I don't think I could go back to bashing. A fellow racer was talking about it the other day and I just couldn't understand why he would bash when he could race.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with bashing, just that as an alternative to racing it doesn't make sense to me.
I've tried drifting too. I even did it around out carpet track while trying to race another racer who was drifting. Did nothing for me.
I'll stick with racing.
As for this new HPI car. To me, it just looks ugly. That doesn't mean it won't be a good racer. The HB cyclone is about as ugly as it gets and it's the current World Champion.