False.
Motec can be used for free in most serious race sims.
Check as example these links out for iRacing, rF2 and Raceroom.
CatsAreTheWorstDogs: And the Real telemetry Tool MoteC can be legally downloaded for free also.
Data Acquisition for Motec Plugin (DAMPlugin) V0.931 - Mar 2023 This plugin generates Motec i2Pro compatible log files. This is not a Motec product -...
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Hi again,
It seems you are not happy with these tools, as you always come back "picking a fight". If you can contribute something valuable, I can listen. If not, please stay in your 'after-the-fact-data-and-motec-is-THE-only-solution-needed-bubble'.
I think these topics below were already covered in many other forums and many other posts with you.
Motec I2 is free to download, but not free to use. The use of it is covered by the license which states: "
LICENSE: MoTeC hereby gives you a non-exclusive license to use the software i2 Standard in conjunction with data generated by any MoTeC logging device, or that generated by MoTeC licensed 3rd party software. i2 Standard may not be used in conjunction with data generated either directly or indirectly by non MoTeC products unless that product has been licensed by MoTeC." You might be such person, who does not care about licenses, other people's rights/IP or legal terms, but the license is pretty clear, The use of i2 with non licensed data exporters is not allowed. Anyone doing so is in legal risk.
The tools/add-ons/extensions you mention, note on their material things like "this is not official Motec product", "do not contact Motec for assistance" and " this product is not affiliated with Motec". So yeah, very "official" products with proper Motec approval/license. My guess is that if someone (who e.g. has paid for the right to export data in Motec format) wanted to "rain your parade" by contacting Motec with the right legal arguments regarding free use of the Motec data format, these tools/exporters would disappear pretty quickly.
Also I think it was well established, that with i2 these extensions only provide after-the-fact data and there is no T2 exports available. I2 is very useful e.g. for setup work. Sadly this is something 99.99% of the sim racers really cannot take advantage (due to missing consistency). Using these after-the-fact tools equals driving 20 laps on track, then packing the car on trailer, going back home to look at the data, then making changes to the car, then again doing 20 laps on track, then again trying to do some changes to fix something, which might not work as the environment has already changed. As it is after-the-fact-data with no real-time component, and most sim racers are not sufficiently consistent that they would be able to analyze and benefit from the changes when driving, the results to really gain the last 0.01s (or actually the last 0.5s) will never materialize to the 99.99% of the drivers.
These exporters you mention:
1) They don't provide real-time telemetry data to provide immediate feedback to the driver on what they are doing on track and how it affects the key outcome, i.e. laptime
2) They don't provide real-time race data: track position, pit window (forward/back), current/session history tyre wear, current/session history tyre temp, current/session history tyre pressures, current/session long fuel use/refueling need, pitstops done etc, which are one of they key reasons I wrote my tool
3) They don't provide ways e.g. in multi-driver endurance race the race engineer to look in real-time at the telemetry + strategic and tactical situation to help the sim-racing team to get the best result.
My tool provides both, real-time and after-the-fact-data, telemetry and race data, with many different views into the data in an easily digestible format/package, which has helped over 30k simracers to become better racers. Used in conjunction with other tools is naturally beneficial, as one single tool cannot meet the needs of all drivers in many different situations.
There is space and need/purpose for all these different tools. Or do you also go around Simhub forums, Z1 forums, RST forums, Crew-chief forums or any other tools' forums saying that everyone should stop using those tools, and only use Motec? I doubt.
Happy driving.
