Overall this RC car is a lot of fun. I think most kids will be very happy with it. I found my 8 year old son spending time with it seeing if he could get it to crawl over different objects by controlling the different wheels. The one thing that he wishes was different was the ability to steer without needing to stop the car. Which when you want to turn you do have to stop the car, turn, and then go. As a parent I appreciated that the car wasn't overly loud and that the car did force them to think about approaching obstacles differently....