Advice on what to do hosting?

Hello, My two cents is Just to have fun. Seeing your car Race is the Key, Astetics of Scenery is second or down the order a ways. As long as you have a Competive track guys will want to Race. Different Tracks offer Iniviguality and I just don't modify a car for any Track. Each one is done for each Track according to the Design. so having a New track out there is Way cool. Hosting I found it to be a bit overwhelming at the Start but you will find a system that works best for you and your Track.

I have only hosted one Race myself and am now doing the Big Dogs Race with multiple Tracks, A horse of a Different Breed! Comunication is also very important, as long as the guys are in the know as to the flow of the race the all is good. Lots of vids to look up for editing as well as using Random wheel and Racing Grid. My first Race I came up 7 short that didn't make it, So I improvised and grabbed 7 cars to ripout of the Packages to fill slots. Its easy to get discombobulated so Don't rush anything, Keep Calm and Pet you Dog or Kitty! Even just watching other Channels and seeing how they go about doing the Hosting, They are as Indivigual as the Tracks are. Again just having fun is what we all want, Some guys are just Natural at doing the Commentary and you will slide right in with a Program that is comfortable and everyone is Rocking! I have Fun because I have a few nuts and Bolts loose Hence      ( Bent_Rod ) and I think I am funny Sometimes? That I guess is Debatable.

I'm definetly interested in following this thread.  Thanks for sharing.

The focus should be on good racing, meaning a good, fair, solid track and the format (and communication like was mentioned). Everything else should come second. Not comfortable with commentary? Don't bother. Moving pictures and some music will go a long way.

I'd actually say that would be a nice change from some of the racing I see and could be a difference-maker for you. Forgo the fancy production and just show off some great racing on a great track.

I don't have a good pulse on what every channel is doing but offering some sort of Rookie race I think would be a good way to get some attention and get some interesting racing. It's hard to gatekeep but I always enjoyed hosting a rookie race and seeing what people came up with. It was nice seeing new names and not have any idea who would actually win, rather than the usual suspects.

But overall, if you offer it, people will come. I don't think there will be a shortage of people wanting to race if you put together a solid format, share your track beforehand, and just focus on making your event run as smooth as possible. Good luck!

HSL, You mention the season-long points battle, the way NASCAR used to be: that's something I have been trying to figure out for diecast racing. When you spend weeks of preparation: tuning, painting, testing, tuning more; then the expense of mailing the cars, paying for the return shipping; then getting eliminated in the first race.. that is discouraging. It's also difficult to justify running multiple races with a car that obviously needs to be repaired or have tuning done.

I've been thinking about a format where a car is submitted for a season but can be tuned either by the owner of the track or the owner of the car, to try making it competitive for the next race.. or possibly submitting multiple cars, painted the same but with different tuning characteristics so the car owner can specify which car to run or to swap cars if one doesn't perform well in a race. I was thinking of having up to 4 entries allowed, recording a video of the test / qualifying runs with the car owner allowed to choose which car to race after the test / qualifying runs and swap out before the next race is run. I don't know if anyone has tried anything like this for mail-in tournaments but it wouldn't be much different than what some channels already do, racing single cars for qualifying / seeding; except it would be done with all of a single team's cars and giving them a few days to pick their entry or else the track owner gets to choose the best car from each team.

This has the benefit of paying for shipping one time but having the ability to "tune" your car by swapping it instead of doing physical work to the one entry and avoiding constant mailing back and forth. Just figured I'd share in case anyone has other thoughts or experience from trying it before.

History Intro: Sub4ra Nascar Racing, well this was very popular when I started racing many years ago. A good "grassroots" with not many frills racing, but with great commentary and a season long series of team racing and pointscores. A lot of fun. (I wont go into its disappearance.) Many top racers were into it, incl Red Pill, MDG, FPD, Flip, Po Boy, James Kleman, and more.. One of the issues for many races there, I think was poor track design, leading to more than necessary crashes.

HSL was racing in that series, and has now used what was a successful format, to have some fun and learn the trade of tracks, calling, pointscores, and the biggies, video shooting and editing. Grassroots. Good on you, and happy to support where I can. Great bang for buck raciing where many of us started off from.

So go check it out and give some constructive, positive feedback!

Cheers

Marc D

Thanks guys for the advice! I'll definitely allow backup cars and teammates! I plan on filming 2-3 races at a time due to my work schedule and I can repair cars that get damaged. The fastest 61 cars will get to be in each race video, the fastest 41 get into the "big race", spot 42 goes to the winner of the "minor league" race (20 cars like the races on my current season) and spot 43 goes to the highest driver in points among the rest of the minor-league field.

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