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Twitchy1@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Those inexpensive, although less traditional means is the answer to the question that started this thread.

They need to be promoted and advertised above all else. Once someone is interested then you can add in the expensive things.

Example, I race RCs. Just the chassis of some of the cars is well above $500(I use $100 3racing Chinese knock offs and extremely very competitive with them btw). These cars are raced on perfectly flat and prepared asphalt so it’s very niche. The club wants members to race… We don’t tell people that come to watch that they should buy the $1500 car&radio, nobody will join. We have several classes that are “starters”. The cost of the cars is $100-200 ready to race. It’s not fast at all but it’s cheap enough to see if you want it. It’s also cheap and easy to maintain. Most people enjoy the inexpensive racing that fills the majority of the day.

The hobby needs to adapt to the complaints/requests of people not actively involved but willing to give it a try.

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