N-4-Speed said what I think. Electric can go just as fast, but it costs alooot more money. For club racing, you can race a Nitro out of the box with maybe nothing more than a steering servo upgrade. But with electric, they are waaay too slow out of the box to do anything but get laughed at for not being able to make the doubles.

Nitro takes more experience are is much less idiot proof, but it is so much more fun.

But if you cant handle the responsibilities of a Nitro (tuning, cleaning, more parts to take care of), then an electric is much better.