MECANIC

What MECANIC does

MECANIC is the Push & Lift setup workshop for iRacing. It has seven tabs in the left column:

Requirements

• A Push & Lift account with MECANIC access. Without it, MECANIC only shows a message (see 3.1).
• iRacing open in the car's garage, only for Setups de Mecanic and Setup compare which read the garage. The other tabs work without iRacing.
• Internet, only for the tab Mecanic Setups web.
• MECANIC does not use the Push & Lift engine: there is no need to turn it on.

Opening it from the Suite

1. Open the Push & Lift window from the bar's logo.
2. In the left menu, under PIT click MECANIC.
3. MECANIC opens in its own window, called PL MECANIC with its own button on the Windows taskbar. The window fills the screen and maximises the first time you click it.

• While MECANIC is open, its name stays highlighted in the menu.
• There are no MECANIC controls in the Push & Lift window: use its separate window.
• To close MECANIC close its window with the Windows ✕ at the top right.
• In Push & Lift AJUSTES (Settings), you can assign a shortcut to “Encender o apagar MECANIC” (Turn MECANIC on or off); see the SUITE manual).

Getting started

MECANIC opens on the Dashboard with the setups in the iRacing folder.

Window layout

• Top left: the MECANIC PUSH & LIFT logo.
• Top right: “Piloto:” (Driver) and the account name.
• Left column: the seven tabs. The current tab is highlighted. With a tab focused, keyboard arrows ← and → move to the previous or next tab.
• Centre: the tab's contents.
• Right panel: brief help for the current tab.
• Below 1100 pixels wide, the help panel and driver name are hidden. In very narrow windows the tabs move to the top.

3.1 “Mecanic necesita tu cuenta de Push & Lift” (Mecanic needs your Push & Lift account)

Without an account that has access, the tabs are replaced by “Mecanic necesita tu cuenta de Push & Lift”, one of the messages below, and the button Abrir Tu cuenta (Open your account):

Abrir Tu cuenta (Open your account) opens the account section of Push & Lift AJUSTES. MECANIC updates automatically after sign-in or once access is restored.

Screens and controls

4.1 Dashboard

Lists all .sto setups in Documentos › iRacing › setups (Documents › iRacing › setups) inside recognised car folders. Setups created or saved in iRacing appear automatically the next time the tab is opened.

Each row shows the file name, then the car, track or “sin pista en el nombre” (no track in the name), Tuyos (Yours) or Mecanic and date. Four buttons appear on the right:

• A la papelera (To Recycle Bin) sends the file to the Windows Recycle Bin. The message confirms it can be recovered.
• If the Recycle Bin refuses it, nothing is deleted: the message explains this and the file stays in its folder.
• Cancelar (Cancel) restores the normal row.

With Origen: Equipos (Source: Teams) the list is empty. The note explains that team setups will arrive when Push & Lift syncs with the team; a standalone file currently does not identify its owner.

An empty folder shows “Todavía no hay setups en …” and its path. No matching filters shows “No hay setups con esos filtros.”

4.2 Historial (History)

Open it with Historial (History) on Dashboard. It stores MECANIC-delivered setups; each entry keeps its file, changes and personal feedback from driving it.

Each entry shows car, track, style (Safe, Balance or Aggressive), Seco/Mojado (Dry/Wet) and date. File status appears below: “sin instalar” (not installed), “preparando la copia” (preparing copy), “escribiendo” (writing), “en tu carpeta de iRacing” (in the iRacing folder), “exportado” (exported) or “instalación fallida” (installation failed). Missing files add “el fichero ya no está donde se colocó”. Rated entries show stars.

The detail panel shows file name, car, track, style and conditions; Creado (Created); Base (the starting setup); Receta (Recipe) (the style's objective); Archivo e instalaciones (File and installations); up to eight changes against the base (“before → after”); installation locations; and previous ratings.

Cómo ha ido (How it went: rating)

4.3 Setups de Mecanic

Choose car, track and style. With iRacing open in the garage, MECANIC reads the loaded setup and produces a change sheet: which fields to change and their target values.

Styles

Only Equilibrado offers Clasificación. In this version, all 72 cars have the ten styles.

The change sheet

After reading the garage, the sheet has a block for each selected style:

• A row with the style name, such as “Equilibrado · sprint”, and its buttons.
• Then one row per field to change: section › field (as named in the iRacing garage), its Spanish name in grey and “current value → new value”. Hover over a row to see the reason for the change.
• “Sin cambios” means no changes are needed. If no proposal is available, its reason replaces the buttons.
• Unreadable fields are listed under “No se han podido leer del garaje: …”. These fields are not changed.
• A dropdown may appear called Criterio del coche y comprobaciones (Car criteria and checks) with recommendations and checks for that car.

Before suggesting changes, MECANIC checks the selected car and track against the garage. A mismatch shows “El coche elegido no coincide con el garaje.” or “El circuito elegido no coincide con la sesión.”

4.4 Mecanic Setups web

Shortcut to Mecanic Setups, included with the app. Requires internet. Links open in the browser.

If the list fails to load, the message asks to open the website using the button above.

4.5 Setup compare

Compares two garage readings from iRacing: save one, change the garage settings and save another.

The result warns if the readings use different iRacing versions, tracks or layouts.

4.6 Setup yourself

Compare a lap with a reference without opening iRacing. Original files remain untouched.

The result

The top shows the difference over the common distance (“Pierdes … s”, “Ganas … s” or “Mismo tiempo”: time lost, gained or equal), both lap times and a note on how timing was measured. Four tabs follow:

The end shows “Confianza del análisis:” (Analysis confidence). Comparing two laps does not prove a setup is better; MECANIC states this in the result.

Supported files

• CSV: up to 25 MB. Requires lap-position, speed, throttle and brake columns. Prefer one lap per file.
• IBT (iRacing telemetry): up to 2 GB. Invalid laps are discarded with an explanation.
• Both laps must use the same car and track.
• Loaded laps remain while MECANIC is open. Changing accounts clears them.

4.7 Info track

Track profiles. Select a track in Circuito (Track) (124 tracks).

• Nombre (Name) and main iRacing layout.
• País (Country) and region, with links to Google Maps and, where available, Web del circuito (Track website).
• Up to four figures: real length, turns, elevation change, longest straight, iRacing length or iRacing turns, depending on the profile.
• Cómo es (Description) of the track, in a paragraph, and the dropdown Historia y diseño (History and design).
• The outline of the track.
• Trazados en iRacing (iRacing layouts): orange layouts are installed in iRacing. Unowned tracks show “no instalado” (not installed).
• The dropdown Lo que pide el circuito (Track demands) at the bottom, and the profile's review date.

4.8 Info car

Car profiles. Choose a car in Coche (Car) (182 cars).

• Setups incluidos de este coche (Included setups for this car): opens Mecanic Setups web with that car selected.
• An illustration of the car, if available.
• The name and its carpeta en iRacing (iRacing folder) (where its setups are stored).
• Up to four figures: power, torque, maximum rpm, weight or components listed in the profile.
• Paragraphs Motor (Engine), Caja (Gearbox), Suspensión (Suspension), Frenos (Brakes), Dimensiones (Dimensions), Peso (Weight) and Neumáticos (Tyres) depending on the profile.
• The dropdown Cada ajuste del garaje, uno a uno (Every garage setting): each garage field, its effect, step and range. The heading states whether explanations come from the car guide (“Con explicación de la guía del coche”) or its profile.
• The dropdown Lo que no se ajusta desde aquí (What cannot be adjusted here) if included in the profile.

Configuration, option by option

MECANIC has no separate settings screen. Configuration comes from Push & Lift and the PC:

Common tasks, step by step

6.1 Get garage-change suggestions

1. Open iRacing in Test Drive at the intended track and enter the car's garage.
2. In MECANIC, on Setups de Mecanic select the same Coche (Car) and the same Circuito y trazado (Track and layout).
3. Select the desired styles.
4. Click Leer mi garaje y proponer (Read my garage and suggest changes).
5. Review the sheet. Hover over a row for its reason.
6. To have MECANIC apply changes, click ¿Lo hago? (Apply it?) for that style and confirm. Do not touch mouse or keyboard until finished. Each field then shows ✓ or ✗.
7. To change them manually, do so in the garage, then click Comprobar mi garaje (Check my garage) to check matching fields (✓) and mismatches (✗).

6.2 Review garage changes

1. With the iRacing garage open, go to Setup compare and click Guardar lectura del garaje (Save garage reading).
2. Make the desired changes in iRacing's garage.
3. Click again Guardar lectura del garaje (Save garage reading).
4. Check that Antes (Before) and Después (After) contain the two readings, then click Comparar lecturas (Compare readings).

6.3 Compare a lap with a reference

1. Open Setup yourself.
2. On the card Tu vuelta (Your lap) click Cargar CSV (Load CSV) and choose the CSV or IBT.
3. On the card Referencia (Reference) click Cargar CSV (Load CSV) and choose a reference from the same car and track.
4. Click Comparar (Compare) and review Resumen, Gráficas, Tramos and Datos y límites.
5. To save the report, click Exportar informe (Export report) choose a location and save.

6.4 Add report references

1. In Setup yourself open Más (More) and click Cargar otras vueltas (Load other laps).
2. Select up to eight files.
3. Tick up to five laps.
4. Click Comparar (Compare). They appear under Datos y límites › “Frente a otras referencias”.

6.5 Share a setup with a friend

1. In the Dashboard find the setup using the filters.
2. Click ↗ on its row. A copy goes to Downloads and its path to the clipboard.
3. Attach that Downloads file in Discord, WhatsApp or another service.

6.6 Send a setup to the Recycle Bin

1. In the Dashboard click ✕ on its row.
2. Click A la papelera (To Recycle Bin). To undo, recover it from the Windows Recycle Bin.

6.7 Reuse and rate a MECANIC setup

1. In the Dashboard click Historial (History).
2. Click Volver a usar (Use again) on the entry. Its file returns to the car's iRacing folder. Load it from My Setups in the garage.
3. After driving, click Valorar (Rate) mark how it went, then click Guardar valoración (Save rating).

6.8 Open a car's website setups

1. In Info car choose the car and click Setups incluidos de este coche (Included setups for this car). Alternatively, open Mecanic Setups web and select the car.
2. Click the track to open its page in the browser.

6.9 Learn about a track before choosing a style

1. Open Info track select the track.
2. Open Lo que pide el circuito (Track demands): it explains what the car needs at this track and which parts are involved.
3. Use this to choose a style in Setups de Mecanic.

Troubleshooting