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GoPro Hero 10 GPS sample rate explained with a kart racing line and lap times
GoPro Tips & Guides Telemetry

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...

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Antony Vickery
· · 2 min
GoPro mounted on a kart with lap times and sector splits pulled from its GPS data
Tips & Guides GoPro Telemetry

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...

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Antony Vickery
· · 3 min
GoPro camera settings screen showing the GPS option being switched on for lap timing
GoPro Tips & Guides Telemetry

GoPro GPS not working? Fixes, and how to know your data is good enough to race

You filmed a great session, went to check your lap times, and there's no GPS data. Frustrating. The good news is that it's almost always one of a handful of simple causes, and they're all easy to fix. Start here: is GPS actually on? GPS is a setting, and it can be switched off. O...

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Antony Vickery
· · 3 min
Braking points head to head videos and lap comparisons
Comparisons GoPro

RaceChrono vs Harry's LapTimer vs Race Ninja: Which Karting App is Right for You?

Three popular karting apps, three very different approaches. An honest side-by-side comparison of RaceChrono, Harry's LapTimer and Race Ninja for kart racers.

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Antony Vickery
· · 5 min
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GoPro Product Updates

Upload GoPro Videos via Cloud Share Link

Paste a GoPro Cloud share link and Race Ninja downloads the original video with full GPS telemetry directly from GoPro's servers. No phone download, no re-upload, no lost metadata.

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Antony Vickery
· · 3 min
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Product Updates GoPro

Fourteen Countries, Five Continents, Zero Manual Setup

Race Ninja now covers karting circuits in 14 countries across five continents. Every single track was auto-detected from racer uploads, not added manually. Here's how that happened.

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Antony Vickery
· · 4 min
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Tips & Guides GoPro

Your GoPro Settings Are Probably Costing You Data

Most racers leave their GoPro on default settings and wonder why their GPS data looks wrong. Here's exactly what to change and the one habit that makes the biggest difference to your analysis.

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Antony Vickery
· · 5 min
Lap time consistency chart showing stacked speed zone bars behind each lap with colour-coded legend
Product Updates Karting Telemetry

See where your speed drops at a glance

The lap time consistency chart on your Overview tab now shows colour-coded speed zone bars behind each lap, so you can spot patterns in your speed distribution without clicking into individual laps.

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Antony Vickery
· · 2 min
Kart racer on track with GoPro camera mounted
Privacy & Security GoPro Karting

Can You Trust a Karting Analytics Platform with Your GoPro Data?

You're uploading GoPro footage with GPS data in it. It knows where you were, when, and how fast. So who's looking at it? Short answer. Nobody but you.

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Antony Vickery
· · 4 min
Race Ninja pricing page showing Subscribe and Pay As You Go options
Pricing Karting Grassroots Racing

F1-Grade Analytics for Grassroots Motorsport. Here's How We Price It.

The goal from day one has been simple. F1-grade analytics for grassroots motorsport. Built for club racers, karting families, and track day drivers. From a single GoPro. Here's how pricing works and why.

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Antony Vickery
· · 4 min
Race Ninja Video Overlay Editor showing customisable telemetry HUD on kart onboard footage with lap times, speed, and driver profile settings
Video Editor Telemetry GoPro

Custom Telemetry Overlays. Any Lap. Any Session.

The video editor in Race Ninja just got a serious upgrade. Build fully customisable telemetry overlays on your GoPro or DJI footage. Speed, braking points, GPS trace, g-forces. Style it how you want, export it, post it. All from the track between sessions.

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Antony Vickery
· · 2 min
Race Ninja Head to Head feature showing two kart laps side by side with synchronised video and racing line map
Head to Head Telemetry Karting

Head to Head. Two Laps. Side by Side. Every Difference Exposed

Pick any two laps from your session. Head to Head plays them side by side with synchronised video and telemetry. You see exactly where one lap gained over the other. Where you braked earlier. Where you carried more speed. Where that tenth was hiding.

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Antony Vickery
· · 2 min