New Car: Revoslot Ford Escort MK1 Salzburgring 2012

 No idea about the historical significance of this car, it being in a 2012 race and all. But here it is:

I love both of these cars, and they go along great with the Alfa Guilias. They're pretty much the same size, are tremendously tight and compact. I lubed/oiled/sanded this car and got it some track time. The mesh seems pretty good, although it and the Kiku are a little on the loud side. It reminded me of how loud the Porsche GT2 was when I first got it. I taped up the chassis and the vibration stopped. 

The color differences between this car and the 917/10 with the Jägermeister orange are considerable, and I'm wondering which company got it right. The new team will be the Jägermeister team, even if the colors aren't perfect. This is going to take the 917/10 from Team Kausen, which will affect that team's ability to run 3 cars. The Jägermeister team is going to be a tricky one, since I'm not really sure how the Escort is going to perform against the rest of the cars.

I didn't take many pics just yet. Just a couple quick side views. More to come.

So that's the big question; just how well the Revoslot cars are going to do against the other brands. The first two cars I got, the Ferrari and the Playstation GT2, would sometimes do well, sometimes mid-pack, sometimes not so well. The Porsche tuned up quicker and is a good runner, but the Ferrari is the one that most recently beat everybody. 

So where do we put the Escorts and the Guilias? We hope that their small size is going to make them hyper-competitive. But if the Revoslots end up in a group well off the pace and staying there, then that would answer the question. I'm kinda thinking that won't happen, but I just don't know. I setup the track today and am going to leave it out for the week, running exclusively new cars. There will be around 10 of them, and I'll be tuning and running laps. At the end I'll do some timed ones to see what's going on with them. 

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This has been the craziest pre-season I've had yet. Usually around this time a year I'm starting to think about possible holiday additions, but instead I spent the summer stocking up on cars and practically doubling my collection. I'm going to be slowing down now, and focusing on the cars that I've gotten. I'll likely pick up a car or two over the holidays, but I'm not going to go crazy. 

One thing that has been bothering me is that I have a lot of tire work to do. I'm treating tires very quickly, a bit carelessly and surely unevenly. I keep thinking that a tire truer is the way to go. I think I have enough cars to warrant it. There are at least a dozen cars in various states of doneness tire-wise. 

I already have a power supply to handle it. I just need to pick up the unit itself and a few accessories to go with it.

Nevermind. I just ordered it.