I slept lousy last night, probably because I watched a video on how to do 120fps video with my camera. That got me to thinking, which kept me awake. I woke up at 5, started right in on the video tests, then shifted gears and decided to work on the new group of race cars. I hadn't tuned them all just yet. Some partially, some not at all. So today was focused on the T70 III, the GT40, the P68, the yellow Ferrari and the Hippy Car, which was the most completed of the cars.
Three things from the top of my head:
1. There is absolutely nothing saying Slot.it cars can't keep up with NSR and Thunderslot and others. I used to believe something to this effect, mostly because I hadn't gotten past that first level of tuning, but now I see and understand. So if I've ever disparaged Slot.it, which I don't think I haven't, I want to make it perfectly clear that they are every bit as competitive as any other brand.
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| Watch out for this Slot.it car. |
2. The T70 is an absolute beast.
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| Beast. |
3. Here's the deal with the P68; because of the narrow front and rear of the car, those factor in to the handling in an immense way. At first I thought it would handle roughly like the GT40, but I was wrong. There's no rear-end weirdness whatsoever. This car is as planted and on the money as the Matra, which is a crazy concept. It's also very light, which plays directly into it's cornering ability.
DAY TWO:
Now that the previous cars mentioned have all been dealt with, I'm moving on to quick cleanup and checking of some of the others. Nothing too fancy....a tire cleaning and 20 or so laps to make sure nothing weird is happening. Being that this is the first race of my season and has a lot of cars in various states, I thought I would give everyone a quick going over. Plus, my week extended by a day, so I have an extra day to do this.
Most of the Classics are finished, and I'll be doing some motor adjustments to some of the GT cars to get them up to speed.
I have the rest of the day to do the last of the cars and possibly even start the racing. I only have one errand to run, then it's all about slot cars.
I've been thinking about it, and I'm honestly not sure I can predict who will win this. The field is so close that I'm going to run 50 lap races to get some decent scoring. I don't know if it'll be a car that has already won before, or whether it'll be one of the newer contenders. So many of these cars haven't been in a race yet. Ferrari, 917/10k, Lola, P68, the GT cars...so many have yet to compete, and the winner could be from any one of them, along with dozens of others.
I'm going to run a points system, so the last 10 cars won't score any points. I think that'll be 43 points for the winner, working down from there. Winner will also receive 3 bonus points, 2nd 2 bonus points and 3rd 1 bonus point.
If the GT Class as a group are considerably slower than the Le Mans Class, their scores will be re-evaluated based on the Class as a separate group. That will also effect scoring for the Le Mans Class, so they would both have to be reconfigured. For example: if the entirety of the GT Class is off pace from the Le Mans Class by 3 seconds or so, yet still competitive with its own Class, then two separate scoring structures will happen, with a GT Class winner each race, as well as a similar scoring system to the Le Mans Class.
I'll be running individual points championship, sponsor points championship and constructor's championship. Any team cars are eligible for the sponsor points championship, however only the two fastest team cars can carry their points over. The constructor's championship will be the slot car manufacturer's cup. Eligible companies at this time are: NSR, Slot.it, Thunderslot, Revoslot, Carrera. All cars are eligible to carry their points over.
Back to the track...
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