Raman

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Interesting to read that VTA is taking drivers away from TC.. The class is like 15 years old 🤔.

VTA and USGT appeal to a different RC driver. If anything TC drivers bastardised USGT. Anyhow to each his own.

On more important note, my 7 year old son will have his debut in racing in VTA this Saturday 👍

Metalsoft

iTrader: (76)

Not a big fan of the door stop bodies huh, neither am I, I wish we could race/would race real bodies in all classes. Of course that would just end up as a entire field of 08 NSX's.

Woulvesbaine

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I'm the same, which is why I looked at VTA and USGT. For onroad, anyway, I'd like to race cars that look like cars with reasonable detail, not cars that look like the form studies done by design students.

I'm going with VTA because it seems like it has more of a following at my local track, but I'd also consider USGT, because they are also generally realistic looking (though maybe not real). I'd prefer if USGT were limited to cars that existed with reasonable detail, but I guess a car like the Bittydesign Venom is realistic looking enough (in my eyes - at least compared to a typical TC body).

If VTA were to go the route of letting the bodies slide into softened aero versions of VTA bodies, I wouldn't bother with the class.

It would be cool if the class allowed realistic European and Japanese cars from the same era to compete - you'd probably get a few extra people who'd run that 240z, 69 Toyota GT, or that Alfa Romeo 1750 GT Veloce. But maybe that would bother some people - and I'd rather have one class running cars that look like cars than no such class at all.

jammin684

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I think VTA is more of a nostalgic throwback class. You either like it or you don't. It does have it's quirky rules and it is not a class for everyone. Good thing their are other classes to choose from so that for the most part everyone is happy to run their class of choice. At least I think most everyone is happy. HaHa.

jammin684

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Hey Raman. Where are they running in Vegas? 702 Raceway? How often do they run On Road?

Thanks

DARKSIDE

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I love you guys....

jammin684

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Same feelings for you too Darkside. Stay Safe.

Xrayray

I love the scale realism aspect of our hobby. I started with warbirds, then worked on a couple crawlers, and a drift car. A racing class that has this realistic look is awesome, even if they have to run the "slowest" motor. Keep the scale classes scale and run faster motors and fantasy bodies in other classes.
btw, even the speed of USGT cars are too fast for scale. If you watch from above, they behave like 1:1 formula cars. VTA cars are great in that they don't just zoom out of corners or stop on a dime right before a hairpin. The weight helps.

Raman

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Yes.. Fridays are on road practice and Saturday are race day.

Woulvesbaine

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Do you even need to put a fan on a 25.5? lol, just thought about that now.

mooby64

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Yes. It is extra ballast and it allows you to run the motor a little harder.

jammin684

iTrader: (45)

Plus it looks cool. Lol.

Xrayray

I just installed the 3racing fan shroud/mount. It's the cheap parts that make me happy 😌

IndyRC_Racer

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Since it was asked about eariler, below are some r/c tires with some decals on them. These tires are Tamiya Eurotruck tires which have a large sidewall, but since VTA tires also have a large outside sidewall I thought it might be relevant. Here is a link showing the entire body...Tamiya Euro Truck Class

WhiteLX

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I love it because it's a sierra Cosworth RS500. I have a Merkur XR4Ti, with a few Cosworth bits. Bought a couple of those L&L shells for my own collection.