Brilliant explanation using music and flow as an example. Good chat Dave.

Thanks

Excellent Dave, well thought out and presented, really enjoyed it.

Great conversation! I agree, I always spend a lot of time planning out a new layout. Flow is so important. I always like a twisty section, a longer straight to let the cars stretch their legs. Use your space but don’t over use your space. Just because you have a little more room doesn’t mean you should fill it. Great advice Dave!

You nailed Sir.

Great advice Dave...just got back into it as I have retired,oh yes !..told the wife it,s for the benefit of my grandson.

Tough topic, I can see why you had to restart it a few times, but I think you nailed it. I think my layout is on iteration 5 or 6

Good chat Dave makes lots of sense thanks

Layouts are very hard to get right but simple tends to be better. The way in which to not do it is some of the tracks Scalextric have featured from what people have sent in. Huge crazy massive tracks with track going everywhere.

I mostly like tuning and comparing cars to each other and comparing the results via digital application. As such, I keep a temporary track layout with three sectors. I deliberately make one slow, one medium, one fast. Then you can see which cars perform better in the twisties and which can make up the time in the back straight.

An excellent video full of great information and ideas. I always enjoy your chats, and yes blind corners are a killer of an otherwise good layout. My old track had one in the back corner which was very hard to reach so a lap was less enjoyable then it should have been as every crash took much longer to clear then it normally would.

Great video dave very interesting

Good chat and right on the money I reckon. Thought about my own track and the only one I'm down on is time, but that's due to space available and not wanting a cramped space. Liked the coffee ingredients analogy 👏🏼👏🏼

Great insight Dave - really helpful way of framing a massive topic. Plus that musical connection is genius. Anyone keen to start with a riff and turn it into a slot car track?!

Liked your musical notes idea Dave ...you had me humming my track in my head . Excellent chat and I'm with you on the pioneer legends 🤗

Great topic for discussion Dave👍🏻. Also, I would add that the space available is one of the most important things to take into consideration.

That was a awesome description, I consider my 1/32 scenery track to be a drivers track, not a racing track, just as you say I enjoy watching cars against scenery driving around, My 1/24 track no scenery is my racing track, no time to look at scenery with opponent and autonomous car .

Usually I will leave a comment with a love it or make a joke or something like that but on this one I can’t I think this is the best video I have ever watched on KZread Dave wow yes yes brilliant I’m lost for words just thank you 👍👍👍🤟🤟🤟

When I set my track up I always put pieces of ply under the corners to give it some camber so the technical parts still have some follow

G'day Dave, great chat, and I agree Ive seen plenty of Tracks over the years where they fit in as much track as they own but to hell with visibility, my track like yours has been designed to allow visibility from all round, cheers and let commonsense prevail...