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Racetrack

#18481BGG ↗

1973 · 2-8 players · 15min · weight 1.47 · 183 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
18481
Name
Racetrack
Year
1973
Rank
11957
Min players
2
Max players
8
Playing time
15
Min playtime
15
Max playtime
15
Avg weight
1.4688
Num weights
32
Bayes avg
5.56202
Average
6.34372
Users rated
183
Num owned
115
Wanting
2
Wishing
57
Num comments
86
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Line DrawingPaper-and-Pencil
Categories (2)
Abstract StrategyRacing
Description (613 chars)

Racetrack is a paper and pencil game of unknown origins which simulates a car race in an abstract manner. Racetrack is played on a sheet of square graph paper on which a track is drawn. Each turn a player draws the movement vector for his or her car - it can differ from the previous move's vector by only a certain amount (e.g., 2 squares total). A fair amount of planning is therefore necessary in order to negotiate curves safely. The game has inspired many others, including: Motor Speed Tacara Bolide Triplanetary Breakneck Blitz Generic Racing Game VektoRace Grid Race

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.