Rookie Overlay
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Overlays for sim racing

25 overlays in one program, built for low system load. For iRacing, Le Mans Ultimate and EA SPORTS F1 25.

Animations

Animation with a purpose

Position changes are shown as motion, flags flash like the light panels at the track.

  • Positions gained in green, lost in red
  • Fastest lap of the session in purple
  • Cars in the pits are marked and dimmed
  • Strength per layout: strong, subtle or off

ProWarnings always appear without delay.

Connect

Several overlays, one panel

Push an overlay against the edge of another: the edge lights up, and on release both become one panel. This works with any number of overlays, above, below and side by side. Joined overlays adapt to each other.

  • Takes over width, size and opacity
  • Nothing twice: with the session above the standings, the time remaining only appears in the session
  • If one part hides, the rest closes the gap
  • One signature mark for the whole panel
  • Drag away to detach

FreeConnecting is part of the free version.

Performance

Low system load

The program is built for low load so the frame rate in the game stays stable. It continuously shows its current CPU time and memory use.

Measured on a test system (AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super, 32 GB RAM) in iRacing with an FPS limit of 140, once without and once with all 19 overlays. In both cases iRacing ran at 140 FPS; with overlays, the graphics card load was 1.2 percentage points higher. The overlay program used 0.6% of one CPU core and 61 MB of memory. Results on other PCs may differ.

Full load · 19 overlays

0.6%of one CPU core
61 MBMemory
140 FPSwith and without overlays
LoadCPU 0.6%RAM 61 MBShown in the program

Layouts

One layout per session

Practice, qualifying, race, garage or spectating: the program detects the session and switches to the matching layout automatically.

ProFree has one layout.

Detected: Race

Colours

Colours per layout

Ready-made colour presets for red-green and blue-yellow colour vision deficiency are included, also in the free version. With Pro you choose the colours yourself.

  • Red-green deficiency: blue instead of green, orange instead of red
  • Blue-yellow deficiency: magenta and white instead of purple and blue
  • Custom colours for accent, classes, plus and minus, best time and pedals
  • Applies to every overlay in the layout, flags keep their real colours

ProCustom colours come with Pro.

Inputs in the colours: Default
Default
Inputs in the colours: Red-green deficiency
Red-green deficiency
Inputs in the colours: Blue-yellow deficiency
Blue-yellow deficiency
Inputs in the colours: Custom colours
Custom colours Pro

Streaming

Overlays for OBS and Twitch

The program provides the overlays as a browser source for OBS. Screen and stream can show different overlays in different places.

  • Per overlay: screen, stream or both
  • Streamer mode hides names, iRating and licence in the stream
  • Twitch chat as an overlay with subs, raids and bits, no Twitch login required
  • Battle: the car on screen with the cars ahead and behind, optionally with mini sectors
  • Twitch clip by hotkey, stream markers at the start, position changes, incidents, best laps and the finish
  • Chat commands such as !irating, !gap or !pos: the program replies in Twitch chat with live data

ProStreaming, Twitch chat, Battle, clips, markers and chat commands come with Pro.

Battle overlay for the stream with the cars ahead and behind Twitch chat as an overlay

Driver and iRating

Driver, car, rating

Two slim overlays for your own car: name with flag, car and odometer. Plus iRating with its change during the race, licence with safety rating and incidents.

  • Odometer per car, counts up during the race
  • Estimated iRating change if the race ended now
  • Joined above the Relative or next to the Inputs

FreeThe history over recent races is part of Pro.

Driver and iRating above the Relative

Damage

Damage at a glance

The overlay shows what is damaged on your car after contact and what the repair costs. Each game provides different values; the overlay shows what is available.

  • Repair times and time lost since the damage
  • Engine warning lights
  • In Le Mans Ultimate also: damaged areas of the car, flat tyres and detached parts
  • Full with the car outline or minimal with values only

ProThe Damage overlay comes with Pro.

Damage overlay with car outline and repair times

Dashboards

Dashboard for monitor 2 and tablet

Besides the layouts over the game there are dashboards: overlays in a grid on a solid background. For the monitor below your main screen, the display on your rig or your race engineer on a tablet.

  • Full screen on a monitor, in its own window or in the browser on a tablet or another PC
  • Templates for 16:9, 32:9, tablet and 800 × 480, tiles snap to the grid
  • Big tiles show more rows instead of just bigger text
  • Connect a tablet via QR code, in portrait and landscape, without installing anything

FreeOne dashboard is included in Free, multiple with Pro. Pro overlays in it require Pro.

Dashboard with standings, relative, track map, delta, fuel, tyres and weather

Layout editor

Turn overlays on, move and resize them. On a smartphone, tap and scale with plus and minus. Shown with test data.

The editor needs JavaScript.

My layout
Tap an overlay

Drag movesBottom right corner resizesDel hides

Overlays

Like this layout?

You build it the same way in the program, on any monitor.

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Games

Games and streaming

iRacing

Relative, Standings, Radar and Fuel calculator with iRating, SOF and licence. Starts with the game.

Overlays for iRacing

OBS and Twitch

Browser source for OBS with a separate stream layout, streamer mode, Twitch chat, clips and chat commands.

Overlays for OBS and Twitch

25 overlays

The overlays: Relative, Standings, Radar and more

Each overlay can be switched on individually and adjusted in size, content and columns.

  • Relative

    Drivers right ahead of and behind you on track, with gaps

  • Standings

    Overall standings with gaps, optionally your own class only

  • Inputs

    Throttle, brake, clutch and steering as bars or a trace

  • “Delta” overlay with test data

    Delta

    Gap to the reference lap in three styles, with sectors or mini sectors

  • “Session” overlay with test data

    Session

    Time or laps remaining, plus selectable values such as series name, position and clock

  • FlagsPro

    Shows the current flag in large format

  • “Fuel calculator” overlay with test data

    Fuel calculatorPro

    Fuel in the tank, use per lap, range and refuelling

  • “Tires” overlay with test data

    TiresPro

    Wear, temperatures and pressure per tire

  • “Blind spot icon” overlay with test data

    Blind spot icon

    A warning triangle that lights up when someone is beside you

  • “Blind spot light bar” overlay with test data

    Blind spot light barPro

    A light bar at the screen edge, lit exactly where the car beside you is

  • “Radar” overlay with test data

    Radar

    Cars ahead, behind and beside you from above

  • Track map

    The track with every car as a silhouette with its position, built from your first clean lap

  • WeatherPro

    Temperatures, wind relative to your car, track state and trend

  • Pit stall helperPro

    Meters to your stall, brake hint, speed against the pit limit

  • Mini mapPro

    Section of the track around your car with the others' positions, rotates with you

  • “Rejoin warning” overlay with test data

    Rejoin warningPro

    After an off: clear, caution or wait

  • Pit stop forecastPro

    Where and between whom you come out after your stop

  • “Strategy” overlay with test data

    StrategyPro

    Free lap in qualifying, rain tires and repairs calculated

  • “Damage” overlay with test data

    DamagePro

    Repair times, warning lights and, where the game provides them, the damaged areas of the car

  • “Driver” overlay with test data

    Driver

    Name with flag, car and an odometer that counts up during the race

  • “iRating” overlay with test data

    iRating

    iRating with its change during the race, licence with safety rating and incidents

  • “Fast cars from behind” overlay with test data

    Fast cars from behind

    Warns of faster classes and lapping cars with time until they catch you

  • “Twitch chat” overlay with test data

    Twitch chatPro

    Chat of your own channel with subs, raids and bits, no Twitch login required

  • “Battle” overlay with test data

    BattlePro

    Car on screen with the cars ahead and behind, gap and trend, optionally with mini sectors

  • “Gear and RPM” overlay with test data

    Gear and RPM

    Big gear with shift lights, rpm and speed, made for rig displays and dashboards

Preview with test data. Animations are part of Pro.

Versions

Free and Pro

Free includes the basic overlays, one layout and one dashboard. Pro adds strategy, pit, tyres, damage, weather, streaming and animations.

One month of Pro free

An account comes with one month of Pro, no payment details needed. The trial month starts when you confirm your email address and ends on its own. After that, Free applies until you buy Pro. Buying during the trial month costs you no days: the purchased time starts after it.

Free

€0

No account, no time limit

  • Relative
  • Standings
  • Inputs
  • Delta
  • Session
  • Blind spot icon
  • Radar
  • Track map
  • Driver
  • iRating
  • Fast cars from behind
  • Gear and RPM
  • One layout
  • One dashboard for monitor, window or tablet
  • Connect overlays
  • Colour presets for colour vision deficiency
  • Automatic updates

Pro

€4.99 per month

  • Monthly€4.99
  • Every 6 months€23.99
  • Yearly€39.99

Try it free for one month, no payment details needed. Subscription, cancel any time to the end of the period. Prices include VAT.

  • Everything in Free
  • Flags
  • Fuel calculator
  • Tires
  • Blind spot light bar
  • Weather
  • Pit stall helper
  • Mini map
  • Rejoin warning
  • Pit stop forecast
  • Strategy
  • Damage
  • Twitch chat
  • Battle
  • Streaming with a browser source for OBS
  • Streamer mode
  • ABS trigger in Inputs
  • Sector display in Delta
  • Twitch clips by hotkey and markers at race events
  • Chat commands with live data
  • iRating and safety rating history
  • Animations
  • Mark drivers
  • Multiple layouts with switching per session
  • Custom colours
  • Pit exit position on the track map
  • Multiple dashboards
Get Pro

Payment runs through Paddle. Paddle is the seller, issues the invoice and handles taxes. Cancel any time to the end of the period. 14-day money-back guarantee on your first purchase.

Rookie Racing League Hotlap Club members get Pro by linking their account here to rookie-racing.eu in their profile.

The program

Features

Setup happens in a separate Windows program. The overlays run independently of it and don't need it during a race.

Editor

Drag and drop overlays onto your monitors. The preview shows them as they look in the game.

Layouts per sessionPro

Separate layouts for practice, qualifying, race, garage and spectating. They switch automatically.

Automatic start

The overlays start automatically with the game. The settings program doesn't need to be open.

Move in game

Ctrl+Shift+O lets you move the overlays directly on top of the game.

Free columns

The columns in Relative and Standings can be chosen and ordered freely.

Maps with silhouettes

Track map and mini map show every car as a silhouette pointing in its direction of travel, with position or car number inside.

Series name

The Session overlay shows the series name. The program remembers the name of each series.

Strength of field

The header of Relative and Standings can show the strength of field (SOF).

Lap comparison

A column in Relative and Standings: each car's lap time compared with your own last or best lap.

Hide in menus

Set per overlay: hide in the garage and in menus whenever you are not in the car. When you get back in, the overlays reappear.

Mark driversPro

Mark friends, fair rivals and drivers to watch. The marks stay local on your PC.

Dashboards

Overlays in a grid on a solid background: full screen on a second monitor, in their own window or in the browser on a tablet.

Multilingual

German, English, Spanish and Portuguese. Metric or imperial units.

Custom designs

A design for your team

For teams, leagues and streamers we create custom designs with their own accent colour, panels, signature mark and logo. In the program you then pick it like any other design.

Request a design

On request via the contact form.

Multiple monitors

One or more monitors

Overlays can be spread across all monitors, for example standings and fuel on the sides, radar in the middle.

Roadmap

What's coming

In progress

VR support

Overlays in your VR headset, placed freely in space.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does the program interfere with the game?

No. It only reads the official telemetry interfaces. The overlays run in their own windows on top of the game.

Do I need an account?

Not for Free. Pro is tied to an account, which you create here. Members of the Rookie Racing League Hotlap Club then link it to their rookie-racing.eu account in their profile, and Pro applies automatically.

How does the trial month work?

Every account gets one month of Pro free, once per email address. It starts when you confirm your email address; for accounts that are already confirmed, with your next visit to your profile or the program's next check. No payment details are needed, and after the month Free applies again automatically. After that, Pro costs €4.99 a month, €23.99 per half-year or €39.99 a year. If you buy during the trial month, the time you buy starts after the trial month. You get a reminder by email three days before it ends.

What happens without Pro?

The program locks the Pro overlays and Pro features; one layout and one dashboard remain usable. All layouts and dashboards stay saved and are fully back as soon as you have Pro.

Which games are supported?

iRacing, Le Mans Ultimate and EA SPORTS F1 25.

What does the program show in Le Mans Ultimate?

Le Mans Ultimate support is new. All overlays work; the program reads the game's built-in interface, no plugin needed. Values the game does not provide, such as iRating, licence and incidents, stay empty. Please report bugs via the contact form. More about Le Mans Ultimate

How does EA SPORTS F1 25 work?

The game sends its telemetry via UDP to the PC running the program. This works on PC and on PlayStation or Xbox. The overlays appear on the PC's screen or in your stream via OBS, not on the TV. In the game, under Settings → Telemetry Settings: UDP telemetry on, port 20777, UDP format 2026, and either UDP broadcast mode on (easiest on a home network) or the PC's IP address. Values the game does not provide, such as iRating, licence and strength of field, are not shown. Fuel is shown in kilograms. Guide for EA SPORTS F1 25

Does it work with OBS?

Yes, with Pro. The program provides the overlays as a browser source. Screen and stream can show different overlays in different places. More about OBS and Twitch

What can the program do with Twitch?

With Pro it shows the chat as an overlay. After signing in to Twitch in the program you also get: a clip by hotkey, markers at race events and chat commands that the program answers with live data. More about OBS and Twitch

May I use Pro for paid streams or in a team?

Yes. Pro may be used in monetised streams, in league broadcasts and for commentary. A Pro licence applies to one person and their account: in a team, each person who uses Pro needs their own account with Pro.

How do I pay?

Through Paddle. Paddle is the seller, issues the invoice and handles taxes. You can use any payment method Paddle offers at checkout. Prices include VAT.

Can I cancel at any time?

Yes, in your account, at any time, effective at the end of the paid period. Pro stays active until then. Within 14 days of your first purchase you get a full refund, no questions asked.

Does it work with multiple monitors?

Yes. Every overlay can be placed on any monitor, in the editor or directly on top of the game.

Can I show overlays on a tablet or a second monitor?

Yes, as a dashboard: overlays in a grid on a solid background, full screen on a monitor, in their own window or in the browser on a tablet or another PC on the same network. The tablet opens it via a QR code, nothing needs to be installed there. One dashboard is included in Free, multiple with Pro.

How much performance does the program cost?

As little as possible, that is what it is designed for. The overlays run on their own, the settings program can stay closed during a race. The exact load depends on your system and the number of overlays.

Are there colours for colour vision deficiency?

Yes. There are colour presets for red-green and blue-yellow deficiency, also in the free version. With Pro every colour can be set individually.

Are there custom designs for teams and leagues?

Yes, on request via the contact form. A custom design has its own colours, signature mark and logo, and becomes selectable in the program for the accounts it is shared with.

Which languages are available?

German and English, plus Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil) as experimental translations.