
Meet our pit lane teammate
Ocie keeps the OCRacing pit lane moving.
You may meet him in an email or on a tracking page, but Ocie is more than a friendly mascot. He is the face of the systems we are building around stock accuracy, order preparation, shipping updates and smarter customer communication.
What customers see
The visible side of Ocie.
Ocie appears when an order needs a clear status update. Instead of a cold system notification, he gives the order journey a human shape: received, prepared, packed, shipped and tracked.
He confirms that the order is in our pit lane and that we are checking availability, compatibility and packaging.
When the order leaves us, Ocie appears with the van and tells the customer that the package is on the way.
For supported shipments, he points customers to our own OCRacing tracking page instead of leaving them to chase carrier links.
Real stock, not wishful stock
Ocie watches the material behind every product.
Many OCRacing products are not just one simple shelf item. A kit can be built from printed parts, electronics, cables, adapters, fans, mounts and packaging. Showing real stock therefore means understanding the material behind the finished product.
Ocie helps us think about stock from the component level. After orders are placed, the system can recalculate what is still realistically buildable from the materials we actually have. That is why customers can see a more honest availability picture instead of a number that only counts finished boxes.
- Component material is connected to finished products and kits.
- Bundle availability can be checked from the parts inside the bundle.
- After an order, stock logic can be recalculated around what remains buildable.

Inside the pit lane
He turns messy order work into checkpoints.
Some orders are simple. Others arrive from Etsy, contain bundles, need product mapping, split packages, customs data, or special shipping logic. Ocie represents the layer that keeps those moving parts understandable.
- Incoming order details are turned into clear preparation steps.
- Bundles can show included components instead of hiding everything inside one product name.
- Shipping and tracking can be separated from the order table but still stay connected to the customer.
Shipping and tracking
One page for the shipping lap.
When a supported parcel is accepted into transport, Ocie can guide the customer to our own tracking page. The goal is simple: fewer confusing carrier pages, fewer missing links and a clearer path from OCRacing to the customer’s sim racing setup.
Communication engine
Ocie is learning from our customer emails.
Customer communication is full of repeated patterns: order status questions, tracking questions, product compatibility, missing details, delivery timing and small confirmations. We are building Ocie so he can learn from these conversations and help us answer faster and more consistently.
The long-term goal is that Ocie can handle more of the complete customer communication flow: understanding the order, checking the real status, knowing what can be safely answered automatically and knowing when a human from OCRacing needs to step in.
- He can help connect email questions with order and tracking context.
- He learns the structure of recurring support topics.
- The future goal is faster, more consistent replies without losing the OCRacing tone.
Pace challenge
If we miss our pace, Ocie keeps score.
We measure how long orders take from processing to completed. If an order takes longer than our current OCRacing pace target and the reward conditions are met, Ocie can reserve OC Points for the customer.
Those points are not just thrown out randomly. They are connected to the order journey and scheduled after delivery, so the reward follows the actual package rather than a guess.
Ocie looks at the time from processing to completed and compares it against the current OCRacing pace target.
If the order qualifies, the reward is reserved and later released based on delivery timing.
Why he exists
Because good order handling should be visible.
Most of the important work happens quietly: matching parts, recalculating what can still be built, checking package details, reading carrier events, and preparing communication. Ocie gives that invisible work a face.
He is our way of showing that the order has not disappeared into a queue. It is being watched, checked and moved forward by systems and people who care about the details.


