Getting started · Topic

Install and sign in

From download to your first session: install the app, sign in, make sure iRacing saves your sessions, and find your way round.

You need: a Windows 10 or 11 PC, and an AB Racing Line account Time: 5 minutes
On this page
  1. What you need
  2. Install the app
  3. Accept and sign in
  4. The window
  5. The six tabs
  6. Make iRacing save your sessions
  7. Load a session
  8. Messages you might see
  9. Questions
In 30 seconds
  1. Download the installer from your account page and run it.
  2. Open the app, accept the terms and sign in.
  3. In iRacing, press Alt+L so your sessions are saved.
  4. After a session, press Load IBT and pick the newest file.

Before you startWhat you need

Step by stepInstall the app

Download it

Sign in to your account page and press Download AB Racing Line. You only ever download it once: after that the app updates itself.

Run the installer

Open the file you downloaded. If Windows shows a blue "Windows protected your PC" box, click More info, then Run anyway: the app is new and isn't code-signed yet, so Windows doesn't recognise it. Accept the licence, choose whether you'd like a desktop shortcut, and press Install. It installs for your Windows user only, so it doesn't need an administrator.

Open it

From the Start menu, or the desktop shortcut if you made one.

First launchAccept the terms and sign in

Accept the terms

The Terms of Service window, ticked, with Accept and continue
  1. 1
    Tick the boxOnce you've read them. The links open the full Terms and the Privacy Policy.
  2. 2
    Accept and continueLights up once the box is ticked.

They're shown once after every install and every update.

Sign in

Sign in: email address, password, Remember me and Sign in
  1. 1
    Your email and passwordThe ones you use on your account page.
  2. 2
    Remember meKeeps your email, and your password in Windows' own Credential Manager, so signing in again is quicker.
  3. 3
    Sign in

Forgot your password? Reset it on your account page. Not subscribed yet? Get AB Racing Line takes you to the website.

Find your wayThe window

AB Racing Line before a session is loaded, with Load IBT, the menu, Settings and Feedback numbered
The app before a session is loaded. Click any picture to see it full size.
  1. 1
    Load IBTOpens a session file.
  2. 2
    The menuThe six tabs (see below).
  3. 3
    SettingsUnits, the size of the app, help and your account (see Settings and units).
  4. 4
    FeedbackSend us a bug, an idea or a question.

Once a session is loaded, the strip along the top shows its track, car, best lap and how many clean laps it had.

The menuThe six tabs

The menu on the left: Overview, Telemetry, Race Strategy, Live Pit Wall, Your Car Setup, AB Overlays and Collapse
  1. 1
    OverviewYour session at a glance, and your engineer's top three for next time.
  2. 2
    TelemetryEvery lap and input on the map, with the advice for each corner.
  3. 3
    Race StrategyA race plan from a long practice: stops, stints and fuel.
  4. 4
    Live Pit WallYour pit wall during the race: when to pit and how much fuel to add.
  5. 5
    Your Car SetupThe setup changes to make, in order, and whether last time's worked.
  6. 6
    AB OverlaysTen overlays on top of iRacing, and on your stream.
  7. 7
    CollapseFolds the menu down to its icons, for more room.

In iRacingMake iRacing save your sessions

iRacing only saves your sessions while telemetry recording is switched on, and it's off until you turn it on.

Press Alt+L in iRacing

You don't need to be in the car. An icon appears on screen once it's switched on, and lights up while it's recording.

Drive

Every time you get in the car, iRacing saves a new file in Documents \ iRacing \ telemetry, ending in .ibt. Its name starts with the car and the track, then the date and time.

Folder empty? Recording was off. Press Alt+L before your next session.

Your first sessionLoad a session

Press Load IBT

At the top right of the app. Pick the newest file in your telemetry folder, or drag a file from the folder onto the app. The app remembers the folder for next time.

Give it a few seconds

The session is analysed on your PC and the Overview opens. Your engineer's coaching follows about 10 to 20 seconds later. It needs at least two clean laps; five gives the full read on the setup.

Opening a session you've loaded before shows it from your history, straight away. The tutorial Your first session in 10 minutes walks you through what to read first.

If the app saysMessages you might see

No Internet Connection: the app needs a connection to check your subscription when it starts

No Internet Connection. The app checks your subscription when it starts, so it needs a connection then. Check your connection and open the app again.

Device Not Registered. Your licence is on another PC. One click moves it here: see Two PCs.

QuestionsQuestions

Does it run on a Mac?
No, it's for Windows 10 and 11 only.
Do I need to install anything in iRacing?
No plugin, nothing to install. Just switch on telemetry recording with Alt+L. The Live Pit Wall and the overlays read iRacing while it runs on the same PC.
Can I use it on my laptop and my sim PC?
Yes, one at a time. See Two PCs.

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