Choose what each widget shows, which driver it follows, and how the content fits its frame. Backgrounds can grow with live data or change color across the whole widget.
Build a compact position number, a large driver badge, or a lap comparison that changes between red and green. Set a fixed text size or let the content fit its frame. Theme colors, gradients, opacity, and response curves control the final result.
The Battle timing template places two driver groups around a center position readout. It includes badges, names, ratings, gaps, and lap times. Every part remains a widget that you can move, resize, or replace.
The template keeps its relative-driver choices and background settings. Each group can follow a different driver, while a child can inherit that Context or choose its own. New dashboards receive an independent copy, so later catalog updates do not overwrite their edits.
Select the data and driver
The Data widget puts numeric readings and driver visuals in one content picker. Choose a reading such as position, lap time, gap, or rating. You can also show a name, badge, country flag, manufacturer logo, car number, or class chip.
Related readings share a category. A second control selects the wheel, sector, or comparison reference when the reading needs one.
Context selects the driver. Choose the current driver, camera driver, a relative car, a standings position, or the fastest lap.
Relative positions accept positive and negative numbers. +1 selects the next driver ahead. -1 selects the next driver behind. Filters can include all drivers, the current class, or other classes.
A group can set one Context for its supported children. Each child shows whether it inherits the group value or uses an override.
Sector data remains limited to the current driver because it does not support another driver subject.
Control background size and color with data
A background can grow with a value or cover the frame with one data-driven color. Use a growing fill for proximity, fuel, or progress. Use full-frame color for a red or green lap delta.
For a lap comparison:
- Select Last lap vs you as the data source.
- Select Full frame for the fill area.
- Select Positive / negative for colors.
- Set Above zero to Critical.
- Set Below zero to Positive.
- Select a separate color for Zero.
This reading subtracts the Context driver's last lap from your last lap. A positive value means you were slower. A negative value means you were faster. Text adjusts for contrast when the data color covers the frame at full opacity.
Growing fills can start at any edge. Choose one tint, a two-color gradient, or custom gradient stops. Each stop has its own position and optional opacity.
Range & response controls can use fixed limits or the limits from the selected data. Reverse the fill when a smaller value should produce a larger background. Linear, logarithmic, exponential, and S-curve responses shape how the fill moves through the range.
See pit service state in one place
Pit service shows fuel to add, fuel after the stop, selected tires, tire compound, tear-off, and fast repair. Choose a compact or vertical layout, then show only the details you need. These settings change the display, not the pit selections in your simulator.
Tune the radar to your view
The radar has proximity zones and car markers. Set its range, show or hide guides, and hide the radar when the track is clear.
Customize text, badges, and spacing
Text sizes use numbered presets from 6 to 512 instead of size names. Keep Theme default or select Auto-fit text. Numeric sizes use relative units, so they follow the selected theme and font family.
Set content alignment, label size, label placement, and spacing separately. Hide a label when the value should stand alone. The same Data content can fit a small dashboard cell or a large display.
Scale whole badge changes the complete badge without altering its proportions. Auto-fit text changes only the text size. Inner spacing can follow the theme or allow edge-to-edge content.
Position can show the field size and position change, or only the position number. Similar controls hide session totals, lap deltas, and sector deltas.
Find and edit the right control
Group rows show the content name and effective driver Context. The second line identifies group inheritance or a widget override.
Data controls put content, display style, and optional values together. Basic typography remains visible, while detailed label layout starts closed.
Background controls separate the base background from the data effect. Advanced range and response controls also start closed.
More in this release
- Data widgets: Gap to you and Last lap vs you can use the selected driver Context.
- Pit service: Added separate readings for tear-off, fast repair, fuel after the stop, and fuel-to-end status.
- Driver names: Added full names, short names, and initials.
Fixes
- Backgrounds Custom proximity fills use gap magnitude for drivers ahead and behind. A negative gap no longer fills the frame.
- Context Relative-position steppers accept negative values, skip zero, and select drivers behind you.
- Data widgets Long text truncates when the frame has no room for another line.
- Driver ratings Safety-rating and iRating text follow automatic sizing, and compact badges fit smaller frames.
- Data widgets Changing away from a complete driver badge selects a compatible sizing mode.
- Data widgets Selecting the same category again preserves its selected variant.
- Backgrounds Switching color modes preserves positive and negative colors.
- Backgrounds Moving a gradient stop keeps the active control in place.
- Radar Positioning preserves a known side during close passes and clears old side data after cars move away.
- Authentication Recovery keeps a usable refreshed session when refresh-token recovery fails.
- Updates Update checks support the previous release host and the current Sim Kit release host.
Improvements
- Data widgets Added independent controls for label size, placement, alignment, spacing, and optional values.
- Driver badges Added separate whole-badge scaling and text auto-fit modes.
- Inspector Kept basic typography visible and placed detailed label layout in a closed section.
- Inspector Separated base backgrounds from data effects and kept advanced response controls closed.
- Groups Showed the content name and effective Context for each child row.
- Migration Preserved saved settings while converting older metric widgets, driver details, and named text sizes to Data widgets.