Dashboard Design for Racing Cars

Formula Student racing combines engineering innovation with high-speed performance, placing high demands on both the vehicles and their drivers. Dashboards in these vehicles are critical for presenting real-time driving and vehicle data, enabling quick decision making under intense racing conditions. Despite their importance, existing dashboard designs often overlook key aspects of usability, ergonomics and human-computer interaction, leading to inefficiencies and potential driver distraction. This thesis aims to bridge these gaps by researching and developing a user-centred dashboard specifically tailored to the unique needs of Formula Student cars, optimising both functionality and driver performance under competitive conditions.

• Develop a functional and user centered dashboard design for Formula Student cars.
• Create a prototype of the dashboard layout, incorporating user feedback.
• Validate the design through usability testing with drivers and team members.

• Conduct a literature review on dashboard designs in motorsports.
• Analyze existing dashboards to identify strengths and weaknesses.
• Define user requirements through interviews and feedback from the Formula Student team.
• Design initial dashboard wireframes and iterate based on feedback.
• Develop a prototype of the dashboard interface.
• Conduct usability testing and document findings.

• UI/UX design principles.
• Familiarity with motorsport or automotive systems is an advantage.
• prototyping tools and data visualisation.

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