Based in outer Melbourne Township of Somerville we have been involved in slot car racing for some 40 plus years.
Startline Race
System (SRS) has very humble beginnings. Originally a simple piece of software
to run a 1/32nd scale drag strip at home. Nothing fancy, it just had to tell who
won and what speed was achieved. It also had to run on a 285 PC platform or
lower. There are plenty of these types of PC’s sitting in the back of sheds and
garages, unloved and unused. I was asked if I could convert it to count laps on
a two lane track and would it run on a very ancient 18 y.o PC.
Afterwards I looked at the programme I was running on my track and got to
thinking. Could I make the racing more life like by writing my own programme?
First I had to expand the programme to run four lanes. I still wanted simplicity
of use plus it had to still run on older type PC’s. Many months later I had
reached a point in the software development where I could confidently host a
race meeting using my own software. The meeting was a success. All went well but
I did jot down some improvements I wanted to make. As with most things what
started out as a simple little programme has over time grown to it’s now, quite
complex yet easy to operate current state.
We moved into making bodies really by accident. A Falcon Ute was scratch
built and when raced others wanted copies. Naturally a Holden was also
requested. From then on the range has just mushroomed.
A Computer graphics /graphic artists by trade we are moving away from the corporate world to concentrate on our slot car business which is something really pushed forward by an ill health last year
Our goal for Startline Race Systems is to look for unusual non main stream yet desired models for the plastic and vac formed bodies . We also hope soon to start stocking a a range of spares for the scratch builders and RTR racers alike.
Should you have any questions please write to
Cheers
SS