SCALEXTRIC | WILLIAMS VS LOTUS | MAG 🧲 & 🚫 NON-MAG

[@FA-RACE-TEAM]

Without magnets, tires and tire prep are EVERYTHING!

[@gonzalogserrano]

Love that you raced non 🧲! To me it's much funnier racing that way, you get a lot more skills and once you manage to avoid drifting in the corners see the difficult and fun that it is. Well done!

[@johnbower7452]

The good thing about magnets is they make great pace cars to race against.

[@MPSlotCar]

Very true, you learn how to drive and control the car much better non-mag! It’s learning how not to scrub time in the corners with drifting or fishtailing Like you mentioned. Cheers brother ✌🏼

[@Infernoblade1010]

Always had a ton of fun racing non-mag! We used to run series races and it tested your skills and made you weight your car down in certain areas to control the slide.

[@slotcardude68]

Great review there slotbrother, they are really good looking cars, well made!!!! And thanks for the track comparison with and without magnets!!!!! 😮😎👍🤟😎

[@MPSlotCar]

Thank Nico! My slot bro! Yeah I have to say they look great and are a blast to drive. Cheers chemist ✌🏼😄🏁

[@SewfastSpeedway]

Nice side by side comparison of mag and non-mag. I want to see that de-slot re-slot move in slow motion. 😂 Good video Massimo 👍

[@MPSlotCar]

Thank you brother ✌🏼 haha yeah I should’ve done a slow-mo on that move 😂 missed opportunity there haha Glad you enjoyed the video! ✌🏼

[@clinttalbot9093]

For a F1 fan- the cars look great! Thanks for the review...

[@MPSlotCar]

Thanks for watching Clint ✌🏼 cheers!

[@markphillips5368]

I have managed the deslot/reslot trick myself when racing on the club track, having managed it 4 times in one night, which is still a club record. Adding some lead weight to the chassis will help to compensate for the removal of the magnet and help with the loss of traction/rear end sliding out.

[@MPSlotCar]

Haha awesome stuff Mark! Owning the club record and all! 🙌🏻 Yeah you’re absolutely right, these cars could really benefit with adding some led weight. Cheers brother ✌🏼

[@3roomsraceway612]

It’s great to see how different the cars were once the magnets were taken out Lap times all most doubled😮 🍻

[@MPSlotCar]

Yeah literally doubled. That could very well be my lack of skill 😂 Very fun both ways, nonmag is like a wet race simulation with these 😂 Cheers!

[@Roland_Rohrle]

"That's just skill" 😂👍😎🏁

[@MPSlotCar]

😂 lol, yeah exactly! At least that’s what I tell myself

[@TRXperienced]

Hi Massimo!! Well done!!!!

[@MPSlotCar]

Thank you brother! Glad you enjoyed it! ✌🏼🏁

[@tcase101]

Most excellent video

[@MPSlotCar]

Thanks Travis! Cheers my brother ✌🏼

[@IrrerasCarrera]

Great head to head. Nice drift in the hairpin with the Williams :) Good job with the non mag Bello!

[@MPSlotCar]

Thank you brother! 😊

[@66Slotter]

G'day Slot brother, after watching this video I guess I'll need to get myself some of them too, cool video cheers

[@MPSlotCar]

Haha like I’ve said many times, I’m biased towards F1 cars. But they are fun and look great 😅 Thanks for watching brother, cheers ✌🏼

[@trackfanstv]

Loved those self marshaling skills bro, that was superb!! Oidaaaaaaa 💯🔥🔥🔥

[@MPSlotCar]

lol 😂 why thank you Pete ✌🏼 oiddaaaaaa!!!

[@keepitslotted]

Nice review Massimo, interesting how different they’r built. Those look way more fun with the big magnet.

[@MPSlotCar]

Very fun and planted with the mag in. They rip around the track. It was fun without the mag as well, but ideally they could have some led weight added to compensate for the lack of the mag. Thanks for watching! ✌🏼

[@OfficialScalextric]

Awesome! Nice review and comparison 🔥

[@MPSlotCar]

@@OfficialScalextric Thank you for making some great and fun cars! ✌🏼

[@CarreraTrackOntheFloor]

The Lotus color is the classic British Racing Green.

[@MPSlotCar]

Thank you! Loving the colour!

[@jackgabbert3233]

Great review and comparison.

[@MPSlotCar]

Thank you! Appreciate it ✌🏼

[@ThinkScalextric]

How have I only just noticed the extra yellow lines on the grid slots, good detail 😊

[@MPSlotCar]

@@ThinkScalextric 😲 shame on you 😂 thank you! ✌🏼

[@bomamo9620]

Nice skilled action there Mo! 🙂 I had a coyotee on that one! Very interresting, how the cars are being built, when takling of the Bodies. I was curious, how the Lotus would behave, because the guide keel is way behind the front axxle. That is actually pretty bad for a slotcar. But it runs. Adding weight is mandatory, after taking off the magnets here. Mybe tire truing, or PU`s would improove them. Nice review brother. Keep it comming. Greets over to you 🙂

[@MPSlotCar]

@@bomamo9620 haha thank you Bo!! Yeah it run very well. And I was surprised that it ran better than the Williams when the magnet was removed. It was just more predictable. Yeah adding weight would be a must to help settle these. Thank you as always for the support brother ✌🏼 cheers!

[@EdduVanHalen]

Sou muito mais sem os imãs. Ótimo vídeo, obrigado!

[@EdduVanHalen]

Sem imã - onde se pilota de verdade.

[@EdduVanHalen]

Faça mais vídeos assim 😀

[@MPSlotCar]

Thank you brother! I’m glad you enjoyed it ✌🏼😄

[@keithfilkins2043]

Well done Massimo!

[@MPSlotCar]

Thank you! Cheers Keith ✌🏼

[@MrDarrenp40]

Thanks Massimo. I infer you will be putting the magnets back in? I am pleasantly surprised just how well these run given the aft positioning on the guide which reduces the triangular mechanical dynamic (not quite wheel base) back to the real axle. The big takes for me are the bright, glossy finish, the attention to detail and the overall fun, niche experience these models bring. They are in a class all their own. I also see online we can get the championship winning version of the Mario car from the year before and adorned in the classic JPS livery.

[@MPSlotCar]

Hi Darren, in these two I’ll be reinstalling the mag. Mainly because I feel the f1 cars having a mag is somewhat realistic as in real life the cars produce so much downforce. But on some of the other type of cars, once I remove the magnets I may keep them out and add some led weight. They both handled very well. Im impressed. And yes I agree, they both look very nice in terms of finish and detail! That’s right. That beautiful JPS Livery Andretti is out there for grabs 😍 (one of the best liveries in my opinion). Cheers and thanks for watching ✌🏼

[@Doug-MagneticRacing_ThinkScalo]

Cool video and repeating some of the other comment but liked the way you compared with or without magnets.

[@MPSlotCar]

Hiya Doug! Glad you enjoyed the video brother ✌🏼🏁 hope all is well!

[@HARRYS_SLOTCARS_N_RC_CRAWLERS]

Hi Massimo.. The Williams looks great. The other green yolk ile say nothing 😅 I tried the scalextric formula one cars without magnets, and they could barely climb a small incline. Terrible without magnets ,I wonder why this is, when the Policar f1 cars run fantastic without magnets...maybe its the tyre compond on the Scalextric cars 🤔 or chassis design . Thanks for sharing 👍

[@MPSlotCar]

lol fair enough brother 😂 Yeah could be the tire compound 🤔 I’m sure they’d benefit with a little weight added as well to compensate not having a mag perhaps. Cheers buddy! ✌🏼

[@homeposition977]

Buen video compañero 👏👏

[@MPSlotCar]

Thank you mate! ✌🏼

[@sorendorgaming7883]

Love your layout as it is hyper realistic! 🔥Just wondering if you use an aftermarket power supply to power the track, not just the one that comes in the Carrera digital starter sets, and if so, which one do you use?

[@MPSlotCar]

@@sorendorgaming7883 thank you very much brother. Yeah I’m using the OmniSlotBox with a variable power supply. Reason being to switch between analog and digital racing.

[@sorendorgaming7883]

@@MPSlotCar thanks!

[@OKSlotCarTesting]

I see Ali overseas still has the Carrera F1's. At this point how do they compare to these new ones? I consider you the expert on this discussion🏁

[@MPSlotCar]

@@OKSlotCarTesting oh wow, flattered 😳😂 that’s where I got a nice chunk of my Carrera F1’S. In terms of performance, they’re really similar to these. The quickest I’ve managed with the Carrera “modern” F1’s is 5.0 on my current layout. The other Scalextric Lotus 79 I have that came in the twin back with the Brabham are doing 5.2’s 5.1’s so very close. Now the modern F1’S by Scalextric are little behind in the 5.5’s but I feel there’s a little room for improvement on those.

[@OKSlotCarTesting]

Thanks for the answer!🏁

[@Jhery_RC]

your normally use the scalextric in analog mode? what about changing the cars to carrera digital?

[@user-fk2ck8rq5h]

Great video. What did you do to put the lines of darker grey on your track

[@MPSlotCar]

Thank you! Are you asking about the tire marks? I used acrylic paint pens for the lines and details. And black acrylic paint on a damp cloth.

[@user-fk2ck8rq5h]

@@MPSlotCar yes I am on about the tire marks as they would be a cool edition on my track

[@MPSlotCar]

@@user-fk2ck8rq5h ok nice! Yeah just some black acrylic paint that I dabbed lightly with a damp cloth and ran it along the track to simulate tire marks.

[@user-fk2ck8rq5h]

@@MPSlotCar that’s a very smart idea. Do you only do it ones or do you have to put multiple coats on it

[@MPSlotCar]

@@user-fk2ck8rq5h some areas I went back to adjust and add more. Sometimes I had to go back with just a damp cloth with no paint to blend or lighten the colour.

[@ted.slotcardaddy]

Mags are so much more realistic and you get the most out of your lap times😎😎😎

[@MPSlotCar]

I feel for F1 cars they should have a mag, just because in real life they have so much downforce. But it is fun trying to tame them magless as well. Almost like simulating “wet” conditions. Cheers Ted! ✌🏼

[@bomamo9620]

Hi Ted. You are one of the few in the Community, that got it to the point. Running them without a magnet is totally unrealistic! Especially F1`s are way too light and they need extra weight to compensate it. Plus you got more speed all the time with magnets. If I listen to all those, who say, without magnet it is more realistic, than I wonder myself if their real cars behave like that, too? I would actually drive as quick as I could to my car dealer and get it repaired in their work-shop. lol But there you go, some are more into without. I am more into magnet. It is in the eye of the beholder, but being realistic is a small burr I guess. Some just love the challenge of mastering their slotcars without magnets, while I think, that this is a buzzkill in terms of speed. The fishtailling included, is slowing the cars down therefore. In that case tire trueing, or PU tires are the only way to compensate it, next to extra weight. That adds up extra costs to it and Scalextric slotcars are very high priced already. And their prices are going up in September. I woulkd rather buy a NSR, Revoslot or Scaleaute therefore. Or maybe two Carrera Evolution slotcars. For a collector they are quite nice, but having them just for putting them on a shell is in my opinion a waste and shame. Slotcars want to be driven. Same goes with all those old Guitars, that are being bought from rich folks, just to put them into a climatized cabin and letting them inside the darkness. Oh, well. Greets over to you from over here 🙂

[@ted.slotcardaddy]

@@bomamo9620 thanks Bo, someone once commented on an older video of mine that said “ with no mag it’s twice the fun at 1/2 the speed” So an unidentified person responded to that comment on my video and it said “ no one in the history of motor sports racing has ever said that!” I just like to get the most out of slot car racing on my home track. I like mags and realistic side by side racing. There is a technique to mag racing as well as non mag. Thank again Bo.

[@malcolmwilkins2495]

Old Skool,no mags ...just like the 70s.

[@MPSlotCar]

Glad you enjoyed it Malcolm ✌🏼 cheers

[@rubencamarasanchez8871]

Juego siempre sin imán, pero los fórmula 1 los concibo más con él. No me gusta verlo derrapar y da más la sensación de ser un misil...Así parece un Subaru con carrocería de Fórmula 1.

[@MPSlotCar]

I agree. I always feel like F1 cars should have the magnet, as in real life the downforce the produce keeps them Glued to the track. But just wanted to give it a try to showcase the difference. Thanks for watching! ✌🏼

[@nmore69]

Is your track both digital and non digital ?

[@MPSlotCar]

Hi, yes it is. I use the OmniSlotBox to switch between analog and digital racing.