Hi - apologies if this is in the wrong sub-forum, or been covered in detail before..... The question i have is, is there something with my setup wrong, or am i just expecting too much from these cars in terms of grip? Some background - apologies for the length of detail. After unboxing a 90's kit that i hadn't touched for 20 years over Christmas whilst buying some new cars, it was clear it was time to play catch up with technology. So, i purchased a Gulf racing set in my haste (like this one - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scalextric-C1384-Racing-Black-1899-12-31T01/dp/B078YV8J58), along with ordering various straight & corner extension packs, plus some second hand track. Oddly, the gulf track would not stay together, so it's being returned. The second hand track came with a Sport power base, which i'm using and have run both the singular and dual power modes. When comparing the two power bases, the Gulf is considerably quicker, but the Sport seems to have better grip (seems to produce stronger magnetraction, if possible!?) However, my issue is that the Gulf cars (you'll see them in the link above), race with such grip and speed, but the other cars i've bought are nowhere near on the grip and then lack on the speed also. Perhaps i'm just expecting too much, and am not appreciating the challenge with what seem to be the better quality cars (i.e. non-Gulf). Are the Gulf cars designed more for beginners and therefore have much better grip? i have tried swapping the magnets and there's no difference. The other cars also have varying degrees of wheel-base length and tyre size/width. The issue with the grip are the cars both swinging out/off into the corners and getting limited purchase when accelerating down the straights - you can hear the wheels spinning. The non-Gulf set cars are; Scalextric C4021 2018 Williams Formula 1 Car, Scalextric C3958 Stallion F1 Car, Red, Scalextric C3960 Wings F1 Car, Blue, Scalextric C3969 McLaren F1 GTR LeMans Car Gulf Edition (1995), Scalextric C3736 MG BTCC MG6-Jack Goff, Brands Hatch 2015" Car and calextric C3723 Caterham Superlight-R300-S Championship 2015" Car. I got a bit carried away and always preferred racing the F1 cars when younger, albeit these seem a step up! I've ordered an Arc One power base and controllers which will land this week, if that's relevant. Thanks for your advice, and apologies for the length again!
