I think this isn’t just relevant to onroad. Offroad is the same. Even a second hand set up with everything gets close to $500. I agree on the concept too of real looking cars. For me touring cars all look the same which is some way has stopped me giving it a go. I bought an m05 for that reason two years ago but the class seems to have died off again. I’d be happy to race a tamiya kit with a WRX body.