Test report by CoMod Carrera124 for the Carrera D132 Audi R8 DTM Safety Car (30465)
It's taken a long time, but now it's finally rolling to the starting line. Or rather, into the pit lane. Ever since the market launch of Pro-X in late summer 2004, the club has regularly expressed the desire for a pace car. And now it's not just any old safety car, but a true-to-original one: the Audi R8, as it has been used in the German Touring Car Masters, or DTM for short, since the middle of the 2008 season.
The changes compared to the road version are manageable: First, of course, the bar with the orange indicator lights on the roof. Furthermore, the side air intakes behind the doors are significantly darker. Most striking, however, is the lack of a driver's seat. Accordingly, the windows all around are heavily blackened and almost opaque to shield the wiring from view.
Naturally, there are no surprises in terms of handling: the car handles just like the already familiar road versions of the Audi R8. The digital chip used is different: it also controls the roof lights. While the standard digital chip can only turn the vehicle lights on and off, the turn signal chip offers a total of five options:
Vehicle lights and indicators on
only flashing light on
only vehicle lights on
Vehicle lights and indicators off
If the car is programmed as a pace car, the lights turn on
automatically when leaving the box, and after about 15 seconds off again
Finally, it should be mentioned that the Audi can be used not only as a safety car, but also in manual mode and as an autonomous ghost car, as well as on analogue tracks.
CoMod Carrera124
It's taken a long time, but now it's finally rolling to the starting line. Or rather, into the pit lane. Ever since the market launch of Pro-X in late summer 2004, the club has regularly expressed the desire for a pace car. And now it's not just any old safety car, but a true-to-original one: the Audi R8, as it has been used in the German Touring Car Masters, or DTM for short, since the middle of the 2008 season.
The changes compared to the road version are manageable: First, of course, the bar with the orange indicator lights on the roof. Furthermore, the side air intakes behind the doors are significantly darker. Most striking, however, is the lack of a driver's seat. Accordingly, the windows all around are heavily blackened and almost opaque to shield the wiring from view.
Naturally, there are no surprises in terms of handling: the car handles just like the already familiar road versions of the Audi R8. The digital chip used is different: it also controls the roof lights. While the standard digital chip can only turn the vehicle lights on and off, the turn signal chip offers a total of five options:
Vehicle lights and indicators on
only flashing light on
only vehicle lights on
Vehicle lights and indicators off
If the car is programmed as a pace car, the lights turn on
automatically when leaving the box, and after about 15 seconds off again
Finally, it should be mentioned that the Audi can be used not only as a safety car, but also in manual mode and as an autonomous ghost car, as well as on analogue tracks.
CoMod Carrera124
