Carrera Digital 132 Slot Car Racing/Audi R8 Race #4 of 5 / 07-11-2024 / Smart Race Fuel Simulation

[@mbautodetail3370]

Awesome job, i see some weather rolling in for the next race🤔😂🤞🏽

[@rickrideout]

Yeah, there's a storm coming. 🙂

[@dragman726]

Heck of a race guys congrats.

[@rickrideout]

Thank you!

[@natelyons8327]

I'm considering getting into the slot car digital racing hobby and I found this video highly educational. Do you find all the race crashes frustrating and a potential downside to the hobby? It appears that you guys have a good way of managing the race so that you can get back to racing quickly with it remaining fair for each racer with the pace car, 5 second penalty after 3 crashes, and ensuring correct lap count, etc.

[@rickrideout]

Race crashes are very common in slot car racing. Plus we've taken magnets out to reduce the magnetic downforce which makes the cars even harder to drive. So crashing is expected. I appreciate the guys that take time out of their life's to come over and race with me. So keeping it fun, enjoyable and as competitive as possible is what matters the most. I'm lucky to have family and friends to race with. That's the main thing you should consider before building a track, is it just going to you racing around by yourself or do you have family and friends that are going to come race with you? If you're not sure, start small and find out. Then go big if there's a reason to. 🙂

[@Ronaldo-kb6lb]

Spectacular layout. Congratulations. Can you update the Carrera Track Layout & Parts List? Best Regards !!!

[@rickrideout]

That would take several hours to do, but the one I have listed is accurate except it doesn't show the pace car pit lane on the last straightaway. I had to custom make (combine) the pit exit with the lane change to have enough room. The updated pit lane is now longer than shown in this video, so even the video is out of date to how it is now. The next video will show the updated pits. It's now as long as the last straightaway and the double crossover is between the pit entrance and exit. Hope this helps and thank you. 🙂

[@sorendorgaming7883]

Love it!

[@rickrideout]

Thanks!

[@RichHodnett]

Hi I was wondering were you got your red and white barriers from ? Cheers rich

[@rickrideout]

Those are Policar P020-10 Guardrail 25cm White, 10/pk. LEB has them, maybe other dealers also. I painted half of them red. These guardrails are very flexible so test the paint to be sure it's going to stick. 🙂

[@RichHodnett]

Okay great thanks for getting back to me. 👍🏻

[@LoropMC]

have you ever considered doing a 1:24 Scale Race ?

[@rickrideout]

We tested the 1:24 but felt they looked over size for the track and decided to just stick with the 1:32. 🙂

[@dragman726]

Roagy for first place next race.

[@rickrideout]

Just posted the champ race. Rogy had a good shot at winning.