Usually what I do to find baseline setup or even a final is look @ the Tekin site here:http://www.teamtekin.com/hotwire/ESCsetups/index.html
Then as you need more of this or that, you can dabble with the hotwire until you feel comfortable with it, and what each setting change feels like..There are alot of people who dont like programmable ecs, because they are more work, but to me, once you set the car on the track, you have to do less with the radio.