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Yes, on a dusty street, spinning the tires is no fun... but for indoor carpet racing with traction compound, it's absolutely amazing at how fast the thing will launch out of a turn. In 20 feet, this thing will go from 5 mph to 35 mph! I mean, the brushed guys are going the same speed through the turn, but then suddenly they look like they're standing still! Yes, I can still spin out the sticky tires on carpet (my eagletree was showing OVER 2 G's of acceleration) but that's why you gotta be smooth with the throttle control. You know, in Formula I racing, they can spin out their tires in first gear if they want, they have to power - they just control the power. That's how I like my RC vehicles.. I want them to have MORE than enough power and I have to control the power through throttle control and not due to limitations of HP. Now, admittedly, it's not going to give the best lap times and you won't be that consistent lap after lap, but it's a whole lot more fun to drive. Sometimes, when I catch a wide sweeping turn just right, I can powerdrift/accelerate with sticky traction compounded tires on carpet! It's NUTS to see it do that. It seems like TC on high traction surfaces are the vehicles that truly benefit from the instataneous acceleration that the smaller motors provide. On the street, it really doesn't make that much difference. Buggies and ST's really can't benefit from it either. Those vehicles don't have the traction to take advantage. Even if you did, you would only wheelie all the time.