Changelog
What's New
Features, improvements, and updates as they ship.
August 2026
Release
27 Aug 2026
What's new — August 27, 2026
Improvements
- The generator now tells you exactly which pieces you're missing — like "add 3 more R1 curves to build your first oval" — instead of a vague "add a few more pieces."
- Your garage now shows which of your pieces the track generator can't use — each piece says why (like "used only for banking"), with a summary of how many pieces aren't used for auto-generating a track.
Release
24 Aug 2026
What's new — August 23, 2026
Improvements
- The planner now helps you close your loop in far more cases — including when your two loose ends have come back near each other but are pointing opposite ways.
Fixes
- The close-the-loop card now shows distances in the units you’ve chosen — it was reading in millimetres even when the rest of the planner was in inches.
Release
8 Aug 2026
What's new — August 8, 2026
Improvements
- The track generator now combines curves of the same size but different angles, so a garage stocked with mostly one curve type can build S-bends and kidney loops instead of being limited to ovals.
Release
8 Aug 2026
What's new — August 8, 2026
Fixes
- Tracks you build from the garage generator now remember the table you built them for — they open in the planner already sized to your table, and the generator remembers your table size on your next visit.
Release
8 Aug 2026
What's new — August 8, 2026
Improvements
- The track generator now designs more shapes that fit smaller tables — including bent "kidney" loops and flowing S-bend courses — and when your table or pieces only allow ovals, it now tells you why and exactly what to add to unlock figure-8s, dogbones, and more.
Release
7 Aug 2026
What's new — August 7, 2026
Features
- The printable Build Sheet now includes a wiring checklist showing where to connect power on a digital track, in build order.
Improvements
- When you drag a section out of a closed loop and drop it in the wrong spot, the planner now offers a one-click Snap back that puts it right and re-closes the loop — not just for single pieces, but for lane changes and other welded sections too.
- Older digital tracks now show the wiring guide and power-tap markers, which previously only appeared on tracks built more recently.
- Single-lane curve pieces now show real track art in the palette and catalog instead of a plain coloured tile.
Release
7 Aug 2026
What's new — August 7, 2026
Features
- Turn on "Power taps" to see recommended power-feed spots on digital layouts, the Check Lane piece now shows its real timing markings, and you can drag a whole connected section and snap it onto another piece.
Release
6 Aug 2026
What's new — August 6, 2026
Fixes
- Fixed a bug where dragging a piece from the palette wouldn't drop it onto the canvas.
Release
6 Aug 2026
What's new — August 6, 2026
Improvements
- Piece thumbnails in the palette and Catalog now show the real pieces, with actual asphalt, lane lines, and kerbs, instead of a flat gray outline.
- Corrected the left/right lane-change section names so they match the real Carrera parts, added the Check Lane timing straight to the palette, and made the lane-length readouts (In/Out/Δ) visible on smaller windows.
- Palette pieces are now labeled by system, so you can tell digital pieces from the analog Evolution ones at a glance.
Release
5 Aug 2026
What's new — August 5, 2026
Features
- Imported a layout with a raised stretch stuck floating on discontinued ramp pieces? A new "Flatten this section" button drops it back to the ground in one click, keeping your loop closed.
- You can now detach a placed piece from its neighbors with a Detach button, so you can move or turn it without deleting and rebuilding.
Fixes
- Palette search now finds pieces by their category — searching "chicane" shows the chicane pieces even though that word isn't in their names.
- The straight lane-change pieces had their 'Left' and 'Right' labels reversed — they now match the real Carrera parts.
- Fixed 3D support posts that could float above the track deck on layouts mixing raised sections with ramps — they now stand correctly underneath.
- Double lane changes now connect into your track — drop one so its lanes line up with two single-lane ends and it snaps into place. And pressing R now rotates the piece you have selected, not just one you're dragging in.
- Fixed rotating a lane-change section so both halves turn together and stay joined, instead of one half spinning off on its own.
Release
3 Aug 2026
What's new — August 3, 2026
Features
- The Design a Track screen now shows exactly what your garage can build — and if a shape is missing, which pieces (or a deeper table) you need to unlock S-bends, dogbones, and figure-8s.
Release
3 Aug 2026
What's new — August 3, 2026
Features
- You can now start a multi-lane analog layout straight from the New Track screen — pick Carrera Multi-lane and build up to 8 lanes by nesting circuits.
Release
1 Aug 2026
What's new — August 1, 2026
Fixes
- Pit-lane switches now face and connect the right way. Before, a pit switch could sit mirrored — its entry and exit landing on the wrong side, sometimes overlapping the track next to it. Now they orient correctly, and every saved layout with a pit switch was updated automatically to match, so your pit lane lines up without you rebuilding a thing.
July 2026
Release
27 Jul 2026
What's new — July 27, 2026
Fixes
- Fixed the planner showing unequal lane lengths on figure-8 tracks when the two lanes are actually the same length.
Release
26 Jul 2026
What's new — July 26, 2026
Improvements
- Made sign-in help clearer: if a password reset still doesn't get you back in, the login page now points you to use the same email you signed up with, reset your password, and check your spam folder.
Fixes
- Fixed saved layouts sometimes showing "Not a closed loop" even when the track was actually a complete, closed circuit.
Release
26 Jul 2026
What's new — July 26, 2026
Fixes
- Fixed the pit entry/exit offering a Left/Right orientation that a real Carrera pit doesn't have — the pit now places the one correct way.
Release
25 Jul 2026
What's new — July 25, 2026
Features
- Opening the planner without a track in progress now asks whether you're building Digital or Analog — and lets you start from a template, a blank canvas, or pick up a saved layout — instead of dropping you straight onto a digital track.
- Plan analog Carrera layouts and build multi-lane tracks — nest concentric circuits up to 8 lanes, thread the S-bends that fit, and see each lane's length as you go. This is a first release and still a work in progress: it shines on ovals and rounded circuits today, and we'll keep expanding what it can build.
Release
21 Jul 2026
What's new — July 21, 2026
Features
- Tell Trackwright the track pieces you own and the size of your table, and it now designs complete, buildable layouts that fit your space — from space-filling ovals to genuine flowing road courses, including a figure-8 crossover.
Release
18 Jul 2026
What's new — July 17, 2026
Fixes
- Fixed the planner falsely warning "you're almost a loop" on a brand-new, empty track.
Release
18 Jul 2026
What's new — July 17, 2026
Fixes
- Fixed a rare case where a piece you placed right before closing or refreshing the planner could be lost.
Release
17 Jul 2026
What's new — July 17, 2026
Features
- Every layout now has a printable Build Sheet — a step-by-step guide to building it on your table, with a diagram of the finished track, the parts you'll need, and each piece in the order you place it.
Release
17 Jul 2026
What's new — July 17, 2026
Improvements
- The planner now shows your track's overall size — its width by height on the floor — so you can tell at a glance whether a layout will fit your space.
Release
17 Jul 2026
What's new — July 17, 2026
Improvements
- Turn on "Fits here" in the palette and the pieces that can't connect to the end you've selected drop to the bottom, greyed out — so the parts that'll actually snap on stay front and center.
Release
17 Jul 2026
What's new — July 17, 2026
Features
- Delete a piece from the middle of your track and Trackwright now offers to close the gap — the rest of the layout slides back to reconnect in one click.
Release
17 Jul 2026
What's new — July 16, 2026
Improvements
- You can now repair every one of your layouts that uses a discontinued piece in a single action from Settings — and if any layout ends up with overlapping track, it's called out by name so you can check it, with one-click undo.
Release
16 Jul 2026
What's new — July 16, 2026
Fixes
- Fixed pit lanes that could come out reversed — the entrance and exit now line up with the direction your cars actually run, whichever end of the Control Unit you build from.
Release
16 Jul 2026
What's new — July 16, 2026
Fixes
- The planner now welcomes you back with your most recent layout ready to reopen in one click, instead of a blank track that made it look like your work had vanished.
Release
16 Jul 2026
What's new — July 16, 2026
Improvements
- When a retired crossing-ramp is a real over/under bridge, you can now swap it for the current Ramp Bridge Crossing in one click — and undo if it shifts your track; ramps used on their own for elevation are left as they are.
Release
15 Jul 2026
What's new — July 15, 2026
Improvements
- When your layout has an older version of a piece we've rebuilt, you can now swap it for the current one in a single click from the repair panel — and undo if the track shifts more than you wanted.
Release
15 Jul 2026
What's new — July 15, 2026
Improvements
- You'll now get a friendly heads-up when a saved layout uses an older version of a piece we've since rebuilt — it still works exactly as saved, and you can tuck the note away with a click.
Release
15 Jul 2026
What's new — July 15, 2026
Fixes
- Fixed a pit lane that would only attach to one end of the Control Unit — you can now add a pit from either end, whichever way your cars run.
Release
15 Jul 2026
What's new — July 15, 2026
Improvements
- Dragging pieces from the palette is much smoother now — pieces show a grab cursor so it's clear you can drag them, they snap to the nearest connector automatically instead of making you drop exactly on it, a live preview shows where the piece will land, and the piece list no longer opens with greyed-out items sitting on top.
Release
15 Jul 2026
What's new — July 15, 2026
Features
- You can now drag a piece straight from the palette onto the track — a green preview shows where it'll snap before you drop it.
Release
15 Jul 2026
What's new — July 15, 2026
Features
- If you move a piece and can't get the track to reconnect, a new "Snap back" button puts it back where it was and closes the loop for you.
Release
15 Jul 2026
What's new — July 15, 2026
Features
- Overpass supports now stand clear of the track — the legs under a bridge crossing no longer poke through the lane passing beneath it.
Release
14 Jul 2026
What's new — July 14, 2026
Features
- You can now delete a single piece from your layout without the rest of the track going with it — the pieces after it stay put and leave a gap you can fill.
Release
14 Jul 2026
What's new — July 14, 2026
Fixes
- Fixed two building snags: you can now keep laying track past a pit lane, and the Control Unit snaps back into place when you move it out and drop it back in.
- Fixed the FUEL marking on the pit-lane adapter — it now reads the right way round and sits on the correct lane.
Release
13 Jul 2026
What's new — July 13, 2026
Features
- Layouts you build now save to your account on their own as you work, and if the same layout gets changed on two devices you'll be asked which version to keep instead of quietly losing your edits.
Fixes
- Fixed your layout's name vanishing from the top bar the moment you save it on a narrower window.
Release
13 Jul 2026
What's new — July 12, 2026
Improvements
- You can now add a hairpin or pit lane right from the piece palette — and choose which way it curves — instead of the pop-up bars that used to sit on screen while you built.
Release
12 Jul 2026
What's new — July 12, 2026
Features
- You can now find hairpin turns by searching "hairpin" or "u-turn" in the palette, and drop a full 180° hairpin onto your track in one click — it lays in three tight R1 curves for you.
- Unsaved track layouts are now saved automatically and listed in My Layouts as drafts you can jump right back into — and different layouts no longer overwrite each other.
Release
11 Jul 2026
What's new — July 11, 2026
Features
- Start a new track from the **Oval with Pit Lane** template — a ready-made oval with a working pit lane and a fuel stop already built in.
- You can now add a pit lane to a track you've already closed into a full loop, or build one by hand — and pieces snap together more clearly, with the spot they'll connect lighting up as you drag.
Improvements
- Adding a pit lane is now right where you need it instead of hidden in a menu, and you can flip it to either side of the track so it sits where you want.
Fixes
- Fixed a finished loop appearing to fall apart when you tried to insert a piece into it — the planner now tells you that you can't add a piece to a closed circuit.
Release
5 Jul 2026
What's new — July 5, 2026
Improvements
- You can now add a red-and-white kerb to a curve or straight by clicking a small marker on its inside or outside edge — hover a piece to reveal the markers, no need to select it first.
Release
5 Jul 2026
What's new — July 5, 2026
Improvements
- You can now switch the planner between imperial (feet & inches) and metric (metres & millimetres) with a toggle in the toolbar — and it remembers your choice next time.
Release
4 Jul 2026
What's new — July 4, 2026
Improvements
- The circuit readout now shows how far apart your two open track ends are as you build, so you can see at a glance exactly how close you are to closing the loop.
Release
4 Jul 2026
What's new — July 4, 2026
Improvements
- You can now show or hide the reference grid, your build tables stay put on the bottom layer — click one to select it before moving — and you can size any number of tables to match your real setup.
Release
4 Jul 2026
What's new — July 4, 2026
Improvements
- Curbs can now be added to straight pieces, not just curves — select a straight and use Outside or Inside Curb to line it with a run-off strip.
Release
4 Jul 2026
What's new — July 4, 2026
Features
- Three new ready-made tracks join the starters — a figure-eight that crosses over itself, a flowing road course, and a chicane course — so there's more to build from than a plain oval.
- When your track is nearly a full loop, the planner now shows how far apart the two loose ends are and — with one click — can add the piece or two that closes it (and it just says so when there isn't a simple fix, instead of guessing).
Improvements
- Single-lane track pieces now connect straight onto the main two-lane track, so you can branch a single lane off your circuit.
- Starting a new layout now lets you begin from a ready-made track instead of a blank canvas — pick a starter and start building right away.
Release
3 Jul 2026
What's new — July 3, 2026
Features
- The Get Started tour now walks you through everything new — single-lane pieces, bridge crossings, banking, curbs, dropping a piece into the middle of a run, one-click repairs, the build-table fit check, and more — and the demo track shows its connection points right away instead of after your first click.
- When you sign in after this update, a quick welcome walks you through what's new and points out any saved-layout pieces that need replacing after our track-geometry rebuild — so you know exactly what to fix.
- You can now add single-lane track sections — quarter and third straights plus R1–R4 curves — onto a specific inside or outside lane, so your two lanes can split off and run their own paths.
- - Lane changes now drop in as a complete two-piece section that moves, rotates, and deletes as one — just like the real Carrera part.
Improvements
- Guided repair now opens right over your track instead of in a side panel, and when a discontinued piece turns up in more than one place, each spot gets its own fix — so clearing one never disturbs the others.
- Repairing a saved layout is clearer now — the fix button stays in view instead of hiding under the coaching text, and pieces that are no longer sold show up on your track so you can see exactly what needs replacing.
- When your layout uses track that's no longer sold, the planner can now remove those pieces in one click and points you to the current replacement — and the ramp-bridge crossing sections are available individually so you can rebuild the crossing to fit your space.
- Trackwright now spots when your layout uses a piece Carrera no longer makes — like the old crossing ramp — and tells you the current piece to use instead, so a section that won't work no longer leaves you guessing.
- The over/under crossing now stands on support legs beneath its raised span, matching the real bridge set.
- The over/under Ramp Bridge Crossing now drops in as a single palette piece — one click places the whole bridge, instead of adding four separate sections.
- The over/under crossing is now a proper full-size bridge — the track ramps up and over it with the correct height and clearance, instead of the old undersized hump.
Fixes
- Fixed the "Remove and replace" repair sometimes deleting a big chunk of your track instead of just the pieces it flagged — now it removes only those pieces and leaves the rest of your layout exactly where it was.
- Fixed flat curves and chicanes placed inside a banked turn so they now bank along with it in the 3D view, instead of lying flat with a step.
- Fixed the 3D view so straights leading into and out of a high-banked curve now bank smoothly with it, instead of sitting flat where they meet the curve.
June 2026
Release
23 Jun 2026
What's new — June 20, 2026
Improvements
- The 3D view's red-and-white racing kerbs now look like the real Carrera piece — bright, crisp, and true to color.
Release
23 Jun 2026
What's new — June 20, 2026
Improvements
- Track pieces now render with realistic dark asphalt and accurate markings in both the 2D and 3D planner — closer to how the real track looks in hand.
Release
23 Jun 2026
What's new — June 20, 2026
Improvements
- Invitation emails now come from a friendly Trackwright welcome address, so they're easier to spot and trust in your inbox.
Release
21 Jun 2026
What's new — June 21, 2026
Features
- You can now create your own Trackwright account and start planning right away — no invite needed (just verify your email when you're ready to save your work).
Release
20 Jun 2026
What's new — June 19, 2026
Features
- See what a layout will cost — an estimated price per piece and total in dollars, euros, or pounds — and jump straight to independent slot-car shops to order each part.
Release
20 Jun 2026
What's new — June 20, 2026
Features
- The catalog now has an "I own this" button — mark the sets and pieces you already have while browsing, and they flow straight into My Garage and your layouts' "still need to buy" lists.
Release
20 Jun 2026
What's new — June 19, 2026
Features
- Track the Carrera sets and pieces you already own in My Garage, and any layout's parts list will show what you still need to buy and what it costs to finish.
Release
19 Jun 2026
What's new — June 12, 2026
Fixes
- Fixed the planner falsely warning that pieces overlap on banked curves and crossings that are actually fine, while still catching real over-and-under clips.
- Fixed the 3D view so raised sections line up where they meet, and banked curves now sit down on their supports instead of floating above the track.
Release
19 Jun 2026
What's new — June 13, 2026
Features
- Raise sections of your track onto support stands and see them lifted in the 3D view, support posts and all — plus smoother joints between pieces.
Release
19 Jun 2026
What's new — June 18, 2026
Features
- Raising track just got a lot easier: set a piece to an exact height (with a heads-up when it's off Carrera's standard supports), or pick the top of a climb and **Auto-terrace** the whole section onto support stands in one click. You can also build over/under flyovers by raising a crossing onto supports, and curbs are easier to find and now fit curved lane-change pieces.
Improvements
- Pieces hanging off your table now show in their own orange, so they're easy to tell apart from pieces that just aren't connected to the track yet.
Fixes
- The planner now correctly flags when your track runs off the table and highlights the exact pieces hanging over the edge, instead of sometimes showing a false "fits" on L-shaped setups.
Release
9 Jun 2026
What's new — June 8, 2026
Features
- Build elevated flyovers — select a run of track and raise it onto supports; banked curves, ramps, and overpasses now render in full 3D.
- A built-in fix coach — when the planner spots a problem (overlapping pieces, a section left in the air, track with no power) it explains what is wrong and walks you through fixing it.
- What is New — this panel. A sidebar badge and a popup highlight new features and fixes so you do not miss them.
Improvements
- The planner command bar now adapts down to tablet screens, so every control stays reachable on smaller displays.
- High-banked curves now render the right way up in 3D, and the 3D view always matches the layout you opened.
Fixes
- Fixed banked curves meeting straights with a visible step in the track height.
- Fixed elevated sections that never came back down to the table — and the planner now flags them so you can.
Feature
8 Jun 2026
What's new — since launch
Features
- See your track in 3D — view any layout as a real banked, elevated circuit, not just a flat diagram.
- Build pit lanes — drop in a complete pit lane with the right adapter pieces in a single click.
- High banks done right — proper Carrera Steilkurve banking, with the climb handled on the lead-in straights the way the real track works.
- Start from a preset — kick off from a ready-made layout (including the Race for Gold set) instead of a blank canvas.
- Guided fixes — when a layout won't close or power can't reach every piece, the planner walks you through sorting it out.
- Move and rotate single pieces freely — nudge or spin one piece without tearing down the run.
- Save and reopen your layouts — name them, save, and pick up right where you left off.
Improvements
- A cleaner command bar that shows issues and power status at a glance — and now works properly on tablets and smaller screens.
- More true-to-life piece rendering, right down to the Control Unit housing.
- Sign in with a passkey or add two-factor for a more secure account.
Fixes
- Big loops that wouldn't quite click shut now snap together cleanly.
- The planner header no longer gets crushed on narrow windows.