I ordered this for my 5 year old son to replace an old RC that had broken accidentally. He was so excited when the box arrived. Took it out inserted the batteries and nothing. Direct from the box it did not work. Called the seller got a replacement which arrived promptly repeated and it was a great tpy for 10 minutes when it stopped working again. This toy is not well manufactured at all Avoid it!This was a great present for my 8 year old nephew and he loved it.It worked right away easy to use.After less than 3 weeks it was broken. Bits came off and wheels completely shattered.Would not recommendLike the title says, left stick forward and back worked, right stick only back worked.I opened up the controller to find that the tab that was used by the right joystick was broken. I soldered on a bent piece of metal to the tab so it would make connection to the circuitboard when the right stick went forward, now it works fine.As far as the joysticks go in general, it is misleading to try to apply variable power with the joysticks. It's only on or off, not any gradiation of control, so on the fly course correction is minimal and jerky at best. That said, my 18 month old daughter loves chasing it around.Not sure if I'd rate this worth the money, I am sure it would be pretty fun if it worked better. They should probably have better quality control from my experience.I'd stay away from this unless you don't mind fixing someone else's mistakes.Remote control started to smoke after a few months. Low quality product. Should have listened to the other reviews. Antenna also broke soon after.Right out of the box the car doesn't work like the other review here. Very cool looking but just doesn't work at all.Great toy, it's been working for 30 minutes now and my son is loving it, i paid $30.00 if it works like this for another half an hour i would say i have gotten more then my moneys worth. Great toy. these other reviews must have been bad luck...this toy is wonderful