The voice of the Suite: it calls flags, cars alongside, pits, weather and damage.
What it is for
SPOTTER talks to you while you drive, so your eyes stay on the track. It warns about flags, nearby cars, fuel, pits, weather and damage. You can choose the voice, how much it talks and write your own phrases.
How to open it
In the Suite menu, PIT group, click SPOTTER and then OPEN.
The first time it asks how to start: Ready to race, Customize or Advanced.
Change level lets you choose again.
The screen
Live: what it is saying now and the latest calls.
Voice and sound: the voice, the microphone and the Audio output.
How much you want to hear: silence, urgent only, normal or everything.
Speed and Volume.
MUTE: silences the voice at once. Click again to turn it back on.
MY PHRASES: your own calls.
The status at the top: iRacing connected or waiting for iRacing.
Call groups
Flags, Radar, Pit wall, Coach, Weather, Damage and Settings. Each call can be turned on and off, and the advanced view shows the rest.
On each call
Test: you hear it.
Source: built-in, recorded, from file or beeps.
Record with your microphone or use a .wav file.
Go back to the built-in voice.
Common tasks
Starting quickly
Choose Ready to race.
Open iRacing. Once it shows iRacing connected, it will talk on track.
Making it talk less
In How much you want to hear, choose urgent only.
Hearing the voice on another output
Open Voice and sound.
Choose your Audio output.
Recording a call in your voice
Find the call.
Click Record, speak and finish.
Click Test.
Creating your own phrase
Open MY PHRASES.
Write the phrase. Data goes in braces; for example, "{combustible} litres left". The Variables list shows the names.
In the when field, choose always or a condition, such as less than.
Click Test and then add it.
Common problems
It does not talk: check it is not muted and that iRacing shows as connected. Check the Audio output.
"Windows voice missing": install that voice in the Windows speech settings.
"Format not supported": only .wav is accepted.
"Recording failed": no microphone found.
It is slow to talk: check the voice latency and wait for audio preparation to finish.
The phrase gives an error: the value in braces does not exist or a brace is not closed. Check Variables.
Full reference
Every option, text and notice of the app, with its real name.
English Your spotter: the voice of the suite
Welcome to SPOTTER Choose how you want to start.
Ready to race Turns on the essentials and gets you on track.
Customize Adjust the most common alerts.
Advanced Every alert and setting, no limits.
SPOTTER is ready with the recommended setup.
Change level
Also show advanced alerts
Live
Voice and sound
What it's saying now
Recent calls
Nothing said yet
Alert
Source
Test
Voice
Text
Upload
Add voice
Close
Default
From file
WAV file
Record
Unsupported format · .wav only
Recording failed · no microphone
Recommended
Microphone
System default
Audio output
System default
No microphone connected
No audio output available
Back to the default voice
How much to hear
Urgent only
Rate
Volume
↻ regenerate
Voices ready
● iRacing connected
○ waiting for iRacing…
Waiting for the simulator
Preparing the audio
Voice latency
Not measured
Delay
Muted sources
🔇 MUTE
🔊 MUTED · UNMUTE
MY CALLS
My calls
Your calls
Variables
Call
When
Always (as soon as it starts)
When
Is less than
Is at most
Is greater than
Is at least
Equals
Is not
Add
Remove
Saved
ADVANCE channel open
ADVANCE channel closed · port busy
Flags
Radar
Pit wall
Coach
Weather
Damage
Weather & damage
Settings
Alerts
Damage & Dojo What gets called out for each track flag.
Cars nearby: the most critical of all.
The braking countdown against your CSV reference.
Gear, shift, ABS and engine warnings.
Positions, pit stops, gaps and fast laps of those around you.
What the pit wall tells you: pit, fuel, pit board.
What you learn from your own lap.
Only what's already happening, never a forecast.
Pending repair, and the briefing from your last report.
Yellow flag
Blue flag, let them pass
White flag, last lap
Black flag, come to the pits
Red flag, session stopped
Green flag, track clear
Checkered flag
Three left
Three right
Clear left
Clear right
Still there
Box, box, box
Provisional estimate,
Phrase saved With no «when» it is said once. Add a condition to repeat it.
Go, go, go!
Formation lap, follow the pace car
Green flag, rolling start!
Disqualified, your race is over
Damage, come in for repairs
Light damage, optional repairs Warning from race control, the next one is black
Debris on track
Green in one lap, get ready
Rain is starting
Nearly dry
Damp
On track
In the car
Dojo
Rivals
Braking countdown 3·2·1
This corner Corner verdict · high you gain, low you lose
Reverse gear
Neutral gear
Shift beep
ABS beep
Both pedals at once
Limiter on
Limiter off
Water temperature high
Low fuel pressure
Low oil pressure
Engine stalled
Oil temperature high
PL MOTOR
● connected
○ off
Reference
No CSV The file browser could not be opened.
Reference CSV
Invalid CSV
Needs PL MOTOR
Radar alert
Fuel margin
Alongside
When closing in
Alert text
Empty = default text
Save
Cancel
🔊 latest briefing
No PL DOJO briefing
All files (*.*)
Empty
An operator is missing ( = == !=)
The call is empty Couldn't save your calls: the file was busy. Try again.
Couldn't save the text: the file was busy. Try again.
Kilometres per hour
Plus
Turn 5
You lose 3 tenths in turn 4
Brake 7 m earlier at T4
Presets
Classic spotter The default alerts, nothing more.
Beeps only Gear, ABS, braking, radars and flags.
Learn to drive Car and track explained step by step.
Race Radars, rivals, the pit lane and the race state.
Endurance Race plus weather, walls and car alerts.
PUSH & LIFT
