<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe most basic thing to remember<\/strong> is laps will only be counted when cars travel from right to left across the powerbase. This is because two separate sensors must be triggered in the correct order \u2013 one sensing the guide and the second picking up flashes from the LED that pokes out the bottom of the car.<\/p>\n The LED must line up with the sensor at the bottom of the slot<\/strong>. Because cars can swing out around a corner, it is always best to place at least a half-straight (preferably a full straight) between a corner and the powerbase \u2013 that ensures everything is lined-up nicely for the sensor. For the same reason, it\u2019s also an idea not to have a lane changer or pit exit piece just before the powerbase. For a slightly different reason, you shouldn\u2019t place the powerbase just before a lane changer or pit entrance \u2013 it is preferable not to be pressing the lane change button when you cross the ARC Pro powerbase sensors.<\/p>\n The first sensor is triggered by the car\u2019s guide blade and the guide needs to be black for it to work<\/strong>. That\u2019s not a problem with all Scalextric, Slot.it and Policar models sold on the Jadlam website. However, the NSR cars come with white guides, a few older Scalextric cars had blue guides and \u2013 although the standard guide is black \u2013 the replacement red \u2018shallow\u2019 guide for the Carrera cars is red.<\/p>\n NSR cars can be fitted with a black Slot.it SICH10 guide or the white guide can be painted with a good quality permanent black marker pen. The old Scalextric cars can be fitted with the C8145 short-stem guide (black) or use the black Sharpie to paint the blue guide.<\/p>\n For the Carrera cars, the red guide included in the box is required for Scalextric track \u2013 it is shallower, thinner and shorter to fit the smaller Scalextric slot. There are three options \u2013 paint the red guide black; cut and sand down the standard guide so it is the same depth, thickness and length as the red guide; or buy the BRM S-126 black Carrera shallow guide.<\/p>\n Next is what I call the \u2018Rule of Three Colours<\/strong>\u2019 and is what trips up people the most…<\/p>\n \u2022 Connect Controllers (pages 8 & 9 of the Quick Start Guide) You should understand the first two stops as you\u2019ve read and memorised the ARC Pro Quick Start Guide. A controller connected to red on the powerbase will control a car also connected to red. In the 2-car ARC Pro sets, the controllers and cars are already connected to red and green \u2013 plus blue for the 3-car set and yellow for the 4-car sets. When you buy more cars and controllers, you\u2019ll learn how to connect them.<\/p>\n To count laps, the car connected to red needs to be set up with the red driver tile in the app<\/strong>. Hence the \u2018Three Colours\u2019 – car, controller and driver tile \u2013 all have to be the same colour or you won\u2019t count laps. When you launch the app, the drivers are listed in colour order (red through to white) in the Choose Driver screen, so if you have set up a two-car race, you’ll have red and green available. A four-car race will have red, green, blue and yellow. And so on… The car connected to red on the powerbase must be setup in the first tile \u2013 which has a red border.<\/p>\nNow let\u2019s move on to the colours…<\/h4>\n
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe three steps are:<\/h4>\n
\n\u2022 Connect Cars (page 10 of the Quick Start Guide)
\n\u2022 Car\/Driver set-up in the ARC app.<\/p>\n