(Edit: seems to still be a thing in Japan, found a youtube video of last year's Japan Cup) Did a quick search on amiami/Hobby Link Japan and none of them carry any of mini 4wd cars in stock :( Unfortunately, it seems like the popularity of mini 4wd racing seems to have dwindled quite a bit. I remember seeing people who had to use gloves to stop their racer to prevent getting hand injuries due to the speed of the racers. One of the things about mini 4wd that stuck in my mind is how fast these racers actually are. People who were really into it did a bunch of crazy thing to their racers: Building their own bodykit/chassis or even spooling their own dynamo.
The costumizing thing is a real thing as well! I remember having to do chores for my parents so that I can buy a new motor/dynamo and wheels for my racer. It used to be quite popular in (south)east asia back in the 90s, at least that was when I jumped into the bandwagon as a kid. Tamiya (also known for their scale models) is probably one of the biggest manufacturer for these mini 4wd cars and their tune-up parts. Oh man I totally remember this! There is indeed a real life counterpart to Yakuza's pocket racing which is called Mini 4WD. But that's my own guesswork, for what it's worth. When you factor the age part in, I think what you have is a hobby that would still be somewhat present in Japan MAYBE, and present in very small, very nerdy circles anywhere else. Add to that the fact that Pocket Circuit's draw is buying very specific novelty items to put into your slot car to make it go 0.5 times faster means that specialty manufacturers/dealers would need to exist for all of this. All the odd games and hobbies that are well known in Japan might be super low key and underground in North America if you're lucky. However, if it were, the issue wouldn't just be that it was presumably most popular about 25-30 years ago, but that it was so in Japan.
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This is all stuff I inferred from info - or rather, the lack thereof - I dug up not becuase I was interested in real life PC racing, but because I didn't believe it was actually a thing.įirst, I don't think the in-depth nature of customizing your mini-car with special wheels and motors was ever a real thing.
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