When electronic meet drifting : King of Europe uses Telemetry Judging
King of Europe, the one and only true European Series always want to be the leader in the drift innovation, we are very proud to be the first to announce the switch to full electronic judgement for our 2012 drift series.
We are releasing a fully customized telemetry system for drifting with an incredible accuracy of 10cm. Telemetry will gather and analyze all informations coming from the cars, removing any chance for mistake or for cheaters to win on the tricks rather than winning on the skills. In the end, telemetry will give a lot more accuracy to the drifting races than can give human eyes and experience.
"One more time we are very happy than King of Europe is keeping the lead of drifting innovation, like i always say, King of Europe is lot more than just drifting" said Mike Procureur, owner of King of Europe Series.
Next generation drifting judging is starting now and we are sure all drivers will be immediatly addicted to it. This system is of course, available for renting or for resale to other drifting series, any interested person is welcome to see it running live at King of Europe. Feel free to contact us for more detailed informations about this system at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Check detailed qualifications results of 2 King of Europe offical rounds below (click for full size images)
| Round 3 Presov-Slovakia | Round 4 Mariapocs-Hungary |
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The technical quality, the detailed results and the performances similar to those obtained on a latest-generation IMU, makes DDS the most innovative and fascinating system actually available for the Drift events. Until now, it was impossible to achieve these performance and results on a small device (the device we put on the car is smallest than a normal smartphone), but now this is reality and all the rest appears prehistory! DDS was developed for all kinds of drift championship. ".
Dataracing Drift System : a fully customized telemetry system for drifting, this system use tri-axis sensor, G sensor and GPS sensor, gathering informations up to 50 times per second with an accuracy of 10cm. This system also use live transmission over UMTS network, removing all data transmission issues that radio waves can have in racing environment.
All tracks(permanent or temporary) are GPS-mapped, start line, finish line, start of judging area, clippoints. For qualifications, the system work on its own giving the points based on the line (average distance from the clippoints), speed (average speed on the track), angle (average angle during the lap). Judges can giving the extra show points. For battles, judging will rely on the same package of detailed informations, adding some extra features like the average gap between the 2 cars during the battle, as well as automatic understeering detection to take the final decision.
Example of 1 run of Marco Blasutta in Serres - King of Europe 2011 round 2
