The Carrera Digital 132 Wireless GT Racers set is the ultimate starter set to enter the next generation of Carrera slot car racing.
Carrera Digital offers new freedom to compete in exciting new ways. Up to four racers can take to the track at once, and strategically change lanes at will.
Carrera once again welcomed crowds of spectators between 4th and 9th of February 2010 at the Stadauer expo sand at the Nuremberg Toys and Games Fair. Carrera enthusiasts were able to feast their eyes on the very latest products and issues appearing in 2010.
Among the updates are as follows:
The world of the Digital 124 race series now includes a new member of great status. The new additions to the portfolio of automobiles are Cheetah ‘66 and the magnificently streamlined Auto union Type C No. 33 AVUS 1937, Mercedes W 125 No. 35 AVUS 1937, and Maserati 4CL No. 38 Tripoli 1939.
DIGITAL 132 fans will surely love some new accessories!
The new control unit means the special racing feeling is now programmable. The new driver display and the stylish position tower make the visualization of the thrilling and challenging racing action extra-realistic. The fuel levels and current race position is now seen on the LED displays.
The fair announced the exclusive licensing agreement signed with Ferrari.
The Formula 1 grand prix duels of world champions can now be replayed on Carrera circuits in the comfort of every enthusiast’s living room. You can’t go wrong with Carrera especially when you can compare the lap times achieved in Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari F1 2010 with those clocked in Sebastian Vettel’s red Bull RB5 No. 15. The formula Redbull driver has also signed a special marketing cooperation agreement for 2010.
The unveiled new model of Carrera GO!!! Mario Kart DS edition
Expect to see “Princess Peach” as a new edition of Carrera GO!!! Mario Kart DS packed with plenty of daring maneuvers.
“and the winner is…. Stadlbauer!”
One of the highlights of the show was the long awaited unveiling of the latest Carrera RC product line. It tried to stay cool as the first prize in the Electronics and Technology category of the Toy Innovation Awards given to the Carrera RC Racing Machine right at the start of the trade fair. Innovative technology, top speeds and powerful engines all spelled out great racing enjoyment that lasted for 40 minutes.
The Nuremberg Toys and Games toy fair indeed lived up to its slogan “put the pedal to the metal!”
Get to drive Auto Express’ leading Performance Cars of the Year with Supercoupés from Audi and Porsche feature in this new set from slot car legend Carrera.
Own a 1:32-scale versions of an R8 and a 911 in the pack. They may not be exactly the same as the V10 Audi or the Cayman, but you can purchase your very own set of Carrera Evolution 132 Street Dreams at $128.99.
Apart from owning a realistically detailed model, the package of Carrera Evolution 132 Street Dreams
contains over six meters of track to race on.
The magnificent figure of eight circuit is made up of seven straights and eight curves, designed for the classic up-and-over style. You can buy spares and extensions if you want to try a different layout. The mechanical speed controllers are in the typical Carrera trigger design, and the starting block and guardrails are incredibly detailed, too. If all of these components are not enough to excite you; an optional upgrade kit enables you to have six drivers on the track at the same time. Players can also get a lap timer or pace car, while an extensive spares department can supply everything from a new wing mirror to a brushless motor, in case of accidents.
Carrera’s claim: “Race detailed, high-performance cars around a classic figure-of-eight track.”
Carrera Clubzone is now being staged as part of the Carrera Challenge tour by slot car clubs in Germany and Austria for the third time! Get involved and register your slot car club and your winners can make it through to the final of the Carrera Challenge Tour 2009, win valuable prizes and qualify to compete in the Carrera European Championship 2010!
The individual ClubZone stations are to be selected in August 2009. You decide whether to visit on of the Carrera Challenge tour stops or to inquire whether you can compete at one of the ClubZone slot car clubs.
All information is available (only in german language) at Carrera Club Zone.
Carrera goes digital!
You can be one of the lucky winners of the 3 Carrera DIGITAL sets at stake.
Take part and help build the longest virtual Carrera race track in the world and win one of the 3 Carrera DIGITAL sets! Simply click here and participate in the “AROUND THE WORLD WITH CARRERA” contest. Test your luck, I know I did.
The staff here at Carrera Slot Car Blog would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our readers a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. We hope your stockings are stuffed with all of your slot car dreams and that Santa knows what cars you like!
It’s getting close to Christmas, but thanks to Amazon it’s not too late to get a memorable gift to the racing fan in your life. Christmas gifts show how much you care and appreciate a loved one or someone close to your heart. Beat your confusion on selecting the perfect Christmas gift with so many products to choose from in the market. Browse our Christmas holiday gift guide and click away to order the one (or more) gift/s that would make a loved one smile this Christmas.
Slot Car Racing in the Digital Age
A primer on the latest digital and analog developments for both 1/32 and HO scales, Robert Schleicher’s book delivers the lowdown on building cars from individual components on ready-to-race chassis, as well as popular tune-up tips to get even more speed and better handling out of today’s cars. Schleicher’s book provides track tests of 70 cars and a slot-car shootout featuring 23 more vehicles. Finally, Schleicher includes nearly 50 track plans: 14 tabletop-size plans for Scalextric, Classic, Carrera, Sport, SCX, and Ninco brand track; 14 plans modeled on real circuits like Watkins Glen, Monaco, Spa-Francorchamps, Sears Point, and the Bahrain and Shanghai F1 courses; and 17 4×8-foot HO scale plans. Illustrated throughout with color photography and track plan line art, this is the book that no serious slot car racer can afford to be without.
Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world’s hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. The race goes over 24 hours on 14.5 kilometers of cordoned country road. Every few hours the two drivers per car alternate - but it’s still a challenge for concentration and material. In the focus is the duel between the German Stahler in Ferrari 512LM and the American Delaney in Gulf Team Porsche 917. Delaney is under extraordinary pressure, because the year before he caused a severe accident, in which his friend Lisa’s husband was killed.
Experience Slot car racing at its finest with these 17.39 feet durable tracks which can be set up just about anywhere. The Evolution series has thrilling racing themes and optional 4 and 6 lane racing extensions.
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Contents: 1 Corvette C5 R “FireBreather” 1 Nissan 350Z “Tuner” 5 Straights 342 mm 1 Straight 114 mm 6 Curves 1/90deg 1 Connecting track section 1 Straight with lap counter 2 Speed controllers 1 Transformer Support set Track section bolts Guardrails Replacement contacts Spare guide keels Instructions Dimensions when assembled: 142 x 78 cm/4.66 x 2.56 ft. Track length: 3,6 m/11.81 ft.
Logitech G25 Racing Wheel
Purchase special steering wheel with hardware platform compatibility to Playstation 2, Playstation 3 and PC. This item makes a perfect Christmas gift to racing fans thanks to its handcrafted components, including real leather on the steering wheel that provides an authentic feel. The player can change speeds with the six-speed shifter with push-down reverse gear in dual-motor force feedback transmission delivers powerful, high-fidelity force effects. It changes sequential shift mode provides backward compatibility. It offer an exclusive carpet grip system provides a realistic experience when the G25 is placed on the floor.
Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend documents the triumphs and tragedy of this motorsports legend. Written by Erik Arneson, this compelling book is a can’t miss book for racing fans, and everyone, actually. Arneson’s style of writing will pull you in to this interesting story of one of racing’s true “marathon man” heroes. Mickey could do it all. He was heralded as a great racer, builder and promoter until his untimely murder. Your emotions will be on a roller coaster with this book, so get ready when you start reading. You won’t be able to put it down.
Carrera EV Ferrari F1 Slot Car will run on all 1/32nd Scale Carrera Slot Car Tracks. It features realistic acceleration and brake action, high-quality original detailing and tampo printing with front and rear lighting. This collectible item is Equipped with patented Variable Magnet System (VMS) and magnet units including distance plates. It comes in a polarity switch to change directions and can be partly digitally retrofitted and upgraded.
Slot Car that will run on all 1/32nd Scale Carrera Slot Car Tracks.Another great home race track set by Carrera! Cars are designed with front Xenon and rear lighting. Ultimat 1/24 Carera Analog Slot Car Race 21.6 feet Track Sets package includes bits and pieces that makes this item a must buy for any Slot Car enthusiasts. The content includes 11 standard straights,1 connecting straight, 8 curves, 1/602 controllers,1 transformer, 18 V/2×1, 5A outer edge strip for curves, interior edge strip for curves, edge strip plugs, roadway bolting devices, guard rails. It also has slot cars such as Audi R10 Winner Mans 2006, Porsche RS Spyder ALMS 2006 N 7.
Don’t let time tick away and slowly counting off precious shopping time. Hurry and order these novelty racing items. You will be sure enough these gifts will thrill and excite the racing fan in your life this Christmas.
i have about 70′ of evolution track converted to digital and there is a voltage drop around the middle section. can a second transfomer be added?
Sorry Bobby, I tried to reply to your email but I think I have the wrong address.
The short answer is no, you definitely can’t just add a second transformer. Carrera makes power extension cables under part numbers 20584 (5m) and 20585 (10m).
Which circuit length does require any additional supply with Digital 132?
Answer:
Tracks of an entire length of 12 metres and more should be equipped with an additional power supply. Since 2006 the generation of modified U-profile connections between the individual track parts has drastically minimised the power loss. You will get the additional supply cables required from your retailer under item number 20584 (cable length 5m) and item number 20585 (cable length 10m). Under no circumstances you shall connect any further Black Boxes and/or transformers (danger of causing a short circuit!).
Ok, here are some pics of the pool table layout I had up for the last couple of weeks.
It was a combination of the original Carrera Go Police Chase set that I bought along with the Carrera Go Nascar set I picked up at Toys R Us a couple of weeks ago.
Here’s the plan:
I didn’t think I would like the loop before I bought it (one of the reasons I bought the police chase set to start - no toy pieces), but it carried some novelty for a while. It basically acts to lengthen the straight, which I like because I’m pretty space-limited at the moment, especially in my build space for these Carrera Go layouts - my bar-size pool table.
But after running this layout for a while, it is a bit gimmicky. I’d prefer they included some different radius turns instead. More on that in a few.
Here’s a shot of the assembled layout:
The track actually ends up being fairly technical. The banked crossovers can be a real challenge at speed and the significant elevation changes make for some interesting and varied racing. If you have this pair of sets or similar, I’d give it a try. You will need some books or something to support the turn on the backside of the loop, unless you’re also building on a pool table
Further impressions on the Carrera Go track system
After spending a couple of weeks messing with it, I’m still pretty happy with Carrera Go track. I’ve had a couple of the little track connectors break, but the sets come with a dozen or so extra so it’s not too big of a deal. But, I’d prefer it were engineered to not break at all, and it does seem sometimes that on the joints where they’re needed most they pop out.
The only other issue I’ve seen is some cars having minor issues with the inside lane of the banked turn, but usually tweaking the braids a bit will get over this (as long as you carry a little momentum through them).
The lack of turn variety is the biggest thing that will keep me from really getting into this scale. Yeah, it seems that there is ONE larger turn radius, but they are hard to come by. There are a few sets that have 180 degrees worth, but I haven’t seen them in the US, and I’ve only found one or two places that stock add-on packs of them (and I don’t know the vendors).
I’ve also looked a bit at the SCX product (but haven’t bought any of their track … yet!). They seem to be taking an approach that will please the enthusiasts a bit more, with no loops or wall-climb pieces. And they have a set that features more of the larger radius turns, but they have the same problem - 2 sizes of turns and that’s it.
I haven’t tried no magnet on this scale yet, but I’ll probably dump the magnets on the Nascars at some point and see how they slide.
You sure can’t beat the price. For less than $150 bucks, I’ve got enough track to create a bunch of different layouts and a few new cars to play with. It’s definitely a smaller investment than 1/32 and 1/24 and still can provide a ton of fun.
I found out over the weekend that my local Southern California Toys R Us is carrying Carrera Go. The one I went to had about four different sets, including the Police Chase I already bought from Amazon and the Mario Kart set.
I picked up a Nascar set, and after testing the box layout for a few minutes I have a layout set up combining the two sets. Pics coming soon..
I received my Carrera Go Police Chase set over the weekend.
Initially I’m very impressed with the quality of the track and parts. For a product that is considered “toy-class,” the assembly takes a little bit longer than I would have expected, and it seems like some of the parts could break fairly easily if they were handled roughly. The track has a rigid feel to it as opposed to more flexible tracks like Scalextric.
Putting the track together there are tabs on the end of each track piece that slide into one another along with the connectivity tabs. Once that goes together, there are clips that go on each side of the track to hold it in place. When I first received the set, I did set it up without putting the clips on very quickly in a temporary spot just to try it out. It will run reasonably well without putting in the clips, but it did seem like the track wanted to separate without the clips. I think you could really only run it clipless on a very small track for a short period of time.
Once you attach the clips, the track becomes very solid. You can have a 4 or 5 piece section of the track that is a very firm, you can pick it up as one unit. It has a nice rigid feel - it feels very weighty and very substantial, not at all like a kid’s toy. But, being that it’s rigid, I would wager that stepping on it for instance (if you have it set up on the floor) would be a bad thing. It would probably damage some of the tabs.
The only piece that I wasn’t totally enthused about was the guard rail attachments. Everything else, like I said, has a very solid and well connected feel when it goes together. The guardrail tabs tend to slide around and seem to come off very easily. They could be a little bit tighter fit. On the other hand, they look very cool when attached, especially along with the red and white striping on the edge of the turns.
The cars are pretty nice. They aren’t quite as detailed as 1/32nd scale cars, but they are a little nicer than I expected. They have some very nice detail elements. The police car has working police lights, which is very cool. The Corvette actually has a blue light underneath it that lights up as it goes around - the car has a clear bottom, and the light is inside.
The cars are very powerful on this track. For a track this small, you can’t really open them up without shooting them off the track. With the turbo button on the controller (I’ll talk more about this in a minute) you can pretty much remove the car from the track at any location just by hitting that button.
The police car has a higher center of gravity than the Corvette. I haven’t done much racing on the set yet (just a few laps with my girlfriend), but the cars definitely feel a bit unbalanced with an advantage going to the Corvette. I prefer stock set cars to be a bit more closely matched than these.
On the default layout, there doesn’t seem to be a distinct lane advantage.
The controllers are interesting. The feel of the plunger is a little stiff, but I was able to get decent control out of it. It obviously doesn’t have the feel of a good aftermarket controller from Parma or similar. But it does have the interesting (slightly gimmicky, but still fun) turbo feature. According to the manual, the plunger takes you from 0-70% power, and the turbo button is 100% power. On this particular set, I can use the turbo button coming out of one of the turns toward the straight away for a split second tap - any longer than that and the car doesn’t have time to slow down by the end of the straight and make the next turn. But it seems like it definitely gives a significant burst of power. On a track with a long straight away it would probably be a lot of fun.
Final Thoughts
For just under $50 (about the price of one good 1/32 scale car), I got a very nice full set including everything needed. The 1/43 format is nicer than I expected, feeling more like 1/32 than HO (although I haven’t tried ripping out the magnets to get the cars to slide yet!). I’d definitely recommend this set if you just want to check out the 1/43 format without a large investment. And, when Carrera Digital 143 comes out this track can be used with a digital set to build a bigger layout.
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Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend
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