Test report by CoMod Carrera 124 on the Carrera D132 Audi R8 DTM Safety Car (30465)
It took a long time, but now it's finally rolling onto the grid. Or rather: into the pit lane. Ever since the market launch of Pro-X in the late summer of 2004, the club has regularly expressed the desire for a pace car. And now it is not "just any" safety car, but a true-to-original one: the Audi R8, as it has been used in the German Touring Car Masters, or DTM, since the middle of the 2008 season.
The changes compared to the road version are manageable: First of all, of course, the bar with the orange flashing lights on the roof. In addition, the side air intakes behind the doors are much darker. The most striking feature, however, is the absence of a driver's insert. Accordingly, the windows are heavily blackened all round and almost opaque to shield the wiring from view.
Naturally, no surprises are to be expected in terms of handling: the car drives exactly like the familiar road-going versions of the Audi R8. The digital chip used is different: it also controls the lighting on the roof. While the normal digital chip can only switch the vehicle lighting on and off, the indicator chip offers a total of 5 options:
Vehicle lights and indicators on
only indicator light on
vehicle lighting only on
Vehicle lighting and indicators off
if the car is programmed as a pace car, the lights
automatically switch on when leaving the pit and switch off again after approx. 15 seconds
Finally, it should be mentioned that the Audi can of course not only be used as a safety car. Manual driving mode and operation as an autonomous ghost car are also possible, as is use on analog railroads.
CoModCarrera 124
It took a long time, but now it's finally rolling onto the grid. Or rather: into the pit lane. Ever since the market launch of Pro-X in the late summer of 2004, the club has regularly expressed the desire for a pace car. And now it is not "just any" safety car, but a true-to-original one: the Audi R8, as it has been used in the German Touring Car Masters, or DTM, since the middle of the 2008 season.
The changes compared to the road version are manageable: First of all, of course, the bar with the orange flashing lights on the roof. In addition, the side air intakes behind the doors are much darker. The most striking feature, however, is the absence of a driver's insert. Accordingly, the windows are heavily blackened all round and almost opaque to shield the wiring from view.
Naturally, no surprises are to be expected in terms of handling: the car drives exactly like the familiar road-going versions of the Audi R8. The digital chip used is different: it also controls the lighting on the roof. While the normal digital chip can only switch the vehicle lighting on and off, the indicator chip offers a total of 5 options:
Vehicle lights and indicators on
only indicator light on
vehicle lighting only on
Vehicle lighting and indicators off
if the car is programmed as a pace car, the lights
automatically switch on when leaving the pit and switch off again after approx. 15 seconds
Finally, it should be mentioned that the Audi can of course not only be used as a safety car. Manual driving mode and operation as an autonomous ghost car are also possible, as is use on analog railroads.
CoMod
