No one that I see is stating the true problem. Video games!!!!!! You can race them on your schedule, you can go on line and run against people from all over, it's cheaper after you buy the actual system which most of us own anyway, and it's easier. If you wreck your car all you have to do is hit reset. I don't personally think it compares to RC, but my 13 year old has no desire to wrench on a car when he can just drive on a video game. It's a tough problem and I don't have the solution.