Blackpond racetrack
Posted: Sat 26. Apr 2014 02:31
This is the first (real) track I've built and all things considered it went fairly well. I need to do some more experiments with the lane changes to get them right, but I see that as part of the experience
Since this track was used for a competition at my work I needed some kind of lap counting system. I haven't had time to look at building one into the track yet (though I've got some ideas for a home built system that should be fairly cheap to build) so I decided to go for a simple "click the button" solution using a couple of controllers from the playstation game "Buzz" to control the score board. That worked well, but the person counting can neither participate in the race nor look at anything but the finish line to make sure laps are counted correctly.
Please note that the names shown above were some I put in after we had finished racing. I didn't really want to use either my coworkers' names nor things like "Driver 1" and so on. I hope the people listed there don't mind. If you do let me know and I'll remove the picture
Since this track was used for a competition at my work I needed some kind of lap counting system. I haven't had time to look at building one into the track yet (though I've got some ideas for a home built system that should be fairly cheap to build) so I decided to go for a simple "click the button" solution using a couple of controllers from the playstation game "Buzz" to control the score board. That worked well, but the person counting can neither participate in the race nor look at anything but the finish line to make sure laps are counted correctly.
Please note that the names shown above were some I put in after we had finished racing. I didn't really want to use either my coworkers' names nor things like "Driver 1" and so on. I hope the people listed there don't mind. If you do let me know and I'll remove the picture