Zone setup is the one bit of Track Impulse worth understanding before you race. This animated guide shows the whole signal path, plays back the exact clicks for two common rigs on the Zone Setup screen, then tunes the effect mix in Channel Routing.
Read the diagram left to right: sim data (each wheel separately, plus car-level signals) becomes effects, the zone router decides which zones each effect plays in and how loud, and every zone drives exactly one shaker through its audio channel. The guide auto-plays four worked examples; the top-down rig map shows which shakers fire. Use the toggle to switch between a 5-shaker and a 2-shaker layout.
Two worked examples, played back on the Zone Setup screen: the exact clicks, in order. Example A puts a front and a rear shaker on a plain stereo sound card. Example B runs four corner shakers plus a seat shaker on a multi-channel interface. The chapter dots and the arrows let you scrub; the captions on the right explain every move.
Channel routing decides how much of each effect reaches each shaker. Rows are effects, columns are your zones, and every slider is a volume from 0% to 100%. The defaults sit at 100% across the grid, and that already works. The playback below tunes the 5-shaker rig from Step 2: gear shifts into the seat, ABS onto the front axle, and every slider trick on the way.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Drag a slider | Sets how much of that effect reaches that zone, from 0% to 100%. |
| Right-click a slider | Mutes that cell. Right-click again restores the previous level. |
| Scroll on a slider | Fine adjustment, 1% per notch. |
| Double-click a slider | Resets that cell to its default. |
| Play on an effect row | Previews that effect, so you hear exactly what you are tuning. |
| Play under a zone | Tests that shaker alone, straight through its channel. |
| Zone knob | Master volume for that shaker. The Dev label shows which output device drives it. |
| Save As / Load | Stores and recalls routing profiles. Routing is saved per sim. |
| Reset Routes | Returns the whole grid to defaults. |
| Pedals | Separate routing for pedal actuators: choose which effects each one plays. |