Gallery: Disney 'Test Track' Overhaul Lets Visitors Design Their Own Race Cars

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    test-track

    *Disney and Chevrolet teamed up to give Test Track, a ride that opened originally in 1999, a fresh coat of paint.*
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    designs

    *The high-speed thrills remain from the original model, but the new and improved Test Track makes design and customization the main attraction.*
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    *Like sketches on paper, each design starts with a simple sketch. Luckily, Disney created some great software that lets aspiring designers skip art school.*
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    *Your mileage may vary — both in terms of how your virtual car performs and the quality of the design.*
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    *RFID tags let visitors carry their designs from one station to the next, and see periodic updates on how the theoretical design would have performed during the in-car element of the ride.*
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    *After the ride is over, each rider can take the car they designed and drop it onto a videogame system the size of a pool table. The design of each person's car impacts its competitiveness in the videogame.*
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    *Designers can take photos next to a virtual version of their car in a faux photo studio.*
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    *From start to finish, the project took just 18 months and involved the efforts of designers from Disney and GM. Pictured left to right: Tony Warren, Sung Paik, Carrie Crawley, Tom Speedwell, Jeffrey Mylenek, Chris Webb, Adam Scenna, Rodney Jurban, Matthew Pussehl, Kevin Wilson.*
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