The rules were changed at the 2012 AGM so remove the solid axle/direct drive only rule, but while the FGX is BRCA legal you will have to spend so much on it to get it competitive, and it will still get beat by the direct drive cars on carpet.
If you want something that you can spares for in the UK your choice is limited to the various Tamiya F104 chassis. Even though Schumacher import the Speed Passion F1 they don't stock spare parts for them. Everything else you will be looking at buying from the far east or the USA.
Most people run narrow/rubber, a few of the Japanese chassis are made for the wide/foam class which is more popular over there so you have to convert them by fitting a Tamiya F104 front end on them to make them legal for the narrow class.
The easy choices are the various Tamiya F104 chassis. The Tamiya F104v2 Pro is most popular as a race chassis with its link rear suspension, but the normal F104 works just as well for club racing and is much simpler to tune and tougher. Avoid the TRF101 as most parts are unique to the car and very difficult to get hold of.
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