I spent months in SDK where I changed and customised everything possible. But that was back when they were just moving into the driver/streamer market. It is by far the most professional looking at the top end because it was designed for broadcasting. If you don't mind the work it takes to modify and change things using code (and maybe learning the code) it is certainly worth the effort.
JRT is awesome for team endurance racing. I agree the standings isn't all that useful while driving, but you can set up the standings page to give so much useful information on another monitor for use while you're not in the car. Supposedly if your team is running it you can set it up to transfer fuel info from the current driver so you can know usage when you're not in the car. I however haven't quite figured out how to actually do it.
@@CobraAce04 I was a huge fan of ioverlay, but now the free version has less itens than other free versions and 6€ a month is a joke for people like me in Brazil, or any other non first world country
@@RubensOteroNeto I only got into it about 3 weeks before it went monthly subscription. I now use Kapps. I use my amazon or twitch free sub so its a win win. Sorry IOverlay for what I needed is not worth the money. Im ok running Iracing vanilla as well, sometimes too much info is not good. IOverlay went pay without warning so am not impressed with the developer on this, will pass
@@ChrisRockyBS I'm on racelabbs free because there's a simple radar, but the ioverlay one is so much better. No inputs graph also. I think I'll try other ones. But I hear that teres one you can get the paid version as the prime sub.
Hello, from what I've heard, Kapps has been abandoned and will no longer be updated. I use the Simhub overlays. If you want another idea, it's ugly but works very well and shows minimum speed. I haven't found another one that does this yet. Tks
I do t think much works with openxr right now. Race labs are working on it. In their discord there’s a discussion about using open kneeboard to get it working now but it’s quite complex.
Can't say for Kapps, but iOverlay is a far lighter programme to run vs Racelabs. In RAM terms, it's 1/3 to 1/2 of the RAM, Racelabs uses a comical amount of memory for what it does.
I can absolutely assure you, that we have not been paid by any of the different tools/overlays. If that would ever be the case, we would clearly mark that. But of course people have different opinions regarding which overlay they prefer (for me it would be RaceLabs right now, might change who knows). But of course free options area always great and it really depends on if you can make use of any additional "paid options". - Rene
@@mintyCS I wish it was the end of those uggly black box's but I don't see it happening , iracing brings in over 1,000,000 a month (100,000 racers 10 ) and the game is constantly been 10yrs behind , all that cash you would think development would actually happen instead of tiny updates , took 4 yrs to get new tires on everything ?
I was the car behind you in the GR at Willow Springs clip for RL. I saw you on track during that practice session and wondered why you weren't in the race. Just gathering content!
Hi, great video, but I have a problem, when I activate the overlays and go to the game, my toolbar appears and when I press alt + enter to go to full screen mode, my overlays disappear. can anyone help me?
@@davisantos5207 the game has to be in windowed mode for overlays. Atleast that’s how it was for Ioverlay. Try the game in windowed mode instead of full screen.
iOverlay has all you need really, and for a completely free software it's quite feature rich, and the developer's dev road map is huge, so if they keep up the pace with other overlays I think eventually it will be a no-brainer to use it.
I’ve had iOverlay doing some pretty weird stuff while in iRacing. Has anyone else experienced this? Like the throttle got stuck or iRacing crashed. I never ver have had these problems when not using iOverlay.
Guys, I'm getting a severe micro stutter whilst running iracing in borderless windowed mode, every ten seconds or so. It stops immediately if I put it on border or full screen. Any ideas? It's driving me nuts. Task manager isn't showing anything unusual. Obviously this is a problem because I want to use ioverlay with borderless window mode but I can't due to the stutter.
The issue here is the one overlay is in KPH instead of MPH as we go by this in the US. Now you have to purchase the subscription, fail. Who wants another monthly bill as iRacing is already a monthly fee, prices for cars and tracks so this is just a killer on the wallet. There are other overlay apps out there that are totally free. Sorry had to bust on your balls here but that’s the facts
Great video comparing the available overlays. I’ve been using ioverlay and love it. The track map does act up sometimes in multi-class where I can’t see the other class. Otherwise, it’s solid. The best part about ioverlay is the frequent updates that addresses bugs, so it’s my go to overlays now.
One main issue I had is, with Ioverlay, my Iracing OBS recordings were basically powerpoint presentation. There is some bug which is causing this which i haven't figured out why because I record Star citizen at 50Mbps with zero stutter. so for recording Racelabs' standings and for actual racing ioverlay is the best
ioverlay no long free, need a subscription, which is wild.
I spent months in SDK where I changed and customised everything possible. But that was back when they were just moving into the driver/streamer market. It is by far the most professional looking at the top end because it was designed for broadcasting. If you don't mind the work it takes to modify and change things using code (and maybe learning the code) it is certainly worth the effort.
JRT is awesome for team endurance racing. I agree the standings isn't all that useful while driving, but you can set up the standings page to give so much useful information on another monitor for use while you're not in the car.
Supposedly if your team is running it you can set it up to transfer fuel info from the current driver so you can know usage when you're not in the car. I however haven't quite figured out how to actually do it.
any chance you could see which ones work best in VR as well
And iOverlay is going to a monthly sub. Lots of essential features will probably be behind a paywall. Proof that we can't have nice things
@@CobraAce04 I was a huge fan of ioverlay, but now the free version has less itens than other free versions and 6€ a month is a joke for people like me in Brazil, or any other non first world country
@@RubensOteroNeto I only got into it about 3 weeks before it went monthly subscription. I now use Kapps. I use my amazon or twitch free sub so its a win win. Sorry IOverlay for what I needed is not worth the money. Im ok running Iracing vanilla as well, sometimes too much info is not good. IOverlay went pay without warning so am not impressed with the developer on this, will pass
@@RubensOteroNeto where you gonna switch to then? I also dont wanna pay for this tbh
@@ChrisRockyBS I'm on racelabbs free because there's a simple radar, but the ioverlay one is so much better. No inputs graph also. I think I'll try other ones. But I hear that teres one you can get the paid version as the prime sub.
@@RubensOteroNeto Just started iRacing too, and its crazy that iOverlay is basically more expensive than iRacing itself here in Brazil.
Hello, from what I've heard, Kapps has been abandoned and will no longer be updated. I use the Simhub overlays. If you want another idea, it's ugly but works very well and shows minimum speed. I haven't found another one that does this yet. Tks
Which overlay works best with VR, and I use Open XR as the "driver" for my headset visuals and don't run anything thru Steam.
I do t think much works with openxr right now. Race labs are working on it. In their discord there’s a discussion about using open kneeboard to get it working now but it’s quite complex.
Is anyone using these overlays with NVIDIA Surround? (triple monitors)
why is the gameplay a spec at 11:41 🤣
Which has the least impact on your framerate?
Good question!
I think kapps
Can't say for Kapps, but iOverlay is a far lighter programme to run vs Racelabs. In RAM terms, it's 1/3 to 1/2 of the RAM, Racelabs uses a comical amount of memory for what it does.
I’d say ioverlay and kapps. If streamers use kapps it’ll be because of that.
iOverlay is no longer free!!!!!
@@origionaltank9616 everyone want to make you pay for input telemetry now
u know they were getting paid thats why kapps was first. if this was a unbiased review. all day ioverlay should be first because its FREE!!!!!!
I can absolutely assure you, that we have not been paid by any of the different tools/overlays. If that would ever be the case, we would clearly mark that. But of course people have different opinions regarding which overlay they prefer (for me it would be RaceLabs right now, might change who knows). But of course free options area always great and it really depends on if you can make use of any additional "paid options". - Rene
It's not free now......
Iracing needs to catch up and have these overlays in game like every other game , 20 yrs behind iracing .. Get with it
they are, check out the new update coming.
@@mintyCS I wish it was the end of those uggly black box's but I don't see it happening , iracing brings in over 1,000,000 a month (100,000 racers 10 ) and the game is constantly been 10yrs behind , all that cash you would think development would actually happen instead of tiny updates , took 4 yrs to get new tires on everything ?
I use Kapps or iOverlay sometimes. Both are really good.
I was the car behind you in the GR at Willow Springs clip for RL. I saw you on track during that practice session and wondered why you weren't in the race. Just gathering content!
Hi, great video, but I have a problem, when I activate the overlays and go to the game, my toolbar appears and when I press alt + enter to go to full screen mode, my overlays disappear. can anyone help me?
@@davisantos5207 the game has to be in windowed mode for overlays. Atleast that’s how it was for Ioverlay. Try the game in windowed mode instead of full screen.
That's what it is supposed to do. You can't use overlays unless the game is in borderless windowed mode.
iOverlay has all you need really, and for a completely free software it's quite feature rich, and the developer's dev road map is huge, so if they keep up the pace with other overlays I think eventually it will be a no-brainer to use it.
I just wish iOverlay had better track maps. It's a bit too limited right now. Other than that, I love using it.
now it wont be free :(
It was never going to remain free, they always come for the bag.
its not completely free its friggin subscription just like the rest of them which sucks.
no more input graph on ioverlay, what a loss! RIP iOverlay.
I have input graphics on ioverlay
I’ve had iOverlay doing some pretty weird stuff while in iRacing. Has anyone else experienced this? Like the throttle got stuck or iRacing crashed. I never ver have had these problems when not using iOverlay.
Not a problem I can say I've had. It's been working fairly good on my end.
I'm getting micro stutters every ten seconds or so with it, but I think it's due to the windowed mode, stops on full screen
Thank you Emily Jones!
Guys, I'm getting a severe micro stutter whilst running iracing in borderless windowed mode, every ten seconds or so. It stops immediately if I put it on border or full screen. Any ideas? It's driving me nuts. Task manager isn't showing anything unusual. Obviously this is a problem because I want to use ioverlay with borderless window mode but I can't due to the stutter.
The issue here is the one overlay is in KPH instead of MPH as we go by this in the US. Now you have to purchase the subscription, fail. Who wants another monthly bill as iRacing is already a monthly fee, prices for cars and tracks so this is just a killer on the wallet. There are other overlay apps out there that are totally free. Sorry had to bust on your balls here but that’s the facts
Great video comparing the available overlays. I’ve been using ioverlay and love it. The track map does act up sometimes in multi-class where I can’t see the other class. Otherwise, it’s solid. The best part about ioverlay is the frequent updates that addresses bugs, so it’s my go to overlays now.
RaceLab is my ❤.
I overlays = on my radar now. Gonna be checking that out. Thx for vid. Nu sub here.
One main issue I had is, with Ioverlay, my Iracing OBS recordings were basically powerpoint presentation. There is some bug which is causing this which i haven't figured out why because I record Star citizen at 50Mbps with zero stutter. so for recording Racelabs' standings and for actual racing ioverlay is the best
Try disabling hardware acceleration for browser sources
IOverlay amazing
Racelabs here because i race on 4K Tv and VR
When do you find time to race with all that crap?
I completely disagree