For those who enjoy marble racing - Here's diecast sports action racer

[skrskg]

The thread about Marbula One made a lot aware of the joys of watching Jelle's Marble Runs.

Here's something similiar, but with diecast model cars competing with each other.

The channel is called 3D Bot Maker and I discovered it recently.

Here's the first qualifying races in two recent and different competitions. Diecast Rally Championship and Ferrari Diecast Racing Tournament. Both competitions are finished, so if you enjoy them you can watch the other events in each series.

They share the same production values as Jelle's, with commentary and exciting races.

And some spectacular crashes.

 

[HStallion]

I appreciate that they've actually built scenery around the course. Its a little touch that ads a ton to the presentation. Kind of wish the courses were a bit more elaborate but I don't know if they cars would even have enough momentum to finish.

 

[Chibits12]

I enjoy this channel, been watching it since the year started. The announcers can be pretty funny too.

 

[Dyle]

It's always a good race when Crazy Jimmy is behind the wheel

 

[skrskg]

Kind of wish the courses were a bit more elaborate but I don't know if they cars would even have enough momentum to finish.

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With the amount of contact between them, I'm not sure anyone would be able to finish if the tracks were more complicated.

 

[HStallion]

With the amount of contact between them, I'm not sure anyone would be able to finish if the tracks were more complicated.

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I guess they're against the little motorized speed boosters that you could put into hotwheels tracks?

 

[skrskg]

I guess they're against the little motorized speed boosters that you could put into hotwheels tracks?

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I have no idea, but after the beginning of the race the cars share the same track so I'm not sure how that would work.

 

[HStallion]

I have no idea, but after the beginning of the race the cars share the same track so I'm not sure how that would work.

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Its just a set of spinning wheels on either side of the track that just speed the car up very quickly so it doesn't lose momentum and keep going. You could potentially put them around a looping track and just have cars going indefinitely if they were spaced apart smartly. Though that might fuck with the whole scoring arrangement they have.

 

[DrEvil]

The DRC finals were nuts

 

[skrskg]

Its just a set of spinning wheels on either side of the track that just speed the car up very quickly so it doesn't lose momentum and keep going.

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But wouldn't those spinning wheels have to be set in single lanes? If so, I guess the problem would be about how to get the cars into those safely after the open parts of the tracks where all the fun stuff happens.

 

[Griselbrand]

I used to race my cars like this when I was a kid. My dad had long segments of roll up shutters that were just wide enough to fit these cars so me and a friend laid then end to end and we'd use any junk we could find to make interesting jumps or tunnels. One of our signature sections was a tunnel made of a grimy length of PVC pipe. Ah memories.

 

[skrskg]

New tournament.

 

[rckvla]

New tournament.

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Just finished watching this and damn, it was chaos, especially the group 2.

 

[dubc]

haha, I was thinking about this earlier today. I watched the first one when it released, need to catch up on the rest.

 

[skrskg]

Just finished watching this and damn, it was chaos, especially the group 2.

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Yeah, I'm surprised how much drama there can be with only four cars racing down the track.

And that intersection after the finished line is perfectly placed.

The Rally Championships are still my favorite, with those jumps, but this race with the heavier cars (and how they interact with the track) might become a contender.

 

[skrskg]

And here's group 3-4 of round one in the Classic Stock Car Tournament.

 

[skrskg]

And it's time for the semifinals.

Now with a TUNNEL CAM.

And Crazy James (or maybe Jimmy).

 

[Sobriquet]

I posted 3DBotMaker in the Marbula One thread and no one cared 😢

RIP Gab Formoso

 

[rckvla]

Crazy James is sooo fast like Crazy Jimmy 🤔

 

[skrskg]

The finals in the Classic stock car Tournament.

 

[skrskg]

Diecast Rally Championship #3 begins, here's round 1.

 

[Sobriquet]

Diecast Rally Championship #3 begins, here's round 1.

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Is the final car a

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Ferarri Fiero? :D

RIP McClyde

 

[The Albatross]

This is what I did in my imagination every day of summer as a kid.

 

[rckvla]

Round 3 of the DRC was great!

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I hope the two spectators who were hit are okay.

 

[skrskg]

Round 3 of the DRC was great!

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Yeah, that was a really good round.

And the commentaries continues to be amazing.

 

[Honome]

I watch this channel all the time with my kids, it's really fun, specially the races with lots of accidents!

 

[Landy828]

I haven't had a laugh as good as watching "Crazy Jimmy" in a while. That whole race series is a good time.

The reverse intimidation through the tunnel got me. 😂

"Who knew a Fiero could drift?! If anyone can do it, it's Crazy Jimmy."

 

[Landy828]

I just noticed they even go through the detail/trouble of adding little Easter-eggs on the track.

During the races that have a DeLorean, there's a sign with a picture of Doc that says "We have to go back".

Edit** Oops, double post.