Yokomo's RD 2.0 ready-to-run lands with the S15 already painted: what a first-timer still has to buy

1. Read the listing line by line. Open Yokomo's product page for the RD 2.0 Ready To Run Mercury Sayaka Special S15 and write down what is included. Transmitter, receiver, ESC, servo, gyro, battery and charger vary between ready-to-run packages, and the video description does not list them.
2. Download the manual before you need it. The RD2.0's instruction manual and exploded view are collected on our RD 2.0 manual page. The exploded view is what you quote part numbers from when you order spares, which you will.
3. Ask the track what tire it runs. RC drift tires are hard plastic, matched to the surface — carpet, P-tile, polished concrete or asphalt. Many tracks and comps mandate a spec tire so nobody buys grip. A tire that came in the box is not automatically the tire you are allowed to run.
4. Sort charging properly. These cars run on 2S LiPo packs. You want a charger that balance-charges, somewhere safe to do it, and confirmation from the listing of whether a pack and charger are in the box at all.
5. Find the gyro gain control and leave it alone at first. Every modern RWD drift car runs a gyro; gain is usually adjusted from the transmitter, on a dial or an auxiliary channel. Start where the shop or track sets it for you, then change one thing at a time.
6. Treat the painted body as a bonus, not a commitment. A pre-painted Mercury Sayaka Special S15 means you are not masking windows at the kitchen table on week one. Bodies in this scene are polycarbonate shells painted from the inside, and they get damaged; the chassis underneath is what you are actually buying.

• Buying a second body before a spare parts order. Suspension arms, hex adapters and body posts break. A shelf of shells does not get you back on track mid-session.
• Winding gyro gain to maximum. Gain is how strongly the gyro corrects. Too much is a setup problem, not a fix, and you will not know which change did what if you move three settings at once.
• Assuming the included tire suits your floor. Carpet and P-tile want different plastics, and a spec tire overrides your preference anyway.
• Expecting a speed figure. Pace at 1/10 scale is a gearing question — pinion, spur, final drive — plus the motor and how the layout is driven. A brushed motor package is a starting point, and the chassis is the part you keep.
• Skipping the track's etiquette. Ask where to stand, when to go out, who marshals and whether a session has a lead and chase order before you join a train.

The channel also talks through what its description calls a "Canadian Limited Edition" spec, and says both versions are shown on track in the video so the differences are visible. On wider availability the description says only that Yokomo will start offering this spec around the world, with no date beyond "look for it soon". Treat that as the channel's report, not a confirmed release.

Where to watch

The full unboxing is on the Bad Shoppe channel.

Next useful step

Before you order anything, go to a drift night at the track you intend to use and ask two questions: what tire they run, and what spares people there keep in a box. That answers more about a first car than any spec sheet.