Originally Posted by
CTRJ
I raced a B4.2 at the first 4 months of this year. I had all the goodies on it and I often beat the mid motor cars. As the months went by, though, more people started switching from rear motor cars to mid (and they started figuring them out) and I started getting left behind.
I bought a Lite and immediately was impressed how much more corner speed I had and how much more stable the car was overall.
You can run a B4.2 but if you want to stay at the front, you're going to need to get a mid motor car. Heck, I just raced a larger outdoor race this weekend (on an 1/8th scale sized track that was blue groove) and and EVERY car in mod and stock was mid motor. All the development in the future is going to be for mid motor platforms.
My friend recently bought a B5M Lite. I got a chance to drive it. It was much better than my B4.2.
I went in skeptical, because I don't always trust the racer community. Every new car that comes out is suddenly "the best ever". Driver's magically gain a second on lap times with every new release. I was hell bent on keeping my B4.2. In this case, the hype lived up to it.
The B5m, on clay, is a beast. The corner speed is better than any other AE buggy have driven before. That was with out of the box setup. I'm going to have to get one now.