One thing to try is PLASTI DIP by Performix. It is used to, you guessed it, to give extra grip for hand tools. It comes in a spray can and in a paint form. The best is the Spray version for tracks like Realtracks. We tried both the paint and spray versions on a track that we had laser cut back a few years ago to see if we could get better grip when racing the Epochs. We had a lot of blanks from frames we were cutting for a rear window in trucks that was removable and we had all this Black pastic with a mirror finish laying around and thought lets laser cut some track out of it..
The problem at the time was when we tried to race the Epochs on it it was like driving on ice. So we tried like I have read here just about everything to put grip down when we came across this PLASTI DIP in Home Depot. Had we tried The Realtracks plastic which has a Hair sill finish we might not have had to use the PLASTI DIP. Anyway after trying this stuff oh my god.. good by grip problem and I mean by by. The Epochs if you tried to turn to hard would filp over right now! Now the Realtracks has as I mentioned a hair sill finish and I personally get plenty of grip with my dNaNos and I did not try putting on the PLASTI DIP on the Realtrack surface. This track is the 16-inch 24pc set.
That said I have two dNaNo's the Porsche 962 C LH and the Mazda 787B.
Now my two dNaNo's are stock in every way excepte for the tires and rims. When I recieved the cars, I thought as some of you may have, that the Auto Scale tire and rims could also be used on the dNaNo's. If your laughing at this point and are thinking what an dumb ass.. don't give up on me yet... and read on! I was able to convert the Auto Scale tires and rims on both of my dNaNo's and man what a blast to race on the Realtracks. I did not use the PLASTI DIP on this track because using the Auto Scale wheels did and does the trick to get grip! And I mean the cars fly! I can only guess how well the car would hold if I added the PLASTI DIP.
For grip it seems the more I drive the dNaNos' with the Auto Scale tires and rims the better the grip gets. The same is also ture with the stock tires on the dNaNo's after a while of driving on the Realtracks the cars seem to get better grip as the tires start to ware. The other thing I like about the Auto Scale tires is they to date anyway have not worn down and I've been racing them for almost a year now, on the Realtrack for about 3 months. I drive them just about every day.
The other advantage with the Auto Scale tires and rims in my humble opion is they look great and the car really drives great. I can also race the dNaNo's on my cement driveway. I mean it is a blast there as well. Try the stock dNaNo foam tires on any cement and good by tires. The conversion of the Auto Scale tires and rims is not real easy yet it's not impossible either. Yet in the end it was well worth the effort and you will ask yourself as I have a hundred times since what the H was KYOSHO thinking? My only guess is they assume you are only going to race on a carpet or foam track.
I have four RCP tracks and if anyone wants to buy them let me know because in terms of how the Realtracks look, the time it takes to set up and the way the cars rip around on it, I can't ever see myself using the RCP tracks again. If you want to convert your dNaNo let me know and I will do the best I can to help. To date I have only tried to convert the 787B and the 962 C LH. Yet I'm sure I could convert any of the dNaNo's now. email me @
mike_ross_558@hotmail.com if converting your Auto Scale tires and rims from your dNaNo has any interest to you.
The last thing I will say is I personally like to drive my cars to the point of having the cars slide a little around the turns. Yet I know like everything in our hobby that everyone has their own thoughts as to what is good grip and what is not good grip. Lap times being the great divider and I suppose the Hallmark of this thread. So if its zero slide and great grip your looking for on your Realtracks, racing either the Epochs or the dNaNo's, try this PLASTI DIP and you may well come away one happy camper regardless of which tires you run or which car for that matter. Or do the conversion if its the dNaNo's you race, either way you will end up loving that realtracks and those dNaNo's and Epochs all the more!