Car starts extremely fast?

I have been following the manual and got it to start. The problem is, when it does start its extremely fast to the point it put a hole in my floor (wheels were obviously too close to the floor but still shows how fast it was). The remote was left how it was when it came, I didn't push it forwards or backwards so I expected it to start pretty slowly.
Am I doing something wrong or is it meant to start that quickly and I have to push the trigger to make it go slower?
