buggy vs truggy?

[81exige]

Given that everyone that's seriously into racing over here would 100% take a buggy over the equivalent truck (while trucks are merely treated as bashers - even race trucks), I'd like to hear how it is halfway across the world. Maybe elaborate on why you prefer one over another if you feel like doing so as well.

I don't really have a clear preference - I like buggies since they're more compact, their short arms mean less breakage and they just look sick, but I also like trucks - they're equally at home on the track or at the skate park, and they don't have exposed front towers so I can feel a little less bad the moment my car lands belly up

 

[hood52]

A lot of racing truggies now come with buggy style bodies, so the front shock tower is exposed. All of the tracks I go to, buggies are more popular. But for me personally, I prefer the truggy on the bigger tracks. Maybe because I'm still not at the level I need to be for the buggy. But the truggy is very forgiving and easy to drive.

 

[RustyUs]

... But the truggy is very forgiving and easy to drive.

 

[CertifiedMike]

Buggies just because thats what I've always run. Or a monster truck.

Not hung up on any design though. I'd like to try them all!

 

[RustyUs]

Given that everyone that's seriously into racing over here would 100% take a buggy over the equivalent truck (while trucks are merely treated as bashers - even race trucks), I'd like to hear how it is halfway across the world. Maybe elaborate on why you prefer one over another if you feel like doing so as well.

I don't really have a clear preference - I like buggies since they're more compact, their short arms mean less breakage and they just look sick, but I also like trucks - they're equally at home on the track or at the skate park, and they don't have exposed front towers so I can feel a little less bad the moment my car lands belly up

The norm is shifting for today's race bred truggies. The use of "bruggy" bodies that leave the front shock tower... out in the open. I have no plans on racing, but do prefer race bred platforms for better quality parts... especially when it comes to shocks.

Are you planning on racing?

 

[BuggyBRO]

Buggies for me. Totally not biased though. I swear.

 

[ohsnap]

I got into dirt via the Savage and then picked up a Hellfire and have never seriously (or even formally) raced off-road - more of a bash racer (a bracer?) on courses that a friend sets up on his property than anything.
It's two hours to the nearest track that I'm aware of, so there ain't no serious off-road racing in my life.

I've been running nitro Savages, Hellfires, and Revo's; mainly because they're what I got, they're fun, they run, I know how to fix them, and I can make use of common parts (that I may already have in stock should anything break).
The Savages and Revo's are themselves set up as close to a truggy as I can get them (as opposed to let's say a Gravedigger).

I should pick up a buggy one of these days...

How is the RC scene in Vietnam?

 

[81exige]

The norm is shifting for today's race bred truggies. The use of "bruggy" bodies that leave the front shock tower... out in the open. I have no plans on racing, but do prefer race bred platforms for better quality parts... especially when it comes to shocks.

Are you planning on racing?

Hey Rusty, no, no racing for now, because...

1. there's a grand total of 1 (one) 8th scale offroad track in the entire country (maybe 2 if I get really technical; there's another one that might be built in the future), and that single track is a 2 hour drive from where I am
2. "but didn't you say it's very common to spot buggies running onroad over there?" yes, that's the problem; you can show your shiny new truck and no one will bat an eye if you're challenging people to a race, but the moment you claim of owning an 8th scale buggy or GT car, expect at least 10 people to accept your challenge; truck racing is simply nonexistent

I have been looking at those bruggy bodies, and some of them do catch my attention. It's mostly a nonissue to run those bodies - my MBX8TE has the body posts to run them, and I can just bolt a skid plate on the front tower - pretty common thing buggy folks here do to their cars especially when running them onroad. It's just that shipping costs make them uneconomical (no one sells them here).

I'm a bit miffed about my purchase actually, since a well-maintained MBX8Re roller went up for sale 3 days after I got the truck for about 100 bucks more. At the same time the truck was hard to beat in terms of value, it was pretty cheap, had low mileage, still a potential race winner, and can be upgraded to the R spec.

How is the RC scene in Vietnam?

Almost as diverse as it is in the US in terms of car types and sizes I'd say. The only genre that maybe doesn't exist here is comp crawling. Way fewer people in the hobby though since it can be expensive.

You get the entire spectrum from the budget newbie to the folks that won't hesitate to drop 2 to 3 grand in total on a race kit, and those same folks will have at least 2 more cars about as expensive.

There are only about 3 official racing categories in total: 8th scale onroad (and offroad) buggy, and 8th scale GT, in both electric and nitro, though nitro is more prevalent. The only offroad racing surface here is (very) loose, non dusty dirt. Clay doesn't exist, carpet racing doesn't exist, and indoor racing as a whole doesn't exist. The only indoor RC activity (that I'm aware of) is a tossup between crawling and drifting.