[Dr_C]

I’m going to call the configuration of digital slot car racing described in this thread ‘System-D’. 

I think "System D" is totally appropriate for this project.
But hasn't the whole thing been rendered obsolete by the new Carrera Hydrid system which allows for up the 30 drivers on track and anywhere lane change/overtaking?

Joel

Hi Joel, what a great question!

Perhaps the answer is that the current Carrera offering is more of a toy with some great characteristics but also a few limitations compared with digital slot cars - the latter including:

- relatively low car speeds.
- cars are battery powered.
- lack of customisation/tuning options.

However, the idea of cars being guided by electronic sensors rather than physical slots is exciting, and as you say it offers lane changing anywhere.

So looking into my crystal ball… perhaps the future of digital slot cars will retain the ‘slot’ for electrical power pick-up but allow cars to transition between slots at any point, guided by sensors until they reach the adjacent lane’s slot where they next pick up electrical power? Just a thought.

If so, System-D would be a useful development platform to start to explore this.

Meanwhile I’ll wait to see if, and how, the enthusiast digital slot car community chooses to engage with the new Carrera Hybrid system. Also, let’s see whether ‘user demand’ drives commercial activity in the ‘technical solutions’ domain for hybrid systems.

As I say, great question :)

c