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Most Popular Batteries for 1/10 Touring Cars

Updated November 2026 · Counted from racers' setups in the RC Setup App · How we counted

The most popular LiPo battery brands, capacities and C ratings in 1/10 touring cars, 4WD and FWD, counted from racers' setups. Gens Ace leads.

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Wondering what battery to run in your 1/10 touring car? Gens Ace is the most popular by a wide margin, and 6000mAh is the most common capacity. We counted the setups saved in the RC Setup App since January 2024: 715 racers named a battery brand. 4WD and FWD cars run the same packs, so we counted them together and point out where they differ.

The percentage under each brand is the share of racers who run it. Counts updated November 2026.

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Capacity and C rating

Of the 497 racers who named a capacity, 16% run 6000mAh, 8% run 5000mAh and 8% run 6500mAh. Of the 252 who named a C rating, 21% run 130C, 20% run 140C and 19% run 120C. Touring cars run bigger packs than 1/10 off-road, where 4800mAh is the most common capacity, since a touring car takes a full-size stick pack rather than a shorty.

This list covers brands with at least 20 racers. Most racers here run 4WD: of the 715 who named a brand, 14% run FWD. Gens Ace leads in both, and Intellect Pioneering is the brand that leans most toward FWD, at 29% of its racers. Each button goes to a stick pack near the capacity racers name most for that brand.

Share of racers who run each
  1. Gens Ace16%
  2. LRP9%
  3. Team EAM8%
  4. Cayote7%
  5. Intellect Pioneering6%
  6. Sunpadow5%
  7. Nosram3%
  8. SMC3%
Gens Ace

1. Gens Ace

16% of touring car racers

The most popular battery brand in touring by a wide margin, and the FWD favorite too, with 21% of FWD racers. Racers name the Redline most, and 6000mAh. Gens Ace's 6000 Redline is a shorty, so the button goes to the nearest stick pack, the Redline 2.0 LCG, 6100mAh and 140C.

Redline 2.0 6100 at AMain (opens in new tab)
LRP

2. LRP

9% of touring car racers

Racers name the Graphene-4 most, at 6100mAh, and the Xray X4 is its most common car. The button goes to that pack, the Graphene-4 HV LCG stick, 6100mAh and 135C.

Graphene-4 6100 at AMain (opens in new tab)
Team EAM

3. Team EAM

8% of touring car racers

Almost all 4WD, at 95% of its racers, and the Awesomatix A800R is its most common car. Racers name the Graph-X, most often at 6000mAh. The button goes to the Graph-X ULCG, 6000mAh and 140C.

Graph-X 6000 at Park Lane
Cayote

4. Cayote

7% of touring car racers

Mostly 4WD, with the Schumacher Mi9 its most common car. Racers name 6300mAh most, then 6800. The button goes to the 2S LCG stick LiHV, 6300mAh and 145C.

6300 stick at AMain (opens in new tab)
Intellect Pioneering

5. Intellect Pioneering

6% of touring car racers

The brand with the most FWD racers after Gens Ace: 29% of its racers run FWD. Racers name 7000mAh most. The button goes to the MC4 ULCG graphene stick, 7000mAh and 120C, at Tonisport in Germany.

MC4 7000 at Tonisport
Sunpadow

6. Sunpadow

5% of touring car racers

Racers name the Platin line, and the Xray T4 is its most common car. The button goes to the Platin HV ULCG stick, 6100mAh and 140C.

Platin 6100 at Team NCRC
Nosram

7. Nosram

3% of touring car racers

Almost all 4WD, at 95% of its racers. No one pack stands out in what racers name, so the button goes to the Graphene-4.2 Stock Spec ULCG stick, 6300mAh and 145C, at Tonisport in Germany.

Graphene-4.2 6300 at Tonisport
SMC

8. SMC

3% of touring car racers

Racers name the HCL-RS, most often at 6400mAh. The button goes to the HCL-RS LCG hard case, 6400mAh and 150C.

HCL-RS 6400 at 997 RC Raceway

How we counted

We count anonymous totals from setups saved in the app for 1/10 electric touring cars, 4WD and FWD. A racer counts once per brand, and once per capacity and C rating, no matter how many setups they've saved. A value only counts if the racer entered it themselves, not if it came along with a copied setup. A brand field naming several brands counts toward none. Specs come from the listing each button goes to.

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Common questions

What is the most popular battery for a 1/10 touring car?

Gens Ace, run by 16% of the 715 racers in our count who named a battery brand. LRP is next at 9%, then Team EAM at 8% and Cayote at 7%.

What capacity battery do touring car racers run?

Most commonly 6000mAh, run by 16% of the racers who named a capacity, then 5000 and 6500mAh at 8% each. That's bigger than in 1/10 off-road, where 4800mAh leads. Check your class rules and your car before you buy: touring cars take a full-size stick pack.

What C rating do touring car racers run?

Most commonly 130C, run by 21% of the racers who named one, then 140C at 20% and 120C at 19%.

What is the most popular battery for a FWD touring car?

Gens Ace, run by 21% of the 101 FWD racers who named a brand, then Intellect Pioneering at 13% and LRP at 8%.

What is the best touring car battery?

We count what racers run, we don't test batteries, so this is popularity rather than a lab result. Gens Ace is the most common pick by far.

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