The slot gods gave me the time and wherewithal to finish up the race today, which I was completely surprised by. I've been spending a couple hours daily with my daughter racing cars, so I've had some good track time over the past few days. She wants to go every day, so I know I have time to do stuff.
So here it is, the last batch of cars to see just where everybody stands at the end of 2020. Here's where we are so far:
Pos Car Time Lap
1. Sunoco 908 #6 2:20.77 5.60
2. Ford Shell GT40 #8 2:21.26 5.64
3. Gulf 917K #19 2:21.35 5.64
4. Leyton House 962C #11 2:26.07 5.84
5. Rothmans 917K #9 2:26.89 5.84
6. Matra Simca #10 2:27.17 5.88
7. Ford GT40 #5 2:28.02 5.92
8. Ford Gulf GT40 #11 2:28.79 5.93
9. Montjuich 908 #83 2:33.00 6.12
10. Alfa Romeo 33/3 #2 2:36.79 6.24
The fact that there are two Slot.it cars in the Top 5 so far is pretty cool. There are still more cars to go, so lets not go party without our masks on just yet. I wasn't sure how much time I would have, so I just ran cars until they were all ran out.
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Today's Entries;
Alfa Romeo 33/3 #2
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| Again with this car! |
I ran this car yesterday and it posted a dismal time. So bad that I needed to look at the car to find out why. It's normally a performer, not a slug. The only things I changed were the Paul Gage tires and the extra weight. I looked at the tires and they didn't look right. So I changed them back to the Slot.it rubber tires and ran another one. I decided that I'd take whatever result I ended up with and be fine with it.
Pos Car Time Lap
1. Sunoco 908 #6 2:20.77 5.60
2. Ford Shell GT40 #8 2:21.26 5.64
3. Gulf 917K #19 2:21.35 5.64
4. Leyton House 962C #11 2:26.07 5.84
5. Rothmans 917K #9 2:26.89 5.84
6. Matra Simca #10 2:27.17 5.88
7. Ford GT40 #5 2:28.02 5.92
8. Alfa Romeo 33/3 #2 2:28.68 5.93 [6.24*]
9. Ford Gulf GT40 #11 2:28.79 5.93
10. Montjuich 908 #83 2:33.00 6.12
* on Paul Gage Urethanes
That was a little better than before. Faster with the rubbers by 8 seconds total, or .3 faster lap time. That's why I like posting both lap times and total race times, because I think it helps put into perspective just how far a car has to go to get to contention, and it'll also show how far off cars may have been from each other, even if they had matching lap times. I know that the Alfa can run faster than it just did, say nothing about the previous attempt. It has Top 5 capability. When you look at it, that only means it needs to go a tenth faster to get there. But it needs to go 3/10ths faster to get on the podium. And that's just at this stage in the race. There are still more competitors to go.
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Carrera Audi R8 Safety Car
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| Blurtastic photo, Mikey! |
Weight: 98.3 grams
Tires: Ortmann Urethanes. I needed to get new tires for both Carrera cars as the previous ones had turned to rocks about 4 years ago. They had been sitting on the shelf collecting dust all this time, and I decided to get them out when I recently expanded brands. I figured, why not? I'm going to be buying tires for all the other cars, and these ones really only needed new tires to go, so I did on the provision that they would get back into the race, whether they could keep up or not.
This is all going to evolve into one giant slot car psychological experiment, I'm sure of it. And I'll be messing with myself, having a bad run with a good car and then getting a lucky run by a slower car. That kind of stuff.
Okay, so the history of this car is this: jumpy, light, a little draggy, loose on straights. All standard tuneups have been done, just like any of the other cars. Let's get on with it:
Pos Car Time Lap
1. Sunoco 908 #6 2:20.77 5.60
2. Ford Shell GT40 #8 2:21.26 5.64
3. Gulf 917K #19 2:21.35 5.64
4. Leyton House 962C #11 2:26.07 5.84
5. Rothmans 917K #9 2:26.89 5.84
6. Matra Simca #10 2:27.17 5.88
7. Ford GT40 #5 2:28.02 5.92
8. Alfa Romeo 33/3 #2 2:28.68 5.93
9. Ford Gulf GT40 #11 2:28.79 5.93
10. Montjuich 908 #83 2:33.00 6.12
11. Audi Safety Car 2:40.54 6.40
This car needed Ortmann urethanes in order to post this lap time. This car will forever be in last place, unless the Audi R18 drives a bad race. Just like the old days.
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Porsche 911 GT2 Playstation
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| Playstation. |
Weight: 98.9 grams
Tires: Revoslot rubber.
One of two aluminum cars. I haven't been running these as much as the others lately, mostly due to the others needing more setup time. The Revoslots are kind of tighten and go. These cars still need work, and will be the only two still on their factory tires until I figure out which ones replace them. Until then, we'll keep running them. They're really fast, so the 70% power limiter keeps them down to a competitive level. Balance Of Power and everything, old chum. Has to happen. Here's the result:
Pos Car Time Lap
1. Sunoco 908 #6 2:20.77 5.60
2. Ford Shell GT40 #8 2:21.26 5.64
3. Gulf 917K #19 2:21.35 5.64
4. Porsche 911 GT2 2:23.54 5.72
5. Leyton House 962C #11 2:26.07 5.84
6. Rothmans 917K #9 2:26.89 5.84
7. Matra Simca #10 2:27.17 5.88
8. Ford GT40 #5 2:28.02 5.92
9. Alfa Romeo 33/3 #2 2:28.68 5.93
10. Ford Gulf GT40 #11 2:28.79 5.93
11. Montjuich 908 #83 2:33.00 6.12
12. Audi Safety Car 2:40.54 6.40
What a hunk of a slot car. This thing is just planted to the track. I know there's more in it than that, and maybe enough to compete for 1st. We'll have to see, but this car ran this race easily. It's such a different feeling racing an aluminum chassis slot car when you usually race plastic chassis. It just feels so durable and able to be run really hard.
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Ferrari Momo 333SP
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| I was very butthurt when the wing popped off and wouldn't stay back on, but I got over it by the pure speed it laid down. |
Weight: 104.6 grams [heaviest car]
Tires: Revoslot rubbers.
This car was my fourth pick of the first round of the expansion draft, where I got four cars. It also came before any of the other ones, so I had time to run it around first. Once the other ones came, this one took a bit of a backseat, mostly due to its best setup being the tighten up. Pretty easy.
Pos Car Time Lap
1. Sunoco 908 #6 2:20.77 5.60
2. Ford Shell GT40 #8 2:21.26 5.64
3. Gulf 917K #19 2:21.35 5.64
4. Porsche 911 GT2 2:23.54 5.72
5. Ferrari Momo 333SP 2:25.58 5.80
6. Leyton House 962C #11 2:26.07 5.84
7. Rothmans 917K #9 2:26.89 5.84
8. Matra Simca #10 2:27.17 5.88
9. Ford GT40 #5 2:28.02 5.92
10. Alfa Romeo 33/3 #2 2:28.68 5.93
11. Ford Gulf GT40 #11 2:28.79 5.93
12. Montjuich 908 #83 2:33.00 6.12
13. Audi Safety Car 2:40.54 6.40
There isn't anything at all bad about this car. It's running great, yet I still feel like I need to tune it. Or maybe I am tuning it and don't know it? Like, maybe there's snug, tight, supertight, bedbug, etc. Maybe there is no loose. That would make sense, considering there's not all that flexible plastic around. Just the hard stuff. But this car doesn't need any of that.
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Audi R18
Tires: Ortmann urethanes.
If there's going to be a toublemaker, this would be the car. Not fast enough to overtake you, but fast enough to pass you if you spinout in the corner. One wrong move and you'll see this car in your rear view.
Other than that, it's slow as F.
Pos Car Time Lap
1. Sunoco 908 #6 2:20.77 5.60
2. Ford Shell GT40 #8 2:21.26 5.64
3. Gulf 917K #19 2:21.35 5.64
4. Porsche 911 GT2 2:23.54 5.72
5. Ferrari Momo 333SP 2:25.58 5.80
6. Leyton House 962C #11 2:26.07 5.84
7. Rothmans 917K #9 2:26.89 5.84
8. Matra Simca #10 2:27.17 5.88
9. Ford GT40 #5 2:28.02 5.92
10. Alfa Romeo 33/3 #2 2:28.68 5.93
11. Ford Gulf GT40 #11 2:28.79 5.93
12. Audi R18 2:32:67 6.08
13. Montjuich 908 #83 2:33.00 6.12
14. Audi Safety Car 2:40.54 6.40
Well, there ya go. That answers the big question - can a Carrera slot car beat an NSR slot car? The answer is yes, but only under extreme circumstances, and on a Tuesday.
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Chaparral #65
Weight: 64.8
Tires: Slot.it rubbers.
Out of the two Chaparrals, this one is the lesser tuned. I'm not sure what it's going to do, so let's get right to it.
Pos Car Time Lap
1. Sunoco 908 #6 2:20.77 5.60
2. Ford Shell GT40 #8 2:21.26 5.64
3. Gulf 917K #19 2:21.35 5.64
4. Porsche 911 GT2 2:23.54 5.72
5. Ferrari Momo 333SP 2:25.58 5.80
6. Leyton House 962C #11 2:26.07 5.84
7. Rothmans 917K #9 2:26.89 5.84
8. Matra Simca #10 2:27.17 5.88
9. Ford GT40 #5 2:28.02 5.92
10. Chaparral #65 2:28.04 5.92
11. Alfa Romeo 33/3 #2 2:28.68 5.93
12. Ford Gulf GT40 #11 2:28.79 5.93
13. Audi R18 2:32:67 6.08
14. Montjuich 908 #83 2:33.00 6.12
15. Audi Safety Car 2:40.54 6.40
Okay, a Chaparral in the Top 10. I never thought I'd have 10 cars, much less a Top 10. One more car to go.
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Chaparral #66
Weight: 58.7
Tires: Slot.it rubbers.
Pos Car Time Lap Manufacturer
1. Sunoco 908 #6 2:20.77 5.60 NSR
2. Ford Shell GT40 #8 2:21.26 5.64 Slot.it
3. Gulf 917K #19 2:21.35 5.64 NSR
4. Porsche 911 GT2 2:23.54 5.72 Revoslot
5. Ferrari Momo 333SP 2:25.58 5.80 Revoslot
6. Leyton House 962C #11 2:26.07 5.84 Slot.it
7. Rothmans 917K #9 2:26.89 5.84 NSR
8. Matra Simca #10 2:27.17 5.88 Slot.it
9. Chaparral #66 2:27.67 5.89 Slot.it
10. Ford GT40 #5 2:28.02 5.92 Slot.it
11. Chaparral #65 2:28.04 5.92 Slot.it
12. Alfa Romeo 33/3 #2 2:28.68 5.93 Slot.it
13. Ford Gulf GT40 #11 2:28.79 5.93 Slot.it
14. Audi R18 2:32:67 6.08 Carrera
15. Montjuich 908 #83 2:33.00 6.12 NSR
16. Audi Safety Car 2:40.54 6.40 Carrera
Okay, a different Chaparral in the Top 10. I'll take it.
So let's talk about this race. What we know is that we're waiting on tires. That'll make things a little more even. Also, the newer the car, the less tuning it's been through. The NSR and Revoslot cars don't have near the amount of attention paid to them that the Slot.it cars have had. So while a bulk of the Slot.it cars finished mid pack, there were a few standouts. The Shell #8 was especially impressive, as was the Leyton House 962C.
I already started work on the Montjuich 908. It has absolutely no business coming in 15th when it's virtual twin came in 1st. It doesn't make sense. I'll re-tune it and see what happens. Probably run a make up session so see if I can improve the lap time.
I'm not all that worried about the Rothmans 917K. While it came in 7th, it's a tire change away from kicking ass.
Speaking of tires, if I'm looking at this as a rubber comparison, while I find Slot.it stock rubber totally fine and functional, but NSR tires are a bit softer and feel like they can grip better. Hard to say what's happening on the Revoslot cars. Their tires are fine [?]. The Carreras are already loving the urethanes. It's not going to magically propel them into any wins, but they'll be fun enough to compete.
The urethanes will probably bring some of the cars that struggled into more competitive positions. Should tighten up the field a bit.
I don't think I need to make any class separations. A majority of this field was within 3/10ths of each other. That makes for a tight enough field for me. I'm running 25 laps and taking average lap times. So these cars can't just set a fast lap, they have to be consistently fast throughout.
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