What is the most popular tire for 1/8 off-road buggies and truggies?

The JConcepts Reflex, with 57 racers in our count. The Schumacher Mini Pin is next at 50, then the JConcepts Relapse at 30 and the Schumacher Ridge Pin at 29. JConcepts is the most named brand, at 169 of the 779 racers who named a tire.

What is the best 1/8 buggy tire for astroturf?

In our count it's Schumacher: the Mini Pin, then the Ridge Pin and the Spiral, nearly always in the yellow compound. Racers who named astroturf as their track ran little else.

What is the most popular 1/8 buggy tire for hard-packed tracks?

The JConcepts Reflex, followed by the JConcepts Stalkers, then the TZO 402 and JConcepts Relapse. Hard-packed is the track type racers named most, and its tires are spread across many brands.

What is the most popular 1/8 truggy tire?

The JConcepts Reflex, with 17 truggy racers, followed by the JConcepts Relapse at 9 and the Pro-Line Hole Shot at 8.

What is the best tire for a 1/8 buggy?

We count what racers run, we don't test tires, and track conditions matter more than anything. For astro, racers pick Schumacher pins. For hard-packed dirt, the JConcepts Reflex leads. See our 1/8 buggy tire chart for every brand and compound.

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Most Popular Tires for 1/8 Off-Road Buggies and Truggies

Updated November 2026 · Counted from racers' setups in the RC Setup App · How we counted

The most popular tires in 1/8 off-road buggies and truggies, counted from racers' setups, with the favorites by track type. The JConcepts Reflex leads.

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Wondering what tires to run on your 1/8 off-road buggy or truggy? The JConcepts Reflex is the most popular, and the Schumacher Mini Pin is close behind, almost entirely on astroturf. We counted the setups saved in the RC Setup App since January 2024: 779 racers named a tire. Nitro and electric racers run the same tires, so they share one list. Below it are the tires racers run on each kind of track.

This is the most popular list: the tires racers run most, ranked by how many run each. For every 1/8 tire made, brand by brand with each compound, see the 1/8 buggy race tire chart and the 1/8 truggy race tire chart.

The number under each tire is how many racers run it, front or rear. Counts updated November 2026.

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Looking for every compound? See the 1/8 buggy tire chart and the 1/8 truggy tire chart.

Most popular tires for 1/8 off-road

This list covers tires with at least 11 racers. Each racer picks a compound for their track, so where a store sells one tire in several compounds, the button goes to the one racers name most and you can switch there.

1. JConcepts Reflex

The most popular tire in 1/8 off-road, and the top truggy tire too, with 17 of its 57 racers in a truggy. It leads on hard-packed tracks. Racers name the green compound most, then blue. The buttons go to green, and you can pick another compound there.

Buggy, green, at AMain Truggy, green, at AMain

2. Schumacher Mini Pin

The astroturf tire. 24 of its 25 racers who named a track type run it on astro, and nearly all of its 50 racers run a buggy. Racers name the yellow compound almost every time. The button goes to the yellow pair, sold without wheels.

Yellow at HobbyEtc

3. JConcepts Relapse

A high-grip pick: on clay and blue-groove tracks it's tied for second, behind the Reflex. Racers name the Aqua A2 compound most, then blue. 9 of its 30 racers run it in a truggy.

Buggy, Aqua A2, at AMain Truggy, Aqua A2, at AMain

4. Schumacher Ridge Pin

Schumacher's other astro tire. All 29 of its racers run a buggy, and all 15 who named a track type run it on astroturf. Yellow is the compound here too.

Yellow at AMain

5. Pro-Line Hole Shot

The top Pro-Line tire, with 8 of its 26 racers in a truggy. Racers name the S3 compound most, then M3. The buttons go to the Hole Shot 2.0 buggy tire and the VTR 4.0 truggy tire in S3.

Buggy, S3, at AMain Truggy, S3, at AMain

6. AKA Impact

The top AKA tire, run on hard-packed and loose tracks alike. Racers name the Soft and Super Soft Long Wear compounds most. 6 of its 20 racers run it in a truggy.

Soft Long Wear at AMain

7. HotRace Bangkok

A nitro-leaning pick: 10 of its 17 racers run nitro, nearly all in buggies. Racers name the soft compound most. The button goes to the current Bangkok V2 in soft.

V2, soft, at AMain

8. TZO 402

Run on hard-packed and loose tracks in our count. Racers name the soft and super soft compounds most. The button goes to a set of four in soft, on white wheels and not glued.

Set of 4, soft, at AMain

9. 6Mik Scratch

Another nitro-leaning tire, with 7 of its 11 racers on nitro. Most of its racers who named a track type run clay or blue groove, where it's tied for second. The button goes to a glued pair on white wheels at RCTeam in Europe.

See it at RCTeam

Most popular tires by track conditions

344 racers named both a tire and their track type. Astroturf has a clear favorite, and hard-packed and clay a likely one. Loose tracks are spread across many tires. Racer counts in brackets.

Astroturf

Schumacher, nearly every time: Schumacher Mini Pin (24), Schumacher Ridge Pin (15), Schumacher Spiral (5). 68 racers named astro.

Hard-packed

The track type racers named most, 143 of them. The JConcepts Reflex leads: JConcepts Reflex (14), JConcepts Stalkers (7), TZO 402 (5), JConcepts Relapse (5).

Clay and blue groove

Clay, blue-groove and oiled tracks together, 120 racers. The JConcepts Reflex leads, with 6Mik's treads close behind: JConcepts Reflex (8), 6Mik Scratch (6), JConcepts Relapse (6), 6Mik Dash (5).

Loose

No tire has more than 4 racers on loose tracks, so there's no clear favorite. 85 racers named loose: JConcepts Reflex (4), Pro Circuit H-Blockz (4), AKA Impact (3), TZO 402 (3).

How we counted

We count anonymous totals from setups saved in the app for 1/8 off-road buggies and truggies, nitro and electric. A racer counts once per tire, front or rear, no matter how many setups they've saved, and a value only counts if the racer entered it themselves, not if it came along with a copied setup. Brand-only names count toward the brand but not a tire. Track conditions come from the track type the racer saved with the setup.