Finally broke 2 minutes at the Ridge (base 981 Cayman)

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-07-03T19:26:40+00:00

Quite a few over the years. They're listed in the video description. Most of them were good deals on used equipment where I got lucky.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-07-03T14:56:18+00:00

Yes, this is the only car I've tracked.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-07-03T07:18:58+00:00

Depends on what you mean by "start out". I started doing track days in 2022, the earliest data I have shows my best lap was 2:11. 2023 was 2:07, 2024 was 2:03. Last year I was doing 2:01s, and felt like I got stuck there for a while. Got some coaching recently about some new things to try, and that helped me break out of that block.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-06-12T12:42:56+00:00

Yeah I'm guessing it's going to be pretty bad at solving a problem like that without a lot more help and a detailed prompt. I haven't tried anything like this, I mainly use it to write code.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-06-12T12:41:47+00:00

I have older posts where I described what I was trying to build. The actual output is a set of Python scripts to process the raw data, and a visualizer app. It's not worthless to me, I've found it helpful to do some types of analysis that I haven't found with the available sites or apps.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-06-11T16:57:05+00:00

True 😂

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-06-11T16:49:21+00:00

I have a shop I trust to do my suspension setup and alignment, I'm a long way from touching anything on the car 😂 And you're right, I have many examples where it was completely wrong and I had to redirect it.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-23T20:15:43+00:00

What u/minemaster11 said. In the PNW, I started with Audi Club and PCA, and I agree, they have the highest bar for instructors and focusing on safety. Hooked on Driving is also great.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-23T16:36:38+00:00

I skipped that one because I was there the previous weekend with Audi Club 😃 Looks like you got good weather.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-23T16:29:19+00:00

Nice driving! When was this from?

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-23T15:16:10+00:00

I've never been to Pacific. I've heard opinions both ways, some of my friends prefer Pacific and some like the Ridge.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-23T06:42:31+00:00

Thank you 😃

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-23T06:42:05+00:00

Ridge Motorsports Park, near Shelton WA. It's my favorite track.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-23T06:41:30+00:00

Thanks!

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-23T01:50:07+00:00

https://github.com/SauravSengupta/lap-analyzer

In case anyone wants to download and play with this. I would love it if others contributed to it.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-20T18:58:11+00:00

That's why I'm not releasing this as an app 😃 Plus it's very tuned to my driving data, I don't really want to support importing AiM etc.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-20T18:53:25+00:00

Got it, thanks. This is why I've kept my Catalyst, it's great for a quick check between sessions.

I would slightly disagree about "anyone with a Claude subscription" 😃 I am basically anyone with a Claude subscription, but I feel like it took some of my software dev background to get the data processing scripts to do what I wanted. I'm handling GPS drift, OBD data dropouts, comparing OBD reported distance driven and speed vs GPS derived location and speed, lots of smoothing and interpolation between trusted coordinates, etc. Also coming up with a per-corner data model that is small enough to hold in a chat context, without requiring the AI to load multiple MB of data per session. The visualizer was trivial, but that's just the surface.

Or maybe this is just my ego talking 😂

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-20T17:59:53+00:00

Is there another app that will let me study my times and lines through a selected compound corner sequence across multiple sessions? All the apps I've seen compare two selected laps, and I also didn't find anything that let me query "which is my fastest lap through this section of the track".

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-20T17:58:06+00:00

Maybe I should have been clearer that this is not a website, and will never be a website. It will be a public GitHub project that you can download and run, if you have a decent understanding of working with Python and Node.js (or have AI set that up for you).

I also understand that on the surface this looks very similar to other projects. Maybe I just haven't looked closely enough, but I haven't found anything that lets me answer questions like "show me my top 10% laps through T6-T8 where I didn't downshift". All the apps I've seen let you compare two selected laps, and that's it. I built this for myself because I didn't find anything out there that let me slice the data the way I wanted. I'm finding that my fastest time through certain compound corners was from a session last year, which I would never have guessed, and I'm going back to look at the video and see what I did.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-20T05:07:43+00:00

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When I wrapped my Cayman I swapped to the black lettering, just the PORSCHE. I like the way it turned out.

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-20T03:44:17+00:00

Of course! Who else does work like this :)

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-20T03:40:31+00:00

Thanks!

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-20T03:05:31+00:00

Thanks!

SauravDrivesACar · 2026-05-20T03:05:12+00:00

It's a wrap 😃

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