I guess to me it sounds like the tuning will be placed back on the mechanical timing on the motor, as well as the resistance found in the ESC like the old days.

It may not matter much though in offroad. Easy way to tell run the same vehicle using a "race" speedo and a sport speedo with same motor using the same timing.

Also, from what I read from some of the onroad guys, some motors allow A LOT more timing than others since they don't have a stop of sorts. One person reported that since that motor didn't have that limitation, it was pretty much the one being run by everyone just to keep up.

Probably be time to break out the super sized pinions too.