AiM Race Studio 3 Track Maps Guide: Getting Accurate NZ & AU Track Data

Track maps are what let AiM Race Studio 3 turn raw GPS position data into a lap, with sectors, a start/finish line, and a shape you can actually compare laps against. When the track map is wrong, everything built on top of it, lap times, sector splits, and position-based comparisons, becomes unreliable.

Factory Track Maps Are Often Wrong for NZ and AU Circuits

AiM's factory-supplied track database is built and maintained overseas, and New Zealand and Australian circuits are not always well represented in it. We've found factory maps for local tracks that have an incorrect start/finish position, an inaccurate track shape, or are missing entirely. Racing on an incorrect factory map can throw off lap timing accuracy and make sector comparisons meaningless, even though the device itself is working correctly.

What Harris Race Radios Does About It

As part of supporting AiM customers in New Zealand and Australia, Harris Race Radios installs corrected track maps for local circuits where the factory data is wrong or missing. This is a practical fix on top of AiM's software, built from real track data rather than relying on the factory database as-is.

• We check local circuits against the factory-supplied map data.
• Where the factory map is inaccurate or absent, we provide a corrected map for your device.
• This applies to the GPS-based track definition used for lap timing, sectors, and track-map comparisons in Race Studio 3.

If you're racing regularly at a specific NZ or AU circuit and are not confident your AiM device's track map is accurate, contact Harris Race Radios and we can check it for you.

How to Tell If Your Track Map Might Be Wrong

• Your lap times feel obviously inconsistent with a known reference, even on a clean lap.
• The track shape shown in Race Studio 3 looks distorted, offset, or doesn't match the real circuit layout.
• Sector splits don't line up with where you know the sector boundaries actually are on track.
• The start/finish line in the software doesn't match the physical line.

Any of these on their own can have another explanation, such as GPS reception on the day. But a track map problem tends to show up consistently, session after session, at the same circuit.

Working With Track Maps in Race Studio 3

• Select the correct track for the session before you start logging, rather than relying on Race Studio 3 to guess it from GPS alone.
• Confirm the start/finish line position matches the physical line, especially at circuits with multiple layout configurations.
• Treat a brand-new or unfamiliar track entry cautiously until you've confirmed it against a session with a known reference time.
• Keep GPS reception in mind. A poor-reception session can look like a track map problem even when the map itself is correct.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why would a factory track map be wrong?

AiM's factory track database is built centrally and isn't always kept current or accurate for every circuit worldwide, particularly smaller or less common circuits in New Zealand and Australia.

Can Harris Race Radios fix a track map for my local circuit?

In many cases, yes. Contact us with the circuit and your device details and we'll check whether a corrected map is needed and available.

Will a corrected track map change my actual lap time?

No. Your actual lap time is set by the timing beam or GPS crossing, not the map. What a corrected map fixes is the accuracy of sector splits, track shape, and position-based comparisons inside Race Studio 3.

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