Circuit Tools 3 is a complete ground-up redesign of our data analysis software for motorsport specifically aimed at the racing community. It eliminates the traditional complexity found in conventional analysis tools, while delivering insights drivers need to improve and achieve quicker lap times.
You can find more detailed information about the features in the Circuit Tools 3 Quick Start Guide.
6 October 2025
- Latitude and longitude values now display in degrees.
- Improved maths channel handling.
- Improved synchronisation of laps when selected laps have poor positional data.
- Improved handling of data with satellite dropouts.
- General stability improvements.
- Fixed a bug where Delta-T could be offset incorrectly from the start of a lap.
- Fixed a bug where the Ideal Lap video jumped back after being paused when other X-axis types than position were used.
- Fixed several bugs with maths channels when the language was set to German.
- Fixed bug where invalid characters could be used in file renaming.
- Fixed bug where Delta-T values were incorrect when comparing laps at different log rates.
- Fixed bugs that affected the functionality of the Accumulate and Integrate functions.
- Fixed bug where the location of previously loaded file was not remembered in all situations.
- Fixed bug where the Lap Selection changes that were made when the Video Pane was hidden were not retained when the Video Pane was restored.
- Fixed bug that caused an occasional misalignment between the ideal and reference laps.
4 September 2025
- Added the ability to add custom sectors directly on the map:
Click on the Track Options button (...) on the Toolbar and select Custom Sectors to show the Sector Editor in the Map pane. - Added a file rename facility.
- The CAN Channel naming from HD Lite files is now reflected in Circuit Tools 3.
- Files without video can now be 'played' in Circuit Tools 3.
- Fixed bug where pit lane markers would disappear when switching between Laps and Sessions modes.
- Fixed bug with map being zoomed out after being hidden and shown again.
- Fixed bug where sectors in the lap data table were occasionally extended beyond the scrollable area.
- Fixed bug with maths channel units not displaying on the graph.
- Fixed bug that caused issues with setting start/finish lines in some situations.
- Fixed bug where changing the graph axis setting didn't refresh the graph data.
- Fixed bug that caused issues when adjusting the sector count for custom tracks.
- Fixed bug that prevented playback when the video pane was hidden.
15 August 2025
- Improved intuitiveness in the approach to setting a custom start/finish line on non-circuit DB files.
- The double-click action will now maximise the video pane.
- The Escape key will now restore the view if one display pane has been maximised.
- Full support of German in the user interface. You can change the language in Settings -> General -> Language.
- Fixed bug to ensure that the user-selected Ref lap is retained when a faster lap is ticked.
- Fixed bug where histograms were not reflecting units once they were changed in the settings.
- Fixed bug resulting in Channels occasionally being removed from the graph.
- Fixed bug that caused the map trace to disappear when 1 of 3 open files was closed.
- Fixed bugs that caused issues with exporting a pit lane and the accuracy of the pit lane location.
- Fixed a bug that sometimes occurred when opening a file from File Explorer with more than 1 instance of Circuit Tools 3 open.
8 August 2025
- Fixed an issue preventing normal use of Circuit Tools 3 when Windows was using certain display languages.
- Fixed issue with delta-t displaying incorrectly when ideal or multi-ideal were set to Ref lap.
- Fixed an occasional crashing issue when ticking and unticking laps quickly.
- Fixed the issue loading certain files that do not have an associated video
7 August 2025
- Fixed some issues when loading files from File Explorer.
- Improved ability to drag and drop multiple files onto Circuit Tools 3 to load
- Fixed error when loading files recorded by a Lap Timer.
- Fixed playback issues when selecting ideal lap or multi ideal lap as 'ref'.
- Fixed an issue where video could become out of sync in one situation
- Custom start/finish lines present in .VBO files are currently not used.
- German language support not currently working.
4 August 2025
- Fixed issue with video player undocking from UI
- Custom start/finish lines present in .VBO files are currently not used.
- Video sync issues when setting the Ref lap to either Ideal or Multi-Ideal laps
- German language support not currently working.
31 July 2025
- Simplified toolbar.
- More responsive video and graph.
- Clearer and sharper graphed data.
- Drag and drop data channels to stack them on the same y-axis.
- Double-click the Y-axis to auto-scale the data in the view.
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A built-in library of maths channels, such as coasting, cumulative lateral acceleration, and steering velocity.
- Create custom maths channels with flexible maths functions.
- Quickly identify trends and patterns in your data.
- Designed for fast visual analysis.
- Includes sector highlighting.
- View your driving lines on satellite imagery provided by Google and Bing maps.
- Overhead car view during playback.
- Set Start/Finish directly on the map.
- Provides a theoretical best lap across all loaded sessions.
- Custom start/finish lines present in .VBO files are currently not used.
- German language support not currently working.