The other EVO 9 wasn't an MR but it was reasonably new like mine and I don't think there is much real difference on the track. We had fun mixing it up...even tried to hang with the Porsche Carrera GT. We stayed close in the twisties, but on the straight, even banging gears was no joy... that thing is fast and sounds like an F1 car, should have brought the GVR4