Capturing Telemetry

How Braking Lab Capture works while you race — real-time dashboard, status indicators, and controls.

Once configured, Capture works in the background while you race. This page covers what you see in the app and how to control it.

The Dashboard

The main window is your real-time dashboard. At a glance, you can see:

  • Current status — whether Capture is waiting, connected, or actively capturing
  • Session info — track, car, session type, and lap count (updated live as you drive)
  • Best lap time — your fastest lap in the current session
  • Pending files — how many sessions are waiting to be processed or synced

With auto-process and auto-sync enabled, you don’t need to interact with the dashboard at all — it’s there when you want to check on things.

Status Indicators

StatusWhat It Means
Waiting for iRacingCapture is idle, ready for your next session
Connected to iRacingiRacing is running, waiting for a session to start
Capturing TelemetryActive session in progress — your data is being captured live
Capture PausedYou’ve manually paused capture

The status updates automatically — no action needed on your part.

Pause and Resume

Sometimes you don’t want to capture a session (e.g., testing setups or warming up). You can pause capture:

  • From the dashboard — click the pause/resume button
  • From the system tray — right-click the tray icon

When paused, Capture ignores new sessions until you resume. It resumes automatically when you restart the app.

Background Operation

Capture is designed to stay out of your way:

  • System tray — minimize to the tray and forget about it
  • Lightweight — minimal CPU and memory usage, no impact on your sim
  • Start with Windows — optional setting to launch automatically at boot

See Settings for all background and startup options.

Multiple Sessions

Run as many sessions as you want back to back. Capture handles everything automatically — each session’s data will appear in the web app.

Next Steps