iRacing: See Other Drivers' Sector Times and Inputs

Short answer: you can see other drivers' lap times in iRacing, and with a timing app their sector times too. You cannot pull their throttle and brake traces out of the sim, not live and not from a replay. For that you need a lap the other driver recorded and shared.

The old version of this page said a replay file holds other people's telemetry. It does not. I checked the tools again on 5 October 2026 and rewrote the page around what really works.

What iRacing gives you and what it does not

Think of it as four levels.

The reason for the last row is simple. iRacing writes telemetry for your car only. The .ibt file you record has your pedals, your steering, your speed. The other cars in the session are not in it.

Overlay makers hit the same wall. SDK Gaming, who build broadcast overlays for iRacing, say in their knowledge base that the driver inputs widget shows throttle, brake, clutch and steering when you drive, and only the steering trace when you spectate another car. If a broadcast tool cannot get it, a replay cannot either.

How to see other drivers' lap times

This is the easy part.

1. In the session, open the standings or results screen. Every driver has a best lap and a last lap.
2. On track, press F3 for the relative. It shows the gap to the cars ahead and behind, updated live.
3. After the race, open the result on the iRacing site or in the iRacing UI. You get the lap by lap times of every driver, so you can see if someone was quick on one lap or quick on every lap.

That last one is more useful than people think. A driver who does one fast lap and then drops six tenths is not the one to copy. Look for the driver whose laps are all within two or three tenths.

If your black boxes are in the way or you want the relative somewhere else on screen, I explain how in how to move black boxes in iRacing.

How to see other drivers' sector times

iRacing's own lap timing black box shows your splits against your best lap. I could not find a screen in the sim that lists every other driver's sectors.

For that you need a timing app that reads the live session:

• SDK Gaming iRacing Live Timing. Built for broadcasts and team pit walls. Their manual shows sector times per driver, colour coded against the driver you select.
• Garage 61. Known for telemetry, and it has added live timing with position, gap and lap time for every car.
• Overlay apps. Most overlay tools have a standings widget with last and best lap. Sector columns depend on the app. I cover two free routes in the SimHub overlay guide for iRacing and the iOverlay guide.

For practice I would not chase live sectors of other people. They tell you where you lose time, not why. The why is in the next two sections.

What a replay really shows you

A replay has no pedal graph for other cars, but it is still the fastest free tool you have. Save the session, open the replay and switch to the driver you want to study. If you have never done it, start with how to save an iRacing replay.

Here is what I would look at, in this order:

1. Braking point. Use the cockpit camera of their car and pick a reference: a board, a kerb start, a patch on the tarmac. Then watch your own lap from the same camera. A difference of 10 metres is easy to see.
2. Brake lights. From the chase camera you see when the lights come on and when they go off. Late release into the corner means trail braking.
3. Steering. The wheel in the cockpit view moves with their input. One clean turn in, or two or three corrections? Fast laps usually have less steering, not more.
4. Gear and speed. The dash shows the gear and often the speed. Pause at the apex and write down their minimum speed. Do the same on your lap.
5. Sound. Listen for the moment the engine note picks up on exit. That is the throttle going back down. It is rough, but you can hear a driver who is flat half a car length before you.

Slow motion helps here. I go through the replay controls and the clip tools in iRacing clip replays.

How to get real throttle and brake traces

You need a lap that the other driver's own PC recorded. There are three ways to get one.

1. Garage 61

Garage 61 is the most common answer in the iRacing community. It is iRacing only. A small agent runs in the background, records every lap you drive and uploads it. You then compare laps in the browser.

The part that matters for this question: other drivers who run Garage 61 upload their laps too. In an analysis you can add laps and filter by car, track and driver to find a faster one, then lay it over yours.

Two limits to know before you count on it:

• Drivers can make their data private. If the driver you want has done that, you will not find the lap.
• Not everything is free. There is a free tier and a paid Pro plan. A Coach Dave Academy comparison from February 2026 puts Pro at about $7 a month and says it is the plan that opens up telemetry on other drivers' laps. Plans change, so check garage61.net before you pay.

2. A shared .ibt file

If the fast driver is a teammate or a friend, ask for the file. This is the cleanest data you can get and it costs nothing.

1. They turn telemetry recording on in the car (default Alt+L) and drive a few laps.
2. The .ibt file lands in Documents\iRacing\telemetry.
3. They send it to you. You open it next to your own file in a telemetry tool such as MoTeC i2 with a converter, or you both upload to the same Garage 61 team.

In real racing this is normal. Teammates share data, and the slower driver looks at the faster one's traces after every session. Ask. Most people in a league say yes.

3. Coach laps

If you do not know anyone faster in your car, pay for a reference lap.

• Coach Dave Delta. Setups plus reference laps from their drivers, with a comparison view. The same Coach Dave comparison lists it at $12.99 a month or $109 a year.
• VRS (Virtual Racing School). Datapacks per car and series with a coach lap, telemetry and a setup.

The catch is that a coach lap is often on a different setup and a different track state from your race. Use it for braking points and lines, not for the last tenth.

How I would use the data

Having the trace is 10% of the job. Here is how to read it without getting lost.

One corner at a time. Pick the corner where the time gap grows the most. Ignore the rest for now.

Braking point first. Are they on the brake later than you, or at the same place with more pressure? Later braking with the same peak pressure is a confidence problem. Same point with a higher peak means you are not hitting the pedal hard enough at the start.

Then the release. Look at the shape of the brake trace after the peak. A fast driver comes off the pedal in a smooth ramp all the way to the apex. If your trace drops like a cliff, the car will not rotate and you will wait for the front.

Then minimum speed. If they carry 3 or 4 km/h more at the apex, the gain came from the entry, not from being brave on the throttle.

Throttle last. Find where each of you gets back to 100%. If you are flat later, go back and look at the entry again. A late throttle is almost always the result of a bad entry.

Change one thing, drive five laps, look again. It is the routine I would give any driver I coach: one corner, one change, then check the data.

If the car feels vague while you try all this, sort the wheel first. My iRacing wheel and force feedback settings are a good baseline.

Is it allowed?

Yes. Watching replays, reading results and comparing laps that drivers chose to upload are all normal parts of iRacing. Nothing here reads data that the sim does not hand out, and nothing here gives you an edge during a race that other drivers do not have.

FAQ

Can you see other drivers' telemetry in iRacing?

Not from the sim itself. iRacing records telemetry for your own car only. You can see another driver's throttle and brake traces only if they recorded the lap and shared it, for example through Garage 61 or by sending you the .ibt file.

Does an iRacing replay show throttle and brake inputs of other cars?

No. A replay shows the car: line, steering wheel movement, brake lights, gear and speed on the dash, and the sound. There is no pedal graph for other drivers.

How do I see sector times of other drivers in iRacing?

Use a live timing app that reads the session, such as SDK Gaming's iRacing Live Timing. The sim's own lap timing black box shows only your splits.

Is Garage 61 free?

It has a free tier and a paid Pro plan. Some comparisons against other drivers' laps sit in the paid plan, and drivers can set their data to private. Check the current plans on the Garage 61 site.

Where does iRacing save telemetry files?

In Documents\iRacing\telemetry, as .ibt files. Recording is toggled with Alt+L by default while you are in the car.

Can I see another driver's setup?

No. Setups are not visible in the session or in a replay. The driver has to share the setup file with you.