Gran Turismo auto-racing

There’s a significant crossover between driving RC cars and playing video games; these activities require significant hand-eye coordination to remotely control a vehicle or on-screen character. Particularly, there’s quite a link between RC racing and video game auto racing simulators, as both offer sensible representations of high-profile motor sports that the average fan will never get the opportunity to enjoy firsthand.
HPI must’ve got the memo, because this edition of the E10 represents a new level of cross-promotion that the RC business hasn’t seen before. The Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II body is directly from the Gran Turismo autoracing simulator, the best-selling Sony Playstation franchise of all time. Even the box art is teamwork between HPI and the GT franchise, and the packaging sports logos from Sony, Polyphony Digital, and the official Gran Turismo icon that has been plastered across department stores for over a decade. The attention that this car will pull towards you across both the hobby and video game industries might be the push that the RC world has needed for a long time.

Losi’s 8IGHT-T 2.0

Its time to move back to the RC cars again! As though the 1/8-scale buggy market weren’t competitive enough, the racing truggy market has exploded in the last year with the highest performance, most competitive race trucks we’ve ever seen. If competition improves the breed, then there’s no denying that the truggies of 2009 are far superior to the truggies we raced only two years ago. Fractions of a second per lap separate the fast from the slow nowadays, even in truggy racing.
Losi has answered their competitors’ challenge with their new 8IGHT-T 2.0 Race Roller. Unlike the “2.0” that the designation indicates, this is an almost entirely new truck that’s much more than a revision of the original. In what has become the Truggy Slugfest of ’09, Losi’s 8IGHT-T 2.0 has come out swinging with both fists. Losi’s Race Roller T 2.0 still includes the best features of the original 8IGHT-T, like rubber sealed ball bearings, adjustable turnbuckles, three sets of sway bars, and captured hinge pins all around. It’s the following features that take the 2.0 to the next level.
Want to make a truggy faster and easier to drive? The hot ticket recently is adding chassis length, and this is exactly what Losi does with their T 2.0. The “Tuned Flex” chassis is now a whopping 14mm longer than the original T 1.0’s, with milled out “flex” channels that allow the chassis to be more forgiving by flexing slightly. Black anodized and milled out, the TFT 2.0 chassis is as functional as it is trick looking. Losi even anodizes gear mesh alignment stripes into the chassis underneath the engine mount, allowing you to position the clutch bell perfectly square against the spur gear.

XRay T2R Pro

If you are a lover of RC cars, you must have, by now, gone familiar with XRay’s unsurpassed quality and build. Their cars are, for lack of a better word, stunning. The quality is immaculate, the adjustability is beyond comprehension, the performance is always dialed, and the price tag…um…yeah, about that. Suffice it to say, you definitely get what you pay for: high-quality build, high-quality parts, and high-quality performance. Unfortunately, not everyone can fork out beaucoup buck for a premium kit, so XRay has produced the Raycer kit, which is the base model version of the top shelf sitter. It’s the Diet Pepsi of XRay’s touring car line; all the same flavor, but with less bling. It’s filet mignon from Sizzler. It’s furniture from Ikea. It’s, as XRay puts it, “Luxury at an affordable price.” And we’d have to agree, because despite its lower price point and so called, “affordable luxury,” it’s still an XRay, and it’s ready to tear your competition apart. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the new T2R Pro.
The T2R Pro includes a bunch of cool parts that you don’t get with a lot of other cars. For instance, it accommodates 7075 T6 Swiss aluminum bulkheads that are not only rigid, but also super lightweight. The same aluminum can also be found on the drive shafts. In contrast to steel, the aluminum pieces offer reduced rotational weight for more rpm.

E10 FORCE GT LM Race Car SPEC II

A video game with realistic performance! Won’t you like to enjoy such a version? There’s a significant crossover between driving RC cars and playing video games; these activities require significant hand-eye coordination to remotely control a vehicle or on-screen character. Particularly, there’s quite a connection between RC racing and video game auto racing simulators, as both offer realistic representations of high-profile motor sports that the average fan will never get the chance to enjoy firsthand. HPI must’ve got the memo, because this version of the E10 represents a new level of cross-promotion that the RC industry hasn’t seen before. The Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II body is straight from the Gran Turismo auto racing simulator, the best-selling Sony Play station franchise of all time. Even the box art is collaboration between HPI and the GT franchise, and the packaging sports logos from Sony, Polyphony Digital, and the official Gran Turismo icon that has been plastered across department stores for over a decade. The attention that this car will attract across both the hobby and video game industries might be the push that the world has needed for a long time.

RC Cars

After having discussed about the beasts on road, why not we have a little chat about the Radio-controlled (RC) cars that are categorized as either toy or hobby grade? Well! These remote control machines are ruling the gaming world as of now. They do come in either of the versions: the one controlled by a radio transmission or by a wire that connects the transmitter and the car. These cars can be powered by varieties of sources. The electric version is powered by a miniature electric motor and rechargeable battery, some of which to include are the nickel-cadmium, nickel metal hydride and the lithium polymer. These RC cars do run with brushed and brushless electric motors. The fuel-powered version of RC cars normally makes use of glow plug engines, fueled by a special mixture of methanol and oil. They are specifically called as “Nitro” cars.
As of now, exceptionally large models have been introduced into the market that receives power from miniature gasoline engines, similar to the weed-whacker motors, using a mixture of oil and gasoline. These electric cars are usually considered easier for the novice to work on, when compared to the fuel-driven modes, but they are equally complex at higher budget and skill levels.

1/16 E-REVO VXL Brushless

Extreme power! Traxxas never fails to satisfy your expectations. Screaming 50+ mph performances packed into a pair of incredible 1/16 scale brushless-powered machines. It exhibits 30+ mph, right out of the box with the included NiMH battery. Add a second battery and series connector and you’ve got 50+mph under your trigger finger–no mods required, all with reliable and inexpensive NiMH power. E-Revo VXL and Slash VXL 4WD delivers exceptional handling with Revo’s exclusive rocker-actuated, long-travel inboard suspension; full ball bearings; 2mm hex hardware; oil-filled shocks; and sealed, silicone-filled differentials. The 1-to-1 translation of every Traxxas performance is simply an amazing factor that has been detailed into 1/16 scale. The high-power Velineon 380 brushless motor is the leader of its own class and makes use of high-strength Neodymium magnets and high-rpm ball bearings for lasting performance. The VXL-3m speed control features Traxxas’ exclusive High-Current Connector, and built-in Low Voltage Detection makes Traxxas 1/16 VXL models ready for 2S and 3S LiPo packs.