Slot car racing/life after Scalextric. Anyone here into it?
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As per the title really. I have a modest selection of various 1/32 slot cars, but don’t really have the space to keep a permanent layout. So a few weeks ago I visited a local club dedicated to racing 1/32 scales cars and it’s quite a fun way to spend a few hours.
But it’s also opened my eyes to a wider world beyond getting the cars out of a box and playing for a while. Modifying cars, preparing tyres, replacing parts, adding ballast. All totally new but add a level of nerdy joy that appeals.
Are there any other PH members who take this a little more seriously than the odd dabble with scalextric?
But it’s also opened my eyes to a wider world beyond getting the cars out of a box and playing for a while. Modifying cars, preparing tyres, replacing parts, adding ballast. All totally new but add a level of nerdy joy that appeals.
Are there any other PH members who take this a little more seriously than the odd dabble with scalextric?
Laup99 said:
Where are you racing?
It's a rabbit hole for sure.
North East Restoration club. It’s a mainly for fun set up, routed track so magnets are pointless, cars are all 1/32 and mods are limited in all but one race class where you can run what you like. It's a rabbit hole for sure.
I looked at 1/24 as there are more clubs that I could have tried but the cars looks far more fiddly.
As for the rabbit hole it’s definitely a huge one. But I’m enjoying learning more about how to run cars well and have been trying to work out which of my own cars needs new tyres!
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