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Gap Map

The Gap Map plugin in ONE TIMING provides a clear, linear visualization of car positions and gaps on track, helping teams monitor traffic, pit stop loss windows, and multiclass traffic at a glance.

Overview

The Gap Map plugin is designed to help you track the real-time position of every car in a session relative to a chosen reference driver. Unlike a circular track map, the Gap Map presents all cars on a straight line—either vertical or horizontal—making it easy to see which cars are ahead or behind in terms of seconds, and by how much. This tool is especially valuable for understanding traffic, pit stop loss windows, and multiclass traffic situations during complex races.

 

How the Gap Map Works

  • Reference Driver Selection:
    To activate the Gap Map, right-click within the plugin and select a reference driver from the list. The selected car is positioned at the center of the map, with a default range of -10 to +10 seconds displayed around it.

  • Orientation:
    • Portrait mode ON: -10 seconds at the top, +10 at the bottom.
    • Portrait mode OFF (default): -10 seconds on the left, +10 on the right.
  • Gap Direction:
    • Negative values: Seconds ahead of the reference driver.
    • Positive values: Seconds behind the reference driver.
  • Car Representation:
    Each car is shown as a line, with configurable information such as TLA, driver name, gap, class, and more.

 

Context Menu Options

All context menu settings are saved in your layout.

Driver

  • Choose the reference driver from all cars in the session.

Gaps: Classification vs. Track

Track Gaps (Default):
Shows the gaps between cars based on their actual position on the track. For example, if a lapped car is physically ahead of you, it will appear ahead in the plugin, regardless of its classification.

Classification Gaps:
Displays gaps based on race classification. Lapped cars will be shown as a lap behind, even if they are physically ahead on track.

Note: This mode is especially useful for monitoring expected pit stop losses and understanding where you will rejoin relative to other cars after a pit stop.

Tip: If you want to see true on-track traffic, use Track Gaps. If you want to see race order and pit stop loss effects, use Classification Gaps.

 

Portrait Mode

  • Toggle between vertical (portrait) and horizontal (landscape) display.

Min (s) / Max (s)

  • Set the minimum and maximum seconds for the visible gap range. Both can be positive or negative, but min must be less than max.

Tick Interval (s)

  • Set the interval for timeline markers (default: 5 seconds).

Show Time Lost in Pit

  • Toggle to display an orange line at ± the expected pit loss time.

Show Time Lost Drive Through

  • Toggle to display a blue line at ± the expected drive-through penalty time.

Hide Cars in Pits

  • Enable this option to hide all cars that are currently in the pitlane from the Gap Map display.
    This helps you focus only on cars that are actively circulating on track, reducing clutter and making traffic analysis easier.

Draw Partial Windows

  • Toggle to connect the ± lines for pit/drive-through loss as a full box or keep them as partial lines.

Leader Markers

  • Show a circle for each class leader (full circle for overall leader, ring for class leaders, in class colors).

Show Ghost Order

  • Pit Stops:
    • Choose how pit stop losses are visualized for each car: None, Next, or All pit stops.
  • Attack Mode (Formula E):
    • Choose how Attack Mode losses are visualized: None, Next, or All activations.

Note: Settings for Pit Stops and Attack Mode are independent and can be set individually for each scenario.

Draw Custom Lines

  • Add custom lines at specific gaps (e.g., ±19s for Full Course Yellow pit loss).
  • Note: Save your layout to retain custom lines.
  • Insert screenshot showing custom lines added to the Gap Map

Mini Gap Threshold (s) & Mini Gap Count

Mini Gap Boxes
Small colored boxes next to each non-reference car show lap-by-lap performance compared to your reference car:

  • Green: You were faster.
  • Red: You were slower.
  • Yellow: Lap times within the Mini Gap Threshold (deadzone).

Mini Gap Threshold (s):
Defines the "deadzone" for lap time comparison. If the difference in lap times is less than this value, the box is yellow, indicating the cars were very close.

Mini Gap Count:
Sets how many recent laps are displayed as boxes. For example, if set to 3, you see the last three laps for each car.

Tip: These boxes provide a quick visual summary of whether you are gaining or losing time to each car over the last few laps. Adjusting the threshold lets you filter out insignificant differences, and changing the count lets you see more or fewer laps in the summary.


Blue & Red Markers Thresholds (s)
  • Set thresholds for identifying lapped cars around your reference car:
    • Blue box: Car is a lap or more down.
    • Red box: Car is a lap or more ahead.

TLA / Driver Name / Gap (s) / Gap Delta / Car Class / Laps in Stint

  • Choose where to display each item (None, Left/Top, Right/Bottom).

Class Selection

  • Select all classes / Unselect all classes: Quickly show or hide all classes.
  • Classes: Select which classes to display; unselected classes can be hidden or skipped for a continuous plot.
  • Insert screenshot showing class selection and skip unselected classes option
 

Best Practices

  • Use the Classification gap mode for pit strategy monitoring.
  • Save your layout after customizing context menu options or drawing custom lines.
  • Open multiple Gap Map plugins with different settings for advanced analysis.
 

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