Hybrid

New for 2024, the Carrera Hybrid range will arrive at the end of 2024. Few people have had the chance to test it, but since the announcement, we now have a little more information.

Note that the Carrera general catalog does not mention this range. It is a specific booklet that was communicated to visitors to the Nuremberg Motor Show.

In this month of September 2024, the Carrera website presents the boxes, track elements and vehicles of the range. They will all be available during November 2024, which will allow Santa’s host to be filled.

The principle

1/50th scale vehicles are driven with the help of a smartphone and a tablet. The cars are recharged using a USB-C cable.

Two game modes, free on the track (or off the track) and race mode on the track. Free mode is announced with up to 30 players simultaneously and race mode 16 racers.

Each player will be able to independently adjust various parameters of their car, such as speed, tire grip, braking effect and others depending on the presentation.

During a race on the track, if the car goes off, a system automatically redirects it on the track. There are apparently a whole bunch of small automatic functions if we look at the videos. But we will not be able to confirm until a test at the end of the year.

An online remote reading is announced. A somewhat mysterious function.

Note that the track curves have an angle of 60° as for the 1/24° Carrera track rails, while for the GO the standard is 90°. Be careful, a curve cannot be reversed. If it is a left it cannot become a right because there is a color on each side and this is important. This will limit your possibilities for creating new circuits.

Application

The vehicle control application will be available for free on the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.

A few screens are available on the Carrera website, here they are with some translations of the texts in German.

RENNEN : COURIR
RENNEN BEITRETEN : REJOIGNEZ LA COURSE
RENNEN ERSTELLEN : CRÉER UNE COURSE
TARGETS : CIBLE
FREE DRIVE : CONDUITE LIBRE
MODULES : MODULES

SPIELER : JOUEUR
AUTO-SETUP : REGLAGE AUTOMATIQUE
RENN-SETUP : REGLAGE DE LA COURSE
START : DEMARRER

REIFEN : PNEUS
GETRIEBE : BOÎTE DE VITESSE
BREMSEN : FREINS
BOOST : BOOSTER

Videos

Here are two Carrera presentation videos that will help you discover the principle.
Video link: https://youtu.be/tohaXUO4Zl4

Video link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Ra5BuBi6I

The Carrera website (https://www.carrera-toys.com/fr/hybrid) reveals the first sets, vehicles and accessories.

The sets

Two sets are available:

Speedway to Hell is a set with two Porsche 911 GT3 R (one yellow and one green). The track is 6 meters long and occupies an average space of 250×172 cm. Average because several circuits are possible with the elements offered. (1 start, 4 straight lines, 2 left curves and 8 right curves) Indicative price: €150

Devil Drivers is a box set with two Porsche 911 GT3 R (one black and one red). The track is 6 meters long and occupies an average space of 268×136 cm. Average because several circuits are possible with the elements offered. (1 start, 4 straight lines, 2 left curves and 8 right curves) Indicative price: €150

The cars

Carrera offers 1 model available in 6 colors, sold alone at the recommended price of €50.

We have already talked about 4 of them present in the boxes:

Porsche 911 GT3 R “Speed Yellow” ref 51001
Porsche 911 GT3 R “Acid Green” ref 51002
Porsche 911 GT3 R “Black Devil” ref 51003
Porsche 911 GT3 R “Red Devil” ref 51004

In addition, there are 2 other vehicles

Porsche 911 GT3 R “Blue Thunder” ref 51005
Porsche 911 GT3 R “White Lightning” ref 51006

It is possible to race up to 16 cars but to start several players will have identical cars. This will not make it easier to differentiate the cars in races. No doubt Carrera will offer new models in 2025.