Recording drives

Recording a drive

How to start a drive, choose a mode, read the live cockpit, and let it run safely in your pocket.

Recording is the centre of Marque, so it lives in the centre of the app. The Record button sits in the middle of the bottom bar. Set everything up before you pull away - once you are moving, there is nothing left to touch.

Start a drive

Tap Record in the middle of the bottom bar.
Check the car shown is the one you are driving - it defaults to your main car, and you can swap it here.
Wait for a GPS fix. Marque warms up the signal and shows you when it is ready; a moment by a window or once you are outside is usually enough.
Start recording, put the phone down, and drive.

Tip

Give the GPS a few seconds before you move off. A clean fix at the start means a clean route and accurate speed from the very first metre.

Two modes

A small selector lets you pick what the live screen emphasises. Both record exactly the same drive - the mode only changes which gauge is front and centre.

Spirited - puts the g-force meter up front: a friction circle showing the load through corners, braking, and acceleration. The mode for a good road.
Cruise - a calmer readout with altitude and heading. The mode for a long, scenic run.

The live cockpit

While a drive is running, the screen is a cockpit you can glance at, never operate:

Your current speed, distance so far, and elapsed time.
A live map tracing the road behind you.
The g-force meter (Spirited) or the altitude and heading readout (Cruise).
A signal indicator - if a reading goes stale, the dial dims so a frozen number never masquerades as live.

It keeps running in your pocket

You do not need to keep the app open or the screen on. Marque keeps recording with the phone locked and in a pocket or on a mount, using background location. The screen stays awake only while you are actively looking at the cockpit.

On the road

There is never a reason to pick up your phone mid-drive - and in most places doing so is illegal. Recording runs on its own. If you need to change something, stop somewhere safe first.

Finishing

When you are done, stop the drive. Marque seals it and takes you straight to your report. See your drive report for what happens next, and pausing and resuming if you want to break a drive up mid-way.

Still stuck?

If something here does not match what you see, or you have hit a wall, we would rather hear about it. Email support@getmarque.club and a human will get back to you.

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