GARAJE

What GARAJE does

GARAJE shows your simulator's settings one by one, in your language, explaining what each does. Change and save them with a click without editing .ini files by hand.

• Works with iRacing and Le Mans Ultimate.
• For iRacing it shows 1005 settings across 15 tabs. For Le Mans Ultimate, 396 settings across 7 tabs.
• Every iRacing setting has an explanation of what happens when you increase or decrease it; many also include a recommended value.
• Before saving a change, GARAJE backs up the file so you can restore it.

GARAJE has three areas:

Requirements

• An active Push & Lift licence. Without one, GARAJE does not open and asks you to open Push & Lift, go to Ajustes > Tu cuenta (Settings > Your account), check the account, purchase and connection, then reopen the app.
• Neither the Push & Lift engine nor the simulator needs to be running. To save changes, the simulator must be closed.
• The simulator must be installed on the PC. If GARAJE cannot find it, its button is greyed out with “No encontrado en este PC” (Not found on this PC).

Opening it from the Suite

1. Open Push & Lift from the bar's logo.
2. In the left menu, under PIT click GARAJE.
3. GARAJE opens in its own window with its own Windows taskbar button. The window goes full screen when loaded.

With GARAJE selected, the Push & Lift screen offers:

• TRAER AL FRENTE (BRING TO FRONT): brings GARAJE in front of other windows.
• CERRARLA (CLOSE IT): closes GARAJE.
• “identidad puesta en su ventana: PushAndLift.Garaje” indicates that the window has its own taskbar button.

When GARAJE is closed, “Cerrada.” (Closed) appears instead. These buttons are shared by all PIT apps and explained in the SUITE manual.

Only one GARAJE can be open. Opening it again brings the existing window to the front.

Getting started

GARAJE always opens in CONFIGURACIÓN (CONFIGURATION) on the first tab of the simulator last selected. Opening it from the Suite uses the Suite's language.

From top to bottom, the window has:

• The header: languages, close and PC y perfiles (PC and profiles).
• The two blocks CONFIGURACIÓN (CONFIGURATION) and DOCTOR.
• In CONFIGURACIÓN: simulator, search, tabs, settings list and, at right, the selected setting's information panel.
• At the bottom, SALIR (EXIT) and Revisar y guardar (Review and save).

Your first change in five steps

1. Close the simulator.
2. In PRIMERO · Simulador (FIRST · Simulator) choose iRacing or Le Mans Ultimate.
3. Search for a setting or open its tab and section. Click the row to read its information on the right.
4. Change the value with the arrows ‹ › or the switch.
5. Click Revisar y guardar (Review and save) review the change and click Hacer copia y guardar (Back up and save).

Screens and controls

4.1 The header

4.2 CONFIGURACIÓN and DOCTOR blocks

Two large blocks below the header. The selected one has a coloured border.

• CONFIGURACIÓN · ajustes de iRacing (CONFIGURATION · iRacing settings): simulator settings. This is the opening view.
• DOCTOR · estado del equipo (DOCTOR · system condition): diagnostics for your iRacing installation. See 4.5.

Sections are numbered: DOCTOR uses 1.1–1.4 and CONFIGURACIÓN tabs start at 2.

4.3 CONFIGURACIÓN (CONFIGURATION)

PRIMERO · Simulador (FIRST · Simulator)

Choose the simulator whose settings you want to see: iRacing or Le Mans Ultimate. The selection is orange and remembered. Switching simulator discards unsaved changes.

Text on the right says whether the simulator is running. This is checked every 5 seconds:

Search

Type in buscar ajuste… (search setting…) at least two letters. GARAJE searches all tabs of the selected simulator.

• On the left, SECCIONES is replaced by RESULTADOS (RESULTS) with the number of matches in each tab.
• The list heading is “RESULTADOS · ” followed by your search text. No matches produces “Sin resultados” (No results).
• Search results can be edited just like settings on their own tabs.
• To leave search, use the right-hand button ✕ the Esc key, or click a tab.

Tabs

Each tab has a number, icon and name. iRacing tabs run from 2 GRÁFICOS Y VR (GRAPHICS AND VR) to 16 DATOS DE CONSUMO (CONSUMPTION DATA); Le Mans Ultimate tabs run from 2 GRÁFICOS (GRAPHICS) to 8 VARIOS (MISCELLANEOUS). The complete list is in 5.3 and 5.4.

Below the tabs, a green label names the main file for that tab (for example app.ini), with the tab name beside it.

PRIMERO · ¿Con qué juega: pantalla o gafas de realidad virtual? (FIRST · Monitor or VR headset?)

Only appears in iRacing's tab GRÁFICOS Y VR (GRAPHICS AND VR) . iRacing stores graphics separately for each mode. Choose the one you use:

• 🖥️ PANTALLA (MONITOR): normal monitor.
• OpenXR, Oculus or OpenVR: VR headset.

The chosen mode is orange and remembered. If its file does not exist yet, the button is grey with “Modo sin archivo · iRacing lo crea al arrancar en él” (No file: iRacing creates it on startup in this mode). The reminder on the right says changes have no effect in game if this mode differs from the one you actually use.

SECCIONES (SECTIONS)

The left column divides the tab into numbered sections (2.1, 2.2…), each with a name and setting count. Click one to view its settings. The selected section is orange.

Settings list

The section number and uppercase name appear at the top. Each row has:

• Its number (such as 2.1.3) and setting name.
• Sometimes a label: ✔ COMO TOCA (AS RECOMMENDED) (green: your value matches the recommendation) or ▲ TE CONVIENE CAMBIARLO (CHANGE RECOMMENDED) (orange). Changing the value removes the label.
• The first sentence of the explanation below.
• On the right, the value and how to change it:
  • Arrows ‹ and ›: decrease or increase the value.
  • Switch: green means on, red means off. Click to change.
  • Value only, no arrows or switch: GARAJE displays it but cannot change it.
  • “Sin valor en el .ini” (No value in .ini): the setting is absent from your file.

Changed values stay marked until saved. Returning to the original value removes the pending change.

Setting information panel

Click a row to view its information on the right. With nothing selected, it asks you to select a setting to see its full explanation.

The panel may contain:

Bottom buttons: SALIR and Revisar y guardar

• SALIR (EXIT): closes GARAJE immediately, like the top ✕.
• An orange count in the centre shows pending changes, for example “1 cambios pendientes en 1 archivo” (1 pending change in 1 file).
• Revisar y guardar (Review and save): grey until something changes. Opens the change review.

Revisar cambios (Review changes)

Each change shows its name, file and key, crossed-out old value and new value.

• Cancelar (Cancel): goes back without saving. Changes remain pending.
• Hacer copia y guardar (Back up and save): saves changes to the simulator files.

A notice then appears with Cerrar (Close):

Clicking outside a dialog also closes it.

4.4 Le Mans Ultimate

With Le Mans Ultimate selected, the window is the same but uses its own tabs: 2 GRÁFICOS (GRAPHICS), 3 AUDIO, 4 AYUDAS (AIDS), 5 JUEGO (GAME), 6 CARRERA (RACE), 7 CONTROLES (CONTROLS) and 8 VARIOS (MISCELLANEOUS). All settings are in the game's Settings.JSON.

• Names and explanations are the game's English text. The panel indicates this with “TEXTO DEL JUEGO · TRADUCCIÓN PENDIENTE”.
• None has a recommended value; all show “↻ reinicio del sim”.
• There is no monitor/VR selector.

4.5 DOCTOR

Click DOCTOR · estado del equipo (DOCTOR · system condition). At the top, the label DIAGNÓSTICO (DIAGNOSTICS) and a description of checking hardware and the iRacing installation before changing settings. Four rows follow, each with a title, value, green summary, explanation and large button at right.

The bottom says to move to Configuración once diagnostics are clear. Button colours indicate urgency: red, action advised; blue, something available to do; grey, nothing urgent. “Nada pendiente aquí” (Nothing pending here) has no action.

1.1 Espacio en disco (Disk space)

Space used by iRacing and saved telemetry (.ibt). Telemetry does not affect performance; it only occupies disk space.

• Liberar telemetría antigua · tamaño (Remove old telemetry · size): opens the dialog Limpiar «telemetry» (Clean telemetry) showing how many files older than 30 days will be moved and their size. With Mover a Papelera (Move to Recycle Bin) they go to the Windows Recycle Bin and remain recoverable until it is emptied. Cancelar (Cancel) changes nothing.
• The button is red when over 5 GB can be freed. If all telemetry is from the last 30 days, it says “Nada pendiente aquí”.

1.2 Cuelgues (Crashes)

How often iRacing closed unexpectedly. Where possible, GARAJE identifies the failure and gives advice, for example for an access violation (ACCESS_VIOLATION).

• Limpiar historial de cuelgues (Clear crash history): opens Limpiar archivos de cuelgue (Clean crash files) showing file count and size. Mover a Papelera (Move to Recycle Bin) moves them to the Windows Recycle Bin. Cleaning only removes history; it neither fixes nor causes crashes.
• With no crashes, it says “SIN CUELGUES REGISTRADOS” (NO RECORDED CRASHES) and “Nada pendiente aquí”. With 5 or more, the button is red.

1.3 Pinturas (Paints)

Space used by downloaded paints. GARAJE does not delete them: “La retirada de pinturas está deshabilitada…” (Paint removal is disabled).

• Revisar pinturas · tamaño (Review paints · size): opens PC y perfiles → Pinturas (PC and profiles → Paints) with the file list. Read-only.

1.4 Copias de seguridad (Backups)

Each save in CONFIGURACIÓN first creates a dated and timed backup of the file being changed. This row shows the latest backup date and folder.

• Ver y restaurar copias (View and restore backups): opens Copias de seguridad (Backups) with one row per backup (file and date) and its button Restaurar (Restore). Cerrar (Close) exits without changes. If empty, “Aún no hay copias.” (No backups yet) appears.
• Restaurar (Restore) asks for confirmation in PL GARAJE · RECUPERAR (RECOVER): backs up the current file first, then replaces it with the dated copy. Cancelar (Cancel) or Restaurar (Restore). Completion shows “PL GARAJE · RECUPERADO” (RECOVERED).

4.6 PC y perfiles (PC and profiles)

Click PC y perfiles (PC and profiles) in the header. A window opens above it, explaining that you can inspect your hardware, preserve settings and review changes before applying them. It has a button Cerrar (Close) (Esc also closes it). There are eleven section buttons; the selected one is green. It always opens on Equipo (Hardware).

Profiles and plans are for iRacing. With Le Mans Ultimate selected, a notice says these features are available for iRacing and asks you to select iRacing in GARAJE.

Equipo (Hardware)

What Windows reports about your PC. Read-only; changes nothing.

• Processor, graphics card (including driver), RAM, video memory · basic query, Windows desktop (monitors and positions), and query date.
• Memoria por adaptador gráfico (Memory per graphics adapter): video memory on each card.
• Modos de pantalla activos (Active display modes): resolution and refresh rate of each monitor.
• Periféricos USB/HID (USB/HID peripherals): connected devices. Being listed does not prove correct assignment or calibration.
• Origen de la consulta (Query source) and Límites de esta medición (Measurement limits): which data could and could not be read.

Pantallas (Monitors)

“Medidas de monitores planos” (Flat-monitor measurements) is a wizard for one or three flat monitors. It is not for VR or curved monitors.

Revisar medidas (Review measurements) calculates a proposal without saving. “Revisión de medidas · file” shows horizontal coverage in degrees and a table of setting, current value and plan target. Then:

• Volver a medidas (Back to measurements): returns to the form.
• Preparar plan de pantallas (Prepare monitor plan): prepares an application plan (see Review and apply a plan). Greyed out when nothing needs changing or a blocker exists.

After applying measurements, use Compute in iRacing graphics options to calculate FOV. Without a monitor file, GARAJE asks you to open and close iRacing in monitor mode before preparing settings.

Controles (Controls)

“Archivos de controles y calibración” (Control and calibration files) lists files in the iRacing folder with size and a content fingerprint. Read-only: it does not assess calibration quality or change anything. Each file shows “Archivo leído” (Read), “No encontrado en esta ubicación” (Not found here) or “No verificable” (Unverifiable).

Perfiles (Profiles)

A profile saves part of your current iRacing settings for later comparison or restoration. Saving a profile does not change the simulator.

• Nombre del perfil (profile name): up to 80 characters, for example “race triples”.
• Group checkboxes: one per file and section, showing the number of keys. Select the groups to save.
• Guardar configuración actual (save current settings): creates a profile from the selected groups. Without a name, asks you to enter one; without groups, asks you to select at least one.
• Importar perfil (import profile): see below.

Below: profile count (“Todavía no hay perfiles guardados.” if none) and one row per profile, with name, setting count, date and three buttons:

Importing a profile: choose a GARAJE JSON file up to 2 MiB or paste its contents in the box. Click Revisar importación (review import) to see differences, enter the Nombre del nuevo perfil (new profile name) and click Guardar perfil importado (save imported profile). Creates a new profile without changing iRacing. Volver a importación (back to import) and Volver a perfiles (back to profiles) take you back.

Review and apply a plan

A plan is the exact list of changes GARAJE will write, based on a profile or monitor measurements. The screen Revisar plan · nombre (review plan · name) shows:

• Change count and a notice that a backup will be made before writing.
• The Ajuste · Actual · Objetivo del plan table (setting · current · plan target).
• “Caduca:” (expires) and time. Afterwards the plan cannot be applied; prepare another.
• If something prevents applying it, “Hay bloqueos: no se puede aplicar este perfil.” appears with the reason.

Aplicar plan (apply plan) (green) first asks whether you reviewed the differences. Confirming writes the changes and reports that the plan was applied and the previous settings preserved in a backup, with Ver historial (view history) and a back button.

Copias completas (full backups)

A full backup saves entire iRacing .ini files on your PC. It excludes controls and calibration and is not intended for transfer to another PC.

• Crear copia completa (create full backup): asks for confirmation and saves the backup.
• Actualizar listado de copias (refresh backup list): reloads the list.
• Each backup shows its date, file count and Revisar copia completa (review full backup): a table of each file, whether it exists now and in the backup, and the proposed action.
• Restaurar archivos completos (restore full files) (green): asks for confirmation and replaces files with the backup versions, saving the current state first. Cancelar restauración (cancel restore) returns without changes.
• When finished, reports whether the restore is verified, with Volver a copias completas (back to full backups) and, if needed, Revisar recuperación de esta operación (review recovery for this operation) or Consultar Recuperación (view recovery).

Orientación (guidance)

Advice to help decide what to change. Makes no changes.

1. In Qué quieres revisar (what you want to review), choose Entender las opciones (understand options), Preparar una medición (prepare a measurement), Medidas de los monitores (monitor dimensions), Tirones o falta de estabilidad (stuttering or instability), or Calidad de imagen (image quality).
2. Click Ver orientación (view guidance).

One card per suggestion: explanation, Coste o contrapartida (cost/trade-off), Para decidir con datos (deciding with data), Alternativas (alternatives), Cómo comprobarlo (verification) and iRacing help links. Missing requirements produce a warning: this guidance does not propose values to apply without the data needed for a verifiable change. Some cards include Abrir asistente de pantallas (open monitor wizard) or Abrir mediciones (open measurements).

Mediciones (measurements)

Analyses performance samples (FPS or frame intervals) saved in GARAJE JSON files up to 8 MiB. Does not take measurements itself or change settings.

• Primera muestra (first sample) and Segunda muestra (second sample): choose a file or open Pegar contenido JSON (paste JSON contents) and paste the text.
• Revisar primera muestra (review first sample): table with Mínimo (minimum), Máximo (maximum), Media (mean) and p50, p90, p95, p99 percentiles.
• Comparar muestras (compare samples): Antes · Después · Diferencia · Diferencia % table (before · after · difference · difference %). GARAJE warns that this comparison alone does not prove improvement.

Calendario (calendar)

Reads a calendar JSON file up to 2 MiB and lets you mark favourite series. No internet or iRacing connection; times are UTC.

With a file loaded, shows the period, source and date declared by the file, then one table per series: Evento (event), Semana declarada (declared week), Inicio UTC (UTC start), Fin UTC (UTC end), ID de circuito (track ID), IDs de coches (car IDs), with checkbox Serie N · favorita (series N · favourite). Buttons:

• Guardar favoritos (save favourites): saves selected series on your PC, up to 1000.
• Descargar calendario JSON (download JSON calendar): saves garage-calendario.json.
• Descargar calendario ICS (download ICS calendar): saves garage-calendario.ics for your calendar app. With checkbox ICS solo de las series favoritas elegidas (ICS for selected favourite series only), includes only your favourites.

Historial (history)

Profiles, plans and operations saved on this PC.

• Field Buscar por ajuste, archivo o nombre (search by setting, file or name) and status dropdown: Todos los estados (all), Perfil guardado (profile saved), Plan pendiente (pending plan), Aplicado (applied), Aplicado parcialmente (partly applied), Resultado incierto (uncertain result), Fallido (failed), Recuperado (recovered). Click Buscar registros (search records).
• Each record shows status, name, date, setting count and files. Depending on type: Ver cambios (view changes) (plans), Ver perfiles (view profiles) (profiles) or Revisar recuperación (review recovery) (operations). Volver al historial (back to history) returns to the list.
• With at least two plans, two dropdowns appear with Comparar planes (compare plans), showing which settings match or differ.
• 50 records per page; Anteriores (previous) and Siguientes (next) change page.

Pinturas (paints)

iRacing paint-file inventory: file, size, protection and fingerprint. Read-only: GARAJE does not remove paints. Large collections take time to read. Also available through Revisar pinturas (review paints) in DOCTOR.

Recuperación (Recovery)

Write operations performed by GARAJE, to undo if something went wrong. Opening this section changes nothing.

• Each operation shows status, date, file count and Revisar recuperación (review recovery).
• The review shows each file’s proposed action: Restaurar desde copia verificada (restore from verified backup) or Ya coincide con el original; no reescribir (already matches original; do not rewrite).
• Recuperar archivos (recover files) (green) asks for confirmation and restores the previous files, saving the current state first. Cancelar recuperación (cancel recovery) exits without changes.
• On success: “Recuperación verificada…” (recovery verified) and Volver a recuperación (back to recovery). On failure: Preparar nueva revisión (prepare new review).

Settings, option by option

5.1 How to change each setting

5.2 What GARAJE remembers

• Language, selected with header flags.
• Simulator: iRacing or Le Mans Ultimate.
• iRacing graphics mode: PANTALLA (monitor), OpenXR, Oculus or OpenVR.

If a preference cannot be saved, the warning says the previous choice is retained.

5.3 iRacing tabs and settings

1005 settings in 15 tabs. Each entry explains how to change it and, where available, a recommended value. ↻ means restart the simulator. Your PC’s values are shown in GARAJE, not here.

Tabs 15 DATOS DE CAMARA (camera data) and 16 DATOS DE CONSUMO (fuel-use data) display data automatically recorded by iRacing: last cameras for tracks/cars and learned track fuel use. Read-only and drawn from your own files, so another PC may differ.

2 GRÁFICOS Y VR (GRAPHICS AND VR) · 261 settings

3 FORCE FEEDBACK · 67 settings

4 CÁMARA (CAMERA) · 39 settings

5 SPOTTER · 33 settings

6 DELTA Y FANTASMA (DELTA AND GHOST) · 11 settings

7 AUDIO · 63 settings

8 BOXES Y COMBUSTIBLE (PITS AND FUEL) · 113 settings

9 REPETICIONES Y VÍDEO (REPLAYS AND VIDEO) · 26 settings

10 RED Y TELEMETRÍA (NETWORK AND TELEMETRY) · 11 settings

11 CHAT RAPIDO (QUICK CHAT) · 15 settings

12 PANTALLA E INTERFAZ (DISPLAY AND INTERFACE) · 287 settings

13 TACTIL Y TILT (TOUCH AND TILT) · 21 settings

14 SISTEMA Y RED (SYSTEM AND NETWORK) · 54 settings

15 DATOS DE CAMARA (CAMERA DATA) · 3 settings

16 DATOS DE CONSUMO (CONSUMPTION DATA) · 1 setting

5.4 Le Mans Ultimate tabs and settings

396 settings across 7 tabs, all in Settings.JSON. Names are the game's English labels. None has a recommendation; all require restarting the game.

2 GRÁFICOS (GRAPHICS) · 154 settings

3 AUDIO · 44 settings

4 AYUDAS (AIDS) · 27 settings

5 JUEGO (GAME) · 118 settings

6 CARRERA (RACE) · 39 settings

7 CONTROLES (CONTROLS) · 7 settings

8 VARIOS (MISCELLANEOUS) · 7 settings

Common tasks, step by step

Change and save a setting

1. Close the simulator. Check that PRIMERO · Simulador says it is closed.
2. Search for the setting or open its tab and section.
3. Click the row and read the card on the right.
4. Change the value with ‹ › or the toggle. You can change several settings.
5. Click Revisar y guardar (Review and save), review the list and click Hacer copia y guardar (Back up and save).
6. Wait for “N ajustes guardados” (N settings saved), then click Cerrar (Close).

Change graphics for VR headsets

1. In iRacing, tab 2 GRÁFICOS Y VR (GRAPHICS AND VR).
2. Under “¿Con qué juega…?” (which display mode?), select your mode: OpenXR, Oculus or OpenVR.
3. Change settings and save as usual.

Restore an earlier file

1. Close the simulator.
2. Click DOCTOR and under 1.4 Copias de seguridad (backups), Ver y restaurar copias (View and restore backups).
3. Find the file and date, then click its Restaurar (Restore).
4. Read what will happen and click Restaurar (Restore).

Free telemetry disk space

1. Click DOCTOR.
2. Under 1.1 Espacio en disco (disk space), click Liberar telemetría antigua (clear old telemetry).
3. Check file count and space, then click Mover a Papelera (Move to Recycle Bin).
4. If you change your mind, restore them from Windows Recycle Bin before emptying it.

Save settings as a profile and return to them

1. With iRacing selected, click PC y perfiles (PC and profiles) and then Perfiles (Profiles).
2. Enter a name, select groups to keep and click Guardar configuración actual (save current settings).
3. Later, on the profile’s row, click Comparar (compare) to see what changed.
4. Click Preparar plan (prepare plan), review the table and, with the simulator closed, click Aplicar plan (apply plan) and confirm.

Set monitor dimensions

1. Click PC y perfiles (PC and profiles) and then Pantallas (Monitors).
2. Choose file, units and monitor count, then enter measurements.
3. Click Revisar medidas (Review measurements) and check the table.
4. Click Preparar plan de pantallas (Prepare monitor plan) and then Aplicar plan (apply plan).
5. In iRacing graphics options, use Compute to calculate FOV.

Transfer a profile to another PC

1. In Perfiles (profiles), click Exportar (export) on the profile, then Descargar JSON (download JSON).
2. On the other PC, in Perfiles, click Importar perfil (import profile) and choose the file.
3. Click Revisar importación (review import), enter a name and click Guardar perfil importado (save imported profile).

Common problems and remedies