November 2011 for my son’s 7th and my daughter’s 11th birthday parties.
Designed to be easy for the kids. Put the magnets back in the cars. Thoroughly enjoyed it myself too.
The girls were the better drivers, no matter the age.
And I know you’re asking “but how did you make that amazing 2 lane bridge over a 2 lane straight at a 45° angle?”.
Well wonder no more.
Lego is the answer to so many questions.
April 2011 but it sure felt like Christmas. I’d come back from the SLN beurs with my shiny new digital track and laid out this beauty. It’s an example of the fun you can have with digital. Imagine putting a car on the outside lane, top right. 2 laps later you’re on the inside lane….
20th June 2011 was the inaugural Osdorp race day. Had a lot of fun with my willing friends. Thanks to the unmatched lane changers, if you want to keep the inside lane you had to use a lane changer each lap. Corner D was maybe the best place for that.
Slip-streaming, pulling out to overtake, pit stops, handling that changed with tyre wear and fuel load, all the pit lane data on your phone, maybe even self-driving back markers! It was going to be so amazing. With traditional analog racing the throttle controls the voltage on the track and hence the car’s speed. With digital…
April 2012. Had an epiphany: a good flowing circuit is all about not spending too long in the corners. It can be a long fast one or a brief tight one, it’s all about staying in the zone, on the throttle as soon as you can, off as late as you can. Which is why…