After the release of version 2.30, things got a little hectic for me. My company (having 1 dedicated server and 10 work stations) runs on administrative software which is all developed and maintained by me. In 2004 we were still running on MS-DOS software (developed on Clipper, just like SRM2) which was developed in 1996! Running this old crap on Windows XP machines was getting harder and harder, so I had to look out for a new, modern programming language, learn it and write all new software from scrap. Keep in mind that writing software is not my day job, just a hobby! In 2005 I came across Realbasic, a multi platform developing system on which you could rapidly write software for Windows, Mac and Linux systems. I started the mammoth task to learn the language and do a full rewrite of all our business software. Within 4 months, I had a working prototype and in the beginning of 2006, we migrated to „Comos”, the new software for my company. When Comos was completed, I had not worked on SRM for several years and getting back to it was hard, because it was written in a very old computer language I hadn’t used in quite a while...

That is why I release this incomplete version 2.40 of SRM. It has many new features, but not all are completed yet. This version is still a work in progress when I had to abandone it and I did very little since then. Because of this, not all functions fully work. All old routines work though and I use this version myself on my three running tracks for a couple of years now.

New:
- Speed Trap for speed calculation on a predefined piece of track,
- Top Speed saving per car and per driver,
- Multiple sensors per lane for interval times and Speed Trap,
- Lane Attention Lights to show a fastest lap per lane or to show the leader (not finished),
- Track Power stays off when leaving timing screen,
- Fixed printing bug (woops),
- Exported/printed reports are now saved in their own REPORTS directory and with comprehensive names,
- Each different report has it's own name so it will not overwrite other reports,
- New report added in Print Menu: Driver Ranking,
- Improved Race Results screen and Race Report after a race,
- Penalty option in Championship mode: you can manually add time or (portion of) laps as penalty or extra completed track,
- Last Starting Tree light duration is user selectable: random or 1 second,
- Sound at end of race can be switched off (saves frustration when testing with programming too ;-) ),
- You can choose to show Fastest Lap or Track/Driver/Car info on timing screen.