FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
RBR Roadbook Reader App
- How to scroll the roadbook?
- What is the "autoscroll"?
- How to adjust/reset the odometer?
- Roadbook "countdown style"?
- Roadbook tulip/notes zoom (magnifier)
- How to lock screen roatation/touch?
- How to adjust the tripmeter?
- Speed limit zones, speeding
- What to do if lost (using go-to-note)?
- Skip a waypoint
- Waypoints
- Auto-adjust Odometer
- Sounds
- About GPS: precise, fast, external?
- Poor or no internet connection?
- Device swapping during a ride
Riding roadbooks and GPX trails
Participate in the Event
Managing Tracks/Roadbooks
- How to create your first Digital Rally Roadbook?
- What should be considered when designing track/roadbook?
- How do I add/upload a track (Roadbook or GPX trail)?
- How do I export a roadbook from Rally Navigator?
- How to share tracks?
- How does "Navigate by" work?
- What is a Track/Roadbook PIN code?
- Access: Public, unlisted, private Track/roadbook visibility?
- Track structure errors
Organizing Events
- How do I organize my first event?
- How do the payments and entry fees work?
- Event itinerary: classes, sections (tracks) explained
- What is a Selective Section (SS)?
- What is a Rolling Start?
- How can competitors register for an event?
- How can competitors share/access event roadbooks?
- Event Track "visibility" (access) explained
- How to test-ride event tracks and itinerary?
- What should be considered when choosing time zones for an event?
- Types of waypoints
- Auto-skipping missed waypoints
- Does the platform validate waypoints?
- What is a prologue?
- What is a Liaison or Road Section?
- How to add a DN (neutralization zone)?
- How to set speed limits?
- Speeding penalties
- How do I record the start time as there will be no referee at the start?
- Start list live fullscreen mode
- Event "visibility" explained
- FIM & FIA regulations & Lexicon
How to ride and read the roadbook
Other
What happens at DN (neutralization zone)?
Updated
Neutralization zone usually is used for refueling during a Selective Section.
The RoadbookRally.com platform and app will detect neutralization zones and their allotted times from your roadbook automatically.
DN - Beginning of the neutralization zone (the countdown starts at the DN waypoint, in the example below: 15 minutes)
FN - End of the neutralization zone (you can cross the FN waypoint center when the countdown reaches zero)
The place to wait before exiting the DN zone: You can cross the FN waypoint once the time has expired. If there is space to park, you can wait right at the FN center point. You can also wait somewhere else before the FN. Just time your ride so you cross the FN exactly when the time expires - and not before.
The RBR Roadbook Reader App will show the countdown after “validating” the DN waypoint, but you as a rider have a responsibility to check your entry time at the DN to make sure you know your exit time at the FN (in this example it's 15 minutes).
Why did the RBR app not show the countdown when I entered the DN zone? Answer: The RBR app didn't start the countdown when you entered the DN zone because it only starts the countdown after validating the DN waypoint. If the "active waypoint" in the app is set to a different point — such as if you missed previous waypoints and did not mark them as skipped — the countdown will not begin upon entering the DN zone.
Early exit from the DN zone (by crossing the FN waypoint too early) will be penalized.
The countdown timer in the App is just a recommendation. The rider is responsible for the actual FN exit time.
The RoadbookRally.com platform and app will detect neutralization zones and their allotted times from your roadbook automatically.
DN - Beginning of the neutralization zone (the countdown starts at the DN waypoint, in the example below: 15 minutes)
FN - End of the neutralization zone (you can cross the FN waypoint center when the countdown reaches zero)
The place to wait before exiting the DN zone: You can cross the FN waypoint once the time has expired. If there is space to park, you can wait right at the FN center point. You can also wait somewhere else before the FN. Just time your ride so you cross the FN exactly when the time expires - and not before.
The RBR Roadbook Reader App will show the countdown after “validating” the DN waypoint, but you as a rider have a responsibility to check your entry time at the DN to make sure you know your exit time at the FN (in this example it's 15 minutes).
Why did the RBR app not show the countdown when I entered the DN zone? Answer: The RBR app didn't start the countdown when you entered the DN zone because it only starts the countdown after validating the DN waypoint. If the "active waypoint" in the app is set to a different point — such as if you missed previous waypoints and did not mark them as skipped — the countdown will not begin upon entering the DN zone.
Early exit from the DN zone (by crossing the FN waypoint too early) will be penalized.
The countdown timer in the App is just a recommendation. The rider is responsible for the actual FN exit time.
