The rs4-3ss is a very good car . Once it has been modded(lots of $$$), it can race with any car out there. One thing I have noticed with a lot of the "pro" car owners is that over half of them have no idea how to set them up properly. Ask them what roll center is and they have no clue. Once you have a good suspension set up properly, you can make ANY car much better round the track.
Nearly every driver at the track we are planning to race at next spring has bashed the rs4-3ss as crap and not good for racing. Next year I hope to prove them wrong and not because I think the rs4-3ss is a better car but that I know how to make my race car faster than anyone else on the track. Is this not the real essence of racing!!! Serpents,Mugen, NTC3, R40 are all great cars
but making my car faster than them is a world of difference.