Yeah I've seen it too - the tablets hooked to cams where you can review your run right away. With graphs and whatnot. I dunno. I don't think that's cheating, but, a good driver should be able to think back and know where they made mistakes. It should be a level playing field. Either no one has data acq, or everyone does.
You can drop over $800 on a good new tablet and video setup.
Also, I"m sort of a luddite and think the over-computerification of F1 for example has taken all the interest out of it. I want the DRIVER to be in control, not the traction control or the pit lane guys telling him he's got to do this or that. I have absolutely zero interest in watching "self driving cars racing".

It stinks because I have SO MUCH to do and buy and I definitely want ay least Solo Storm @ $200. I can deal with that just have to see how much the video side will cost

The other thing is I suspect it’s most useful for drivers who need the most improvement which will be me

It has some value as a single driver car, it has much more value if there are two drivers in it.

There have been have's and have not's in racing since the dawn of the automobile. $800 is less than one set of tires and a good daq will last for years and years.

If you want a spec class, go run SSC.

Unfortunately that’s going to be the case for forever.
If someone has enough money to justify 10k on a set of shocks they’ll spend it.

I was happy for this class because I put parts on my car without know what AutoX was. Then I got into AutoX and my car was BMT. It is still a street car, so that isn't a fair class! Now I'm complaining because I think CAM C should be restricted to solid axle cars. The new cars were not running CAM-C at first, now they figured out that an '18 Camaro SS is stupid fast and it is pretty easy to annihilate most highly modified CAM-C cars.

With that said, I've thrown about everything at my car, minus weight reduction (it is heavy). I'm happy with how it drives now and the fastest 4th gen around my area (not saying much though). I'm still trying to figure out how to make it faster. Where do you plan to run, I see you are in SW Mich?

I agree, I wouldn't want it to get too complicated since the reason it was started is for simple fun, but it would be nice to see a little more separation between the "middle aged" muscle and the younger fellas

I've found the learning curve to be pretty steep for most of those systems. I find simple video where you can see most of the track and driver inputs to be fairly-useful, but mostly after the fact. With the short time between runs at most regional events, you rarely have time to do the overlay of driver runs to compare, and since most of the 'lipstick' cameras, downloading the recorded videos to some device where you can review the run usually takes more time than the actual run itself. I guess the stuff could be useful 'semi-live' if you had a quick way to grab the memory card out of the camera and get it plugged into a laptop of tablet, but with everything else that usually happens between rounds, you really need a 'crew member' dedicated to just the datalogging stuff to get the time to get the data transferred and reviewed.

Still, we DO record, though, both data (we currently use the Petrel SoloStorm on a Galaxy Tab 4), and video (we have two Re-Play cameras, a 1080-Mini (our first RePlay camera) we use to record output from our A/F meter, and a PrimeX we use to record driver actions and the car run with the camera pointing out the windshield), but rarely view the output until we get home and have decompressed from the event. The last even video should be fun to watch, since I did ground-loop the car on my last run.

All-in-all, I probably have about $1000 in the current package, but have gone through a CamFX (worked fine until the controller quit booting) and a Canon digital video camera (didn't at all like the vibrations it was exposed to, and would frequently just quit working and shut itself off, even when recording to a memory card).

It seems the next step up in data logging is about 2X+ what we've currently spent. Still mulling that over, but hopefully we'd get something a bit more user-friendly.

When I autocrossed a lot I was a NWOR member. My local region was 35 minutes away and northwest Ohio region was 2+hours away.
This go around I’ll probably join up with the Fort Wayne region since we just moved to Fremont IN just south of Coldwater MI
As for where I’ll race....hell at first I’ll take anything I can get but then I’ll try and pick events that are likely to have the kinds of courses and surfaces I like.
I raced with all the regions or clubs in a 3hr radius at one time or another

For basic data logging and review, look into cell phone setups. They’re honestly that good now. And you’re talking about a $20 app on hardware you already own.

Crashtestdummy is correct. Most systems take too long to pull the information and actually get anything useful. That within a given autocross day, you’d be hard pressed to digest anything for it. And it’s benefit increases greatly with a second driver to bounce off methods with. I use it for road course work and when you have tons of laps and get real time predictive lap time to tell some input for an output, that’s the height of its usefulness.

If you’re ready to take the big leap crashtestdummy, look at a Racelogic HD2. Switched to this system based on recommendations from a pro coach for a race team I manage. For drive comparisons, it’s fantastic. And it overlays the video and data as it records. Meaning I reach back, pull the SD card, and in 30 seconds I can pulling the video and dat up to review. It’s light years more user friendly than the Traqmate setup I have in my personal vehicle.