K1 Speed Carlsbad

Jeff Bright

a month ago

I have not been to this location in a few years. It was definitely a much better experience. Took the family for some fun and we had a good time. Our cars worked properly, though my friends daughter had an issue with her car being slow for her first race. Her second race had a better car. That is one of the main issues I’ve seen, is that it can take your experience down a notch or kinda of ruin it if you get a bad car for a race. It was a busy day, so maybe it just wasn’t charging up as fast as it needed to. It was one race and the rest of the day was pretty good. The only other “issue/policy” I wish would go back to what is was in the beginning, is that you can use your own action cameras. If it’s your own personal helmet I don’t see the issue. I was told you are not allowed to if it attaches to the outside of the helmet. I think that is a poor policy or excuse employees make up, since even their own rental cameras attach to the top of their provided helmets. At $30 a race for roughly 10 minutes, is it really that necessary to grab for that extra rental fee with the few people that would bring their own? I’m sure more people have access now, but how many bring them. And I’m not talking about using cell phones or some make-shift device that could likely come off on the track. I’m referring to legit action cameras that are made for such thing. Personal, I run Insta360 now or would have even been ok using my old GoPro, but was denied. I bring my own helmet, and I’m not really comfortable using the ones here. So, that is my rant. I hope one day they let me use them again. I have them for these experiences and it sucks when I can’t get my money worth from them sitting at home.

Clayton Tompkins

a month ago

The staff here are great. The track is challenging and the karts are excellent, they use the OTL Superleggero, which is a top notch electric kart for the rental domain. This is a very popular activity and popular destination, so you need to be diligent and plan around peak hours and how long you're willing to wait. Google already provides a pretty good measure of how busy the place is at any time during the week. But if you go during peak hours, on a holiday, a weekend, be prepared for a substantial wait time. Wait times aside, it's pure fun, absolutely hooked and it's truly addicting. The race metrics are also a lot of fun. There isn't a person who doesn't exit the track after a race that isn't just beaming with excitement. I'd suggest 3 races as a minimum for one day, I was doing 2 races per day for awhile, but it wasn't cutting it. 3 races and you've scratched the itch and are worn out enough to call it a day.

Jon Knapp

3 weeks ago

Much better experience here versus the formula 1 karting in las vegas, although the steering wheel controls in Vegas was technical better with override and boost buttons functioning & sector, lap times displayed, kart wasn’t as fast as the k1 karts. Most Drivers at Vegas were pretty much all drunk or very novice, track was very tight in Vegas where k1 much wider easier to get 2-3 wide . Staff was friendly, would like to see a lights out starting feature for races at k1 like the f1 karting track.

Haydee Hernandez

7 months ago

Took my kids on a Monday. Wait time was about an hour and a few minutes 😑. 2 laps for 3 kids was $190. Food and drinks are available for purchase. The place has a dining area so enough seats while you wait. Also there's some arcade games to play while you wait. Enough parking. Restrooms available. The track is not that big but the kids had fun. I'm not sure if Mike is the manager but he resolved any problems people had. He does a great job managing the place. The employees are helpful, nice and professional. Will definitely return.

Bo Waechter

a week ago

Terrible place to go with a young family. They put random young inexperienced kids with experienced teenagers and adults so the “12 laps” they say you get are based on you keeping up with the experienced drivers. My son got 6 laps the first time and 9 laps the 2nd race. When I questioned the worker about the 12 laps we paid for I was told “oh we don’t go by laps, we go by time”. Really, well you should tell people the number of laps you get is based on the fastest driver. Definitely do not recommend this place.