, too, recording drag race stats. And this is highly accurate information.
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