TrackSpotTV is currently producing and broadcasting the MOZA Racing New Zealand iRacing Championship with the New Zealand Sim Racing Association and NZ Esports and naturally a production this size needs more performance, reliability and functionality to enable a seamless coordination between Race Control, Broadcasters, Commentators and the Director to ensure the stream goes off without a hitch!

In light of that we have recently had some large updates for TrackSpot REMOTE! Both 1.2.1 and 1.3.0 have been released adding to our already powerful tooling for OBS. Let's cover some of the features that have been added!

REMOTE v1.2.1

TrackSpot Remote 1.2.1 makes complex Macros faster to build and safer to put on air. The refreshed Macro Designer brings reusable Actions, Macro steps, and Action settings together in one coordinated workspace, making large production layouts much easier to understand and maintain.

The release also makes problems easier to resolve before a session begins. Remote now identifies missing OBS resources and takes the host directly to the affected component, Macro, or Action instead of leaving them to search through the layout.

What's included:

• Redesigned the Macro Designer as a near-fullscreen three-pane workspace for the Action Library, ordered Macro steps, and Action settings.

• Added live reusable Action references, clear Shared markers, and an explicit duplicate option for creating independent copies.

• Improved drag-and-drop with full Action cards, highlighted targets, and clear confirmation of each Action's new position.

• Added a dedicated layout-problems panel for reviewing issues before going live.

• Added direct navigation from a reported problem to the affected component, Macro, or Action.

• Added checks for missing OBS scenes, sources, transitions, browser sources, and supported plugin resources before a layout is published.

REMOTE v1.3.0

This is the big one!

TrackSpot Remote 1.3.0 is focused on live-production confidence. First-class Toggles make it easy to build controls that always reflect the real state in OBS, while the new overall Macro timer gives participants a clearer view of how a complete sequence is progressing. Hosts can now invite read-only Spectators, grant trusted participants control per layout, and give Spectators either the complete live status surface or a dedicated full-screen timer view.

This release also makes long-running remote productions more resilient. Remote can recover automatically from temporary OBS, browser, and network interruptions, reducing the chance that a brief connection problem turns into a manual reconnection during a broadcast.

What's included:

• Added first-class Toggle controls that reflect one authoritative OBS state and remain synchronized when OBS or another Macro changes it.

• Added optional Active and Inactive supplemental Macros for Toggles, with safeguards that prevent conflicting state changes.

• Added total elapsed and estimated remaining time for an entire Macro alongside the existing Current and Next Action progress.

• Added clear approximate timing when a Macro contains media or other work whose duration cannot be predicted exactly.

• Added automatic OBS reconnection with continued background retries after a temporary interruption.

• Added automatic operator recovery from temporary connection failures without requiring a new pairing code while the host session remains active.

• Improved long-session connection stability for hosts and operators.

• Added browser lifecycle recovery handling for suspended, resumed, and restored Remote pages.

• Added privacy-safe reliability diagnostics to help troubleshoot connection problems without recording private production information.

• Added a read-only Spectator role for joined participants who need to follow a production without operating it.

• Added layout-specific Can control access managed by the Host, including immediate promotion to Operator or return to Spectator.

• Added a Spectator ALL / TIMER selector for switching locally between the read-only live surface and a full-workspace Macro timer.

• Added saved controller lists to layout copies and private exports so trusted crew access can be restored on another Host browser.

• Added clear mixed-version guidance so a newer participant can ask an older Host to reload, while a newer Host can identify a participant who must reload and rejoin.
  

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Read more about TrackSpot REMOTE here!

And if you want to try it out now, you can! Head to the website, get signed up for free and start using it immediately!

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