Radio Controlled Car?

I have Tamiya 1:10 scale Twin Detonator with Tamiya ESC and Futaba radio system and a 1:8 scale (I think) New Volkswagen Beetle made by New Bright. I had problems controlling the ESC from Arduino because the ESC has braking feature that requires me to release the throttle stick on the transmitter before running the truck in reverse. I need an ESC that doesn't have braking feature. The VW has a weird steering motor with encoder. I modified the chassis for a steering servo but the horn interfers with the tie rod. I have a R2D2 robot that requires me to talk to it to get it to move and I want to modify it for RC.