RC-Timing 2025 is now available

This update contains the largest number of new features of any update in RC-Timing's 23-year history!
As always there are many items requested by the RC-Timing community, so thank you to everyone who has contributed ideas.

Final Sequencer

Used for custom sequencing of multi-leg finals, for example:

• 3-legs for A-Finals only, common in 1/10 off-road.
• Multi-leg Electric and single-leg Nitro finals, common in 1/8th.

Revert To Practice

You can now go back to running practice rounds at any point.
This is often needed during multi-day events, when a round of timed practice will be run at the start of each day.
Once the practice round is complete, Qualifying or Finals will resume where they left off.

General Features

• F5 Formula added.
• Force the screen and PC to stay on while RC-Timing is running.
• Personal Best file location can be set, e.g. to use a Dropbox folder.
• Remove all crystal stuff.

Meeting Setup

• Remember the last used folder on Load and Save file windows.
• Auto-select the correct final tie-break for BRCA on-road.
• Auto-select the number of counting final rounds (half plus one).
• When importing CSV files, if 'Import Abilities' is checked on the Settings screen, abilities are updated even for members who already have an ability.

Driver Entry and Race Sorting

• Class running order can be saved to the Archive so you don't have to set it for every meeting.
• Last Raced Date recorded for each member. Will be blank initially as previous versions of the software did not record this.
• Copy to New Member button when searching for drivers, e.g. to add a second class. No need to add "2wd" or "TC" to driver names for drivers to have multiple archive entries.
• Option to include drivers with no results when sorting on practice or qualifying results.
• Button to edit Combined Classes without re-sorting races, e.g. to edit names or overall list settings.
• When inserting a Timetable into Listing Notes, it will be added to the end of any existing text, unless some text is selected, in which case the selected text is replaced.

Racing

• Store original race results and allow restore in case of accidental corrections.
• 15 and 20-minute countdown announcements.
• Allow lap beeps to be turned off.
• Warning if starting races with no decoder, or AMB20 selected and drivers have PTs.
• Warning if starting racing when on battery power.

Results Output

• Option to combine grouped classes on overall results lists.
• Auto-broadcast of overall results after each race.
• For single-leg finals, broadcast a listing showing all final results.
• Show class name on every heat for combined classes. Previously only shown if a race had drivers from multiple classes.
• Option to auto-broadcast Personal Bests at the end of the meeting.
• Send drivers in start order (rather than car number order) to RC-Results live page.

Practice Screen

• Distinct colours for all 20 classes on Spectator Display.
• If a driver with a transponder is not booked in, pick the archive member that most recently used the transponder. This uses the new Last Raced Date field.
• Optional lap beeps.

Extra Info Displayed

• Show the Next Race on the Spectator Display and Race screen.
• Show the total number of Entries on the Drivers screen.
• Show the total number of Races on Race Sort screen.
• Indicate available COM ports on the Settings screen.
• Show RC-Results licence expiry date on Meeting and Settings screens.

Bugfixes and Usability

• Improvements to reduce sound delays and clipped sounds.
• Use correct stagger time for start lights.
• Don't clear Decoder settings boxes on errors.
• End of round results would fail to broadcast if a printing error occurred for end of round results.
• Ignore short first final lap in Consec3 stats.
• Practice spectator display would sometimes stop scrolling.
• Reauthenticate after 2 days to avoid "token expired" errors if RC-Timing remains open for long periods.

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