Nothing But Love For Thunderslot

The following was started a few months ago, right before my computer broke down. As I was writing it I thought I should give it a few more tries to confirm my suspicions. I‘ve had the cars out on the track a few times now and am ready for some proclamations. Oh, and seems like while I‘ve been gone, AI has taken over most of the content creation these days. We‘ll be having none of that here. Now let‘s go back to the past...

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 I have a new car coming in the mail. Guess what brand it is. Yep. Thunderslot. In my last few sessions, I've had particular fun with the Thunderslot cars. They just work right and go fast, no matter what. Smooth, sexy, all of that.

Lola T70 III

As you know, I've been mired deep in the question of what is the fastest car, the fastest brand, the fastest everything. Since I started with Slot.it, then started branching out after a year or so, once I discovered Thunderslot, things went into overdrive. They run effortlessly. I'd love to say that the other brands are right up with them, but so far I haven't had to do a single thing to make a Thunderslot run great, where I have had to do things to make the other cars run well. 

Elva. Best car ever?

When I got the Elva pictured above, saying that it was faster, while technically true, was selling this car short. It was extremely fast, and that's at cruising speed. It had and has much more to give, as do all the Thunderslot cars I've bought since then. But this Elva is something special. It's got the short nose / short tail design that means it's a handler. Extremely fast and capable in the corners. 

When you're pushing a car to the max, trying to get as close as you can without losing the grip of the car, you can almost feel it through the controller. The amount of car controllability is a factor when you get up to breakneck speeds. The better the car, the more room you have at the top to keep the car at the max. Thunderslot cars do that perfectly. They have all the room you need, and what feels like an overdrive to coax that much more out of the car. That's the difference between Thunderslot and NSR, Slot.it and Revoslot. 

McLaren M6A.

The bodies and chassis are very light, to the point the cars come in at half the weight of Carrera cars. The tire compounds are fantastic, and provide incredible grip. Despite the differences in bodyshapes, they don‘t really have such a huge influence on the cars. So you can pretty much take your pick and you‘ll be satisfied. 

The 2nd Elva

Of course I'd want to pick up a 2nd Elva, considering the first one was so good. Thunderslot is batting 1.000 right now. 

Lola T70

I had a few weekends free, so I decided to set up a track and keep it up for about 10 or so days. That way I would have a chance to run the cars until I was happy with the results. I wanted consistency in order to prove who was best. 

I ran various cars in 100 lap time trial races. I didn't have a computer, so I used some primitive scoring techniques. I used a notepad on my phone and tried to keep clear notes. After awhile I just used the overall time and chucked the cars that didn't race well. When you have to go through almost 60 race cars, you have to be brutal in your judgment. Cars that did well ran again. Once I had it down to around 10 cars or so, I had a pretty clear idea of what brand was best. Seven of the 10 cars were Thunderslot. 

To continue the test, I took out three of the Thunderslot cars and put back three that almost made the cut. I put all the rest of the cars back on the shelf to race another day. While it was down to 10 cars, I was ultimately just drawing out the inevitable. Thunderslot make the best cars. 

I want to emphasize that saying that doesn't mean the other brands are shit. Far from it. Cars still have to race, when all is said and done. Can't just make proclamations based on paper. And it would be lame if one brand outran everyone else. And sure, while a particular team might dominate on the track, there are still challengers that put up a tremendous fight. NSR and Slot.it do have cars that'll give Thunderslot a run for their money, but the work will be on them to do it. 

So, now that I know that Thunderslot are the favorite, what does that mean for racing? Not much, really. Even though they are great cars, that doesn't mean the rest aren't, nor does that mean that they're a shoe-in for the win. And I don't always pick one of them to run right away. I have had plenty of times where I'll run other cars and not even run a Thunderslot. 

During this bit of downtime over the last off-season I had time to not race, which meant the cars sat in the boxes languishing. I always expected the worse when I got them out and ran them after a long time of sitting, but the Thunderslot cars act like they just raced yesterday. They don't need the re-tune or the tighten up that other cars do when they are static for awhile. They just go and go. And while prices for cars continue to climb due to the orange menace, they're still worth the money.