Longhair

I've been reading so many posts saying that truck A is better than truck B because it is ready to race out of the box.

This is far from true for the simple fact that people who race do some serious hop ups before they even think about racing.

Unless some pro RC drivers are buying the same RTR trucks in the LHS where people like you and me go, win first place with only charging the batteries and adding fuel - the statement "it is ready to race" is far from true.

MotorPsyko

#1 I thought RTR meant Ready-To-Run...
#2 I think most "pro racers" generally buy kits anyway..

A post for the sake of post count perhaps?

I think you're confusing what I call "leisure racing" with "pro racing"...

*shrug*

Ken448

on the flip side, a pro racer CAN pull out a RTR vehicle, go to your track, and make you look silly with even the most modded truck imaginable. Why?? Its pure SKILL

LJ NITRO

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some manufatures say they are reday to race

jkrustchinsky

My Feedback: (7)

thats called appealing to the consmuer, just because the article says the warhead can swim doesnt mean it can,

mosavage

yea, what ken said

hybridstone

Okay folks we now have our winner for the "pointless post award of the week"

JRexA

Naturally a RTR is Ready to Race. All racers need someone to beat

But it is normally not RTW=Ready To Win That takes some serius skill and often serius hop-ups.

maxximum_overdrive

there are trucks that are more race ready than others right out of the box however. for instance mammy st, hell fire, mayhem st, storm sut are all better out of the box on a race track (meaning that these trucks are for the most part built for racing) than maxxes, revo, savage, and tnx. but a properly set up rtr mt in the hands of a competant driver can also be very fast on the track. you dan't HAVE to spend a ton of money on any truck to make it run better on the track, set up is the key. i've spent less than a hundred bucks on my t-maxx and it runs great on the track. i'm an oaky-ish driver, not great, but there are guys at our track that have spent big bucks on there rigs and i still beat them. now there's this one guy who is an incredible driver, with a stock revo (except tires), and he spanks it to the rest of us (he own the track and gets to practice whenever he wants). he would be untouchable with a more race oriented truck, but whats the point he beats us with a stock revo.

SLOWREVO

ready to run / ready to rip / ready to race / I think ready to replace
my rtr's break all the time put some quality parts on it for a reasonable price and people will buy it

gerwen

Good post.

You can race with any RTR that has an appropriate racing class at your local track. Depending on the competition there, you may even win. You may be at a disadvantage to those with hop-ups and such, but that doesn't mean you can't be competetive.

MBX5T Maniac

My Feedback: (-1)

what happened to RTKSA?

FE_Chris

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yeah gerwen, your right. I have a Jammin Pro kit. 1100 bucks all in all it's worth. I get smoked by all kinds of guys at the track with lesser trucks. It's skill. Just like ken said too.

I do not believe there is a such thing as Nitro Ready to run. Engine needs to be sealed still, thread lock...Blah blah blah. Take it out of the box and run it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

alvinl

When you drive like me RTW = Ready To Wreck

cman9toes

RTR is "ready to run".....RTR is"Ready to Race" with a pencil pusher Marketing Exec's spin on it.
I mean which would you rather buy??? It's like painting flames on your pinto... it just looks fast![sm=thumbup.gif]