Trackota

Real-Time Pit Strategy Optimiser

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Inspiration

Automotive Background I have a background in the Automotive industry. Mostly, I previously ran a vehicle 'modification' style business. From crazy body-kit/body-work projects, custom forced induction integrations, standalone ECU fitting and 'base-mapping', all the way to custom built 'fully forged' engine rebuilds.

This inspired me to get involved in this Hackathon, more than anything. I was working with a really limited time/budget unfortunately — However, I like the idea of a simplistic dashboard, where both users can track different vehicles, along with slightly more advanced capabilities to be included in future versions for pit teams to more closely monitor important factors, and potentially be able to use simulators in order to derive optimal set-up/pit timings.

What it does

Quite simply, it acts as a 'metrics' dashboard. Beneficial for potential on-lookers, 'at-home' watchers, or pit/mechanical teams for live monitoring, data comparisons, simulators, etc.

How it was built

The entire project was created in Cursor (IDE) on a Next.js framework, with the assistance of Agentic Agents to massively speed up development. Production was launched via Vercel, with a custom domain name for a slightly 'cleaner' look.

In regards to imagery, a combination of Adobe Photoshop and CorelDraw were used.

I opted out of using/connecting Supabase/Firebase as a database system, since all of the datasets are called via internal APIs, and the database would have only handled account creation (which can be annoying to navigate for Hackathon Demonstrations) — but is very easily implemented in future.

Challenges we ran into

Running out of time! — With a very busy schedule, this is something I should've not really taken part in, but since it was automotive focused, I couldn't help myself!

As a result, I'd have loved to add more features via more Datasets/CSV files.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Actually managing to get it completed in time, despite early submission — I must focus on some other projects for clients, unfortunately leaving me no additional time for further developments at this stage.

What's next for Trackota

I'd like to see this taken the complete next level. More metrics, more data, perhaps connected to LIVE 'IoT' devices, and maybe even incorporate Blockchain (Web3) Technology for immutable data storage via the BSV Network.

Additionally, I'd love to see more features added for the regular (average) user to make use of. Maybe even 'live' track map observations built in and rendered in real-time.

Integrating something on the 'Profile' page which acts as 'game-play' to retain user attention and popularity would be a really nice feature too. Perhaps something along the lines of users creating/modifying their own Cars, Teams, or Projects which then integrate with 'upgrades'. Upgrades could be provided by in-person attending events with 'hidden' QR-Codes to find around the Track itself.

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