What would be the advantages and disadvantages of starting in the dirt or on the black top as a rookie? 

Rookie means racing, not just bashing. Starting to race in the dirt would give the advantage of having a vehicle that takes abuse better than an on road sedan. Rookies crash a lot. Also having the ability to use an off road vehicle anywhere...not just on pavement means more time practicing for many people. More practice with the vehicle means becoming a better racer.

Here one goes again. The advantages with a dirt. is that you can yell here i am rock you like a hurricane, the dust is every place. On road arun style is a lot cleaner!! hmmm but both is the best are fun. I would be up in and out to recommend that rookie should start off the road.

WOOO!! To many questions at one time! For proper edification of my beginner class on might be off off road. CRACK!!! A-arms bleed for those who don't feel proper breaking. I love the on road road racing at my eldrely state. I pull right and left is to be more difficult for me. I drop the gauntlet for those who do not feel my power. There are no disadvantages to racing! Be you a rookie or an ABOO BOO level of the elementals. AE and BEYOND!!!!!!!!

The advantages and disadvantages of being on the blacktop would be first that you break more parts, loose control, and you spend more money repairing cars than you do on yourself. Some good things come out of it too, such as learning when to throttle in corners or being able to handle your car. It can also teach you how to pass without crashing into people.

Dirt roads rock!!. i would have readjust my dingle rod for proper apportionation best. If I was a rookie less adjustment would be best. Team AE tc3s are good start. They run on the best of all especially with off road rally conversion set. I like it best of all. Although both can be attained with the proper amount of practice.!

Ok this may start an argument. But i feel that if a new driver learns to drive a specific path or line on dirt, he/she gains the ability to drive with more control. ie: throttle vs steering. As where most new drivers that start out on blacktop, find themselves concentrating on straight line speed, then find themselves in trouble when they try to follow a course or make a controlled turn at such a high rate of speed.

I have found that driving on blacktop vs dirt is two different animals both requiring skill. And the higher speeds of blacktop driving requires more pre:thought: otherwise you have to set up your lines cleaner. As for me dirt requires faster driver reaction. I say this because having been in this hobby for many years. The speed at which modern cars/trucks travel is crazy 10 to20 years ago there was no such thing as RTR much less a out of the box stock car/truck that will do 40+MPH So control is the name of the game and with the speed at which today's cars/trucks are capable of traveling a new driver needs to learn control, which dirt seems to instill.

But on the lighter side there is no bigger thrill than blasting a RC car/truck down the street in front of your home at 40+mph. But does that really improve your driving skills? Or just your bragging rights as to how fast your car/truck can go. NuffSaid!

Biggest advantage for rookies starting in the dirt would be the fact that you can play anywhere. You can take an off-road vehicle and run it in the dirt or on the road. But you can't take your on-road vehicle and run it while you are out camping in the dirt. I think it all comes down to what you enjoy... off-road racing or on-road racing. If you have a preference to the full size racing you will hold more interest in the scaled down version. Which will directly affect your reaction to the advantages and disadvantages of each style.

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