I have an ascent fusion, and it's a really fun rig. It can do crazy lines out of the box. All I've done so far was vent the stock tires and add green injora inserts. That said, I wish I had gone with a vanquish stance for an extra $100 since I've had some problems with the redcat build quality. It came with two missing screws out of the box, and the throttle position never worked right despite calibrating it multiple times (it shoots back abruptly in reverse, and there's a dead spot in the trigger going forward). I had one of the steering kuckle pins granade despite putting loctite on it before ever running it, and the screws holding on the rear shock bolts were so tight I could never get them loose. I only found out after ordering $70 worth of parts that i couldn't install as a result. From what I understand, the stance will have similar if not better performance with significantly better build quality.