8 replies to this topic

[MG Brown]

What do people think of this video? Helpful or not?

 

Home plastic tracks are often a gateway to commercial track racing, so hopefully, this addresses that audience.

[CARSHouston]

Anyone other than a complete newbie will find it a total waste of time. It may have value, if you know nothing and have NO interest in racing at a commercial raceway, 

[Bill from NH]

I haven't had a local commercial track since 2010. This video doesn't convince me that a digital home set ends my miseries.  If someone wanted to find out about the digital home sets, this video has some information. But I doubt if anyone with a digital home set is going to be interested in the nearest commercial raceway. Their digital cars and controllers aren't used there.

 

I saw this video last night when I was looking for something on YouTube and I skipped over it. I'm not sorry I did. Maybe the book "Slot Cars for Dummies" will be better.

[Paul Menkens]

I'd like to see a video like this aimed at commercial track racing, explaining the various classes and such.

[CARSHouston]

Here's a video that we did on Flexis, made about 10 years ago. Could be better if done today, but it was the first video I had ever done.

 

[Tim Wilkins]

What do people think of this video? Helpful or not?

 

Home plastic tracks are often a gateway to commercial track racing, so hopefully, this addresses that audience.

 

I found this video entertaining and informative for the digital slot car track universe. As already mentioned, many potential racers do not live near a commercial slot car track.  Many more do not have the room to put in even a small wood routed track in their home or outdoor patio.  I think this would be a great video for youngsters to get a start in slot car racing.  Perhaps someday, they will graduate to the commercial wood routed tracks.  Lord knows, the sport needs more participants at all levels.

[Alchemist]

My observation is that anything that can promote interest in slot car racing is a plus for our hobby' whether analog or digital!

 

Look at what happened when brushless motors were introduced and capable of being employed on commercial tracks.

 

It brought new interest to the hobby as I've seen newly created classes using brushless motors (especially in other countries) - exciting to say the least, from my perspective.

 

Thanks for posting the video MG!

 

It's appreciated.

 

Ernie

[Brian Czeiner]

The video was entertaining but I'm with Tim. I think it is an informational gateway so parents can purchase for kids as opposed to a video game.  Then they can graduate later on in life if they live near a commercial track. At worst they join a club racing or start one. Either way, the hobby grows.

 

I personally tried plastic track as a substitute for wood racing. Like Bill, I'm too far gone to the dark side.

[Bill Seitz]

I've come to believe any positive publicity for slot cars is better than none, though I'm not convinced plastic track and digital racing will help commercial raceways - but it probably doesn't hurt either. It's just that cars for one aren't very compatible with the other unless the plastic cars are entirely re-configured to run on wood tracks, and the wood tracks are tailored to the plastic cars.

 

Unfortunately, very few wood track commercial raceways or clubs are focused on entertainment. It's all about competition, and many of the parents with younger children being exposed to slot cars are looking for alternative entertainment. The raceways don't seen to help themselves enough with this aspect. Further, there needs to be instruction to a newbie on how to use/drive the car beyond hooking up the controller and setting the car on the track. I've found that often missing. Parents and children awkwardly fumble around with the cars for their 15 minute rental and leave. Rental equipment may also leave a lot to be desired. Crappy equipment doesn't leave a very good impression of what slot cars are, and a newbie isn't going to understand the difference. Do they come back - or try something else?