The title says is a vorza good to start with. YES!! you don't have to upgrade it, it's built like a tank. It looks great compared to those ugly shortcoarse plastic trucks. The vorza is a great racer and basher and also Powered by the World Famous CC Creations. The vorza is the D8's cousin it's like a E Version of it and the parts are cheap and abundant (especially eBay). Like you stated you are a beginner and the vorza can use up to 4s or 6s. Use 4s and when u get better switch to 6s. Stock gearing is also good. Like I said YouTube it and hopefully that will make up your mind. You would also like to see videos on how it performs.