RE: Scalextric! Scalextric! Time For Tea?
Discussion
I haven't set my track up in years. My son asks every now and again but insists on all the buildings and track extensions be set up. Cue 4 hours of setting up followed by 10 minutes of use before he then decides to go back on the Playstation.
I still find myself drawn to buying the cars though. I forget how many I end up buying.
I still find myself drawn to buying the cars though. I forget how many I end up buying.
Reardy Mister said:
RAClNG SNAKE said:
IMO this is the best current incarnation of slot racing, cars take the racing line until a challenger slips one down the inside for a side by side battle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xpX-_aceLE&in...
Nice controlled slides in the corners too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNqMbvA9m-o&in...
That is awesome. Check out the in-car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfg001GxLBAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xpX-_aceLE&in...
Nice controlled slides in the corners too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNqMbvA9m-o&in...
How do they get two cars to run on the same slot, yet keep the power input to each, separate?
Maxus said:
I haven't set my track up in years. My son asks every now and again but insists on all the buildings and track extensions be set up. Cue 4 hours of setting up followed by 10 minutes of use before he then decides to go back on the Playstation.
A semi-permanent set up can be up and running in minutes, this one fits in a medium sized hatchback for transportation and stores under a double bed.
Edited by RAClNG SNAKE on Thursday 20th November 09:34
Reardy Mister said:
That is awesome. Check out the in-car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfg001GxLBA
How do they get two cars to run on the same slot, yet keep the power input to each, separate?
Scalextric is all digital now, so you can run multiple cars on one track.How do they get two cars to run on the same slot, yet keep the power input to each, separate?
You can also do silly things like enforce pit lane speed limits, yellow flag speed limits, measure 'fuel usage' based on throttle input against time, you can make the cars go quicker once they're 'lighter' on fuel, obviously either have them run out or go into a limp to the pits speed, can do lap timing, even control a car autonomously, although keeping it perfectly in sync is apparently quite difficult as it doesn't know where it is on the track except for when it crosses the line.
I only know this stuff as a colleague at work got a little bit into Scalextric at one point and wrote some software to do this sort of thing out of curiosity.
I had the Leyland Roadtrain with trailer, always good to try and get one of my XR3is to jump the trailer at the crossroads.
Started out with a decent sized but rather old set my dad bought from an ad on the local paper, came with a Lotus and a Tyrrell (which started to smoke a bit too dangerously if you used it too long).
Then progressed to Triplex Rover (ace), aforementioned XR3s, police Rover and a few Minis that could do 180 turns.
Happy days!
Started out with a decent sized but rather old set my dad bought from an ad on the local paper, came with a Lotus and a Tyrrell (which started to smoke a bit too dangerously if you used it too long).
Then progressed to Triplex Rover (ace), aforementioned XR3s, police Rover and a few Minis that could do 180 turns.
Happy days!
Zed Ed said:
Was just looking at getting my boy a set for Xmas and was slightly taken aback by today's prices ( in a world where toys seem pretty cheap on the whole.)
Having seen the prices in the original ad above, I'm guessing it always was pricey.
Bit worried my boy may not be a PH'er as he keeps asking for a train set, lol
We are giving our son the results of several hours eBaying this Christmas. Scalextric track, Mk1 Cortina/big arch Escort, turbo 911/Mustang and 1970s F1, he can't wait!Having seen the prices in the original ad above, I'm guessing it always was pricey.
Bit worried my boy may not be a PH'er as he keeps asking for a train set, lol
Buff Mchugelarge said:
What's £107 nowdays with 35 years of inflation?
A lot of money back then I'd imagine?
I had 2 Metro 6r4's and a nice big figure of 8
£107 in 1981 is worth nearly £500 in todays money! A lot of money back then I'd imagine?
I had 2 Metro 6r4's and a nice big figure of 8
I had the same set as a kid. It was called 'Mighty Metros' and had a figure of eight banked turn course with a bridge. Lots of fun controlling slides with the throttle. Also occasionally burning out the tyres by holding and slightly lifting a car whilst giving it maximum throttle.
It was far more fun sliding those Metros around than the 'magnatraction' exotic cars I had in a later set. Those magnets ruined 'Scalextric' for me as the cars are too fast and grip too well. In many ways it's like like racing small spacecraft that randomly crash.
I won a 'Scalextric' set in a competition because of my 'skills'.
Despite fond memories I'm surprised that 'Scalextric' has survived until now, because there are so many racing games available.
Had a set in about 1983 which got lost in a house move somewhere.
Acquired a non-functioning set 5 years ago with a Focus WRC and Impreza - soon got that working.
A word of caution though: these things are addictive. Since acquisition I have added, all from eBay on the cheap:
Loads more track
3 x Porsche 962
2 x Kremer Porsche 962 K8
2 x Porsche 911 (standard cars)
3 x Porsche 911 GT1
1 x Porsche 911 GT2 (996)
1 x Porsche 917/10 (orange "Jagermeister" livery)
1 x Porsche 917/30 (Mark Donohue's Can-Am car)
1 x Porsche 959
1 x BMW M3 (E30, natch)
1 x Venturi
1 x Marcos LM600 (matt black, very fast when it works)
1 x Ferrari F50
1 x Ferrari 250 GTO
1 x Ford Sierra RS500 (rubbish, crap handling)
1 x BMW 3.0 CSL (slowest of the lot - awaiting engine transplant)
2 x Ford GT40 (a bargain as the seller didn't know what he had...)
1 x VW Beetle (don't ask...)
1 x Mini Cooper
1 x Mercedes Group C
1 x McLaren F1
1 x Holden Commodore
...and a Truck, which is like racing a tower block and falls off at the slightest hint of a corner.
Not all of these are Scalextric: Fly, Ninco, Slot.it etc are all generally faster and handle better.
My 7 year old loves it and prefers it to the Wii / iPad. My 2 year old is more than capable of stringing together a series of competitive lap times and knows which are the fastest cars...
Acquired a non-functioning set 5 years ago with a Focus WRC and Impreza - soon got that working.
A word of caution though: these things are addictive. Since acquisition I have added, all from eBay on the cheap:
Loads more track
3 x Porsche 962
2 x Kremer Porsche 962 K8
2 x Porsche 911 (standard cars)
3 x Porsche 911 GT1
1 x Porsche 911 GT2 (996)
1 x Porsche 917/10 (orange "Jagermeister" livery)
1 x Porsche 917/30 (Mark Donohue's Can-Am car)
1 x Porsche 959
1 x BMW M3 (E30, natch)
1 x Venturi
1 x Marcos LM600 (matt black, very fast when it works)
1 x Ferrari F50
1 x Ferrari 250 GTO
1 x Ford Sierra RS500 (rubbish, crap handling)
1 x BMW 3.0 CSL (slowest of the lot - awaiting engine transplant)
2 x Ford GT40 (a bargain as the seller didn't know what he had...)
1 x VW Beetle (don't ask...)
1 x Mini Cooper
1 x Mercedes Group C
1 x McLaren F1
1 x Holden Commodore
...and a Truck, which is like racing a tower block and falls off at the slightest hint of a corner.
Not all of these are Scalextric: Fly, Ninco, Slot.it etc are all generally faster and handle better.
My 7 year old loves it and prefers it to the Wii / iPad. My 2 year old is more than capable of stringing together a series of competitive lap times and knows which are the fastest cars...
Six of us, 4 racing drivers & 2 of the pit crew built a proper 4 slot track, on a 18 by 12 ft. table, where we could have serious racing.
Unless we were struggling to have a car ready for real racing, Tuesday night slot car night, & it was damn near as serious as the real thing.
Went on for a couple of years, until we drifted away.
Unless we were struggling to have a car ready for real racing, Tuesday night slot car night, & it was damn near as serious as the real thing.
Went on for a couple of years, until we drifted away.
'Santa' had hidden this in my Mum's wardrobe a couple of weeks before Christmas 1980. I would sneak in just to drool at the picture at least three times a day. That was a long fortnight. Brings it all back: Blake's 7, Dr Who, collecting Panini football cards. Oh the lost years of our childhoods...
I had a large track that my dad put on to a massive board of MDF which I was able to store under my bed and slide it out when I wanted a play.
I can't rememebr all of my cars but the Police car Rover SD1 really sticks in my mind, it made a nee narr, nee narr noise and the light flashed:
I should imagine most of my Scalextric is still up in my dads loft.
I can't rememebr all of my cars but the Police car Rover SD1 really sticks in my mind, it made a nee narr, nee narr noise and the light flashed:
I should imagine most of my Scalextric is still up in my dads loft.
Concidentally, I found the track I kept (when I gave a load away to a friends brother to save room in my first house) - in my house loft during the summer.
I have one of those Black Mexico's with the Lights in the front.
Another Mexico without lights I spray painted yellow in my dads garage.
A couple of Impreza Type R's with the magnets in the back
635 CSL
A couple of 911's - one with lights.
A couple of early F1 cars
And an SCX Audi Quattro, that actually DOES have a AWD. (never made it any quicker though).
I have one of those Black Mexico's with the Lights in the front.
Another Mexico without lights I spray painted yellow in my dads garage.
A couple of Impreza Type R's with the magnets in the back
635 CSL
A couple of 911's - one with lights.
A couple of early F1 cars
And an SCX Audi Quattro, that actually DOES have a AWD. (never made it any quicker though).
[quote=Steamer]I can recall a catalogue with the BMW M1 and Audi Quattro next to it (cant fine the whole thing).
The favourite car I had! Rubbish tyres which went off, but good for drifting.
The white Capri with lights, as posted above, was the best handling by far, but gripped so much it rolled before sliding, so the wing mirrors, air dam and rear wing broke off in days...
My first actual set was the stockcars that can do 180's. Great fun, but they became body-less rolling chassis in no time.
The depressing thing is having accumulated loads of track and cars and looking forward to recovering it all from my parents' loft now we have our own family, it turned out they sold it all years ago despite me having asked them to keep it! :-( The did keep my Lego though...
The favourite car I had! Rubbish tyres which went off, but good for drifting.
The white Capri with lights, as posted above, was the best handling by far, but gripped so much it rolled before sliding, so the wing mirrors, air dam and rear wing broke off in days...
My first actual set was the stockcars that can do 180's. Great fun, but they became body-less rolling chassis in no time.
The depressing thing is having accumulated loads of track and cars and looking forward to recovering it all from my parents' loft now we have our own family, it turned out they sold it all years ago despite me having asked them to keep it! :-( The did keep my Lego though...
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