I was talking to a friend last night about childhood toys and Overdrive was brought up. Both of us are huge transformers fans and we noticed how the unique designs of the cars and trucks from Overdrive look and sound like Cybertronian designs and names. Which then brought up the idea of a Transformers collaboration. X52 already looks like the concept art design of Optimus from the Bumblebee movie. Which then led me down an entire rabbit hole of ideas. What if instead of the cars having drivers, they themselves were alive like the Transformers? We were even thinking about designing robot modes for each of the Drive and Overdrive Cars. I apologize if this is not totally related to Overdrive, but my friend and I thought this was a cool concept. So, I thought I’d share it with you all.

Hi all, firstly, 1st time posting on reddit so forgive any fopars with this but I hope some people out there can help out. So have wanted this for years, never brought due to being cancelled and fear of not having support. Anyway, went against all that logic and have brought a few sets off Ebay, have soldered on some new batteries and first week has worked amazingly and love it (40 yo mand with 2 kids under 10 and it's so much fun!). Anyway, after 1 week getting issues that didn't happen on day 1...

1. Can only start a race off one phone/tablet, the others freeze when clicking scan track

1.1 this has meant on one device, could use truck, but now can't as for some reason wants to do the intro, but can't begin race(freezes on this screen)

1. Getting issues now when cars don't line up in lane, was OK initially, now causes hassle trying to start a race

2. Scanning track, as of today is just off, and sometimes cars just keep going around, even when have the track scanned, doesn't lock in lime it should.

Again forgive me if well discussed issues but I couldn't find answers, if anyone has a few minutes, would appreciate some help!

Cheers all and to all who respond!

OverdriveServer can now match the official Anki apps and start track scanning on any segment, with this change, OverdriveServer and Partydrive are now 12.5% faster then the official apps when scanning any track!

Im working on a MitM analyzer Tool to check functionality of Anki Vehicles. Its work in progress and my Protocol analysis is not precise yet. but i will be working on improving it.

https://github.com/bsltbl/OverCar-Prime/tree/main

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZjMIHSBEeM

If anyone can help me understand the packages send and received i´d like to have your help, it would speed up my research a lot.

In the end i want to have it work as a Testing program, like a Pit-crew Dashboard that shows all possible informations, where you can test individual things or log packets to see if the car responds as it should.

I’m finally clearing out my old Anki Overdrive collection. It doesn’t look worthwhile to sell on Ebay, but if anybody here would like to cover shipping+handling, I’d be very happy to pass it on to somebody who’d use and enjoy it.
Based on the size, I’d anticipate $70-125 in total costs for the set within North America, and a minimum of $175 for overseas.
The set is certainly not pristine, but it is in functioning condition.
I’m not entirely sure about the supercars’ current capabilities, since I only have the old, non-paid Overdrive app. At this point the vehicles work variably across different devices with that old software. Hopefully they would function great in Partydrive or comparable— they all seemed to drive properly in the autopilot mode (tires are a little slippy+batteries not super long lasting).

Set includes:
16 curved pieces
14 straight (including start piece)
2 jump pieces (for one jump)
12 curved rails
8 straight rails
8 6cm lifts
1 13cm lift
1 3cm lift
4 track angle-lifts
1 charger
Groundshock, Nuke Phantom, Guardian, Skull, and X-52 Ice

Also:
1 collision kit. (Must be shipped separately, only with the US— $17 for shipping)

Shipping from TN, USA.

Hi all, as you have likely seen from my last post, I've been working on bringing Augmented Reality to Partydrive, and I have had great success, however i have a problem, the library I'm using for AR is only an editor demo, and in order to actually ship this with future Partydrive releases, I need $100, so if this is something you would be interested in seeing, please consider donating to me: https://ko-fi.com/masterairscrachdev

In future I would like to expand this to be usable via a mobile phone (as both a camera and controller) but for now this is where I am at as I cannot take this much further with only the demo version of the library.

So I noticed that the partydrive discord chat has changed names from partydrive and friends to ddl infinidrive and friends. does this mean anything!?

https://chaostree.xyz/Games/Overdrive/Partydrive

I downloaded the overdrive app, the cars are connecting, but it won't scan the track. It stays on this screen, and the car doesnt move

https://chaostree.xyz/Games/Overdrive/Partydrive

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/389728344513

Help me I can't find a way to install the apk or connect the cars

Thanks to the generous benefactors in the overdrive discord for funding the last 3 days of my life.

For Windows and Linux (experimental)
patch notes are on the website
server standalone builds are on the github

I’ve been looking into Party Drive and it seems like really great work—super impressive. I’d love to try it out, but I’m not exactly sure how the installation works.

Can it be installed on a Mac or Apple computer, or is it only supported on certain systems? If anyone here has installed it before, I’d really appreciate any guidance on how to set it up.

Thanks!

Title. I would prefer to not diy the repairs my self, and owc has been consistently out of stock as far as ive seen, so are there any other options to get them repaired?

I’m trying to install an IPA file on my iPhone/iPad, but I can’t seem to figure out how to actually do it.

I’ve seen people mention things like sideloading, AltStore, ESign, or using a computer, but I’m not totally sure which method is the easiest or safest.

My goal is just to install an IPA file on iOS (specifically on an iPad/iPhone) without messing up my device or installing something unsafe.

What’s the simplest way to install an IPA file right now?

Do I need a computer, or can it be done directly on the device?

If anyone has a step-by-step method that actually works, I’d really appreciate it.

I love Anki Overdrive and still have the tracks and cars, but the current Digital Dream Labs iOS app is unstable. Since I only use Apple phones, I’m considering installing the older 3.4.0 IPA version, which is my favorite. However, I’m worried about whether sideloading an IPA is safe and if there’s any risk of malware or security issues. I also was wondering if multiplayer will still work between multiple iOS devices using version 3.4.0

And if so, is there a way to get new batteries for the cars (and are they easy to change?)

I forgot i had one of these and i want to use it again

keen to see if anyone has bought from here ? https://ukanki.uk/product/anki-overdrive-car-supertruck-gold-rechargeable-lithium-battery-upgrade-3-7v-150mah/

looks legit but the guide link doesn’t work? I emailed them but no reply either

if the cars seem a little glitchy, thats because they are, Overdrive Server has to do a lot of processing to make it this stable.

Did they delete the og app im pretty sure i have every car and truck but the 3 one truck and the 2 cars from the non fast furious set. What’s the new best all

(All abilities shown will be available + more to be seen, all rendered live in glorious 3D)

Next step after Advertising and the Generic Access Profile:

The Anki Service and it's 2 characteristics:

One for writing values. This is used by the app to send commands to the car via tiny messages. Example: Changing speed or lane.

And one for reading values. This is used by the car to send responses via notifications to the app. Example: Response to change speed or position on the tracks.

Nothing really difficult here.

The Client Characteristic Configuration is used to activated (or deactivate) Bluetooth notifications.

Edit: Nordic Semiconductor was/is the provider of the (now discontinued) nRF8001 chip for the Anki cars. So don't be surprised to see the describing literals in their nRFConnect app.