so ive been building out a small indoor track in a warehouse space we rent on weekends, ceiling is maybe 6 meters and the footprint is roughly 25x40 meters which sounds decent but once you start laying out gates it gets cramped fast. been running 5 gates right now with a split-s section in the middle and honestly its fine for practice but feels boring after like 20 laps.

thinking about adding two more gates and tightening the spacing on the back straight but im not sure if thats going to make it just frustrating rather than technical. theres a difference between a track thats tight and technical vs just annoyingly narrow. anyone built indoor tracks in similar sized spaces and have thoughts on this? also curious what gate width people are running indoors ? im on 1.5m wide HDL gates currently

1.5m is fine for indoor honestly, we run the same. the spacing question is where it gets interesting though ? i think the mistake most people make building indoor tracks is trying to fit too many gates and ending up with a track that punishes every single mistake rather than rewarding clean lines. like theres no flow, you know?

for a 25x40 space id probably do 6 gates max and focus way more on elevation changes and gate angles than raw gate count. angled gates on a low ceiling make the track feel completely different without eating up more floor space. also if you have the budget the dive gate trick where you hang one gate at like 4m and put another at 1.5m like 3 meters later creates this really satisfying sequence that even advanced pilots mess up sometimes

dont overthink the gate spacing, just fly it a bunch before you commit to anchor points. we spent like two weekends iterating our layout before we landed on something everyone actually wanted to keep flying. the first version felt great on paper and was miserable to race on lol