A method for automatic adjustment of the performance of a vehicle including the steps of detecting at least one significant physical quantity for checking the performance of the vehicle; defining at least one pair of reference indicators correlated with that physical quantity; saving at least one value of a said reference indicator in a predetermined nominal reference condition; detecting at least one value of a said reference indicator in a real operating condition of the vehicle; comparing said nominal reference indicator and real reference indicator and, if their values are different from each other, and implementing a correction of the driving power of the vehicle to compensate for the difference ascertained.

Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for controlling lift for vehicles. In accordance with one embodiment, a vehicle includes a body, one or more sensors, and a processor. The one or more sensors are configured to measure values pertaining to one or more parameter values for a vehicle during operation of the vehicle. The processor is coupled to the one or more sensors, and is configured to at least facilitate determining whether an unplanned lift of the body of the vehicle is likely using the parameters, and implementing one or more control measures when it is determined that the unplanned lift of the body of the vehicle is likely.

A system for controlling the acceleration of a vehicle comprising a programmable logic computer (PLC), a pre-programmed acceleration table that resides on the PLC, a sensor that is adapted to provide an acceleration input to the PLC, and a powertrain that is adapted to receive an output from the PLC. The PLC is adapted to control the powertrain in response to the acceleration input from the sensor by comparing the acceleration input with the pre-programmed acceleration table. A method for controlling the acceleration of a vehicle further comprising controlling the powertrain in response to the acceleration input from the sensor.

A method for assisting a driver in controlling a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a road wheel and at least one vehicle sensor configured to provide vehicle condition data, the road wheel comprising a tyre sensor configured to output tyre operation data, the method comprising: receiving tyre operation data from the tyre sensor during the vehicle being controlled along at least one lap of a track; receiving vehicle condition data from at least one vehicle sensor during the vehicle being controlled along at least one lap of the track; determining, based on the tyre operation data and vehicle condition data, an intervention the driver should make during a future lap of the track; and communicating the intervention to the driver.

Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a power output strategy at a track. In one example, a method may include customizing the power output strategy in response to user inputs. The power output strategy may be associated with a user profile stored in an application, the user profile further comprising items desired by the user for a track day along with post-track day debriefs including data with regard to previous track days.

In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for performing vehicle control. Multiple target rotation rates for a vehicle shaft may be identified. A first actual rotation rate may be determined to exceed a first target rotation rate. In response, a computing system may send a first signal in order to cause a first component of a vehicle to limit the rate of rotation of the vehicle shaft. A second actual rotation rate may be determined to be below a second target rotation rate. In response, the computing system may send a second signal in order to cause the first component of the vehicle or a second component of the vehicle to increase the rate of rotation of the vehicle shaft.

An orchestration platform manages overtaking by autonomous vehicles by way of dividing a course into decision zones and execution zones. Autonomous vehicles proposed overtaking trajectories in the decision zones, which are evaluated and accepted or rejected by the orchestration platform. The orchestration platform is implemented as a master path coordinator that communicates wireless with the autonomous vehicles or at the vehicle level by acting as an on-board mediator of proposed trajectories. Autonomous vehicles are permitted to execute overtaking trajectories that meet certain predetermined safety requirements.

Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for mitigating turbulent air for vehicles. In accordance with one embodiment, a vehicle includes one or more downforce elements, one or more sensors, and a processor. The one or more sensors are configured to obtain one or more parameter values for the vehicle during operation of the vehicle. The processor is processor coupled to the one or more sensors, and is configured to at least facilitate determining whether turbulent air for the vehicle is likely using the parameters, and adjusting a downforce for the vehicle, during operation of the vehicle, by providing instructions for controlling the one or more downforce elements when it is determined that turbulent air for the vehicle is likely.

Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for controlling lift for vehicles. In accordance with one embodiment, a vehicle includes a body, one or more sensors, and a processor. The one or more sensors are configured to measure values pertaining to one or more parameter values for a vehicle during operation of the vehicle. The processor is coupled to the one or more sensors, and is configured to at least facilitate determining whether an unplanned lift of the body of the vehicle is likely using the parameters, and implementing one or more control measures when it is determined that the unplanned lift of the body of the vehicle is likely.

Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for controlling downforce for vehicles. In accordance with one embodiment, a vehicle includes one or more downforce elements, one or more sensors, and a processor. The one or more sensors are configured to measure one or more parameter values for the vehicle during operation of the vehicle. The processor is coupled to the downforce elements and to the one or more sensors. The processor is configured to at least facilitate adjusting a downforce for the vehicle, during operation of the vehicle, based on the one or more parameter values, by providing instructions for controlling the one or more downforce elements.