Rallycheck - Show Sortest Route

Rallycheck november 2024 mailing

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Show shortest route

We have added the possibility to “Show shortest Route” of the rally in the Rallycheck Management Portal.

The Shortest Route kan be viewed on the “Edit Route” page by activiating the “Show shortest route” selection.

 

Rallycheck app – Real-time update of controls

Starting today all changes to controls in the Rallycheck MAnagement Portal are updated to the Rallycheck app of active participants. This means tha changes to controls during, or just before starting the rally, are updated to all Rallycheck app participants of the selected rally.

On average the updte takes about 1.5 minute to reach a participants app, but only if there is an active Internet connection to the phone. If there is no Internet connection, it may take longer.  As soon as there is an Internet connectione, the information will be synchronized.

In the Rallycheck portal the actual update time per participant is saved. This new feauture makes sure that all participants are driving the rally with the most recent definistions of all controls.

 

Rallycheck app – improved instructions

We have improved the viewing of instructions in the Rallycheck app. Instructions are now shown in a larger font and over multiple lines. This makes it easier to read and also allows for more text to be shown on screen when passing a control.

 

Asdress list for premits

We advise all our Rallycheck organizers to aquire valid permits for their rallies. In order to support the applicaiton of rally permits, we havve added a feauture to export the entire rally route with an address list of all streets and roads driven during the rally.

De address list is available for all new rallies. Please contact us if you would like this feature enabled for an existing rally.

 

Results pagina – outdated information

When calculating results we use the most recent verion of the saved control “mother card”. Often changes are applied to the mother control card after the rally. This can have a number of reasons.

Previously calculated results can then be outdated. On the results page we now visibly show which results are outdated. You will se aa coulored field on the result and when hovering over this field with a mouse, you will see the text ”Result outdated”.

Route Statistics - one click view

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One Click  viewing of  route 

From the Route Statistics page, you can now view the driven route of a participant for a specific control.
This can be helpfull in order to quickly view the situation when a control has been missed.  Use the right mouse button on the statistics page to see this view.

 

Edit route

The Edit Route page has been updated. The most important update for an organizer is that the “update route” button no longer exists. All changes on the route will be updated to our servers in real time.

This enables organizations with more than one person to edit the same routes at the same time. Some organizers have multiple browser tabs open when editing a route.  With the new version of the Edit Route page, your changes are always saved to our servers and there is virtualy no more risk of losing changes due to simultaneous updates by different users.

 

Direct link to documentation

There is now a direct menu link to our online Rallycheck Management Portal Help Manual. This manual has allways been available, but now it is somewhat easier to find when using the Portal.

Rallycheck Tulip images

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Tulip system routes

Create your own Tulip system rally using Rallycheck.
We offer rally organizations the option to use our Tulip-situation library of images. This makes it real easy to set up a simple Tulip rally. The Rallycheck app shows each Tulip situation at the specified GPS location.

 

Time Window

We have introduced the option to limit controls for a rally stage (for example a morning or afternoon) to a time window. This option has been available for indivudual controls for some time. Now this time window can be set for an entire stage.  Controls will only be shown in the Rallycheck app when they are hit within the time window.
Rallies that drive the entire day within the same area, can benifit bij using this option. It helps to prevent participants in hitting controls in  a different stage.
This option can be set on the “Edit Route” page.
The Time windows can be set per rally class.

 

Re-calculate 10x faster

We have improved our results recalculation program. For rallies with a large number of participants (>150) this can result in a very noticible improvement in calculation speed.
For example, a results recalculation of 2 minutes, now takes about 12 seconds.

 

One pagina – aall stage results

Participants can now access there results for all stages on one simple rally page.
As a participant you can easily switch from one stage to another to see the personal, detailed stage results.

 

Live Route Creator

Use our Live Route Creator to set controls on your rally route. This can be done while driving the route . Controls will be placed in Rallycheck on the fly.

Rallycheck Platform - English

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Rally code

To facilitate participant entry to a rally, we have introduced the “Rally code”. This is an optional field for a rally. When this is set a participant can enter the rally bij entering the Rally code in the Rallycheck app. This is an easy way to enter participants to the rally just before the start of a rally.

 

Default Save Time

The Default Save Time of a rally control in the Rallycheck app is 60 seconds. Setting this option, you can change the Default Save Time for the specific rally.
This option is availble in the menu “Edit Rally”, tab “Edit-Route settings”.
Changing this value only has effect on new controls. All existing controls are unaffected.

 

Default Proximity

The default Proximity of a rally control in the Rallycheck app is 45 meters. Setting this option, you can change the Default Proximity for the specific rally.
This option is availble in the menu “Edit Rally”, tab “Edit-Route settings”.
Changing this value only has effect on new controls. All existing controls are unaffected.

 

Tie Break – extra function

The Tie break function is now also available for Regularities. A rally organization can chose (one or more) regularities as a Tie Break option.
The results of this regularity will only be used as a potentiel ranking in Tie Break situations. The regularities are not part of the normal results.
This option works for all regulary controls where the Norm Regularity Time (NRT) is not equal to 00:00:00.

 

Double Tripmaster – zero at start regularity

The Rallychek app includes a double tripmaster.
At the start of a regularity section the tripmaster time and distance is now set to zero.

 

Rallycheck delete last Control

Delete last Passage Control

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Competitors can now chose to delete the last Passage Control in the Rallycheck app.

This may be useful in the event you have made a mistake and want to correct this. After deleting the last passage control, you can also delete the previous control, which has just become the last passage control. You can see if a Passage Control can be  deleted when there is a waste bin icon at the bottom left hand corner of the Passage Control on the control card in the Rallycheck app.

It is not possible to delete Time Controls, Speed Checks and Hidden Time Controls.

Information for rally organizers:

As a rally organization you can decide if this option is available to participants of the rally. You can enable this option per rally Class in the Rallycheck Management Portal.
You can also prevent the deletion of a control by marking it as a Direct Save control (for speed and time checks). These controls, and Time Controls, can not be deleted by the Participants.

Quit Zone speed

Quiet Zone speed checks

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Rallycheck has added an innovative new feature to the app: Quiet Zones

A Quiet Zone is a portion of the route where participants must drive slowly in order to not disturb the surroundings. This can be a small village, a farm or some other situation where it is warranted to make sure the participants drive slowly.

When entering a Quiet Zone, the participants receive a message on the screen. In the Rallycheck app, the Quiet Zone speed limit is displayed. The current speed of the competitor is also visible.

Quiet Zone, max speed 30k ph actual speed 28 kph

Quiet Zone, max speed 30 kph actual speed 28 kph

 

When driving over the Quiet Zone speed limit, a warning is show on the screen. For the first 5% over the speed limit the actual speed blinks orange.

Quiet Zone, max speed 30 kph actual speed 32 kph

Quiet Zone, max speed 30 kph actual speed 32 kph

 

When driving more than 5% to fast in a quiet zone, the actual speed blinks red.

Quiet Zone, max speed 30 kph actual speed 36 kph

Quiet Zone, max speed 30 kph actual speed 36 kph

 

Speed penalties

If a participants exceeds the speed limit by more than 10% during a continuous period of 5 seconds or more, a speed penalty will be incurred. The calculation of the speed penalty depends on the chosen type of penalty and can be set by the rally organization.

 

Information for rally organizers:

There are two new Control types,

QZ-ENTRY  where a quiet zone speed can be defined.
QZ-EXIT      the end of a quiet zone.

A rally organizer can set up multiple QZ-ENTRY controls in succession, thus enabling the change of the maximum allowed quiet zone speed limit per section of a quiet zone.

The end of a quiet zone is marked by the QZ-EXIT control.

In order to prevent participants remaining in the quiet zone indefinitely (when they have missed the QZ-Exit), a rally organization can also set the maximum time for the quiet zone. After a set amount of time, the quiet zone automatically ends.

Rallycheck extra menu in app v2

Rallycheck extra menu

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Rallycheck app updated with four new menu options. Rally organizations can now add important information about a rally to the app. we support:

Info:

General information about the rally including contact information, rally schedule and rally locations.

Participants:

A participants list , per rally class.

Starting list:

The starting list per Leg / Stage /Class of a rally.

Results:

Soon to be published, in-app results for individual rallies and rallies with a total results list.

 

Rallycheck organizers can optionally decide to use this new menu and can enable/disable each of the desired menu options in the app. The settings can be edited in the Rallycheck Management Portal.

 

The extra menu is only visible in the portrait orientation of the Android and iPhone app. This behavior is intentional.

Road book shop online

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Today we launched the “Road book shop”.

This is a online shop where you can order your road books to drive a rally whenever you want. You can do this by yourself, or in groups. Some rallies are made available by us for free, and some are paid rallies.

So how does it work?

  1. Select your rally in the shop
  2. In all cases you will receive a link to the road book that belongs to the ordered rally.
  3. Print the Road book
  4. Then drive the rally at your convenience
  5. When driving the rally, make sure you have the Rallycheck app active on your dashboard. Each passage control, time controle or other route control will be shown on screen. You decide if you want to save the control
  6. When you pass the finish of the rally you will receive a copy of the route control card and an explanation of the rally, including a map with the correct route and all the correct route controls.

Start using our rallies and have fun!
Go to the shop

Rallycheck TC Screenshot

Rallycheck time control

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Time controls (TC) will be available in Rallycheck very soon.

How does it work?

An equipe drives to a TC. The location of the TC is in the road book, just as it is now. The equipe also knows what time they have to be at the TC. So the IPT (ideal passage time) is known to the equipe.

We define a TC zone in Rallycheck. The organizer of the rally can define that. For example a radius of 100 meters around the TC point. This enables a number of cars to wait in the TC zone for their IPT!

When you arrive at the TC zone, the TC is shown on screen of the Rallycheck app. See the example below for TC 54.

Rallycheck TC Screenshot

The current time is displayed.

The equipe waits for the IPT to be reached and then clicks on “CLICK TO SAVE”. The TC is saved and the time is recorded.

Recording the time too early or too late can result in possible penalty points. Rallycheck only records the time. Rallycheck does not know what the IPT of the participant is, it is the responsibility of the participant to get the time right!

If the equipe leaves the TC zone (without saving), the TC is no longer shown in Rallycheck. You will have to go back to the TC zone if you want to save it on your control card.

Rallycheck uses the official GPS time so that the recorded time cannot be manipulated.

Rallycheck new version

New Rallycheck app version

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The newest version of the Rallycheck app is available on the app stores!

This week we launched the newest version of our Rallycheck app’s  on the Apple app store and Google play store.

The app has been improved in an number of ways. There have been many improvements in the technology of the app. We have improved support for iOS 13 an Android 10.  We have also updated the GPS module and the communications module in the app.

When starting the app, you will be asked to update to the newest version. Please update to use the app.
More information is available at: https://rallycheck.com/version-releases/