Release notes

What's new

Every update to the fpv-race-pits desktop app and website, in plain words: what it means for your race day. Newest first.

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Desktop app 2.0.0-beta.30#

A clean stream picture, with no stray buttons.

  • FixedThe "Turn on sound" button no longer shows up on your stream picture: not on YouTube, not in OBS and not on the virtual camera.
  • ImprovedPeople watching the race page in a web browser still get the button, so they can turn the sound on themselves.
  • ImprovedNothing to set up: update the app and your next stream is clean.
Desktop app 2.0.0-beta.29#

dd-pits is now fpv-race-pits, with a better stream, start lights and phone cameras.

  • NewSame app, new name. Your events, settings, caller voices and skins move across by themselves the first time you open it, so there is nothing to redo.
  • ImprovedA better quality stream on the same internet. The app now uses your computer's graphics chip to send the stream and picks good settings for YouTube, Twitch or Facebook. Capture cards now run at full 1080p and 60 frames a second.
  • NewWorks with OBS. Send the finished race picture into OBS with almost no delay, or use it as a webcam in OBS, Zoom, Teams or Discord.
  • NewAny phone can be a camera. Scan a QR code, tap Go live and point it at the pits, the crowd or the commentator. No app to install.
  • NewStart lights and lap flashes. Plug in an LED controller and it counts down to the start tone and flashes each pilot's colour on every lap. TinyTimer gates work too.
  • ImprovedRace info in pilots' goggles is easier to set up, with a list of exactly which firmware each pilot needs and one-click Netpack updates (never during a heat).
  • NewChase the Ace on any final, and championship certificates in your club's colours, ready to print.
  • NewRun race control from a Stream Deck or Companion, and your club website now updates within a second of every lap, check-in and heat change.
Website#

Get the app from our own site, and the whole site in Spanish.

  • NewDownload the desktop app straight from fpv-race-pits.com. The right download for your computer is shown first.
  • NewOn a Mac, install with one line pasted into Terminal, with no security warnings to click through.
  • NewEvery page is now in Spanish too. Pick your language at the bottom of any page.
  • ImprovedOne clear price in US dollars for every plan, membership and entry fee, wherever your club is.
  • NewFollow a club and get a notification and an email when its entries open.
  • ImprovedBrackets work better on phones, show Chase the Ace in full and let you follow one pilot all the way through.
  • ImprovedEach race page shows the winning margin, the gap between pilots, and badges for holeshot, personal best and fastest lap.
  • FixedSigning up no longer gives away whether someone already has an account.
Website#

Live brackets, a TV mode for the pits and your club's own phone app.

  • NewAnimated live brackets: watch the bracket fill in as each race finishes, follow a pilot, and see the podium at the end.
  • NewTV mode for the big screen in the pits, with a QR code so anyone can open live times on their phone.
  • NewThe event page puts the whole race day in one place: racing now, up next, qualifying, every race, brackets and results, all updating live.
  • NewYour club's own app: members add the club site to their phone's home screen and get a nudge when they're up next.
  • NewClub themes: your colours, fonts and logo across the club site and emails, or make a theme from your logo in one click.
  • NewEmail your members in your club's look: newsletters, race-day reminders and welcome messages, with unsubscribing handled for you.
  • NewSimple pricing: the club site and live timing are free forever, and every new club gets 3 months of the full plan free, no card needed.
  • NewFind clubs near you on the clubs page, follow them, and race in series that run across several clubs.
Website#

Every club gets its own website, with live timing built in.

  • NewYour club's own website at yourclub.fpv-race-pits.com, or on your own web address with the secure padlock set up for you.
  • NewLive timing: laps appear on the club site within a second of crossing the gate, for pilots in the pits and families at home.
  • NewOnline entries with fees, early-bird prices, family caps and discount codes. Payments go straight to the club's own account.
  • NewMemberships with renewal reminders, member prices and a simple report for the treasurer.
  • NewPilot profiles that follow pilots from club to club: race history, personal bests, quads, sponsors and their goggle setup for race day.
  • NewEvery heat links to its exact moment in the stream recording.
  • NewResults and up-next calls posted to your Discord for you, and two-step sign-in to keep club accounts safe.
  • NewTraining videos and a features page that shows everything fpv-race-pits does in one place.
Desktop app 2.0.0-beta.28#

Design your own stream screens and give your club a new look in minutes.

  • NewDesign your own stream screens: drag pieces onto the screen, line them up and try them with a pretend race. Ready-made screens for starting soon, the race, results, the podium and more.
  • NewRebrand in about two minutes: drop in your club logo and the app picks matching colours, fonts and lane colours for race control, the stream, the big screen, phones and your website.
  • NewTen professional race caller voices, and pilot names said in the same caller's voice.
  • NewRun two classes' finals side by side. Race control takes them in turns and rests pilots who would otherwise fly twice in a row.
  • ImprovedBuild heats in one click from the pilots who have checked in, and each pilot lands on their own channel when it's free.
  • ImprovedViewers never miss the start: the stream cuts to the pilots' cameras as soon as a heat is called to the line.
  • ImprovedYour AI assistant can help with more of race day, from checking pilots in to making announcements, and always asks before it changes anything.
  • FixedA pilot checked in under another class now shows as checked in, and moving a pilot to another class takes them out of the old class's heats.
Desktop app 2.0.0-beta.27#

Skins for every screen, and an AI assistant that knows your race day.

  • NewSkins restyle every screen in one click: race control, the stream, the big screen, pilots' phones and your club website. Six to choose from.
  • NewMake your own skin with colour pickers, share it with other clubs, or install one from the skin gallery.
  • NewBuild your own full-screen pages for the pits TV or the big screen: race clock, leaderboard, cameras that follow the race, sponsors and more.
  • NewConnect Claude or another AI assistant and ask things like "who's leading?" or "write a race-day summary". It never changes a race unless you ask.
  • ImprovedText always stays easy to read: colours that are too faint are fixed automatically, and you're told which.
  • ImprovedEvery training video was re-made for this version, with narration and real screen footage.
Desktop app 2.0.0-beta.26#

MultiGP, and stream cameras that follow the race.

  • NewMultiGP: connect your chapter, bring in the pilots who joined your race, and send the results back when the night is done.
  • NewOn the stream, each pilot's camera moves to their race position as it changes, with an overtake banner and a gold edge on the leader.
  • ImprovedLap checks: drag the enter and exit levels on the signal chart to set them by eye.
Desktop app 2.0.0-beta.25#

Run the whole race day from the full-screen race view.

  • ImprovedOpen the heats, load the next one, re-run a heat or add pilots without leaving the full-screen race view.
  • NewFix a pilot's laps while the race is still flying.
  • NewSee every channel live without setting up a race.
  • ImprovedLap times run along the bottom of each pilot's video, with their qualifying position beside them.
  • ImprovedReplays stay full screen, with keyboard controls.
  • FixedUnplugged capture cards no longer show up as failed recordings, and replay labels are easier to read.

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