I agree. I've only been in the hobby for three weeks, but it became quite obvious after only one day that this hobby has a much higher than average amount of elitists compared to other hobbies that I am involved in (racing real cars, combat robotics, rc airplanes, photography).
Its like that in any hobby. I've always said its a hobby you can control how far you take things. If you want the big wins then practice and open up the wallet .... if your just running a local track for a fun time then just buy what you need to use.
I agree that in many cases, the more part will be better, but not always. Is an xray better built than the R1? Likely. But it's the r1 damned good for the price? Absolutely.
My R1 beat some pretty good Xrays its first season ..... and it got beat by some pretty good Xrays. Any car can be a winner
