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Re: Rail Racers web site
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 12 Dec 2001 06:42:23 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, James Trobaugh writes:
> http://www.ngltc.org/RailRacers/
WOW! I'm not a train fan, but I an a racing NUT and this looks awesome.
You get to "drive" your train right? I assume the trains can't just go full
blast from the start because of traction problems? (I hope! there's gotta be
some skill involved)
I noticed the light tree and computer set up. Cool!
Now I gotta know, do you have light sensor's under the track (or something?)
to detect false starts, and timing on stuff such as reaction time, trap
speed, and elapsed time?
Maybe I'm getting too ahead of myself, thinking this is too much like real
drag racing. But I could have a BLAST with this if it were...
Sorry, if none of that makes sense. I'm a bit excited about the possibilities!
I've got to know more about this! I wanna start up my own bracket racing
group now... :P
---SteveR
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| Yes, the trains are actually driven with standard train speed controllers. As for spinning out at the start, if you build the train just right you can prevent it from spinning out. There is a fine line between making it too heavy as to drag down (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Rail Racers web site
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| I would like to announce that the Official Rail Racers™ web site has gone live. You can visit the site at: (URL) and get the latest information on Rail Racers™ events, rules & regulations, race galleries and track setups. (Galleries and Track Setup (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !
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