Something not right? Tell me.
Join the VR Race Engineer Discord. Bugs go in #bug-reports, questions in #support, and build news lands in #announcements. It is the fastest way to reach me and the place where fixes get confirmed.
Prefer email? matt@stocura.com. Include the car, the track, what the engineer said and what you expected it to say. If the app has been talking nonsense, long-press the Connection title in settings to reveal the session log and paste the last screen of it into the email.
Hearing the engineer and the game together
PS5 does not send audio to Bluetooth headphones, and PS VR2 plays game audio through its own 3.5 mm jack, so the phone needs its own route to your ear. The options, best first, are on the setup section of the home page: Sony PULSE Elite or Explore taking PS Link and Bluetooth at once; one PS VR2 earbud plus one phone earbud; or the phone speaker on the rig.
It cannot find my PlayStation
- Phone and PS5 must be on the same Wi-Fi network. Guest networks and some mesh systems keep devices apart.
- GT7 must be running. The main menu is enough; the console only broadcasts telemetry while the game is open.
- The first time you open the app, iOS asks for Local Network permission. If you tapped Don't Allow, turn it on under iPhone Settings, then VR Race Engineer.
- Still nothing: open settings in the app (the gear icon) and type the console's IP address. You can find it on the PS5 under Settings, Network, Connection Status.
The engineer stops talking when I lock the phone
- Check that Silent mode is off and the volume is up. The engineer uses the media channel, not the ringer.
- Low Power Mode can suspend background audio on some iPhones. Switch it off for race night.
- If another app takes over audio (a call, a podcast), the engineer pauses. Reopen the app to bring it back.
The fill target was wrong
Fill targets come from your measured burn. If the app has no saved data for this car, track and lobby settings, it uses the live burn from the laps so far, which is rough for the first few laps. Bank a stint or run a Test Session and the next race will be planned from real numbers.
Can it tell me the gap to the car ahead?
No. GT7's telemetry is your car only. There is no rival gap, no tyre wear percentage and no wetness channel, so the app never claims them.
Try it without a console
Open settings (the gear icon) and tap Try demo mode. A synthetic five-lap race runs through the full pipeline so you can hear the engineer before you race.