HPI's 1/24 Stage D24 taken straight onto a 1/10 P-tile layout

Treat these as the confirmed set, all of it from the video and its description:

• Scale and drivetrain: 1/24-scale, RWD.
• Body: a GR Supra shell, supplied with the car.
• Battery: a 2-cell LiPo is included.
• Steering: described as a strong point, alongside power. No angle figure in degrees is given.
• Surface tested on camera: Élite Drift Shop's Japanese P-tile.
• Product page: the description links HPI's listing for the Stage D24 Ready To Run GR Supra.

The presenter's verdict on the run is short and conditional: the car "surprisingly ran nice and tackled the big 1/10th scale track". He also frames the car for small spaces — offices, basements, garages — which is a different use case from a shop layout and the one most buyers will actually be deciding on.

P-tile does not scale. The Japanese tile that tracks like this run on is 303 × 303 × 2 mm, chosen to replicate the low-grip surfaces of Japanese drift tracks. A 1/10 RWD chassis sits at roughly a 257 mm wheelbase, so it spans a bit less than one tile; every seam is something the car crosses occasionally, with wheels large enough that a tile joint is a minor feature.

At 1/24 the arithmetic reverses. The car's footprint is a fraction of a single tile, so seams arrive far more often per car length, and each joint is proportionally larger relative to wheel diameter. That is geometry, not a test result — the video reports the car ran well on that floor, and there is no measurement in it to say how much seams affect the small car. But it is the first thing to look at if a small-scale car behaves differently on tile than it does on a flat painted floor at home.

The layout itself is the other mismatch. Wall gaps, clip spacing and lane widths on a 1/10 track are set for 1/10 proximity. A 1/24 car can cover the same layout, as the video shows, but it is driving a course scaled for something four times its wheelbase. Small-scale-specific layouts exist for a reason; the source does not compare the two.

The video description confirms the 2S LiPo and the body. It does not specify the electronics package: no motor rating, no ESC, and nothing on whether a gyro is fitted or what unit it is. On a 1/10 RWD car a gyro is a given; for this small-scale RTR the source simply does not state it, and HPI's own listing is the place to settle it.

The tire compound is likewise unstated, and so is whether a transmitter and charger are in the box. No price appears in the material, so none appears here.

The full trackside unboxing is on YouTube: HPI Stage D24 Ready To Run GR Supra Trackside Unboxing from Nez0's Bad Shoppe, posted 18 October 2026. HPI's own listing for the car is here.

Who this spotlight serves: a 1/10 driver curious whether a 1/24 RTR is a sensible second car for a basement or an office floor, and willing to confirm the electronics and box contents with the maker before buying. For anyone deciding whether the Stage D24 can hold its own in a 1/10 session, the video is one run at one shop on one surface — a useful first look, not a verdict.