Ok, here is what I tell everybody at club who asks about the ZX5-RTR ... please remember I am a Kyosho fan and race them myself, and will as long as they make 1/10th competition cars!
The ZX5-RTR is amazing value for money, no better value way to get into 4wd offroad.
The parts you really should upgrade ASAP (in my opinion) are the inner suspension hinge pin braces. I had the 3 racing parts on my race SP for more than a year with no issues at all. The are about £5 each, can be found for less.
Next on the list is the alloy tower mounts, again they are cheap at about £7-£8 each
Once you have those parts then you will have a very strong car!
Next job is to take all the plastic suspension parts and simmer them in a saucepan for about 10 mins then let them cool naturally in the water to room temp. This will make them more supple and thus less likely to suffer stress fractures.
Now your car is near bullet proof from the suspension point of view.
ZX5 transmission is the easiest to maintain I've come across in 23 years or racing. Diffs can be out with 8 screws and once messed properly the gears last forever, never changed one and have been racing the ZX5 since 07 with motors as hot as 4.5 brushless.
The weak point on the RTR (for use with hot motors) is the driveshafts. These are not that cheap but once you have them are fit and forget ... don't know anybody who has broken a Kyosho driveshaft in their SP/FS/RB5.
As far as road tires are concerned then either use those left over from racing or again 3 racing do some very cheap tires on ZX5 fitment wheels that are perfect for road going play time!!!!
It's horses for courses and a lot depends on your local exchange rate and importers but I'd say £ for £ the ZX5-RTR when hoped up is way cheaper than a similar spec Durga.
As said thought the Durga is bomb proof more or less straight out of the box
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