Revokyte :: The open-source instrument cluster for sim racers.

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Hey everyone,

For over a year now I have been building a standalone instrument cluster for GT7 that runs directly on a Raspberry Pi and a 7" touch display, booting in just 15 seconds.

My main frustration with most available dashboards is that they aren't built like the professional tools found in real GT3 cars. I firmly believe that improvement in racing happens in the moment, not in the replay. A proper cluster should help you realize, mid-corner, that your current line is quicker than your last one. Revokyte is designed to give you exactly that kind of immediate and actionable feedback.

Here is how it looks in action: https://www.revokyte.com/#instrument-cluster

You can read more about the unique features here: https://www.revokyte.com/#features

The technical highlights:
  • Written by someone who has shipped software for real cars.
  • Open-source.
  • No PC or SimHub needed.
  • Targeting the Raspberry Pi (4 or 5) with a 7" Pi Touch Display 2
  • Pimoroni Blinkt! LED bar that acts as physical shift lights.
  • Easy setup. Just flash it to an SD card and race.
Here is a video of an early PoC


I am currently actively developing it and will continue polishing it. Let me know what you think.
 
Standalone Pi solutions for instrument clusters are an interesting direction. The 15 second boot time is a big deal compared to firing up a whole PC just to get dash data. Running it on a dedicated Pi with a small touch display keeps the rig cleaner too without needing another screen mounted somewhere. The Pimoroni Blinkt! for shift lights is a nice touch, having physical LEDs beats trying to catch on-screen indicators when you are deep in a corner.
 
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Standalone Pi solutions for instrument clusters are an interesting direction. The 15 second boot time is a big deal compared to firing up a whole PC just to get dash data. Running it on a dedicated Pi with a small touch display keeps the rig cleaner too without needing another screen mounted somewhere. The Pimoroni Blinkt! for shift lights is a nice touch, having physical LEDs beats trying to catch on-screen indicators when you are deep in a corner.
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Thanks for your feedback. These are exactly the reasons I built the instrument cluster in the first place. In addition, having the delta as a tool, which arguably is the most important one you will use, because it tells you exactly where you are loosing out and where you are gaining, makes the cluster even more usable. For me that has always been priority number one.
 

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