What are the pros and cons of running in the dirt versus on a paved surface?

You get more excitement with dirt on the jumps with flips and big air. But then with the black top you get sharp turns and blasting fast speed.

in the dirt there is jumps and you can get your brushes dirty. in onroad you get more speed but brake more but doesn't get dirty.

Personally, I like both. If you really enjoy the hobby try them all! I have, trucks, cars, one plane that is 11 years old and still flies, and yes I even have one of those 40$ wal-mart boats. I mostly like my models that I can just change out the type of rubber and go! PROS and CONS? AH, who cares! I just love em all.

I'm all in with dirt too. there is way better jumps and more fun to control. The only thing is that you have to dust your car every time so the dirt doesn't interfere with gears, other parts and also the grease.

Here it is,, mine favourite posting, i love for dirt more than anything else, it is a la mode for me and myself. and Seth if he's right on. dirt gives you less traction i have to get good tires 1mm over bore. ask Andy he knows best about where to find those. pave is ok is your in the right frequency as to not hit the wall full out. i hate that parts fly 1000s of feet from the epicenter of impact. but hey dirt is all round my favorite place to beat'em up.

I race dirt, no other way, pros say about dirt that my rc AE truck gets reel dirty, it has too. Though all i do like pavement the speed is all there at once. Uptimes i do hit the concrete curb it bust'em up my tc3.3 good. i have to keep up the upkeep though. id rather have pave than dirt. its just a lot less messy than dirt. sometimes i get a toothbrush just to clean my ae team truck, i hate dirt due to all the cleaning and that is the widest con out there.

PROS DIRT: -->Jumping -->More excitement (on road has speed but nothing beats a dirt car doing a wheelie up to a jump at 30 mph and soaring through the air.) --> the racing for me seemed less cut and hack as opposed to on road. --> multitude of lines on a race track for certain jump sections. DIRT CONS: --> Dirty --> More maintenance --> More of a chance to break parts.

Boy what a double edged sword, Dirt racers will have many reasons why they feel dirt is superior as paved racers will that a paved surface is superior. So who's to say, as far as pros and cons,

Lets look at it in, wear and tear: off road puts extreme stress on suspension parts yet most off road models are designed with that in mind as far as the powerplant. I feel [be it right or wrong] that offroad on battery powered models the life is shorter on the electronics than paved models. As far as nitro powerplants the life of the engine depends upon the owner of the model and their knowledge of PROPER TUNING resulting in the correct stoichiometric proportion :] which is a fancy way of saying not to lean yet not overly rich. So how about in a crash? In my experience paved accidents cause the most damage. Now what about cleanup? Does a little dirt really hurt that much? So really it depends upon how well a person maintains, tunes and properly sets up their specific model for the surface on which they are running.

Now as far as driving skill required for each different surface that's a subject for which there is no correct answer. They both require skill. But going back to the original question pro and con, Is there really any con, ie: neg, involved? As far as i am concerned it's all pro [positive] no matter what surface or even model as long as you have fun and show respect for others then its all good!! Nuff Said

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