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Just stopped to check the GPS.

I needed to push the track together a bit.

It would seem, but I realized my quick assembly of the track, without clips was allowing a bit of separation which was throwing the car off track. Kids, always use the clips.

Absolutely, in fact, I say that in the video. The reason I bought this set in the first place was to use the cars on my Carrera Go tracks. ruclips.net/video/FEwI_dOxmdI/видео.html In the case of small to medium sized tracks, you will have to follow the instructions in my 7-part video series about "Powering Your Carrera Go Track". ruclips.net/video/pQr24ylnnbQ/видео.html With a large track you may not need any modifications to run the generic cars, as I show by the last videos.

People in penguin suits and party dresses still bet on horses. LOL Great minds think alike though because I was thinking the same thing. If people could bet on slot car racing, it would become a spectator sport and gain lots of popularity. I just need to learn the ropes and become a bookie so I can be the first in this expanding market.

That is true, and it happens. Thanks for your comment.

Some classes allow building the cars, some require stock chassis that everyone can buy in order to have similar cars for close racing. For this class, everyone is running similar chassis and bodies.

These are not WOMP class cars. AFAIK the WOMP class runs a very simple chassis made from a single piece of stamped metal to keep them inexpensive. Also, so far, I have only seen WOMPs in 1/32nd. scale. These cars here are 1/24th. scale. The are running what they call FLEXI chassis that are made from multiple pieces of metal attached together in a way that provides a little bit of give for sort of a poor-man's suspension setup. If you are familiar with early radio control road cars called Pan chassis cars then you have some idea of what is going on here but in a smaller and simpler version. At this point, I have picked up a couple of WOMPs to play with as well as a couple of the Flexi style chassis to race, so I'll show them and their differences in an upcoming video. Thanks for asking questions. it provides me with ideas and reasons for things to show later.

@@douglascook258 Ok, thanks for the info, it was helpful.😀

Those guys are pretty good at the decorating. I'm going to have to work on my skills too because I can tell these flimsy bodies are the weakest link. When they get partially torn off due to a wreck, it really screws up the car's handling. Thanks for commenting.

Yes, they go amazingly fast.

I was about to ask the same question. Can you use different wheels? Better battery engine? Idk if you can use better batteries with it being so small yeah idk how this is fun or competitive I’d love one at home just not as a sport 😂

@@jacobdarnell2188I don’t think they use batteries I’m pretty sure the rail is powered

@ Yanno I also thought that because we had one when I was kid. But then I thought how in the fuck are you supposed to upgrade it if they’re all the same speed. So I thought maybe they’d changed something but I guess not. Yeah I don’t understand it b

@@jacobdarnell2188 I guess different motors but I’m really not too sure.

The drivers all have trigger controls in their hand which determine the amount of voltage delivered to the car's lane, just like a home slot car track. In this case the track is just bigger and has more lanes. There are various racing classes depending upon the track and its participants. Some classes allow more modifications, and some require you to run a box stock car that is readily available. Just like full scale racing, if you go too fast in the corner, you crash and you lose. If you go faster than everyone, but never go too fast, then you will win. This class here runs stock chassis and bodies from a number of allowable manufacturers to keep the racing tight.

Thanks, my goal here is to do this with 2 power tracks so I can have individually adjustable power to each lane, like I do with my earlier gen modded systems.

Certainly a great idea, adjustable voltage to the individual lane. Way to think outside of the box brother, have a great night tonight 💯🏁

@@PNWSlotcarDad Thank you. I have been experimenting with things all along trying to find simple and inexpensive ways to get more out of the Analog systems, so they don't have digital envy.

There was lots of those kind of moments on this run. I had my hands full. Thanks for following.

Thank you. Its always exciting getting something new for the tracks.

I definitely agree with that, I'll be tracking my package all day waiting.

@@PNWSlotcarDad I picture us all longingly staring out the window.

They are not asking, they are telling.

Too many cars trying to occupy the same space.

I have to agree with most of your reaction. The high speeds make it interesting to the racers who are trying to maximize the physics and do unrealistic things on the track. It is not as great to watch. I have a Carrera digital track in my house, recently dubbed "Twin Carousel of Chaos" that is lots of fun to race with my buddies as well. You may enjoy those videos more. I'm just experimenting with all forms of slot racing and so far I have been enjoying them all. Happy racing and thanks for commenting.

Thanks, it did look like lots of fun.

As far as I know, most commercial tracks in the US are still old school analog and much higher speed than digital. I think it is interesting for the racers, but too fast to be a good spectator sport. I agree with you that I would love to race on a digital track this size. Thanks for your comment.

I'll bet that was a ball. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, I think we both hit the same sales last year, but since then I have only been buying used, other than a NOS Porsche I will show soon. Thanks for commenting.

LOL the squirrels at this park are so used to people feeding them.,they are nearly tame. With a little patience they can be coaxed to eat from your hand. This one nearly jumped on me, it was so excited to get its first nut. It calmed down a bit for this second nut.

They come up onto my porch when I crinkle the bag of walnuts. Sometimes they will come right up to me and eat right off of the railing. Way to go brother!

@@PNWSlotcarDad That is neat. Squirrels are quite clever and intelligent. They also know good people when they meet them.

The Audi became the nail in a number of instances that night, but what went around, came around.

I know, brother. I can't wait to get out there and race these guys. I have my first car now to run in their GTP or LMP or whatever they call it. It's going to be a hoot. With time, I will put together cars to run in all the classes there so I can race whatever classes are racing on the days I am available.

Thanks for commenting. You must know that sound well. It hit pretty hard.

I have been doing some looking and filming at Dallas Slot Cars. I think 3 of these bodies may be legal for some ot the classes they race there on the big pro-style wooden track. The rest of the bodies are just going to be fun bodies for my experiments, unless someone races in a class somewhere else that needs them..

Thank you, Lew.

It does look great. Currently, this car's lap times are not up to snuff so some more tuning is in order. I'll show some of the times and hopefully improvements in upcoming videos. Thanks for commenting. Happy racing and happy life.

Yes, it was one of those add insult to injury moments. That Audi RS5 is so pretty it seems to naturally become the whipping boy.

Thanks for telling the story. I would love to go to some of these bigger races. It looks like a lot of fun.

Most of these generics that I have been using really seem to like the Evolution system.

@douglascook258 .. and with simple tuning tips they could perform even better.

@@farhadkhorasanee8039 This is true, but with the large magnets, they will already outrun the stock Carrera cars around a circuit because they can take the slowest corner faster. I can set my power level to make the generic drone's lap times just shy of the best times of my Carrera car that I race it against, and it makes for tough competition. Thanks for the tip.

I like these cars for usage as drones on Carrera Go systems, as well as Evolution. This brand does not have a replaceable guide, but I have already shown in a video how to grind off the stump and glue in a standard guide to get more mileage out of them after the guide breaks off. They are fun cars. Thanks for commenting.

I have only started to associate with the folks at Dallas Slot Cars so I don't know them very well. I'm pretty sure there is a Ron that races there. Maybe you can spot him in one of the videos? I'm going there later this week so I'll try to find Ron.

Thanks for posting. This is a cool video of F1.

Thanks for commenting. That is a cool video.

That sounds like lots of fun. You should build another setup like that and bring back those old memories. Thanks for commenting.

It has that look at times but this is much more fun than being stuck on 75. What part of it are you on? Thanks for commenting.

@douglascook258 I used to be a truck driver back in the late 80s and part of my route was 635 and 75 in Dallas. They drive crazy terrible 😔

@@kylespeed1 Oh boy. You should see it now. I live only a few miles from that intersection and have to go through it quite often. It has not improved one bit despite adding more lanes here and there.What part of the country are you in now?

Thanks for commenting. LOL, we've got to keep them from running away.

These are some competition type slot cars with bodies that somewhat simulate current NASCAR, but with aerodynamic tweaks to help them hug the track. Feel free to ask any questions.

Thanks, I enjoy the low camera angles too.

Thank you for the point and have a great Sunday as well.

I don't have any borders yet so removing magnets might be painful. My goal has been to take the cars with the worst lap times and try to tune them to keep up with the fastest ones. I have other tricks up my sleeve for this car and it comes back in a later video. I'm already going "pro-magnetless" on the first two 1/24th. scale custom cars but I don't have the analog converter to make them easy to run on my current track. Do you have s dual rig that allows analog or digital at the flip of some switches?

Not yet. I was looking at the Omni Box and Emulator Omni Box but then the a lot less expensive Alex Box came along that does the same in you flip a switch from digital to analog track and vice versa. But the Alex box is sold out of Canada and no mail is coming out of there so he shut down for awhile.🏁

@@Lews_SlotCarTesting Let me know when they become available again because I would like to check them out.

Maybe, but since the ghosts can never go at a real competitive speed, the challenge for me comes from trying to get around a bunch of slower cars without crashing myself or crashing the ghosts out. Thanks for the comment.

It is a cool track. I look forward to racing on it soon.

Thank you for the information. I looked at the CG parts dimensions and measured my hole and it is probably not going to work due to the body mount posts being too near the guide hole on this model.

Thanks, you are correct. The turns are standard 1-60s. This is a 1/24th. scale plastic model kit body on an H&R universal chassis. They don't come with magnets or dedicated places for magnets to go either. This is the chassis I got new and it has better tires on it than the old hard tires on the used stock car's chassis.

Indeed, when I'm racing against the ghosts, I kind of like the randomness of their lane changes so I don't want to just tape over the selector lights on the bottom. If I find a deal on the lane change anti-collision chips I would try them.

Now you can see why it looks a bit hammered in the car show video. 💥

Thanks, I was wondering that myself but from what I can tell, it mounts into the piece which is broken off from this chassis.

Thanks and happy racing to you too.