Here are some tips I discovered while making circuits.
Expansion Kit or Box Set?
I prefer to buy a set including 2 cars and 5 to 7m of rails. It works out much cheaper.
Also, having different cars is nice. We can see that the cars behave differently on the track.
Another advantage is that you can make a 4-lane circuit to play with 4 people.
Good deals
During sales, it is possible to find circuits at -50%. For 30 to 40 euros, 2 cars plus rails. It’s a good deal to complete your circuit.
Another good deal, some stores offer customer returns of defective products. It is thus possible to find circuits at -50% or more. You have to read the problem carefully. It can be a car, a controller or a power supply. As long as we complete our circuit, it does not matter. Recently I acquired 2 circuits which each had a defective controller.
Carrera GO and young children
Young children aged 4-6 can play Carrera Go, however here are some tips:
- a little slower, cars with lights will avoid going off the track and will delight children (in the evening in the dark!)
- avoid doing loops, young people have trouble getting the vehicle to pick up speed to pass it properly.
- avoid making banked turns
- avoid using Formula 1 cars especially with crossings, the front wings of F1s are fragile.
Lane changes and narrowing
When 2 vehicles arrive at the same time on a lane change, it’s an accident.
I noticed that inserting a narrowing just before allowed cars to hit each other and shift. This avoids many accidents while maintaining a spectacular side: touch + lane change
Progressive turn
It’s not easy to always slow down well at the end of a straight line, especially when you’ve used the turbo for several meters.
In my 180° at the end of a straight line, I insert a less steep portion of curve. This forgives arrivals a little too quickly.
The visual effect is also interesting because the vehicle enters the bend with a slight curve and suddenly seems to turn abruptly. This gives an effect of skidding or acceleration.
The lap counters
Nothing to do, this corner, you can’t slow down and it’s the road exit at each turn.
You are tired of getting up to put the car back on track.
The rev counter has the particularity of slowing down the car slightly.
If you have several rev counters, this is the ideal place to position them.
Face to face loop
So that on a part of the circuit the cars cross face to face, here is a small plan.
Warning: this only works with the first power rails because we can only power one track, otherwise, risk of short circuit.
