I'm a fan of Harden Creek as well. I've bought aftermarket bodies and other parts as well. Good stuff.

Yeah, AW X-Traction can be luck of the draw...at best. Getting them to run right and stay that way can be a challenge to say the least. I do appreciate the bodies, as I think AW does a great job with them. They look great and and are fairly durable. The chassis on the other hand....sigh.

Thanks for your comment. The issue for me has nothing to do with expert vs. novice, but rather AW releasing a clearly flawed product with regards to the latency or lag. Two manufactures, Scalextric and Carerra have wireless sets with none of these issues. Those sets are not aimed at "experts". Further, it can't really be argued that the AW wireless set is value set (get what you pay for angle), as it ran me nearly $400 at time of purchase. I feel that if we do not bring attention to a manufactures decision to release a flawed product, the likely hood of similar decision making will continue in the future. Can the set be raced the way it is, yes it can be, but that is not the point. My take on it anyway, thanks again for sharing your thoughts.

This guys aims high and is pointing out areas for improvement. You on the other hand are satisfied as at subpar products. That says a lot about you.

I have Tomy track and I avoid the 6 inch curves, nothing smaller then the 9 inch curves. My semi Trucks don't like the 6's and really I am in it for the fun and not the challenge.

Speaking in terms of the wireless terminal track you see in this video, the only way you could accomplish individual power to each lane would be to have 4 wireless terminal tracks. Could you modify the terminal track to accomplish your goal? Perhaps.

Thanks for your comment! I own a Scalextric wireless set as well as a Carrera (1/43) wireless set and those controllers work w/out any perceptible lag. For sure, Auto World's wireless is not ready for club racing ("serious racing") in its current form and perhaps any future form, but it should function w/out delay. I am confident that Auto World will figure things out and make it right...they are just too darn close to a great product to ignore it. Regarding not buying wireless b/c of being stuck with those controllers, you never know, perhaps the aftermarket scene will come out with more robust controllers like they have for the 1/32 options?

When you choose to compete against anything in the world, conditions need to be fair and the same. In this case, if you agree to buy it and have fun, you expect all controllers behave in the same way, and this is the case with this Autoworld set and conditions are the same. I would not buy a wireless (Carrera or Scalextric: by the way those controllers have not the best design). Honestly, I thank Autoworld for doing this because it is a good start for the HO hobby and at least some people will find it interesting and fun. I see this comparison as if we were comparing electrical and gas fueled car. For HO cars is a good first step and I think will improve with the time. Who said a controller maker will not produce wireless HO controllers in a future? as it happens with 132/124 scale. Even I heard someone on a different channel that that battery will not last. Possible? I am sure improvements will come for wireless controllers. How long have we been waiting for the AFX lap counter app? 2 years or more? and we want to the see it one day even we can use different apps these days.

@phx2bkk Auto World is entry level

Very neat idea! Hope you can put some footage up with you results!

Thank you for your comment. I'm right there with you regarding the appeal of wireless and young children...the cars should move, and not the track! Wireless is not new on the slot car scene. Scalextic wireless (which I own), and Carrera wireless (I've used 1/32 and own 1/43 wireless) have been out for years and function the same as wired in terms of responsiveness. In Auto World's case, I do not think their intent was to release a controller that suffers with lag as these do. There are a number of possibilities on how we ended up with this situation, but all would be speculation. If Auto World did in fact intend for their wireless controllers to function this way, or, at the very least knew of their lag, this should have been disclosed as a fact of the controller's function. That being said, I really don't think this is the case. Auto World, did some great things in the controller's design such as the much larger frame. This makes the controller very comfortable for bigger kids to handle, as well as very big kids ;-). I am confident that Auto World will pursue a solution, or I really hope they do. They are very close to a really good thing here.

Thank you for your comment, this is good information to have. My intent was to run Xtraction (Magnatraction), T-jets (as well as clones such as Dash-Jets and Wiz-Jets running 16ohm arms), hybrid chassis such as the TFX, and possibly brass weight cars by Wizzard and BSRT.

Not sure if you're referring to the feedback(?) noise. If so, it was not very loud at all. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for your suggestions! Take a look at this video where I do much like you suggest: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7ddma6LsdKzdXU.html

Hi, when I mentioned resistors, I was drawing a comparison to conventional resistor-based controllers. There certainly may be resistors on the board of these controllers that affect sensitivity, but I have not taken apart the controllers to check. I may just do that so folks with more knowledge than I have can have a look into how the controllers are put together. What I show in my other videos is that the controllers do, unfortunately, suffer from lag. If you performed a drag race type start using a wired controller and the Auto World wireless controller, the wireless controlled car is left standing still by comparison. An even greater issue in my opinion is when entering and exiting a corner, you are forced to anticipate the controller's lag rather than focusing on traditional entry and exit throttle modulation. Unfortunately, as of my writing this reply, Auto World will not acknowledge the problem.

Much appreciated, thank you!

The residual voltage seem to be a product of the Auto World wireless controller terminal track, I don't have any residual showing on my other conventional terminal track or my routed wired tracks. Do you have a Auto World wireless terminal track that you've used your voltage cube on?

No I don’t have any AW track , just AFX

I have reached out to Auto World for help with this. I'll post follow up comments in the video description. Thanks for watching.

I'm glad you found the video of value and hope you've seen my other comparison video!

Yeah, it really is. I hope that this is not the case with all sets.

I will be following up with Auto World, and letting them know what I have experienced. Hopefully this is not the case with all sets, or if it is, there is a fix or support planned.

The core group has moved on to the larger scale cars, 1/32 and 1/24. Maybe one day back to HO...in my dreams, lol. Great bunch of guys for sure.