by Czar » Sun Jun 25, 2017 6:27 am
Maybe the proper question is: "why doesn't your Carrera CU look like this?" Since your friend's modifications make for more options in driving, and further increase the functionality of the Carrera system, the question should be asked, why doesn't Carrera do this? I have nothing but respect for the skills of Seb, but if someone can retro engineer these improvements, why can't/won't Carrera? I am sure that he did not have access to the Carrera codes, so he had to reverse engineer and figure out everything for himself. Since Carrera has all the codes, it should be far less time consuming and easier than someone having to replicate and improve on what has already been done. The enhanced CU could be sold as a separate, upgrade unit, like the pit lane, so it wouldn't raise the price with the standard sets. Or, it could be sold as a "black box" that connects through one of the pre-existing ports on the standard CU. So again, if this is possible why isn't Carrera (or anyone else) doing it? I don't really know what enhancements are possible with this CU, but the mere fact that you can run analog with the flick of a switch; that alone would attract a lot of buyers.