I can see the reason for not wanting spikes or pins on the carpet, they can lift the pile on the carpet which means you have loads of grip in one direction and none in the other. From experience though using soft spikes once the loose fibres are removed if the carpet is in good condition it isn't the problem you might think.
There are options if you don't want spikes on the carpet. Personally I use foams, easily available if you can fit older 2" wheels on the buggies as the tyres I use are made for 1/8th stock cars. Foams are used for dirt oval racing in the US so the tyres are made for 2.2" wheels as well, just harder to get hold of.
Schumacher and Proline both make a range of tyres designed for on road use, I've heard good things about the Schumacher Venom 88 tyres but they only do thse for buggy rears. HPI also do a range of 2.2" slicks, but again only for buggy rears. I have no experience of them though as if I don't use foams it's minipins.
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