My friend has a Rustler and he thinks it is not to bad but good!! Its hard to tune but can pull wellies if tuned correctly. It is preety strong if u dont bump in to trees like he did. but otherwise it is a very nice ST truck but it is worth the price and the EZ start is a big pain in the ***** he says!! And the only good thing about the nitro Rustler is that is can go 40-50 out of the box.