Record Racer
Put the pedal to the metal with a mechanical racing game you build yourself! Steer your car across a spinning, circular racetrack — complete with a potentiometer that lets you control the speed and moveable obstacles to make the game harder or easier. Ready to discover a need for speed — and a love of STEM?
Why it’s awesome
Mechanical gameplay
Build a steering mechanism for your racer’s drive system.
Make-it-move electronics
Build and learn with real components and hands-on circuits.
Level up your play
Create custom games with tricky obstacles.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Mechanical linkages
Electronics
Mechanical games
Reviews
4.9
12 reviews
Marisa Trujillo
11/28/2024
My child’s favorite project so far. She loves mechanical and electrical engineering. This crate was perfect for her
Casandra
11/20/2024
This was fun too make, took some brain power and has been played with a lot.
Melissa
08/29/2024
Challenging which is great…such a cool great idea!.. In progress realized he had done something wrong and was able to see it and fix it without anyone telling him and without frustration WIN
Mary
07/29/2023
This was a favorite!
Auntie
03/15/2023
My nephew assembled it (9yrs), and has taken it everywhere to challenge everyone to beat his record. Great project.
Stevie J
02/24/2023
Our classroom is really enjoying Record Racer. My Special Ed students are attempting different speeds with various obstacles. However, the speed differentiator is very precarious. One must turn the dial about 1/3 of the way on before it starts going, and then the race "jumps" into high speed. We're learning how to work with it and compensate. It actually adds another level of difficulty for my students, and that's not all bad!
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