ORIGINAL: flatlander_14
I know I'm biased but from what I've seen at the track the H8 is a much better buggy. But in the end it really depends 90% on driver's skill, about 8% setup, then the last 2% is the buggy.
If you can afford the Hyper 8 then go for it, if not the Turmoil is an okay buggy.
I dunno about those percents. The better the driver is the more dependent he is on having a buggy that will let him drive faster. If you can push the buggy to its limits and not let the buggy push you I'd say setup is more like 15-20%. I'm sure that either buggy can run pretty much the same lap times and each will have its own handling characteristics. The turmoil has finished in some very high ranks in pro events (I think its gotten 2nd once... if not I know it got 3rd). So you know the turmoils fast. Of course so has the hyper 8 so you can't go wrong with either buggy.