Solo racing car vs car

[Dangermouse]

I was driving a a Fly 250LM tonight after adding some new tyres and fixing the front wheels.

Now someone is probably already doing this and I may have missed a thread on it.

As I was doing some laps I had this idea. I spend a lot of time running cars by myself so I thought instead of laps against the clock why not set up races - where I set up a single lane and a set number of laps but instead of drivers I add cars into the RM. Instead of a new driver each time it would be a new car. I could race like cars against like or have a 50s GP race or classic sports cars and then see which car actually comes out in front after a set number of laps.

I would imagine this would be like how a proxy race must be run. I thought it would be a fun way to add some variety to my usual time races or just doing some laps.

Anyone already doing this? Any suggestions or tips.

cheers
David

[nhdungeonracer]

I did that when I had a track here at home. Enter in a few cars, set the time for 3 minutes, and race them. Usually the same car would win, at least until I tuned the slower ones to run better. Over time, I found myself becoming a better driver :auto-driving: and also learning how to tune cars better. :D

[btaylor]

Probably a better idea than what i do on the oval ,flyin Solo.
I set up a car in the center lane,plug in one of my old aurora steering wheel controllers set at a fast enough pace,and then try to catch the other car.
ita amazing how a constant ,yet slower speed can actually be faster?
Bob

[Modlerbob]

I do a lot of my slot car driving alone and I do something similar. I will select several cars in the same class by the same manufacturer and do a ten lap time trial for each, recording fastest lap and overall time to complete. I have a spreadsheet program I got from Lap Timer 2000 where I store data about all of my slot cars including fastest lap for up to three tracks and the date of the time trial. When preparing for a race, such as our upcoming 2hr. enduro using scaley modern GT cars, I tune three or four of my fastest cars in that class and then run time trials. I pay more attention to which car has the best overall time for twenty laps than which car I was able to squeeze the fastest individual lap from. A lot of the time it is the same car, but not always. I'd rather run a car that is easier to run reasonably fast than one that can be pushed harder for one or two laps but is inconsistent and deslots occasionally.

I have noticed that factors like temperature and humidity also have a significant impact on lap times which varies from car to car.

[HomeRacingWorld]

Yes sir, do this myself. It is a fun way to tune both your models and yourself :)

[waaytoomuchintothis]

I keep one of my controllers in a cradle that has an adjustable hook to hold the trigger at a set spot, and I use a smooth car on that lane to run against. I can practice on 3 lanes while that one runs a bird dog for me to chase.

One of these days I'll have to set up a timing arrangement, but I'm in no hurry. Of course, if I'm going to do some hosting for proxies, I'll have to get serious about doing that sooner than later.

[buspor63]

Like the others have said, that's how I run a proxy event. My lap timing consist of a very simple PC mouse based timing system called "PC Slot Mouse"

[chappy]

Great idea David, I like the race car by class structure particularly.
Cheers for the tip on that.
Bob

[Lenny Broke]

[Dangermouse]

Now I know it probably feels a bit like this



but I think it will be fun - we have a public holiday on Friday so I might have to schedule a race meet :)

[dreinecke]

I do it too... http://homeracingworld.us/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=573

Helps with my driving...not that it matters when Jeremy is in the next lane over...

[SRQSloter]

SCC has a good program you can download also for recording data. http://www.slotcarcorner.com/Software-c20/ I have used it some with my old track but am going to start using it religiously when the new track is ready.

[dreinecke]