Originally Posted by
jiml
Nobody wants them.
I'm all for more realistic bodies, but not in 12th scale.
That's crap, quite honestly.
Look at the popularity of World GT and Vintage Trans Am and tell me that people
don't want realistic racing bodies. Lesser handling isn't that big of an issue if the cars aren't so fast. When you get to slot car speeds, you need slot car bodies, and the only people who benefit from that are the top 2% of drivers who can feel a difference and actually drive the cars at that speed. Slow the cars down to human-controllable speeds and the aero isn't nearly as much of a factor as driving and setup.
GT bodies and slower speeds are not that hard to do. It makes the racing better and it keeps the interest high with racers. The more the cars look like blobs and door stops, the less a LOT of people care to do this hobby.
There is no reason to
not have GT class racing bodies in 1/12th scale—other than the handful of RCtech regular naysayers who trumpet the omnipresent crutch, "it will never work because we all want speed over realism."
Hooey.
In fact, there are some rumors of a vintage IMSA GT class for 1/12th scale cars, spec motors and tires, and a fixed rollout window, as a sister class to the USVTA explosion. Who knows, it might actually bring everyone back to entertaining racing?
