Past Project

Lap Recorder

An archived Torn racing project remembered for lap capture, replay review, exports, local records, and the lessons that shaped what comes next.

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Archived on May 13, 2026. Kept online as part of MoDuL's Hub history.

Project Termination Notice

After a long run of updates, fixes, experiments, and community feedback, I decided to officially terminate the Lap Recorder project.

This script started as a simple way to record and organise lap times, but over time it grew into something much bigger than its original purpose. It helped shape ideas, exposed limits, revealed better methods, and most importantly showed me what a proper racing tool should become.

For everyone who used it, tested it, reported bugs, suggested features, or simply trusted it during their racing grind: thank you. Your feedback pushed the project further than I originally expected.

But this is not the end of the road. MoDuL's Pit Guru is already being forged in the garage.

MoDuL's Pit Guru is not meant to simply replace Lap Recorder. It is meant to go beyond it: faster, stronger, cleaner, smarter, and built to understand the race rather than only record what happened.

What it leaves behind

Lap capture foundation

Lap Recorder built the early workflow for capturing lap times, comparing runs, and keeping race context tied to the session.

Replay lessons

It helped expose how replay timing, pause handling, finish detection, and race-state drift need to be treated in a better long-term tool.

Records and exports

The project proved there was real value in keeping local history, reusable reports, and track-aware results all in one place.

Direction for the future

The biggest thing it leaves behind is direction. Lap Recorder showed what the next racing project needs to become.

Interface Screenshots

A last look at the recorder interface, saved records, and session context it carried through its run.

History

Development History

Lap Recorder was archived on May 13, 2026. The timeline below is kept here as part of the project's memory.

Project termination notice - May 13, 2026

Lap Recorder has been retired from active development and promotion.
The archive page, screenshots, and changelog stay online for reference and memory.
MoDuL's Pit Guru now carries the lessons from this tool onto a stronger racing-analysis foundation.

v1.7.1 - Theme-thread helper line

Added the themed Like this script! flow between the recorder and its release thread.
Marked the end of the most polished public-facing Lap Recorder branch before the project was retired.

v1.7.0 - Larger recorder window

Increased the default and minimum recorder height.
Kept the larger recorder view inside the existing viewport clamping behavior.

v1.6.9 - Official layout correction

Corrected the official lap-count mapping for Two Islands, Sewage, and Convict.
Made official race-time records collapse to the base track instead of being treated as custom layouts.

v1.6.8 - Track scope split

Best Lap always used the base track name.
Race Time used the base track for official layouts and Trackname - X Laps only for custom races.

v1.6.6 - Focus-safe compliance line

Moved lap recording and timer scraping to focus-only behavior.
Removed replay auto-clicking and kept manual replay driver selection.