I’ve seen many cartoons of kids controlling their RC cars like they command their pet dogs. So fake! But this Malte Jehmlich’s creation is surreal. What started as a creative idea that god his mates’ encouragement, has turned into a massive two-month project. The result is a paperboard ‘Wipeout’ with identical speed, due to the blinding scale speed of its 1/28 model cars. It’s all controlled by an arcade racing cabinet complete with steering wheel and on-screen display wirelessly connected to an Arduino board.

The designers are presently working towards an advanced version with force feedback and powerups (including boost!) using sensors built right into the track — and hopefully a forklift to lug all that corrugated wood pulp around.

[Racer via Engadget]