What I am trying to show is the comparative cost of a set of tires, that it is more expensive than a car service to the hotel or a day's stay at the hotel.

I am not showing this for budgetary purpose, it is to show the ridiculous pricing for tires.

Paid drivers have shared with me their concern on the cost of tires, it's not just me.

RC hobby is expensive, but it become more expensive if you want to be competitive lately.

I don’t want to bring this up: I don’t see much newcomers joining the hobby, specifically onroad.

And manufacturers become so serious want to win the race too. Just for me, I don’t see a lot of friendly top racing, it is just hobby.

I think it also shows how cheap accommodation is over there. One night of cheap accommodation where I live gets you 3 sets of tyres.

I am tempted to come along in 2026 as well. Either TITC, or IFMAR WC. We shall see :nod:

I will try to attend next year.

Accommodations = $0
Transportation around BKK = $0
RC tires = $24+(probably cost more in 2026)

in all honesty modified TC racing is way cheaper than spec racing, there’s no special batteries motor, chargers or some secret voodoo magic that’s needed for mod

you’ll have all the speed you ever want and ever need

I just started couple weeks ago and having a blast. This is cheap compared to my real race car.

Yes and no. No need for the motor of the month, but tyre wear, drivetrain wear, collision damage is much higher.

Just need a shopping bag for the marshal if you get the corner entry wrong, or your transmitter decides it's warranty is expired :sneaky:

Modified is still like the old days of Nicad, not enough power and drivers need to modulate the pace due to battery fade.

It is battery wars in modified, making the battery lighter, lower cg, yet maintain a higher average discharge voltage. Competitive life is probably 16 cycles or 6 months, whichever comes first. Popular is Gens Ace and Cayote.

Gens Ace is kind to give my daughter a few brand new packs every TITC :)

Not enough power in modified? What?

I think it's come back around to having just enough capacity to make run time, but for an entirely different reason than in the round cell days.

Why carry extra weight around in power you won't use when you can put the weight you save by running a small battery low in the car in the form of tungsten, brass, or steel?

That's a conscious choice. If you don't have enough power, run the bigger battery. If you're actually lacking power, that'll hurt more than weight location.

There is a tipping point. Power vs handling compromise. Modified drivers gravitated to 6100 ~ 6500mah and will see a 0.5sec drop off from lap 10 onwards. Why not slap a bigger battery? Lap times will be slower.

After running 23 days of modified, my daughter tells me it feels like 17.5T Blinky. Her fastest lap was a 15.4s whereas the pre-covid Champion time was around 15.9s.

With better battery tech drivers would be lapping 1 second faster.

Never enough power :)

Time to eliminate warm up laps?