




Excellent data acq hardware held back by mediocre software
This replaced the first gen Solo DL and I've been very happy with both. It's great that Aim supports very useful data channels on modern cars (2016 Scion FR-S in this case). However, Aim's RaceStudio 3, while a significant improvement over RaceStudio 2, is still pretty clunky (not user-friendly). The out of the box experience is pretty poor, especially for anyone new to data analysis and data acq hardware setup/management. Even for someone with a lot of experience with such hardware and software, it's is not what I'd call a pleasant experience. Note that the current (2022) units do not come with the accelerometers and magnetometers, AKA the IMU, due to the chip shortage. This is disappointing because you have only the GPS-based g forces, which are okay, but not what I want. Thankfully Aim will upgrade the units once the IMU chips are once again available. You need to contact their customer support to get on the list for the upgrade. Since RaceStudio 3 is new, I'm looking forward to and hoping for some refinements/improvements.