ADVENTURE SHOOTOUT - VELOCITY RC CARS MAGAZINE

[@jahmenrcbuildingasone4254]

This video should be the template for all shootouts. This is easily the best comparison video I've seen to date,well done✌

[@shanegiese5709]

great shootout! I bought the scx10 2 because of this video, now I have 3, thank you!

[@3dman875]

Great video today love it thanks for your time making it

[@AMikeOnLine]

Fantastic video and commentary. I loved every second of this video. I have both the Traxxas TRX-4 Defender and the Axial SCX10 II. The Traxxas is nice to look at and it has some trick stuff under the body. But my Axial SCX10 II was my first scale crawler and in all honesty i'd chose it over the Traxxas.

[@fullyrc8555]

Good comparison! Personally I love the trx4. I always get the feeling a lot of people don’t like it because it’s so good if that makes sense! They don’t like the fact the trx4 is much better than the rest! Like the scx10 fan boys get all upset! Trx4 all the way

[@Billy_Darley]

i like all the tech put into the trx4. it has the designs i expect for the money. if set up correctly i think it would always be the top contender if not the winner. at the end of the day its really all about having fun and i see the trx4 being the funnest of the bunch.

[@Vbluguitar]

I have both a Vaterra and the TXR4 defender. While the defender is a better crawler technically, my Vaterra has been much more durable. I use the Vaterra 3x as much as the TRX4, and the Vaterra has never had a part go bad, but the TRX4 has had to have over 100 bucks in replacement parts (mostly servos going bad). I do love the way the TRX4 looks like a real rig rolling because its so heavy, but the repairs have been frustrating. Especially considering it was almost 100 bucks more than my Ascender.

[@Billy_Darley]

@@Vbluguitar so unless youre talking ratios, its cheaper to fix than the real thing? although its been argued the real land rover will cost a quarter of its value to repair over time. lol

[@Medieval_Doctor]

Looks like a great place to crawl, very informative as well great video

[@PhilBender612]

OJ had a 94 white Bronco man.

[@TSully2013]

Beautiful scenery as well

[@montanarc4148]

Great video guys! Definitely a very informative video, thanks for taking the time to make a comparison and share.

[@pwrofgrayskull]

Well done, nice work. Big 👍 for you guys!

[@twrecks116]

Great Shootout!! Fun to watch!!

[@westside_t4r_216]

love the VIDEO!! i think you should try this with the bronco or sport trx-4

[@whendeathdeclareswar7458]

I just bought parts from all major RC manufacturers. SCX10 cross members TRX-4 axles and bumpers RC4WD chassis and shock mounts HC6 transmission and all aftermarket aluminum and steel parts.

[@RoastFlea61]

You should try out the TRX4 Bronco, lighter body, shorter wheelbase, and it looks awesome, just picked one up the other day and its great.

[@00godlovesus]

Informative and fun to watch + good voice on the narrator!! M

[@trespassrc]

What a great spot!

[@bobby693]

Great job guys!

[@BLACKBOX1004]

I am not good at English, but I always support your channel!^^

[@OhighOSkater]

Good video. Very interesting

[@RCModelling4U]

Had my TRX4 for almost 12 months. The tech is a downside. Esc failed, receiver failed. Fitted a Quicrun 1060 and use a cheap Hobbyking tx/rx. Upgraded the steering servo. Landrover shell can be lightened by removing the jack, can and spare wheel, plus the upper part of the roof rack. I 3D printed narrow bumpers to improve the angle of attack etc. Couldn't then use the Traxxas tx etc, so all of the tech was useless. Installed TRX4 Sport diff lockers, and removed the servo's. Used a tie wrap to hold the high/low servo in low gear. Fitted front portal weights. Shell was still a liability so I fitted the Proline F150 Raptor shell. At the end of the day the shell, diffs, steering servo, diff servo's, tx and rx are in the parts bin, and the esc and rx are junk, all of which I paid for when I bought the truck. It's now a great crawler, but not as good as my MST CFX W, and only marginally better than my Axial. Bought heavier alloy beadlocks which help. The stock TRX foams disintegrate rapidly, so new aftermarket ones are on their way, the Canyon Trails are pretty good though. The TRX is expensive and the electronics failures are commonplace, the Sport is a much better buy.

[@MinutemanOutdoors]

That 80s k5 is boss af

[@SVKRCCommunity]

Awesome concept! Hope to see something like this but with truggies or SCT. Great videos, keep up the work :D

[@vrcmag]

SVK Rc Community shootouts are pretty hard to do fairly. But we will try to do more!

[@MrDOZA28]

Helpful video. Looking at getting into crawling and I’m torn between your top too. Some interesting points 👍

[@ka4172]

There is no best,every truck have his pros and cons.

[@vrcmag]

ka4172 there is a best according to us. You or somebody else may like a different one. But there is 1st place ... we all aren’t winners.

[@riff-raff]

Just FYI, the ascender is older then the scx2, you said it was the oldest , we were stuck with scx10 before vatera brought out the ascender , and it's only the wheel base on the scx 2 that made it better then the ascender

[@crawlhardrc7852]

Please do another shoot out with the new rc4wd Terrain RTR!! Great video

[@mattzillarcworks6417]

Hello Corolla Del Mar Ca it’s been a minute. Awesome video boys

[@ishaqhussain5345]

This comp is for scale right? The heavy body on the TRX 4 makes it act like a real truck and not being able to handle a 50 degree side hill! I like the body of the axial but the tech of the trx4.

[@RattrapRC]

Cool vid!!

[@skirmich]

Re-shootout using the lighter Bronco or Sport bodys?

[@year1camaro]

pretty cool,,but you should have used the unlock on the rear diff a few times and it would have done better.

[@kennethwelty1190]

I got rid of the body for a Axail SCX 2 Jeep and replace the diffs with Sports spools. It is a better truck which is my opinion. I like the TRX 4 Sport better.

[@SnarkyRC]

Would've been nice to see a HPI Venture. Out of all the crawlers I've had the SCX10 II broke the most parts. The TRX-4 was the most boring crawler I had although, it was the most durable.

[@chriswebb383]

KodeKraft RC I think that’s funny cause my axial shave never really broken parts unless I’m hard in them

[@chiccorocker]

Nice comparison, fair enough. Should you do more in the future I have a request: test also the downhill, not only the uphill. Sure these trucks are more designed to climb, but in nature whatever goes up should also goes down. And I think you might discover some unexpected roll over when going down. Thanks :)

[@vrcmag]

Enrico Tagliavini there was some down hill and we did drive them down the incline. But point taken.

[@CarminesRCTipsandTricks]

On the same subject, the downhill could have also demonstrated each one's Drag Brake, Built into almost all of the ESCs.... Some are adjustable, allowing you to dial it in, some just have on-off. It's nitpicking at this point, this was one EXCELLENT comparison!!

[@agoraphobic037]

I really think that the Traxxas trx4 is the best

[@funeralhymn666]

Should see about taking some lead weights and strapping them to the front of your crawlers so you stand a better chance of making it up those steeper inclines without flipping over so easily...

[@vrcmag]

Trey Hildesheim out of the box rtr testing 😻

[@fastdude2002]

Trey Hildesheim wheel weights inside the tires is the way to go.....

[@StaySyked]

Where was this comparison done? Looks like the LA Area? I'd like to try it out with my crawler, thanks!

[@dodgeviper486]

Cool use of the ultra wide angle lens, What kind of gear do use?

[@barhydttyler]

Gotta redo this and throw the redcat gen 8 into the mix

[@Gotdurt]

I would be more interested to see how they did without their bodies as limiting factors... I suspect the results would have been very different, and bodies usually get modded or changed...

[@vrcmag]

Gotdurt sure. But this is an RTR out of the box comparison. So that doesn’t make sense.

[@bjrctrophytruck7844]

nice video

[@franku211rc]

Where are you crawling at? Nice place to crawl looks like

[@vrcmag]

Cool Crawlin RC I.n.c. We tell you in the video. Corona Del Mar, Ca.

[@sissymarylen15741a]

I think the vaterra is the winner

[@Gotdurt]

Especially with one of the tighter, smaller "truggy" bodies; it wouldn't have had any of the issues they mentioned...

[@CaseyBeaulieu]

"The axial overshadows the tech of the TRX-4" "We didnt use any of the tech on the trx-4, we just left everything in one setting"

[@vrcmag]

Casey Beaulieu what are you quoting?

[@CaseyBeaulieu]

@@vrcmag 1:21 "trx-4 is loaded with technology". 15:39 "the scx10 showed that all the technology can be overshadowed" (but you didnt use the technology of the trx-4, so how was that tech overshadowed?) 18:24 "it (scx10.2) is almost at the price point of the trx-4 but you get a lot more technology (with trx-4"). 19:11 "just go slow and let the wheels do the work (on the scx10, but you didnt use different speeds or "let the wheels do the work" by changing diff settings on trx..) . Anything else I can quote for you from your own video?

[@CaseyBeaulieu]

12:23 you talk about not changing any of the settings, and leaving the truck "as is"

[@vrcmag]

Casey Beaulieu yes the one setting that worked. Why would we unlock the diffs for this?

[@vrcmag]

@@CaseyBeaulieu We used the technology, that term is open since it's remote locking difs and portal axles. We can't unuse the axles, and we locked the diffs like you would in a medium trail for traction. Opening the center diff isn't going to really help anything. I'm not sure if you want the Axial to win, or what your angle is on this. It was an RTR challenge and if the TRX Sport was out it would have been a better fit for this, but it's what was out.

[@ricardocuevas2245]

where was this vid shot? i want to try that trail!

[@vrcmag]

Ricardo Cuevas corona Del Mar, ca

[@ricardocuevas2245]

@@vrcmag any specifics as to where in del mar?

[@vrcmag]

Ricardo Cuevas right at the main beach.

[@bighud1993]

the battery or a weight needs to be in the front it will work a lot better

[@vrcmag]

Robert Sibley this was an out of the box RTR test.

[@hirevinrs4]

Hpi venture?

[@vrcmag]

Barry wasn’t out when we started this.

[@RelatableRacers]

you should add a redcat

[@Sarah-hp2ty]

No

[@jacobzeren601]

hard body Toyota ,ok thats new

[@vicotineaddiction3509]

Hey! slow the video down 50% to ensure more realism.

[@vrcmag]

Warner Callow Vlogs I know it helps but then the video is twice as long. 😊

[@vicotineaddiction3509]

ahh gotcha... I mean by far some of the best clips of RC rock crawlers are from your videos!!

[@dwaynebaker8733]

But if the trx-4 came with a lighter body, its the winner, so I still think the trx-4 won this shootout. Different body, winner

[@vrcmag]

They were tested out of the box. Modding them wasn't the point.

[@dwaynebaker8733]

vrcmag its not a mod, its simply a lighter body.

[@vrcmag]

Dwayne Baker its a mod to the rtr. Then we should have changed the tires on the RC4WD and lots of other changes. This is an out of the box rtr comparison. The full review in the magazine will have suggested mods.

[@dwaynebaker8733]

vrcmag if you ran these trucks body less, traxxas is the winner hands down in large part too the portal axles👍

[@vrcmag]

Dwayne Baker if we drove without clothes on we would have won.

[@RcCrawlerGuy]

2019 shootout?

[@vrcmag]

RcCrawler Vlogs sometime if we can. Hard to get all the latest at the same time and stock.

[@RcCrawlerGuy]

Yea I agree! Trx4 Sport vs redcat gen8 vs axial scx2 trail honcho would be a fun watch! 😊

[@imemovengeance]

Go with the TRX-4 Sport for performance based crawler.

[@jrduenas3678]

You forgot the HPI Venture

[@vrcmag]

We didn’t. They didn’t send one at the time.

[@HeliMarcReviews]

Nice video and comparison. But the driver does not know how to drive a crawler. Drive it smooth, slow and scale like. Not that agressive.

[@vrcmag]

HeliMarcReviews yeah. We mention we have “racer mentality” and trigger fingers 🤟

[@wadecaton4017]

You should add a gen7 pro to the test. It will come in last. Diff's the size of real pumpkins. Top heavy. Tires are ok but foams are too hard. Bumper mounts are too soft and bend and warp. No turning radius without some modifications. Pins in u-joints bend and wallow out holes, then a high pitched squeal will accompany you on any trail unless replaced, or fall out all together. If to many rollovers occur, the screws on rear of frame holding the body on to hinge will snap resulting in loss of said heavy body. This is a clumsy, high maintenance truck. Motor and electronics are great. But the rest is lacking.

[@markalvarez7642]

Corona del marr

[@F6garage]

short wheelbase so it high, hmmmmm

[@kevinreynolds2317]

First of all...O j in a white Ford Bronco not a Chevy blazer... Secondly..I would've liked to have seen the Gen 7 or the Gen 8.. Thirdly the TF2.. Is a trail truck not a rock crawler.. Smfh.. You said it first your obviously not patient enough for technical rc driving .. So stick to going fast and not using slower rc's

[@vrcmag]

ChEm skiEz it’s an rtr challenge and that’s okay. Don’t be a moron.

[@travisgreenough6460]

1st truck wrong on age 2nd truck wrong on make....

[@vrcmag]

We will pretend to know what you are talking about. .......

[@kirkpono5951]

Did you really just say that the TF2 wasn’t even a knife in a gun fight?! What are you running, Wal-Mart RC’s! I’ll put my TF2 or RC4WD D90 up against anything you bring! Even a 2.2 crappy bouncer! It’s the driver that made stage 2 a no run. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@vrcmag]

kirk pono don’t be silly. In RTR form it’s no match with the same driver. We love our TF2 but it’s not the same as the others. Even if you are Superman. 🤟

[@kirkpono5951]

vrcmag I think it’s the way you presented it. It’s scale vs a toy that has unrealistic flex. I have SCX10’s, my Comp Ascender and my TF2 and D90. Yes, it takes some work to make the TF2 equal to the others but in reverse, it takes work to scale out those other rigs. After a few mods and some tuning the TF2 (and D90) turns out to be just as good, if not better than any other crawler out there. 👍🏻 I love the first post of new TF2 owners! It always starts off with “how do I get more flex?” Or “is this normal?” With a photo of the suspension max flexed out on a pencil! 😂😂 keep trucking my friend!

[@vrcmag]

kirk pono this was an out of the box shootout aimed for beginners. Not modified at all. The other rigs are still way more capable of modified too.

[@412vw6]

Tf2 500+ < RGT 250

[@ericshepherd5788]

Not a very good review and poor driving just being honest