Sketches: Experiments

Here are some screenshots of ongoing sketches / concepts for visualizing data off of the track.

The first concept was to mimic the relationship of the car’s relative position on the track (in this case by drawing a continuous oval/spiral) and tie that in with the car’s current throttle. In this way we can get a sort of “histogram” of the entire race.

Oval concept using random data:

Using throttle input (changing colors per lap)

I tried something a bit different using strips of color, almost like a line graph. In this way it might be easier to visually distinguish a faster laptime based on the length of the color strip: