I am getting into on road and was wondering what is a good car to start with without breaking the bank.

XPRESS probably offers the least expensive well sorted cars.

the defacto answer (for good reason honestly) is to see what people are racing where you plan to, and by a used variant.

This question gets asked frequently on this forum. The short answer is to visit your local on-road track and find out the popular classes are before you purchase anything. If you already have a class in mind, please let us know and we can steer you in a general direction.

You should also add how much you are willing to spend. Some banks are bigger than others.

The 3Racing Advance S64 is a good choice also. Available for less than $120. Check RaceVTA or TQRacing.

What's the difference between a 3racing S64 / Xpress Xq2s vs Mugen MTC2 / Xray T4/X4 / Yokomo BD11 / ARC A10.

How much better is a $650 kit vs a $150 kit

The difference between the budget kits and the high end kits usually comes down to fit/finish, materials used, ease of maintenance/tuning and support.

The high end kits use carbon fiber or aluminum for chassis and shock towers where the budget kits will use FRP. The quality of the plastics are usually better on the high end kits.

The budget kits can be very competitive at the club level in the right hands. Most of the time build, maintenance and setup can really make or break a car's handling, regardless of how much you spent on the car. A properly built/maintained/setup budget car will run circles around a poorly built/maintained/setup high end car.

On the other hand, there can be a lot of frustrations with the budget cars. Sometimes the instructions leave a lot to be desired. The fit of parts can be very frustrating during the build. And I do think there is a durability difference as well. If you are racing outdoors without walls/pipes close to the track, durability is probably not an issue, but in tight indoor carpet layouts, you might see a difference in durability.

These are only my opinions and they are worth exactly what you paid for them!! :-)

When I started racing, I went the cheap route buying a used RTR touring car. The car wasn't good but neither was I, so it was fine until I became a better driver. At the time I didn't want to invest in something like an Xray because it was expensive toy for me I was only using ~10 a year.

Some of the 3racing kits look very good. I've never personally raced one, but I know several guys that have. As 0010 said, the durability can sometimes be less out of the box. So research the specific kit to see if there's a weak part/design and upgrade or aftermarket parts to fix.

Also nothing usually wrong with buying a used kit from a name brand. I'd strongly suggest you tear the whole thing down and rebuild it to make sure everything is correct.

Get an Xray T4 2021, you won't regret it.

3racing has great product support, parts availability is plentiful and cheap and they will are very competitive with RC’s that cost 4x as much(xray, awesomatix). I advise you not to start out with an Xray because it will be quite a learning curve and parts are a lot more expensive.

Last week I could take a look at the Serpent X20 RTR next to the more expensive race version. The whole car is basically the same but most build with cheaper materials so over the time you can improve the car if needed. I also have an eye on it for just some fun on the track outside noise hours and just sell the electronics (to make the buy much cheaper) and put in my own stuff.

The cheaper 3racing and xpress are both good options.
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