The Type R is capable car and at the SNOWBIRDS NATIONALS Jason Schreffler, Larry Fairtrace, and Mile Haynes showed it. I don't know the status of the on-road team for Losi but if they did drop their team the Nationals showed they need to get it back. Hell Scheffler put a little whooping on the the T2 008 and that's suppose to be XRAY'S new flagship. Not trying to clown on XRAY cause I thought about getting the car also but I wanted something that does not look like everyone else's. The Type R like any car is a good car when setup right just depends how much work you want to put into it to get there.