Antony Vickery
Data Analyst, kart dad, and the person behind Race Ninja. Building accessible motorsport analysis tools for grassroots racers.
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Yes, the GoPro Hero 13 has GPS (and you can time laps with it)
Yes. Hero 13 Black has built-in GPS. Hero 12 does not. How 10Hz logging works, which Heros to buy, and how to get free lap times from your footage.
Telemetry Overlay alternative for racers: when you want analysis, not just a HUD
If you've been using Telemetry Overlay, or you're weighing it up, here's an honest take on when it's the right tool and when it isn't. Telemetry Overlay is genuinely good at what it does. It reads GPS and sensor data off a GoPro, DJI, Insta360 or dozens of other devices and burns...
How to read a racing line from your GoPro footage
Everyone talks about the racing line. Far fewer people actually look at their own. The footage on your GoPro already holds it, you just need to draw it out. Because GPS records where you were several times a second, your exact path around the track is sitting in the video file. N...
GoPro vs a data logger (AiM/MyChron) for karting: do you still need the hardware?
A MyChron on the steering wheel is almost a rite of passage in karting. But cameras got GPS, software got smart, and a fair question now is whether you still need to buy the logger at all. The honest answer: it depends what you're doing. Here's a straight comparison. What a data...
DJI Osmo Action GPS for racing: what the GPS remote gives you
If you run a DJI Osmo Action, there's one thing to get straight before you rely on it for telemetry. The camera itself has no GPS. To get speed and position data you need DJI's GPS remote. Once you've got that, a DJI is a strong telemetry camera. No built-in GPS, and that's fine...
Brad Philpot breaks the 17-year Sutton Circuit lap record (and we proved his real time)
We don't often get to say this, so we'll enjoy it. One of our own has just rewritten the record books. Brad Philpot, racing driver and a Racing Director here at Race Ninja, has broken the lap record at Sutton Circuit in Leicester. A record that had stood for seventeen years. And...
How accurate is GoPro GPS for lap timing?
It's the fair question to ask before you trust your lap times to a camera. How accurate is GoPro GPS, really? The honest answer is good enough for what most racers need, with a couple of caveats worth understanding. How often it measures Recent GoPros record GPS at 10Hz, ten posi...
A faster Windows uploader, and a home for every Race Ninja app
You finish a session, pull the kart in, and the change you just made is still fresh in your head. That's exactly when you want to know whether it worked. Not three hours later on the drive home. The rebuilt Windows uploader is built for that moment. What the uploader does now Dra...
GoPro Hero 10 GPS: the 18Hz to 10Hz change explained
Yes, the GoPro Hero 10 Black has GPS, and it works well for lap timing. But there's a quirk worth knowing if you're researching this camera. GoPro changed its GPS sample rate partway through its life, and it confused a lot of people. The 18Hz to 10Hz change The Hero 10 launched r...
Chasing tenths on the platform too
We chase tenths on track, so we chase them on the platform too. Long overlay renders are now four times faster, and uploads process about 15% quicker.
How to get lap times from a GoPro (no extra hardware)
Your GoPro is already a lap timer. You just can't see it yet. Every time you record a session, a Hero with GPS switched on logs your position about ten times a second, tucked into the video file right next to the picture. That's the same data a transponder or a data logger captur...