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by drdaeman 25 days ago
What’s awesome about it? It’s not too bad (at least it’s not lit like a Christmas tree), but I’m not sure it’s an awesome UI. Looks like an extremely boring conventional one.

That G-force thing is a gimmick. You already know the ballpark without even looking, and unlike speed I’m not sure what’s the use case for precise readings.

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>What’s awesome about it?

The fact that it's extremely boring and conventional?

>That G-force thing is a gimmick. You already know the ballpark without even looking, and unlike speed I’m not sure what’s the use case for precise readings.

In this car? A gimmick, could maybe help someone who's trying to learn to drive a bit smoother. In a track car? Useful cornering data

An XY scatter plot of g forces on its own isn’t very useful, this is why multichannel analysis tools like i2 exist so you can look at things like lateral g vs yaw rate or steering angle.
Boring and conventional would be having physical controls on the wheel for volume, next/prev, ok/cancel etc.

So a complete lack of anything actually useful.

> The fact that it's extremely boring and conventional?

I’d say it’s normal, not awesome. Just not being the new normal (aka enshittified) is not sufficient to qualify.

Reminds me of old airplane or spacecraft instruments and i like those. Also the XY layout is pretty elegant.