[woodingboys]

Apologies to those who follow SF as well as SR. I posted this a couple of weeks ago before remembering the creation of SR that I joined just before the world closed down.

I am on a mission to create a new track for public events where I raise money for charities. I currently operate www.havenwoodraceway.co.uk which as you will see is great for a bit of fun and was designed to maximise track length in a practical space that could be taken on the road. It also had to be modular for different venues.

JasonB was an earlier collaborator on this and helped me enormously to produce something that presents a drivable solution. 

So here we go again :-)  
Its time to get serious with my slightly smaller automotive addiction and look at creating something new.
My Havewood Raceway, will be out in force during 2023 at a number of events around the country, which I hope to see some of you at.

Not being content with one layout, I am on a mission to build a Goodwood track. I have had a scan on the forum and read many of your comments about the less than exihilarting experience of slot racing on a track that is built to emulate the real world track. Whilst I acknowledge those as reasons not to attempt a large scale Goodwood, I am also focused on public events, which mitigates the idea that this is for hardened slot racers, but more of a desire to entertain casual racers.

So in time honoured tradition, I offer you my first attempt of a plan, which I will at some stage lay down and see how it races, but for now I am keen to hear all your opinions on the design and concept.

I have used the basis of one of the Goodwood layouts I found on the web and have tweeked it for digital use.
The main difference is that I would like to make the start finish straight as similar to the Revival look as I can from a spectacle point of view and hence the 3 lane straight that I have carried around Madgwick corner.
Whilst other parts of the track could also be widened to 3 lanes, due to the tracks size and the experience of 6 cars on large circuits, those lanes would rarely get used. As it is I suspect the outside lane of Madgwick would only get used for the start sequence.

I would also like to experiment with reducing the chicane to a single car pass and therefore the sequence of two R1's followed by an R2 (Half Std) may become a bespoke squeeze section.

Lane changers often become an area of debate, which I have placed based again on some real world experience of the track and areas where there is often juggling for inside lines or in some cases outside lines. Again I appreciate these are not practical concepts that translate into slot racing for fastest laps, but the objective is as much to replicate Revival style racing where the look of something and the variety are as important as outright performance.

Enough of my pleas of mitigation on the design. Grateful for any and all feedback.
Some Stats:
Size: 5.8M x 5M
Lane length: 17.45M and 17.94M (two inside lanes).

Thank you
Paul