CARRERA SLOT CAR TRACK
Once I start messing with something it's hard for me to finish. - There's always more I want to modify. While surfing eBay the other day I came across some good deals that I couldn't pass up. The first was a 1/32 scale wrecker. The ad says it's 1/32 and I hope it is. Very often you can get burned by stuff that's misadvertised.
Next I found another pair of wireless controllers. At present I've only been able to run five human controlled cars and three computer controlled ones. The maximum you can run is six (human) plus two computer controlled cars.
THEN, I bought five more driver displays so now I'll be able to have one for every person using the track. It was a pain in the behind having to share one display. You had to toggle through the one display's settings to see what your car was doing (for speed, position, and fuel level).
It'll be sweet to have six people sitting at the track with their own instrument panels in front of them. My early testing with this system has been a huge amount of fun. I can't wait until it's all finished and I get a group of guys down here to compete.
One thing that really had me frustrated was the computer link setup that I'd bought. I had a hard time getting everything to sync together the way it was supposed to. I don't have all the bugs worked out yet but right now it's up and running. It really is a cool addition. The 40" display on the wall shows everybody's lap times (including each driver's fastest lap) and who's in each position. It has an announcer's voice that counts down the start of each race, says who's in the lead, who's pitting, etc...
I should be able to edit each driver's name and upload pictures of them and their cars that will display on the screen. I haven't figured out how to do that stuff yet.
One other thing that had me bummed out was that my old cars weren't digital so they could only be run on the oval track in the middle of the road course. Luckily they do sell conversion kits so that those old cars can have digital capability added. I went ahead and ordered a bunch of the kits. Hopefully I won't screw up the modifications.
Once I start messing with something it's hard for me to finish. - There's always more I want to modify. While surfing eBay the other day I came across some good deals that I couldn't pass up. The first was a 1/32 scale wrecker. The ad says it's 1/32 and I hope it is. Very often you can get burned by stuff that's misadvertised.
Next I found another pair of wireless controllers. At present I've only been able to run five human controlled cars and three computer controlled ones. The maximum you can run is six (human) plus two computer controlled cars.
THEN, I bought five more driver displays so now I'll be able to have one for every person using the track. It was a pain in the behind having to share one display. You had to toggle through the one display's settings to see what your car was doing (for speed, position, and fuel level).
It'll be sweet to have six people sitting at the track with their own instrument panels in front of them. My early testing with this system has been a huge amount of fun. I can't wait until it's all finished and I get a group of guys down here to compete.
One thing that really had me frustrated was the computer link setup that I'd bought. I had a hard time getting everything to sync together the way it was supposed to. I don't have all the bugs worked out yet but right now it's up and running. It really is a cool addition. The 40" display on the wall shows everybody's lap times (including each driver's fastest lap) and who's in each position. It has an announcer's voice that counts down the start of each race, says who's in the lead, who's pitting, etc...
I should be able to edit each driver's name and upload pictures of them and their cars that will display on the screen. I haven't figured out how to do that stuff yet.
One other thing that had me bummed out was that my old cars weren't digital so they could only be run on the oval track in the middle of the road course. Luckily they do sell conversion kits so that those old cars can have digital capability added. I went ahead and ordered a bunch of the kits. Hopefully I won't screw up the modifications.
