The meeting before last, I was 'dated' hard enough to launch the car about 5 to 10 metres through the air, then hit (again from behind) in the final hard enough to completely dislodge a rear shock (outdoors so never found it either).
Broke a rear pivot pin (must have been fractured) & put the car fairly hard into a unforgiving concrete barrier whilst at practice, tearing the whole front left suspension off.
Total cost to repair was about AUS$15, time to fix was about 10 minutes, not sure how a different brand would have fared, but my R1 was simple & cheap to fix.
Yep, stuff breaks, but have a quick comparison between the SpecR spare prices & the other 'name' brands & you can see why you are starting to see more SpecR cars around.
Not made better or worse than the other brands, but cheaper to fix when it does go a bit pear shaped.