I hope to give one of the new FG 4x4's a run here before long. With more experience driving these, I think many of us have learned how to NOT damage them in many situations. The belt does look very beefy to me & I would think it could handle some abuse. The only info I am going on, is what I hear from the Euro tracks. I was hearing about 1 year ago in testing, that the FG could not finish a race without breaking a belt. That could be a bunch of different things though. Car / Driver / Track. All of those affect how a car performs & is able to take abuse.