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Happy to help! I have some experience building and tweaking tracks with the 6-car Advanced Powerbase (C7042). You said you mostly race alone - will you be using pace cars? Or will you be time-trialing against the clock?

This sound good. Its good to learn by others mistakes ;) hehe. 
I will do both. I like that the track is crowded with other cars. But I wil also run alone. Just to see how fast I can go. 

I am currently designing, building, testing and tweaking a very simple L shape Scalextric digital track to go round the walls of my office. I have very limited space, but aim for the four corners to each have a different 'feel'. There are a few Radius 1 pieces there (space is very tight), plus some Radius 2s (including a curved lane changer), six Radius 3s and two Radius 4 pieces. You have more space, so can be more creative!

Can you post a picture of the track you working on?

Do you have a track design program on your computer? And how much track do you have already?

I had one. But I just did a clean install of windows a few weeks ago. I dont remember what it was called right now. But it was free and had a wide range of both scalextric and other brands. 

Some of the J-Trak modules might be interesting to look at for inspiration: slotracer.online/j-trak/

This reminds me of some modules they have in the modeltrain hobby. I like the idea of it, but I didnt find more than a few layouts for it. It looked really nice. 

I do love to see a new track beginning.

Flow is a very difficult idea to explain, and in truth it probably means different things to different people. Putting it simply, to me, it means having curves that are sinuous, rather than geometrically rigid, it means having corners that tighten on entry, or open out on exit, or both. It means, for instance, replacing that 180 degree R2 corner, with a more interesting combination such as R4, R3, R2, R2, R3, R4.

I think what we're all looking for is a lap that is interesting, where your trigger finger is constantly adjusting the pace, rather than a stop/start experience. Controlling the speed of the car is all we've got, so I think it's important to use that as much as possible.

Thank you. I hope the track will be fun. I would also like to ajust the pace, not as you say just start/stop. :-)

As Jason says, flow can mean different things.

To me, it's nothing to do with different radius bends but all about being able to keep up a good pace without too many fiddly, so called 'technical' sections. Of course I don't want the stupidity (IMHO of course) of wing cars where you can't even see them but it's slot RACING and having a good open circuit means that you can press on and actually race. I have a couple of hairpins on my track but the rest lets the car open its lungs!

Maybe rally fans see it differently.

In my head, the pace will be fast. But not 100% because I think I can launch my cars 10+ meters if I just make a little ramp. They go stupid fast. hehe. Cant even see them. I am sure you know what I am talking about. I like it when I can see them. :)

Thank you all for the answers. :-)