I finally got to practice with my GT-10 (10LSS, HPI Viper, 4cell, 19T) at Jackson in NJ this past Saturday. Lots of good feedback from onlookers, although the track was dusty and my tires were not the even remotely close to the correct shore.
It was a completely different feel from TC, as expected, and was easily faster than the 19T/10.5 TCs. In fact, with the dusty conditions it was a handfull on corner exits.
I'm going to try running a TC rear wing on the Viper body because it seemed to lack high speed downforce. Proper tire is also on the menu for next week.
All in all, I can't wait to race an entire field of these realistic cars. The rivalries are going to be great and the budget is more my pace.