Driving events and scores

Events CapDrive recognizes

CapDrive recognizes these actions by itself: Acceleration, Braking, Left turn, Right turn, Drift, Hard launch (a hard start from a standstill) and Acceleration timing.

When an action is complete, a result appears at the bottom of the dashboard for a few seconds, with its duration, peak G and a Driving score. Actions still in progress don't show a result. Every result is saved with the trip.

If measuring is interrupted, for example because the iPhone moved, the stretch is marked as an Invalid interval and excluded from scoring and timing.

Acceleration timing

• CapDrive times 0–100 km/h, 100–200 km/h and 0–200 km/h from GPS speed. It measures these km/h intervals even when the app shows mph; 0–100 km/h then appears as 0–62 mph.
• For 0–100 and 0–200, the car must be completely stopped for at least a second before you start. 100–200 is timed whenever you accelerate through 100 km/h and on to 200 km/h.
• A run is discarded if the speed drops noticeably, the GPS signal is interrupted or GPS speed isn't accurate enough.
• The start is detected at 1 km/h, with no rollout, so times aren't directly comparable with manufacturers' figures.
• Only time a run where it's legal and safe, such as on a closed track.

Driving score

• Each complete action gets a score from 0 to 100 under a rule for that kind of action, such as how much of the target force was reached, how consistently and how completely. Once a target is met, harder or longer doesn't add points.
• Acceleration timing is scored against fixed time bands for each interval. When a time is within 5% of a manufacturer's published figure for a car, the result may say that it's comparable to that car. Manufacturers measure under different conditions, so this is only a rough comparison.
• A score describes the measured action, not your driving ability or safety. — means there wasn't enough valid data for a score.
• To see an event's details, move to it in the drive review: Events at this moment shows its measurements and score. When a timing run is compared with a car, View the official car reference opens the manufacturer's published figure.