29th-Aug-26, 04:26 PM
Wow. Thanks everyone. This is a mountain of information, which I am going through right now. I think the Smart Phone requirement rules out Carrera Hybrid for me.
Some immediate questions arise:
1. Does 'Digital' mean the car can 'optionally' change lanes by using a switch/button on a controller?
2. AFX is single track use but with a scale 1:64 you can fit tons of track in a small space? It does not change lanes? Its only really available from slotcarsdirect.com in the UK? There are no sets, its a construct as you go. Some people have 4 slots all side-by-side.
3. Carrera GO and SCX Compact are both 1:43. SCX Compact appears to have a lane change road piece, but it appears to be a compulsory move and not an optional controller move. So I am guessing these are both non-Digital? Are there any future plans to move this to lane-changing/digital?
4. Digital only appears from 1:32 upwards in both Carrera, Scalectrix and possibly others? This means you can optionally change lanes on special track pieces using a controller. Cars can run in the same lane at the same time?
5. How do ghost cars work? Since they appear to be able to run in the same lane at the same time, I am guessing Digital is required? Are ghost cars defined by the car you buy, or is it some magic/witchcraft within the track pieces? How does the track/machinery know which car is a ghost or a player-car? How do the ghosts know how to drive and change lanes? Is the ability to run ghost cars a different bit of kit? If so, what is it called?
6. Is there any computer program that let's you design a track for Carrera/AFX/SCX-Compact/Scalectrix/Other where you can flip flop your tracks in-and-out-and-over-each-other in a compact space, where it tells you every bit of track you need, height-pieces and most importantly the exact dimensions in real life of the track you create?
7. Why are there so many loops in many sets? I do not know any real tracks with loops.
8. I read somewhere Scalectrix track rusts because it is not stainless steel. Is this true? What protocols are needed to keep the track and cars in good nick? Do you have to be a model engineer of some kind or can a Joe Average do this?
9. How do I view PMs on this forum?
Some immediate questions arise:
1. Does 'Digital' mean the car can 'optionally' change lanes by using a switch/button on a controller?
2. AFX is single track use but with a scale 1:64 you can fit tons of track in a small space? It does not change lanes? Its only really available from slotcarsdirect.com in the UK? There are no sets, its a construct as you go. Some people have 4 slots all side-by-side.
3. Carrera GO and SCX Compact are both 1:43. SCX Compact appears to have a lane change road piece, but it appears to be a compulsory move and not an optional controller move. So I am guessing these are both non-Digital? Are there any future plans to move this to lane-changing/digital?
4. Digital only appears from 1:32 upwards in both Carrera, Scalectrix and possibly others? This means you can optionally change lanes on special track pieces using a controller. Cars can run in the same lane at the same time?
5. How do ghost cars work? Since they appear to be able to run in the same lane at the same time, I am guessing Digital is required? Are ghost cars defined by the car you buy, or is it some magic/witchcraft within the track pieces? How does the track/machinery know which car is a ghost or a player-car? How do the ghosts know how to drive and change lanes? Is the ability to run ghost cars a different bit of kit? If so, what is it called?
6. Is there any computer program that let's you design a track for Carrera/AFX/SCX-Compact/Scalectrix/Other where you can flip flop your tracks in-and-out-and-over-each-other in a compact space, where it tells you every bit of track you need, height-pieces and most importantly the exact dimensions in real life of the track you create?
7. Why are there so many loops in many sets? I do not know any real tracks with loops.
8. I read somewhere Scalectrix track rusts because it is not stainless steel. Is this true? What protocols are needed to keep the track and cars in good nick? Do you have to be a model engineer of some kind or can a Joe Average do this?
9. How do I view PMs on this forum?
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