okay from the top of the food chain.... world report..
when it rained, there was a flowing trail of associated parts, gearbox covers, spurs... every run these were replaced on all of there cars... alll every run...
granted the ntc3 is the best out of the box on to the track( as the factory setup works rather well...BUT BUT... all the cars work equally well,
kyosho had very few cars there.. but was in the hunt..
mugan had a couple of cars there but not there new one( some parts that made it to the new one weere presant and helped but again only a few cars running... competitive
Serpent had very good showing.... new car is almost identical as far as entire desighn... ran exact same setup on the pro and the 705
Trinity had a small number of cars, and some custom parts.. plus the cyrul factor, give him the worst car and watch him win the championship........
speed they were all identical, duarbility ntc3 lost miserably, saw team drivers tossing radios on the ground in disgust, serp had a bad day a proven tank desighn failed on a car that was almost going to double lap the field at the 30 minute mark( salvin is a all or nothing driver and nothing short of incredible) and a bearing seizing up on a shaft, also going between last and third, with almost a lap down from the sarrt......... most were pretty comparable.....
all cars could equally handle the track and drive equally as fast and good( everyone had the same handling and setup problems.... barry baker is also incredible but works the car way too hard sometimes( like a salvin)
get the car that most of your locals are racing that will give you the best support, and spend your money on setup tools and tires, pretty much every car playing at the end of the day with the big boys was a all plastic out of the box car, very few if any aluminum or modified parts...... just good assembly and setup and driving....... a fast digital steering servo is much better than a aluminum radio brace......