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After such a humble opening post this thread has developed into a very interesting one... It is obvious that many personal preferences are being expressed sensibly, and I, for one, think that is great... One mans meat is another mans poison as they say!

RHR dirt is, IMO, the pinnacle of current outdoor O.R. tracks in its design.. The jumps are about right as are the number and severity of the corners and the minor mix of surface is commendable.. However, the design does still lead to high speeds and I think that is my only concern with "modern" tracks.. The prevelance of tracks laid out to accommodate the latest motors n speedo combos is the boring bit for me...

After returning to O.R. it is the increase in speed that is still off-putting to me.. A newbie may feel that too, and instead of persevering they just walk away after spending hundreds of pounds on the latest chassis only to stuff into the barriers or go cartwheeling off.. They buy the latest gear cos the advice that is regularly given to newbies is "go to your local club and see what is popular.." Invariably what is seen is drivers who are good and have the latest chassis themselves and who drive waaaay quicker than any newbie could possibly do!

I would like people to consider driving craft rather than speed and welcome the clubs who offer a one motor series like YORCC with their 540 racing.. This would allow you guys who wanna drive fast to have a series for yourselves, as a consequence tho, the track would have to accommodate the slower motor as well, so once again we get back to the track design..

So yeh, not an easy subject to agree on! Maybe we need to go with what we've got and hope drivers make the right choices.. For them!