It would be interesting to know if todays lap times are any faster than the original 1985 ifmar. However the lap and terrain may be entirely different now. Either way great coverage!
Those cars were surprisingly fast. I think the modern cars are a bit faster still and the suspension looks to be a lot better now. The old track was more loose and bumpy so it's hard to compare.
The technology is light-years better now, and based solely on that I would assume they are much faster/better/more durable/easy to drive/responsive here in 2020
I raced 4WD competitively in late 80's, early 90's. We were allowed to use 7 cell batteries, which I believe is not allowed now. The cars were damn fast as they only needed to last 4 minute races back then. Heat was a major issue and I saw smoke many times out of cars. Batteries are better today, so speeds are likely similar but less risky on your electronics. I am indeed tempted to start racing again. Perhaps, just perhaps I will soon enough.
Every year small micro changes makes the cars better and better from mid motor to lay down transmission etc etc lipo powered, they were still good then and a vintage car can still give a respectable showing. I think the bigger more open the track is the better the chances of yesterday's cars
@@tomroberts5805 They still race as TLR, the Losi name is the RTR brand. TLR just didn't make the 2wd final they are not as big a team now as AE and even XRAY and Yokomo are probably bringing more drivers to the worlds than TLR but they almost won the 4wd world champs with a new car. Came down to leg 3 and ended up finishing 2nd overall after winning leg 1.
A bit late replying, no spec motors here all brushless 540 sized from various manufacturers and in 2wd it will be a 6.5T motor or lower if the grip is high enough. Battery are 2s LiPo and every car now runs shorty packs mah doesn't matter but you want the highest C rating you can get for speed, 120C and higher
Yeah when I used to race they would water the track down to prevent this however we had to use a wire brush to clean the dirt off the tires after each race.
They have always been expensive even in 1985 a rc10 was at least $200 thats not counting speed controller and wireless handheld transmitter oh and batteries with charger.
RC racing is dying, because the cars are uninspiring and look like nothing most people would drive in real life. All the cars from the different manufacturers look the same as well. It's just shite. Bring back scale looks and race real off road. Have sand, water, mud and tricky sections. These tracks might as well be on-road with jumps.
This hobby has always been expensive. I remember matched battery packs from Trinity for $80. Or a kit costing $180-$225. That was a lot of money in 1990.
They've always been expensive. I raced in the early 90's with NiCad batteries and the good ones cost $60 each and they absolutely sucked compared to lipos half that price today. motors, batteries, speed controls, radios are all leaps and bounds ahead(better) than they used to be.
dirt tracks for 1:10 off road cars must be avoided at all, even for other race events. Astro or carpet is the future, it’s the present. Stop doing worlds on dirt, no logical at all. Tracks are built with Astro or carpet nowadays so must be done on these types of tracks. Dirt tracks are dead. Dirt so boring and no enjoyable at all
I have only raced on dirt but that was years ago. I have never driven any rc car on astro or carpet tracks thats was reserved for on road cars back then with little or no suspension. I would think carpet would be faster but require less skill.
@@vapeking466 carpet is much much faster but just as much skill to go fast as you need to be perfectly precise every lap, they still have jumps but the surface is more predictable. Same for Astro but it's less grippy than carpet. I remember watching Matt Francis the first time he tried racing on high grip surface in the UK for the euro warm up race, he was the 2wd world champ at the time and super fast but he crashed so many times due to the extra grip that he didn't even make the A final, I think he was in the C final along with Gil Losi Jr. Now the top US drivers are all used to running on super high grip tracks that are used around the world for big races.
Are you out of your mind? These are OFF-ROAD cars, emulating the real thing. Carpet? WTF? The art of racing off-road is managing the varying traction. If you want slot bar racing, go race road or slot cars.
