Eh, the 8ight has a better radio but, but the servos are nothing to get excited about; probably no better than those in the Hyper. I race with a few guys that run the RTR 8ights and the servos are always the first thing to go; the motor goes shortly after. The motor is pretty good, but for just starting out I don't know how much that will matter unless the Mach 427 is easier to tune than the Hyper's MacStar. I'm just one of those guys that if I prefer one car over another I'm gonna get that car, nay-sayers be damned.

That's why I have an 8ight. It's the only one that appealed to me. I read the supposed horror stories about the throttle servos blowing up and I still bought it. Long story longer, performance-wise, especially for a beginner, you can't go wrong either way. So the decision for me would come down to which one appealed to me the most; unless the local hobby shop didn't stock parts, then I might go the other way.