already on the verge of giving up need inspiration

[nivlacf1]

so been running touring cars since beginning of the year spend hours researching asking questions then setting up the car only to put it on the track each week and there is another unexpected problem i think in all this time my 2 kids have maybe completed 6 to 8 races between them, it so frustrating spending time and money setting the car up to not get one full race, each time you think this is the week i've sorted it now something new pops up and damages the race, i'm not expecting them to be competitive yet but just one night of full races would be good i am so close to giving up, please tell me these are newbie teething problems and they will go away!!!

[cutting42]

It certainly can be frustrating as a beginner when you don't seem to be able to get a clean run in. What are the problems you are having, is it breakages or crashes? I have not run TC, only offroad buggies but the speed of modern cars mean that a crash often means a breakage, certainly as a beginner.

We all struggle at the beginning but most problems early on are down to being a learner driver. Try not to get too focussed on the ideal setup and get a nice stable easy to drive setup on the car - often the out of the box setup will work well - and concentrate on completing a clean race. Don't get caught up in too many scraps, let faster cars by and if possible try following a car that is driving cleanly, follow its lines and learn that way.

As you get more track time the speed and consistency will come and then you can start thinking about car setups and experimenting with spring/damper settings and all that stuff. I don't think I could tell a good setup from a bad setup for a year.


Good luck and don't give up, it happens to us all.

[luniemiester]

It might be worth you having a couple of weeks off and really stripping down and going through both cars and ensuring everything is in order so that you know that when it gets into the track it's right. Running two cars at the same time is always tough especially on a club night when time is limited and races come around quickly.

Possibly try just running 1 driver per week for a couple of weeks so you can just concentrate on getting one full race night in while looking after one car. If after a couple of weeks things get better then start to look at two cars again.

I've never run tourers but i know they can be fragile and a pain to setup - is there a possibility to maybe think about swapping to GT12 if onroad is your preference as they tend to be more robust and less hassle from what I've gathered

If you are still struggling then I'm sure hooking up with a more experienced driver on a club night will pay dividends - people are always willing to help if you ask!

[mattr]

What's the problem with the cars?

[Ashlandchris]

I too have never raced TCs so can only comment on buggies, but they are pretty easy. My 3 youngsters do not manage to break them although only my son has been racing so far. In all 3 I have the ESCs set to really slow the motors down which only really shows on the straight.
Is there a local off road track? Could you look to swap - if you sell 2nd hand and buy 2nd hand this could be cost neutral?

[beale]

I would imagine the cars are too fast for beginners, this is normal no one likes being blitzed on the straights but believe me it improves your driving quicker having a slower car as you work out where you can carry more corner speed and can make up speed advantage this way, we had a father and 2 sons join our club, father had raced before but sons were new and basically full speed crash full speed crash with 13.5 brushless we reduced there throttle EPA's to 50% and lap times instantly improved and cars lasted 5 minutes.

Give us some info on track surface, grip levels (general not yours), tyres used, class entered etc