Reviews

The monster truck scene has been in a bit of a lull lately, but Team Associated is hoping to change all that with the release of their new E-MT, the Rival. This truck is based …

The Touring Car segment is like the F1 of our hobby. These machines are designed to take full advantage of components like carbon fiber, titanium and aluminum. They’re sleek, lightweight, extremely fast and can pull …

Every RC vehicle comes with some sort of shock absorber setup, whether they are inexpensive friction units or high-end, plush oil-filled dampers. Up until recently, all 1/10-scale off-road vehicles came with a 10mm, small-bore shock …

Back in the day when I started racing, the transmitters were pretty simple. There were no digital readouts or hidden antennas and if someone was on your channel, you had to run back to the …

It’s no secret that Ken Block is the master of sideways car control. His Gymkhana videos have proven that, and seeing an AWD car do things that seem impossible (or at least extremely difficult) is …

When I get any vehicle for review, I have a whole process I go through prior to taking it out on its test run. I usually pull it out of the box, give it a …

As RC fanatics, when someone mentions Monster Trucks we have a pre-set notion of what that is in our hobby. We think of 1/8th scale (or larger) trucks that include big tires, big suspension, big …

I’m a racer and anything that isn’t going Mach 10 around a track just doesn’t get my RC blood pumping. However, a while back I did attend a trail-truck event and I have to say …

HPI has been teaming up with quite a few big names in the real racing world. Full-size heroes like Ken Block, Dai Yoshihara and Vaughn Gitten Jr. have all given their seal of approval to …

For a time there, off road was all about 2WD buggies and 2WD stadium trucks. Then, in rolled 2WD and 4WD short course trucks, short course buggies and extremely affordable 1/8-scale e-buggies. Everyone was so …