Does the surface truly matter? I mean we are talking about high end toys that at some point in time became competitive. Plus how fair is it to have the European drivers who may drive mainly on astroturf come over here and have to drive on a surface they are not as comfortable with? If they decide to hold it on astroturf then our drivers will have to adjust. Didn't the 2011 worlds run on a track that had blue astro/ carpet jumps? The rc world didn't end after that did it?