F1

[legrandnormand]

Is F1 slot racing fun or just like real life, just to expensive and boring ?

[legrandnormand]

[buspor63]

I like Carrera digital racing and I like cars without magnets. However, the F1 cars don't run very well without magnets or their tuning needs are beyond my skills. Another thing, the Carrera F1 cars come with the slim motor that turns about 20K rpm.

I much prefer a good GT or DTM race with five of my great friends.

[demether]

Modern F1 slot cars will be more realistic with magnets. If you've got a wood track, or are totally against magnet racing, I believe there is other cars classes more interesting.

Personnaly, here we like racing stock tyco 440x2 formula ones (old magnet HO cars). It's like (I think) the real thing. Really fast, and if you do just a small error you crash the car (yes, magnet cars doesn't mean you never de-slot).

On my relatively big ho track, it's really fun and impressive (noise, and even wind in the turns!), in the rare moments the 4 cars run together.


On my work in progress 1/32 oval, I hope to run magnet indycars and the few modern f1 cars I collected. It will be the only 1/32 magnet cars I'll run. I prefer magnet less racing (no matter the scale) for all other kind of cars.

[TheRoadrunner]

F1 racing in slotcars is extremely fun, they run very fast and they stick to the track, and just like the real thing they are either running fast stuck down or they are flying off the track so you have to be able and willing to run a car to it's physical limits and your mental limits to win a race. :auto-checkeredflag:
If you don't want to be on the edge of death at all times, it's probably not for you. :scared-eek:
But if you like nail biting, thrill a minute action, give it a try. :auto-driving: