PitLane Systems

Changelog

Every version, on the record.

Release notes for PitLane Director AC. What shipped, what changed, and what got fixed.

v0.2.8

Trust

This release makes the app harder to knock over and makes the data it sends honest.

Highlights

  • Show Under for battle graphics. Detection decides what counts as a battle and feeds the Battles panel. Show Under decides when the graphic appears on screen. It sits in the overlay panel so you can tune it mid race.
  • Offline grace. The app keeps working for up to 7 days if your subscription can't renew while you are offline. Bad hotel wifi can no longer sign you out.
  • Private by default. Crash reports and usage data now scrub file paths, emails, and usernames before anything leaves your machine. Sessions that end offline deliver their data on the next launch.
  • Self-healing templates. The five Simple overlay templates reconnect on their own if their connection goes stale, matching the pro overlays.

Improvements

  • Setup opens with a welcome note for new testers.

Fixes

  • Nation flags in the Full Leaderboard no longer break when the overlay server is off.
  • Menus and the command palette no longer show stale overlay server status.
  • Small visual fixes to footer alerts and empty states.
v0.2.7

Workspaces

PitLane's screens become workspaces, and overlays get a home of their own.

Highlights

  • Workspace tabs. The Director, Full Leaderboard, Event Log, Overlay Library, and Setup are now tabs, like a browser. Drag the Full Leaderboard or Event Log out of the strip and it becomes its own window, built for a second monitor. Hotkeys work from either window.
  • The Overlay Library. Every overlay on your machine in one place, with preview covers, live examples at true broadcast scale, search, and one-click add to your broadcast. Double-click a .pitlane pack to install it.
  • Overlay packs update themselves. The PitLane Broadcast and Lonestar Cup sets now ship as pre-installed packs and check for updates when the app starts. Overlay fixes reach you without waiting for an app update.
  • A new guided Setup. A walkthrough with a live diagram of your whole broadcast pipeline. It teaches each piece in a few sentences, embeds the controls to set it up, and lights up as things connect. Fresh installs open on it.
  • The OBS wizard builds a complete scene. One click builds the whole broadcast scene, with the AC game capture underneath your overlay layer.
  • Discord Rich Presence. Your Discord status shows what you are broadcasting. Toggle it in Settings, Privacy.

Improvements

  • A command palette on Ctrl+K holds every command in the app.
  • A What's New dialog appears after updates, fed by this changelog.
  • Full Leaderboard: broadcast timing colors, nation flags, and battle markers.
  • Event Log: wall-clock timestamps and a jump-back-to-live pill.
  • Overlays in a family wear a chip in the family's accent color, so a matching set reads as a set.
  • The five simple template overlays are renamed Simple to tell them apart from the broadcast set.
  • While OBS is connected, the program monitor shows exactly what OBS outputs.

Fixes

  • Overlays no longer slow down over very long sessions.
  • The sidecar now follows a changed sidecar port setting.
  • A crash in one workspace can no longer blank the whole app.
  • Many small corrections found during a full documentation audit.
v0.2.6

The Settings Overhaul

One window for every setting, a hotkey for every command, and a rebuilt OBS flow.

Highlights

  • One Settings window for everything. The old scatter of dialogs is gone, replaced by tabs under File > Settings for Setup, Detection, Director, Broadcaster, Overlays, OBS, Hotkeys, Appearance, and Privacy. Changes apply instantly. There is no Save button.
  • Every command can be bound to a hotkey. The Hotkeys tab lists them all, grouped by category, with search, click-to-rebind, and conflict warnings. That includes panel toggles and per-overlay visibility.
  • A new OBS setup wizard. It gets you from zero to broadcasting with a one-source composite, the recommended OBS setup.
  • The program monitor now rides the OBS virtual camera. What you see is what OBS outputs.
  • Replay clips save with one key, on air with another. The Moment (Ctrl+1) and Incident (Ctrl+2) flags automatically save an OBS replay clip, and a single key puts a replay on air.
  • Team accent colors across the broadcast. Accent colors carry through the overlays for a consistent look per team.

Improvements

  • The menu bar is down to four menus: File, View, Broadcast, and Help.
  • Overlay browser sources heal themselves when a source drifts or breaks.
  • Overlays can be served as one composited broadcast layer, the lightest option for your PC (per-overlay sources remain for advanced setups).
  • The Lonestar Cup overlay package now ships in the general build.
  • Manual flags are now Moment, Incident, and Note; the old dedicated replay flag is gone.
  • The OBS panel was overhauled around the new flow.
v0.2.5

Browser-Only Activation

Highlights

  • Activation is now browser-only. Approve your device on pitlanesystems.com. The password form inside the app is gone.

Improvements

  • Auto-update issues now write a local log file for easier support.
v0.2.4

Control-Room Refresh

A refreshed control room, and sign-in moves to your browser.

Highlights

  • Sign in with your browser. Activation now happens on pitlanesystems.com. Approve the device in your browser and the app signs itself in, with no password typed into the app. Password sign-in remains available in this release.
  • Theme presets and custom colors. A new dark control-room look with floating panels, plus a Theme menu for presets or your own palette.
  • A redesigned camera bar. Built around Target and Angle clusters, the shots you use most are one click away, with more cameras behind the ⋯ menu.
  • AutoDirector now directs camera angles too. Shot plans per situation, automatic angle rotation on long shots, and right-click any angle to lock it in.

Improvements

  • A status bar with live broadcast indicators.
  • Configurable lap-time sections in the telemetry strip.
  • Overlay previews composite in the program monitor before AC capture starts.
  • The overlay panel is smoother, with drag-to-reorder and animated controls.

Fixes

  • A crash during very long sessions is gone.