I don't work for Dugas or anything but have you tried a Watchdog ?
My buddy still isn't comfortable with his Checkmate and I haven't had much success trying to help him with it (programming, etc.).
The Watchdog seems much more intuitive to me. I really appreciate that aspect in panic situations when you need to make last-minute changes.
Also, there's alot of stuff going on on the Checkmate screen. I haven't raced with it but it looks kinda busy to me.
Actually, if you want, I could ask him if he wants to sell his ICO to you so he can get a Watchdog ?