Hello - Yes !!
I have both cars and can defiantly say that the plastic B-max4 is a better car indoors where I race regularly (York).
I’ve been driving the plastic chassis B-Max4’s for a few years now and have become very familiar with the car and my set-up for indoors is spot on, as for the version 3 I have only been running one of these since late January - don’t get me wrong the B-Max4 III is a great car and turns a lot quicker than the plastic car, but I feel it can be a bit “scatty” to drive as it has so much more steering, I have found it far easier to make errors, especially when you really want to push hard in a race - I find the car just starts slipping away from me…..
The plastic B-Max has more of an understeer characteristic in the way it drives and you have to slide it into corners - far more to my liking and I can push the car and still feel in control !!
The version 3 Bmax4 maybe a lot better to drive indoors with the optional ball diff’s fitted and a carbon chassis, but I have my doubts as it would match the plastic car for overall driving satisfaction.
So if you like Yokomo 4wd cars the best advise I could give anybody is:
Indoors - on mixed carpet / polished floors - run a B-Max4 II (plastic chassis car).
Outdoors - on Astro or Dirt - run a B-Max4 III (with gear diffs).
Hope this helps ??
Rob.