If you give a kid a remote control car, it’s pretty much a given they’re going to love it. But these toys have a bad reputation for breaking, and it can be difficult to tell upfront what you’re in for ...

Remote-controlled cars can get incredibly fast and complex (and expensive) the farther into the hobby you get. So much so that a lot of things that are missing from the experience of driving a real ...

Clockwise from top left: Hyundai Accent WRC and Toyota Altezza Hot Wheels cars; Nissan R390 GT1 and Ford GT90 Choro-Q cars; and an assortment of real and fictional bodies for XMods remote-controlled ...

I might be in the minority here, but I stopped collecting die-cast cars years ago. I don’t have any Hot Wheels tracks, so all they did was sit on my shelf taking up space, fading into the background.

Jul. 1—JAMESTOWN — For the last five years, those who want to race remote-controlled cars in Jamestown have been able to do so at the RC Track next to the Stutsman County Fairgrounds. The track is ...