Last layout RIP LOL

So the other day my wife tells me over breakfast that she's having a work colleague over for coffee and cake, and don't worry, I don't have to be there. So reflexively I ran upstairs, put a few things together, and made an extension:

4x4 extension. Started with the ol' out-n-back. I'll have to come up with a clever name for the extension, as well as a clever section.

I did a bit of cheating. Since I had kind of built myself into a corner, I had to secure the extension to the main as I was building it. I couldn't just make a 4x4' table and connect it. I needed to get the table evenness just right. So I attached two legs I had measured from the current legs on the main to the main itself. Then I did the other legs, then added crosspieces. The whole thing barely fit under the roof while still being level with the main table. Felt pretty good for a novice work.

Quick and dirty track design. Don't care for it much, but I like the windy backstretch. That's pretty fun.

Now I need to put grass on the extension and consider some table walls. I'll have to build something for the back where the roof comes down. Those holes are a straight drop to the floor in a very hard to reach spot. I'm also considering a front wall/border. Something going right along the front of the table about an inch or so up. Not sure about that yet. I still don't have an issue with cars flying off the track. I'm sure someday I'll have that special visitor do it for me.

So of course I had to toss a quick track layout up to test it. The layout isn't the best, but I'm enjoying the extension. It tends to stop the tennis spectator effect when racing cars. Makes me turn and look. And the post isn't in the way at all. Also, there's no feeling like it's really far out there or that I can't make out the cars. I do need to work out the lighting. But I think the extension works pretty great, partly due to the 80cm height.

Threw in those softer curves as an afterthought. I really love those curves. Wish I had more. I really hate the 180° at the end.

I took the Matra around this current layout and averaged 8 seconds a lap. So I've gained about 3 seconds on my previous track. That's pretty good. I'm going to run it this way for awhile and see how I like it. I'll do layout changes for sure, but I like parts of what's going on here. Small parts.

I've also almost used up all my track pieces. I'm down to 4 1/60s and 2 1/30s. That's pretty good. I'm fine with leaving those out.