GoPro or Virb for Autocross?

AlWakRa

I have both Virb xe and Gopro hero 4 black edition.

Recently, I am using the virb mostly as it is easier to start after you do the setting. There is just a knob that you move to start and back to stop. Also, the battery will held itself for a full 3 sessions if the camera was fully charged. But the data isn't that accurate, I am using Harry's laptime and vbox sport for the speed and laptime info.

Gopro is one of the leading action camera producer and I think they have added new features to their hero 5 line. One of the major issues with hero 4 is battery life, they will finish quickly if you hooked it up to a mobile and controlled through it. But it has a better video quality as well as 4k recording, which I don't use. It is compatible with Harry's laptimer if you wanted to go this way, and they will be triggered automatically, but prepare yourself with spare battery.



At the end, with two autox I attended, I didn't care about info displayed, it was more of inside car feel and the way I drive to be recorded.

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yaoxiao4

Interesting, so you don't find it helpful with the "throttle/brake/rpm/gforce" stuff with VIRD?

I'm debating whether to get VIRD for the full features or just a gopro session because its so much cheaper

AlWakRa

It doesn't work with my car. The ECU is locked over here and my tuner didn't unlock it either

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