My Problem with Thunderslot

 When I got my first Thunderslot car, I bought it alone. No partner. These cars are pricey, so I wanted to try one before sinking too much into it. I worry that I'll eventually find something that really would be better at the commercial track rather than my track, and I'd rather not spend too much at the outset. So the first car I bought was through a coin flip with about six other cars. It was the Elva:

There are a few different options, but they're pretty much cosmetic differences.

As I explained in previous posts, this thing is absolutely insane, yet is still tame enough to run on my track. It's a great running car, smooth as can be, and it's an absolute pleasure to race. So much so that I'd be out of my mind not to get a partner for it. So I did.

I picked the Lola because it looked like it would be a good competitor.

The Lola turned out to be EXACTLY as good as the Elva. Like, less than .01 difference. Now, I've been around long enough to know that something like that is extremely difficult to come by. You just don't come across two cars so perfectly matched like that. Every track I tried, no matter what, they ran practically perfect with each other. 

Of course, I thought more about the two great cars I got than the idea that they were basically the same car. Not that that's a bad thing. So I did what any sane person would do: I settled on the two cars and never got another one.

So the third one I got was because it was too pretty to pass up. And it had to be different enough that I would be totally happy with it anyway.

I had read about how the owner of Thunderslot used to work at NSR and was a designer and stuff, and he had ideas. He had ways he thought things should be. So he broke away and formed his own company. Part of the ethos of the company is to produce cars that are competitive with each other. So they are their own class. A hugely insane, crazy fast class of cars. And I've purchased three of them. And they all run .01 of a second from each other.

And that's my problem with Thunderslot: they are everything they have advertised. Their cars do exactly what they're supposed to do. And they're extremely good at doing that.

The fourth one. I haven't found a bad Thunderslot car yet. 

Where do they fit in the big scheme of things? Well, on my track they sit right at the top. Thunderslot > NSR > Slot.it. And while they race with good odds, it's always possible for one of the other cars to take it all. 

I'm planning on buying one or two more. Then I'll have to wait for new releases. I think I have all the body styles they offer.