Standard track layout so we can compare eachothers times from home?

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Titan7170	Standard track layout so we can compare eachothers times from home?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 18 (03/04/08 10:20 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I was thinking someone or we should all agree on a standard track layout that we could all use for comparing laptimes with eachother. I thought it would be cool to be able to compare times with eachother online. we could have different class cars, stock and modified chasis and engine classes.....just a thought. I think it would be cool to basically be able to compare laptimes with someone on the other side of the country using a standard setup? If one exists already then sorry for starting this thread...
oldstromguy		#1	[-]
Posts: 1518 (03/05/08 11:30 AM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	A good thought, but would require a second layout for many folks and space might be an issue. Perhaps an oval of a reasonably small size? Another issue is that even if we build the same layout it might be different with various track brands due to curve radii and length of straights, etc. I like the idea, though. dennis
Titan7170		#2	[-]
Posts: 20 (03/05/08 08:50 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	your the only one lol everyone else is like......."what the hell is this guy taking about"
colts fan77		#3	[-]
Posts: 261 (03/06/08 01:30 AM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thats an awsome idea! We could perhaps have online time attacks were some snaped a picture of their best lap time on their lap counter. Good thinking
o Lou E o		#4	[-]
Posts: 58 (03/06/08 01:04 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	This is a really cool idea but I think for it to work it would need to be a small layout. A layout stuck to a 4x8 sheet of plywood would be easy enough to lean against a wall for storage when not in use. Track brands on the other hand would be a whole other issue, everyone has their favorite.
JESIV		#5	[-]
Posts: 360 (03/13/08 08:28 PM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Titan this is a great idea. My dad has been curious about why no one has done this yet, he's mentioned it for years. It would be nice if club or commercial raceways could come up with a 'standard' layout maybe 4'x16', choose a brand of track and go with it. Wasn't Scalextric supposed to be backing something along these lines a few years ago? “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
3sigma	What scale?	#6	[-]
Posts: 12 (03/14/08 08:34 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The 1/24 scale racers have the "Blue King." The HO scale racers have the Buck/Brystal "Scorpion." Are you talking about a standard track layout for 1/32 scale?
Sin Un Nombre		#7	[-]
Posts: 292 (03/14/08 12:04 PM) Home Racing Forum Veteran Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	THat's actually a pretty cool idea. I for one LOVE the Time Attack format of racing. I have a 4.5'x8' 1/43 track setup in my garage, and since I've been getting into 1/32, my stepdad and I have been thinking of some way to make another sheet(maybe routed) that would sit on top of the 1/43, but lift up and out of the way to run the 1/43. The only other problems I see are power, you'd have to agree on a standard Volts/Amps rating to keep it equal, and controllers. Although, you could consider the ohm rating of the controller like a part of the car. Or as part of the"driver variable". Thanks for posting. Jon I like my coffee hot and strong. Like I like my women, hot and strong......with a spoon in them!?! ----Eddie Izzard
eAddict		#8	[-]
Posts: 387 (03/14/08 03:23 PM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	NINCO Master track solves it. All the same track all fits on 1 4x8. Google NINCO Master Track Vince Laurent Webmaster for MGPMRC
Sin Un Nombre		#9	[-]
Posts: 331 (03/23/08 11:44 PM) Home Racing Forum Veteran Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've been thinking about this again, and an even easier idea would be a skidpad of the same diameter with the same amount of power and a laptimer. It would be small, just a circle of R1s or R2s, something between 9-12 volts, 2-3 amps, you may not even have to wire for a controller, just hard-wired. That would evem make it easier to decide on a particular brand of track as well. Cause buying 6 or 8 curves wouldn't cost very much. Then we could all post times around said skidpad for comparison. That's how they do it in real life anyways... Jon I like my coffee hot and strong. Like I like my women, hot and strong......with a spoon in them!?! ----Eddie Izzard
Teamsterjohn		#10	[-]
Posts: 510 (04/12/08 02:48 PM) Home Racing Guru! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	You would also need the same controller and ohms also.