Road Trip Replay tips & shortcuts

Tips & Shortcuts

Everything you can do with Road Trip Replay.

Keyboard

SpacePlay / pause
Skip back 5 seconds
Skip forward 5 seconds

Playback controls

Speed1× up to 512×, or type a custom speed
Scrub barDrag to jump to any point in the trip
Camera followKeeps the map centred on the moving marker
Smooth pointerInterpolates position between GPS points for smoother motion
Reveal route onlyDraws the route as a line without animating a marker
Marker iconSwitch between arrow, car, and dot markers
Trim routeScrub to a point then cut everything before or after it — handy for trimming your home address off the start (upload page only)

Sharing

Share tripSaves your trip and gives you a permanent link — requires a free account
Viewing a linkAnyone can watch a shared trip, no account needed
Re-shareOwners see a Share button on their own trip page to get the link again
Open in Google MapsSigned-in users only — an approximate version of the route for turn-by-turn navigation
Download GPXSigned-in users only — the exact recorded route as a GPX file, importable into other GPS apps

Map & stats

Map styleLight, dark, simple, or satellite — choose what suits your route
Stats panelDistance, speed, and elevation for the whole trip
km/h · mphToggle units in the telemetry readout

Multi-day trips

Multiple filesUpload several day logs together and they merge into one continuous trip with colour-coded sections
Single large fileTrips spanning multiple calendar days are split automatically — toggle this in Settings
Day coloursTap any day swatch in Settings to pick a custom colour

File formats

GPXStandard GPS exchange format — exported by most GPS devices and apps
SRTDashcam subtitle files with embedded GPS data (Viofo, BlackVue, etc.)
DATVantrue raw GPS log files
CSV / GPSComma-separated GPS logs from various recorders
NMEARaw NMEA sentences from dedicated GPS receivers