ok here is my 2 cents
the strike is ok but it sucks when it comes to staying together i used to own one i got hit twice in the front and both times the front left shock broke off completely so now i own a slash and its strong as hell but at the track i race at it(indoor carpet oval and road course) is mainly made up of slash's and we also have acouple of sc10 and blitz's the sc10 and blitzs in my opinion corner sick as hell but the slash's race just as well or better some times thats my opinion and then u can do any upgrades that u want or that the local track u r going to race at will allow