Originally Posted by PROMODVETTE

By performance do you mean like response speed? Then yes its definitely on par. Nobody is going to be able to tell the difference in .001-.005 second difference in speed. The feel may be slightly different between the two, but after a few laps and you are going to be tuned into your car hitting apex more than your radio being .002 seconds faster/slower.

Sanwa is a legendary name in the industry, so I think people tend to associate that with the best and either scared to try something different or immediately bash without touching another product. That's the nature of RC in general imo, people bash "x" new car before it even hits the race track because something in the pictures doesn't look like something their favorite brand has.