HELL YES! With the hyper 8 you don't need to upgrade one single part. Its race ready out of the box and without a doubt one of the most durable buggies out there. I don't have one personally but my biggest rival does and it drives more like an on-road car. Its very smooth with loads of steering especially at high speeds. It handles great on almost all terrain keeping the same setup while with my MP777 its a little sensitive to setup and track changes comapaired to the hyper 8. You will spend the most money this route because you still need to buy the radio, other electronics, engine, starter box, glow ignitor and any of the other stuff like paint for the body, glow plugs and fuel

If you get the cen matrix expect to replace a set of steering knuckles or two, the rear drive cups coming from the diff, the center drive cups, the bushings that fit into your hing pins and that piece of s**t engine. The buggy has great handling without a douibt but it doesn't last.

The mayhem is deffinatly the way to go if you want an RTR. Flawless radio (I race with the synthesised version), the servos are great for atleast a few months but they could use replacing, I race with the sportwerks .21 and the .26 that comes in the mayhem is no slower or less reliable and it has the most power for your money (its very closly matched to the RB S7). The parts quality is great and you can expect to run this buggy without replacing any worn out parts for quite a long time. The mayhem doesn't have the out of the box handling like the matrix but you can set it up to handle damn well like someone at our track did. It will just take some testing and tuning.