In my opinion, anything has become better than Novarossi. Customer support has become very lame at best and they seem to be relying on the name to keep them going. Since the release of the 21+4, quality has really gone down and the price has went way up. Alot of Nova fans still pay the price for the same tom foolery.
Considering the performance and price, a man would be foolish to spend money for the name when the JS beats most in this area. While going from track to track, most people would be better off running a drivable engine than anything else.