The DB01 is a great car! certainly racable!
I raced with a Predator and loved that car but it always took me a great deal of tinkering, working on the setup to get the car adapted to the track ..
But at one point i bought a DB01 Durga for my son. I assembled it, threw it on the track .. and it was much easier to drive, straight from the assemble-table, with the Standard-setup then my previous car.
I had sold my Predator and only raced 2WD .. but the durga made me change my opinion and whenever my son didn't race, I raced the 4WD Durga myself.
Now it is Tamiya, so everything gets sloppy after some time, but the car always stays easy to drive!
Only thing it needs, as said above: are the stronger, metal diffs.
So, to get back to your question: The R-version indeed adds some bling, and some stronger metal parts as the suspension mounts but it is not that nescecary.
It's the diff's you need, and then some A-arms, Shock-towers and maybe the Tamiya (#54033) DB01 Carbon Reinforced A Parts (Diff-housing might get damaged in a crash due to the fact that the shock-tower is mounted to the top-part of the diff-housing.).
The DB01 is a great car!! certainly for beginner.
R is not needed, some spare parts are AND the metal diff. (wich are sometimes hard to find)
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