also if you have a question as to which analog cars digitally upgradable, any analog cars that start with the item number 272 on up are digitally upgradable!
also if you have a question as to which analog cars digitally upgradable, any analog cars that start with the item number 272 on up are digitally upgradable!
Top notch! That is a very helpful bit of info Vinny, thanks.
Hey Adam,
I'm also new to the digital hobby and recently decided that Carrera is the way to go for me as well.
I'd love it if you could post pics/keep this thread up to date with your experiences. I'd love to know how the race management system work out for you and hear how the overall experience is for you.
Hey Adam,
I'm also new to the digital hobby and recently decided that Carrera is the way to go for me as well.
I'd love it if you could post pics/keep this thread up to date with your experiences. I'd love to know how the race management system work out for you and hear how the overall experience is for you.
Happy to. I got track in the mail yesterday and set it up after work.
Came out of the box in great shape to my eye. Well packaged. Went together without a hitch. Powered it up, programed the cars and we were off. The only piece in the box I couldn't find a use for were the two square white pieces that look like a joiner for two lengths of guard rail??
The overpass support system seems a bit weak. The design/way they integrate is cool but the track flex seems easy to fix with a couple more towers of adjustable height. Is there something I'm missing here?
Instant fun! The ballgame on the TV, Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac on the HIFI, beer(s) in hand and everyone having a great time taking turns driving the track.
The biggest kick I got was how different the driving line is between slots a few inchs apart.
This green area is 16x6. It uses whole boxes of R2/R3/R4 add on curves, a pair of 1/4 straights, a pit lane set, and about a dozen extra straight lengths (whether you add plain straights, lane changers, digital accessories, etc.) About 61 running ft.
Also needs single lanes to finish the pit straight.
... The only piece in the box I couldn't find a use for were the two square white pieces that look like a joiner for two lengths of guard rail??
The overpass support system seems a bit weak. The design/way they integrate is cool but the track flex seems easy to fix with a couple more towers of adjustable height. Is there something I'm missing here?
Adam,
Glad you're enjoying your new track. Yes, the white squares are for joining two sections of guard rail. That's only if you need it, such as when you make a long turn or two turns with a short straight in between and want to keep the guardrail going.
If you like overpasses in your track, it is worth getting the bridge track set. It has four straight pieces of track: two that curve up (concave) and two that curve down (convex). They make very smooth transitions from flat to up, over and back down.
We are having a great time breaking the track in.
Now having driven the course for awhile I am thinking more track is where I am going to put my earliest money, in addition to more cars and chips.
The layout post above by thatguy01 certainly looks like a good one. Any digital acc would simply replace a single section of straight, correct?
If I were to add 2x and/or curved LC's were would they work best on the layout provided by thatguy01.
I think I'm hooked.
Adam
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For the layout in post 37, I think the only good place for a curved lane changer is the spot where the WR changer currently is located. You need this curved lane changer for that location, because the last changer before the pit entrance should be a single changer that puts drivers in position to enter the pits and doesn't accidentally switch them away from the pits:
30365 Carrera Digital 124/132 Lane Change Curve Right, Out to In
I only see three good locations for lane changers in post 37: the two existing locations, plus one on the long back straight. A straight changer could fit between the pit entrance and pit exit, but it would be hard to time your button presses to go into the pit or the straight changer.
If you add the curved changer as suggested, I would put the WL changer on the long back straight, and move the WR changer where the WL changer is shown in post 37.
If you add the curved changer as suggested, I would put the WL changer on the long back straight, and move the WR changer where the WL changer is shown in post 37.
Is it generally recommended to put LC's at the end of straights?
On another subject. I was looking through the local track sub-forum and noticed I am near the Danbury Raceway. Would they be my best local rescource here in SW Ct? Any other good local shops near me?
Changers don't have to be at the end of the straight, but any piece that senses the car should be preceded by at least a full straight length so the car gets in line with the slot.
This should work as shown with a 30365 curved changer and a 2X. The WR in front of the pits should work okay because the switch point to change lanes isn't in the same lane as the pit entrance.
thatguy is right. on my Cincyslots Speedway track, I had a double lane change coming up to the pit and 8 out of 10 times we would switch to the wrong lane and miss the pits. I've since replaced it with a single, no chance for mistake, lane change.
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