Software of choice for club lap systems?

[beale]

I've been using RCM timings Advanced software for a while now and although I have just about mastered most of its uses it does not do simple things like stagger/single starts (ultimate version only €500)
Looked at BBK but seems difficult to use so looked at Laps free which is a lot easier but not as easy as RCM.
Question is what do you all find best and easiest to run?

[leestokey]

Think at Stoke they use this one don't know how good it is as I just race but does stagger starts and calls names and stuff like that.
http://www.alycat.com/AlycatRC/WebSite/Home.html

[Evo_Snr]

Can't go wrong with rc-timing, you can download trial version and have a play with it. download from :- http://www.rc-timing.com/

[markwilliamson2001]

Fabcount? Steve Fabray Chippenham fame?

[beale]

Thanks, will take a look but we are on a budget so I'm sure they will all be expensive options.
For anyone looking the laps free system seems very good but haven't run a meeting on it yet, done some off line tests using the number buttons instead of PT's and it works very well, (big event functions for free!!)

[Si Coe]

We used BBK for years, switched to RC-Timing early last year and frankly have been kicking ourselves for not have switched earlier ever since. Its just so much more intuitive that within a few weeks we were implementing features it had taken years with BBK to learn.
Also tech support of BBK left a little to be desired. We not had to ask for help with RC-Timing yet (which says something in itself) but reportedly they are supposed to be good.

[beale]

Si Coe, have you payed for a license for Rc-timing or a free download?

[dale]

Originally Posted by beale

Si Coe, have you payed for a license for Rc-timing or a free download?

RC-Timing is my creation, so it's nice reading some of the positive comments above

It's not free though I'm afraid. The trial version will let you run 10 full race meetings, after that you do have to buy a licence. So give it a try, and in 10 meetings time you can decide if it's worth the money or not.

There should be a 'lite' version of RC-Timing coming along soon aimed at smaller clubs working on a tight budget. It will do all of the essentials, but without some of the advanced features that the bigger clubs use.

[Dombrasky]

Hats off to you Dale...we use RC-Timing at Mendip and its great

[birdy]

Originally Posted by beale

Si Coe, have you payed for a license for Rc-timing or a free download?

Yes we at Bury Metro bought a licence, RC-timing is brilliant. Only a few minor tweaks and it would be perfect.

Dale

Can I suggest the following

1. Have an option to enable TQ to get an extra point in the championship tables.
2. Have a function to add an unknown PT as the race is live.
3. Not essential but maybe an easier way to adjust drivers lap times after a race.
4. Full size race window.

[bretts]

Back in the day we wrote our own!! GCSE Computing I think.

I wrote it in Turbo Pascal (remember that, no?...oh well) It was manual key press job, printed out race results and lap times. Very primative but much faster to load that the ZX Spectrum with a cassette!!