CrewChief Auto-Launcher

Automatically launches CrewChief with the correct game selected as soon as you start a supported racing game - and closes it again when you're done. Runs silently in the background with a system tray icon showing its current status.

Features

• Detects 20+ racing games automatically
• Selects the correct game in CrewChief and clicks "Start Crew Chief" for you
• Closes CrewChief when you exit the game (with a configurable grace period)
• Starts automatically with Windows - completely hidden, no console window
• System tray icon shows current status (grey = idle, orange = starting, green = active)
• Supports Content Manager for Assetto Corsa (does not restart CC when switching cars)

Requirements

• Windows 10 or 11
• CrewChief installed at the default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Britton IT Ltd\CrewChiefV4\CrewChiefV4.exe
• PowerShell 5.1 (included with Windows)

Installation

1. Download and extract the ZIP to any folder (e.g. Downloads)
2. Double-click Install.bat
3. That's it - the launcher starts immediately and will auto-start on every Windows login

A grey CC icon will appear in your system tray to confirm it's running.

Security note: The installer registers a PowerShell script to run at startup using -ExecutionPolicy Bypass. This is standard practice for unsigned scripts and only affects this specific script - it does not change your system-wide PowerShell policy.

Required CrewChief setting

The launcher clicks "Start Crew Chief" for you automatically. For this to work correctly, CrewChief's built-in "Run immediately" option must be disabled.

If "Run immediately" is enabled, CrewChief will try to start itself at the same time as the launcher - causing a conflict where CrewChief stops immediately after starting.

How to disable it:

1. Open CrewChief
2. Click Properties (top-right)
3. Search for "Run immediately" using the search box (Ctrl+E), or scroll to find it
4. Make sure the checkbox is unchecked
5. Click Save profile settings and restart

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Uninstallation

Double-click Uninstall.bat - this removes the startup entry and stops the running launcher.

Tray icon

Right-click the CC icon in the system tray for options:

Icon color	Meaning
Grey	Idle - waiting for a game to start
Orange	Launching CrewChief
Green	CrewChief is active and listening

Menu options:

• Open logbestand - opens the log file in Notepad for troubleshooting
• Launcher stoppen - stops the launcher (does not uninstall)

Supported games

Game	Process detected
iRacing	iRacingSim64DX11, iRacingSim64
Le Mans Ultimate	Le Mans Ultimate, LMU, LeMansCentral
Assetto Corsa Competizione	AC2-Win64-Shipping
Assetto Corsa (+ Content Manager)	AssettoCorsa, Content Manager
Automobilista 2	AMS2AVX, AMS2
rFactor 2	rFactor2
Project CARS 2	pCARS2
Project CARS 3	pCARS3
Project CARS (original)	pCARS64, pCARS
RaceRoom Racing Experience	RRRE64, RRRE
DiRT Rally	dirtrally
F1 2018-2024	F1_18 through F1_24
GTR2	GTR2
Richard Burns Rally	RichardBurnsRally_SSE
rFactor / Automobilista 1	rFactor

Adding a game yourself

Open CrewChiefAutoLauncher.ps1 in Notepad (or any text editor) and find the $GameMap section near the top - it looks like this:

$GameMap = [ordered]@{
    "iRacingSim64DX11" = "IRACING"
    "iRacingSim64"     = "IRACING"
    # ... more games ...
}

To add a game, you need two pieces of information:

1. The process name

This is the name of the game's .exe file without the .exe extension.

How to find it:

1. Start the game
2. Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) → Details tab
3. Look for the game process - the name in the Name column without .exe is what you need

Example: if you see MyRacingGame.exe, the process name is MyRacingGame

2. The CrewChief GameEnum value

This tells CrewChief which game to select. The full list of supported values:

Value	Game
IRACING	iRacing
LMU	Le Mans Ultimate
ACC	Assetto Corsa Competizione
ASSETTO_64BIT	Assetto Corsa (64-bit)
ASSETTO_32BIT	Assetto Corsa (32-bit)
ASSETTO_EVO	Assetto Corsa EVO
AMS2	Automobilista 2
AMS	Automobilista 1
RF2_64BIT	rFactor 2 (64-bit)
RF1	rFactor 1
PCARS2	Project CARS 2
PCARS3	Project CARS 3
PCARS_64BIT	Project CARS (64-bit)
PCARS_32BIT	Project CARS (32-bit)
RACE_ROOM	RaceRoom Racing Experience
DIRT	DiRT Rally
F1_2023	F1 2023 / F1 2024
F1_2022	F1 2022
F1_2021	F1 2021
F1_2020	F1 2020
F1_2019	F1 2019
F1_2018	F1 2018
GTR2	GTR2
RBR	Richard Burns Rally
GSC	Game Stock Car
FTRUCK	Formula Truck
MARCAS	Stock Car Extreme / Marcas

If your game is not in CrewChief's supported list, the launcher can still detect and launch CC, but CC won't have telemetry for it.

Putting it together

Add a new line inside the $GameMap block:

$GameMap = [ordered]@{
    "iRacingSim64DX11" = "IRACING"
    # ... existing entries ...

    # My new game
    "MyRacingGame"     = "RACE_ROOM"
}

Save the file, then restart the launcher:

1. Right-click the CC tray icon → Launcher stoppen
2. Double-click Install.bat (or run the VBS in your Startup folder)

Configuration

Open CrewChiefAutoLauncher.ps1 and edit the values at the top of the file:

$CrewChiefExe  = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Britton IT Ltd\CrewChiefV4\CrewChiefV4.exe"
$CheckInterval = 5000   # How often to check for games (milliseconds)
$GracePeriod   = 15     # Seconds to wait after game closes before stopping CC

Troubleshooting

Tray icon doesn't appear

• Make sure no old launcher instance is running (check Task Manager for powershell.exe)
• Check the log file at %LOCALAPPDATA%\CrewChiefAutoLauncher\launcher.log

Game is not detected

• Verify the process name in Task Manager → Details tab
• Make sure the process name is spelled exactly right (case-sensitive) in $GameMap

CrewChief stops immediately after being started by the launcher

• Disable the "Run immediately" option in CrewChief's Properties (see Required CrewChief setting above)

CrewChief doesn't start listening automatically

• Check the log for [CLICK] entries - this shows what ClickStart.ps1 found
• If CC opens but the button isn't clicked, CC may be loading slowly - the script waits up to 70 seconds total

CrewChief is installed in a different location

• Update the $CrewChiefExe path at the top of CrewChiefAutoLauncher.ps1

Log file

The log is at %LOCALAPPDATA%\CrewChiefAutoLauncher\launcher.log and can be opened via the tray icon menu. It is automatically trimmed to 1000 lines.

License

MIT - free to use, modify, and share.