GTR Season 3 | Lessons Learned
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024
- Season 3 is over at Shavano Mountain Raceway. Thank you for watching!
This is a lessons learned video that is meant to educate all you builders. It goes into detail as to why certain cars handled my "Frankenstein" track better. There are modifications you can make to your entries that will ensure competitive success in the future.
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This is where your channel sets you apart from the other racing channels, with tutorials the viewer has a better understanding on why you do the things that you do. I liked how you did this when you started season one and before season 3 began you took us step-by-step on how the track was laid out which I think was AWESOME!!!!!! These lessons learned will only enhance your channel and it will not only make the current participants better but will also attract a newer fan base as well. Kudos to you and all the work you put into the channel and I'm looking forward to the next season.
I couldn't have typed that better myself.
I totally 2nd Munch's words and you had me all the way when you showed us "How to be a Cool Dad" (even though I don't have any brats) & showed us the not only how to "drift" diecasts, but also taught us the science behind what makes it work?
MAD RESPECT Earned.❤️🔥
& Now this lesson in not only weight distribution, but the tensions of the axles as well.
Very much appreciated.
Thanx again Mark.
🏁🏴☠️🏁🏴☠️🏁
I agree in 100% 👍 thanks for writing this!
It‘s not even my first language. Sometimes i write things that could be missunderstud 😅
Great video! I really like the breakdown of the various cars and how they were built. Kudos to the builder who let you take apart his car and show how what he did. Terrific idea with the measuring tape.
I have to piggyback on @TheMunchBoogie's comments. This truly sets the channel apart from other racing channels.
1. You provide behind the scenes on the building of the set
2. You provide a logical scoring system that works well for your track.
3. You provide a guide to both the seasoned die-cast racer as well as for the young enthusiast. It's like having the track masters give tips on how drivers can do better on the track they designed. It's like having a championship driver give their advice freely to others.
You provide all of these things with kindness and enthusiasm missing from other channels. Sure, they may be FUN, are they PERSONABLE? Are they KIND?
I am truly praying for continued success and growth with your track and your channel and that you prosper and be in health in every facet of your life. Blessings, always.
What a fun look behind the scenes. Thanks Mark!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. 🙂
Mind Blown! 🤯 A tape measure suspension?! Wow! Kudos to you Ken for your awesome build, and for allowing Mark to show us all in this excellent Lessons Learned video! I was a firm believer in solid axles. Was... 😁 Time to experiment with measuring tape! Thanks again guys! Cheers!
spring wire.
Have now seen spring wire, guitar string, hair clips, and pen springs! Have experimented with springs, foam tape, and hair clips....
Wow Mark!! Great informative video. Thanks so much!!! ❤
I think TheMunchBoogie covered all the points I was about to make after my first viewing--yes, implying I'll watch again--yes, very well said there!
Shavano Mountain is a course unlike ANY other in the hobby with its own unique challenges that builders had a time and a half building for especially in this inaugural event. Thanks for taking even more time to provide these videos and for showing the differences in axle treatments, loose vs stiff, and how the differences played out!!
GTR continues to impress. The track is an inspiration and these kinds of videos really are a great connection and super interesting. Maybe next season we'll send in a contestant!
Amazing. Thank you for sharing your lessons learned. So many creative and skilled builders out there. Your track is awesome. Hope to get into one of your races in the future. Cheers.
Thank you for this. Transferring what you learned like that is such a gift.
Glad i waited for this video!! Back to the drawing board…
Thanks for the info!! 👍🏽👍🏽
It’s interesting that lighter cars work better on your track as I find the same thing at the canyon. I always tell builders not to just heavy as possible. I also set my max weight at 40-50g depending on the tournament
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that.
tell that to an offensive lineman 🙂
@@crypttonite For drag tracks, yes, but for open tracks, heaviest doesn't always win. It's far more important to have the right weight balance (to reduce spinning or bad entry angle into corners) and a car that runs straight as possible. At least on all the tracks I've hand built. The potential energy of a heavy car pays off in drag or laned races though
Very insightful video. I'm in the first are you truckn race. I have my truck almost complete. I'll be looking forward to the next video, to see how the test trucks preform.
Awesome! Great information.
Amazing video…thanks for putting this together…it really makes everyone better to see what works well…and kudos to Boxer for letting you lift the skirt of that Evo…
Fascinating! I'm glad I watched this before building my truck for Season 4. I was going to be making some critical errors. Can't wait to see the truck test video!
This was a real service to help folks considering their own entries - thank you, Mark!
Some of the best (and/or forgiving) driving cars that I've still got were manufactured with a metal-sprung-ribbon for suspension - older Dinky and Matchbox knew their stuff.
Absolutely fantastic informative video. Love your behind-the-scenes videos as much as your awesome races and builds. Very much appreciate all the time and effort you put into your videos and the give back to the diecast community.
Mahalo a Aloha my friend.
"Keep your roof to the Sun". Mahalo
Thank you for sharing this much appreciated
I love the fact that you can explain clearly to the viewer why some cars perform better than others, i can see this as being helpful to newbies and even veterans because i actually learned alot here despite racing my cars for 2 years now. Love this channel, keep it up buddy!
Enlightening! Thanks 😎
Cheers for the vid Mark.
I like nothing better than building, testing, analysing adjusting, and over, so really enjoyed this vid where you go through the various performances Vs mods done.
Good luck all, Cheers Marc D
you taught me a new trick that I will never forget thank you 🙂
Excellent video! I've been thinking of the best way to set up my weight and suspension for Are You Truckin' 2 and this helps. I'm going to do some experimentation with springs for four-wheel independent suspension, but the tape measure method is a lot easier. Thank you for the video and I absolutely love the track!
Fantastic video, learned a lot. Thank you!!
MINI tournament!!! 😍
Wow Very enlightening, The Rabbit hole does go deep! Thank you so much for the Video and the Break down of the cars.
I thank you for going the extra steps and letting the beginner as well as the "OG's" know what works and doesn't. I have been studying your tracks from the very beginning & knew suspension or loose ( NON GLUED AXLES ) was the way to go on your track. I am still out on the egg beater! LOL.. But with that being said you stand out and this is why, YOU CARE !!! and it show's.. Thank you and cant wait to race on your track.
Great vid. As much as I agree regarding weight distribution, I felt like watching cars veering in one direction over and over illustrated the importance of axle alignment. I also saw a lot of vehicles sitting too low and scraping. So ride weight, weight, and alignment....just like the real thing really.
Merry Xmas!!!
Man, that was great information. Thanks so much
That was a super interesting watch man. Great stuff!
Such a great video Mark! The science behind diecast racing is fascinating.
Excellent video, Mark! Thank you and the builders for showing us wannabe engineers how it's done. See you In Are You Truckin'? 1!
very interesting, different from what im used to. i do drag racing and weight matters a lot. the heavier a car the better it does. cool to learn about your crazy track
Thanks for commenting. I can imagine how the design for a drag racing track requires a build similar to pinewood Derby racing, but even I don't fully understand what I've created here. LOL!.
The wonders of diecast racing.
Very cool!
Not having any prior modding experience (and having little time as a last-minute entrant), all I did for Alex Piz's orange #7 Escort was stuff in all the putty I could find spaces for (except the silly exception to leave room for the "driver" to sit 😁). Other than that, it's unmodified. So I got lucky with that excellent drift in round one. Maybe next time I'll try something with the suspension. I also have a hypothesis about wheels (hint: literally wheels, not tires) that I might try.
Never expected to win anything, which we didn't, but for me the point of entering was to get my young grandson's name in a video. BAKE Racing accomplished that and he loved it.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us , I really appreciate that as everyone else here , and special thanks to Boxer for letting us take a peek into his ride ( I'm pretty sure he's working on something better right now) Great video as always ,lot of knowledge for us all and yes these are the things that set this channel apart from the others. Well done!!
Agreed! My escort had no suspension except for loose axles..... but the truck entry already has "hair clip" spring suspension...and so far works nicely!
Thank you Mark, Boxer and Customechanic!!! Epic track and fantastic information!!!
@G-Force Racing Yep it looks like most of all are busting our brains on dominating that track... I got a test session today with six trucks...
@@blackcatpr1970 Six! Wow, I had three, down to one now. The Mazda REPU... gonna be an epic race!
Great stuff! Thanks!
interesting, cuz on most tracks without jumps etc., you want a firmly secured suspension
That's what I gathered as I was inspecting the cars from experienced racers.
I lot of folks love Lily the Dog. So the tape measure was cut in half/split down the middle. Frankenstein was controlled by fire BTW. haha.
Great information on the vehicle's weight distribution & axle flexibility, I like how the person used a portion of tape measure as a suspension, I think I'd try that with a vehicle I'm wanting to customize, I enjoy your channel, thank you.
"I don't think it's because it's a Subaru..." 😆😆😆
You are nothing short of pure pro. 🤩 p.s. I love you.
Thanks for the great tutorial. I enjoy your channel.
Very interesting! I think there's a PhD subject here: "The Mechanical Engineering Aspects of Diecast Race Car Design" - somebody should apply for a research grant!
If you need a fill-in event at any time, may I suggest an all Ford Escort exhibition race including Lily the Dog and Alex Piz. I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like to see Lily race again, and the Escorts were entertaining.
I Look forward to the truck racing!
I had to watch again. At around 15:15 after the wheels are out, it looks like the grooves were cut/lowered??? With the spring board in place, it would actually push the tires down 2 mm to give clearance for the tires. That is what I did. It actually raised the truck a bit, 1.5 mm.
...as did I, Thanks for your video, it helped too!! I cut it down just 1 mm, works great....
Good to get those details. I'm just starting my journey, thanks for the inspiration
I am going to have to add another tremendously positive point to my comment from the last video!!! The best possible end to the best tournament!
Thank you!
Wow that's really clever using a tape measure on that EVO! Really appreciate Ken allowing you to share a trade secret. :D
This is a super helpful video especially for people like me who only recently discovered the diecast racing scene. Very eye-opening to know that higher weighted cars don't always perform better, especially in rally-type races.
Great sharing of knowledge!! 😊
I appreciate this video. Thank you for sharing!
This is excellent please let me know the next tournament you're going to have as I would like to submit an entry
You bet! I have a Gravity Throttle Racing Facebook page where I share info like that.
@@gravitythrottleracing I don't have Facebook...... Are you a part of red line Derby?
@@ElevationDiecastRacing Yes I am!
@Gravity Throttle Racing I found ya sir, I asked if I could submit an entry in the truck to tournament
@@ElevationDiecastRacing Okay! I think you're in line as an alternate for tourny2. Tonight after work I'll check my spreadsheet and send a reply.
Your tracks are my all time favorites!!! Cool to see how the set up was for the best cars on this track.
Do unmodified -stock diecast cars make it down this track at all? Or do they need to be modified to make it through all the rally obstacles?
Yes, unmodified vehicles will make it down. HWs naturally have looser suspensions. The main issue is they typically weigh in about 30g or 35g, so I'll see.them get stuck on the Scrambler or stalled out on the runway after spinning, or stuck after the drift because they had a rough go and lost momentum. Adding weight really helps with consistency.
On the winning car- the front end being more "loose" would seem to indicate, from what you said about the ever-dirty Camaro with the big tires, that was what kept the front end pointed forward when the going got tough.
Boxers suspension is actually pretty tight. When I removed the body you saw me stretching the axles up pretty high, but after the body is screwed down it doesn't move very much. Boxer's EVO suspension and Georgio's Ford Escort suspension don't feel much different from each other. I'll highlight that in the next Lesson's Learned video.
Awesome casting bro ,nice video content bro
Theres something I'd want to try but I don't have the necessary skills to attempt it.
If you get a very small vial that was partially full of liquid, I'm imagining something like the measure from a spirit level for example, and put it in the front or rear of a car. Would it have any affect on how the car moves around the track, specifically on corners.
It will probably have no affect whatsoever but its just something I've been thinking about.
as a former tank truck driver, it may make it very unstable...liquid moving in a moving vehicle can be a bit hairy :😬
Tripped over your channel, probably because RUclips saw me watching 3Dbotmaker. Really like your track concept. Initially wasn't a fan of the scrambler, but came to appreciate it. I only have one critique. I don't think it's fair to give a car such a point advantage for jumping a numbered die. A couple of times, it seemed to push a lower performing car ahead of a superior driver, who may have had one bad race. I think it would be more fair to do what you did with the drift bonus. If a racer gets a point advantage by jumping one of the dice, it can give them the opportunity at sudden death against the number 2, but can't result in a win. Just my opinion. Great job with the track. Wish I had the talent to execute something even half as ambitious.
Thanks for the dice scoring input. Yes, I plan to change the dice scoring in Season 4 to award a well performed drift with higher scoring opportunities closer to the front of the train during the train jump. I may also add direct scoring opportunities on the drift directly. DaddyG shared ideas just like you have... so thank you!
Great informational video!!! Rock chaulk Jayhawks!!!! KU
Okay, you just made my day with that reply!
@@gravitythrottleracing I am a huge KU fan! Lived all my life 30 minutes to a hour away from campus.
I wanna control Frankenstein
That's the spirit!
I HAD him.... he's an unpredictable foe!!
Dude, you just gave away his secrets
Oh, that was done with full permission. No worries.
@@gravitythrottleracing They were delicious.
Track build video in the future, please!!!
Will do!
Thank you for the info are you still receiving or taking trucks for the next races
Hi! I'm sorry, the races are full. FYI - I posted the pickup tournament last Saturday on redlinederby.com, and that is where I'll post future tournaments.
Thank you for showing us that! That is going to helph a lot of people. Me to 😅
I tryed it an other way. I took a hairclip from my daughter. Cut of the front and the reare and use the two parts exactly like your measuring tape. It’s a bit cheaper 😉That works great because it is not to soft.
If you have time you can find a lot of videos how to do it. One of the best is meccanicustoms. He made a lot of different suspensions. The older videos have the best tutorials on this theme!
ruclips.net/video/Hy5s--JinJw/видео.html
Agreed. Ken pointed me to the same video.
Thank you for all of your work! It‘s amazing!
I wrote once: „like an earthquake“
And it is! Because you worked so long to find the right angles in each direction! Thank you. I love your track!!!
Thats what I used also.... thanks to Boxer for pointing me to "mechanicustoms" ... works great...
Where will you be letting us know of any future modified events??
Great question. I've been posting on redlinederby.com.
Hello Trottle Racing :) I wonder what type of cars this is, hot wheels? And scale? Best regards Mikael
Yes, most of them are Hotwheels. A few are Matchbox. The cars are close to 1:64 scale.
Thank you! Find it hard to fine cars that weigh that much…
Looks like you play a stringed instrument as well!
As do you, cool!
Guitar player, too? Or maybe bass? Only one way I know of to get callouses like those on your left finger tips.
Very observant. Yes to both. You must be a geetar or bass player, too.
@@gravitythrottleracing Yes on both!
Is it to late to join the next tournament?
I'm afraid it is. I used redlinederby.com for the sign up.
Thanks kupchak doing group size car toy S"M"L"set size time buying different doing because they see. small very 😮taller 😮
Boxer yea put a driver called Kim
I have to admit I totally forgot how I built that car! I'm certain I got the idea from @MECANICUSTOM, but can't find the video. He has done so many different suspension ideas, all of them genius. Here is a bit of a compendium (turn on CC to english): ruclips.net/video/x9qeWhG7LXo/видео.html
He's a genius, thank you for the link!!! See you in the next race bro'!!
Please cek your email sir.. i give more idea 😁🙏