Giving Bloops a Visual Brake Cue
The first version of my visual braking indicator had one small problem: it told me to brake forever. I’d added coaching colors to the gear numbers on my sim’s LED flag displays. Purple approaching a braking point, red for braking, green for a throttle cue. It looked promising until the red stayed on after the corner. Apparently I’d built a very confident driving instructor with exactly one piece of advice. ...