Welcome to the GST homepage - the advanced tool for simulation golfers offering comprehensive data tracking, video synchronization, shot analysis, and more! Find the latest documentation, release notes, downloads, videos, and FAQs.
Why use the Golf Simulator Toolkit and what does it do?:
GST is the premium tool designed specifically for simulation golfers who want to elevate their sessions and gain deeper insights through advanced data and video analysis.
Simulation golfers may be locked to a system that lacks desired features and they cannot simply leverage capabilities from other systems...
GST bridges the gap of golf simulation software offerings and professional training analysis by providing detailed shot tracking combined with powerful video tools for any shot data or video provided.
Key Reasons to Use GST
Professional Video Integration - Create merged videos that combine your actual swing footage with data overlays showing your metrics, giving you a complete picture of each shot.
Highlight Reel Creation - Develop highlight compilations from your best shots, even without swing videos, by utilizing shot replays with integrated data visualizations.
Precise Playback Control - Perform detailed analysis with synchronized video navigation, slow-motion review down to 10% speed, and frame-by-frame examination.
Visualize and Compare Session Stats - Use interactive, physics-based charts by club and ball, including live-updating flight and dispersion views, filtering, and export options.
Enhanced Coaching Potential - Share polished, data-rich videos with coaches or fellow players that provide all the context needed for meaningful feedback and improvement.
Customized Shot Focus - Export individual shots with custom timing and integrated replay footage, perfect for focusing on specific aspects of your game.
What Sets GST Apart
Unlike basic simulator software that only show immediate results or make it difficult to analyze and export data after the session ends, GST allows you to:
Load and analyze any session data with individual shot metrics
See your stats and visualizations update in real time as you enable, disable, or filter shots
Synchronize multiple video sources with precise timing controls
Apply custom timing offsets for perfect video alignment
Set custom labels for any club or ball to catalog your data however you like, making it easy to group, filter, and analyze your sessions based on your own naming preferences
Export different combinations of videos, replays, shot data and visualization charts, optimized for sharing and analysis
What GST Can Do:
Current list of specific functionality (in no particular order):
Configure Golf Bag
Build and manage a custom collection of club/ball labels
Apply custom club/ball labels to existing shot(s) in a session
Set override club/ball labels to be applied to incoming shots while using Session Monitoring
Session Monitoring
Automatically monitor and copy session and video files
Catalog sessions by date (Year → Month → Day)
Handle duplicate/empty files
View & Export Session Stats
Open stats window for any session
Filter/sort shot data by club/ball, enable/disable shots
Move/reorder data columns
Export stats to PNG/CSV (with options for summary rows, custom notes)
Release notes document the evolution of GST through published version updates.
Each release includes new features, improvements, bug fixes, and tuning designed to enhance the GST experience.
Below is a chronological history of changes, with the most recent updates listed first.
These notes will help understand what's new, what's been improved, and which issues have been resolved in each software update.
What simulation software is supported in the Golf Simulator Toolkit?:
Currently, the supported golf simulation software list is:
FSX 2020
FSX Play
How do I download the Golf Simulator Toolkit?:
Begin exploring GST's full potential with available demo content featuring sample shot data, swing videos, and replays - helping you understand all GST features and export options so you can apply them to your own data!
Latest Version:
System Requirements:
Win 10 or newer
Notes:
Your browser may block the .exe since it is not digitally signed at the moment. Windows Defender might also block it. If so, please reach out.
It's best to place the first download of GST into it's own folder (i.e. \GST) to keep all of its output/contents in the same place going forward.
How do I use the Golf Simulator Toolkit?:
The following examples use the Demo Data that can be downloaded within GST should you not have session data available to load.
You can download the Demo Data first and follow along...
Download Demo Data (Optional)
Load A Session, Select a shot, Export Merged Video
If needed, adjust video offset values to sync swing video(s)
Add a shot replay (Optional)
Take a Screenshot (Optional)
Right click on any video and a context menu will show the option to take a screenshot at the current frame
See Video Details (Optional)
Right click on any video and a context menu will show the following details:
Name
Path
Duration
Width
Height
FPS
Bitrate
Get a Shot Filename Prefix to use for Replay Clips (Optional)
Right click on any shot in the Shots table and a context menu will show the option to copy the prefix of the shot to the clipboard
Example: Use this to rename a shot replay so everything will match and be easy to group together in the future...
What's next for the Golf Simulator Toolkit?:
GST is currently in the BETA phase with focus on feature functionality and data integrations
The development team is actively working on expanding GST capabilities while refining existing features based on user feedback.
We prioritize development based on user feedback and technological feasibility.
Feature release timelines may adjust as we gather more user insights during the BETA phase.
Future Goals
In no particular order
Support for additional simulator platforms
Enhanced video processing engine for smoother playback of high-resolution swing footage
Performance optimizations for slower hardware configurations
Improved data visualization with customizable overlay templates
Batch video processing for multiple sessions
Expanded export options including direct social media sharing
Coach analysis tools with annotation capabilities
Golf bag additions of adjustable data points such as avg distances, altitude/temperature adjustments, etc.
Add customizable data/notes to your shot data that was not captured by the simulation software
Advanced analytics dashboard with:
Historical trend tracking across multiple sessions
Gap testing report and ability to pinpoint gapping issues
Query historical shot data to find that 7i you hit over 200yds...
Long-Term Vision
In no particular order
Online features:
Cloud storage integration for sharing sessions between devices and others
Mobile companion app for reviewing sessions on the go
Community features for sharing and comparing performance metrics
Software features:
Automated video analysis for impact detection and automatic video sync
Custom training program generation based on historical shot data
Virtual coach mode with personalized improvement suggestions
AI-powered swing analysis with automated feedback
Integration with biomechanical technology and other products for data correlation
Want to help our development progression?
Join our beta tester community and share your feedback through our in-app feedback system.
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Notes & Samples:
GST Top Menu Option Details
File:
Session & Swing Video directories are set to the default locations per the simulation software selected
Reload Session in Date Range
This will force GST to re-pull Simulation Software data locally based on the currently selected Date Range
Settings:
Simulation Software
GST Demo is selected by default on first run
Download the demo data to explore GST or change to your Simulation Software of choice and swing away
Session Date Range
Last 7 Days (DEFAULT)
Last 30 Days
All Dates
Warning: If your simulation software has stored years worth of session/swing videos on your system, loading everything could take a little while...
Unit of Measurement
You can select between Imperial & Metric
Imperial specific settings:
Offline
Peak Height
Metric specific settings:
Ball Speed
Club Speed
Closure Rate
Check For Updates On Start
This can be turned off if desired
Monitor For Live Session On Start
This can be turned off if desired, but recommended to automatically capture data local for future reference/analytics and also required for some sim softwares
Configure DirectShow Cameras
This will load a popup with the detected web camera(s) on the system being managed by DirectShow (it will also show each supported resolution and frame rate [if available] reported to DirectShow)
Any changes made in the settings are system wide and will affect other applications that do not have their own settings or ability to change camera settings (you can use this for them as well!)
If any changes are made in the camera settings, they will be saved to GST for future use as other apps make their own camera changes and leave them
In follow up GST sessions, just select each camera, click "Load GST Settings Into DirectShow" and you are ready to start your session!
Configure Golf Bag
This will load a popup with the customizable golf clubs and golf balls to be used for Session Data customization and Session Monitoring data override (when available)
Launch Simulation Software (Far Right)
You can start your sim software directly from GST to help main a good workflow of making sure GST is load and monitoring for sessions to ensure the best data/swing capture opportunities
CTRL-S will also start your selected sim software!
GST Bottom Menu Option Details
GST Prerequisite Status Icon/Menu:
A green checkmark is the ideal state that GST has everything it needs to fullfill all features
You can click on the icon and click "Check/Download Prerequisites" to force a prerequisite check
Click on the status icon to see how much disk space GST is consuming
As sessions and swing videos are copied to GST, along with all GST video exports, keep an eye on this if overall disk space is getting low...
GST Version/Web Status Icon/Menu:
A blue world icon is the ideal state that GST can talk to it's website and can download prerequisites, updates, demo content, etc.
Click on the status icon to see if the current version is up to date
You can click on the icon and click "Check For Updates" to force a check for the newest version