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My hunch would be it was designed for the magnet age where the grip comes mostly from the magnet rather than the tyres. Carrera has similarly low-grip track.

It’s perfect for magnet cars, because you still get a bit of ‘give’ in the corners, requiring some driving skill - plus it’s possible/necessary to tune the cars. On a high-grip track like Ninco or Policar (or Scalextric / SCX Classic), magnet cars are less fun, in my opinion.

Taking the magnets out - or running performance brands that are designed to run non-mag, then Scalextric Sport and Carrera track is much more of a challenge - but an enjoyable one. Scalextric cars either need a lot of tyre prep or a change to grippier ones - my personal preferences are Urethanes (eg Paul Gage XPG) or Slot.it P6 compound.

I like the fact we have various different track surfaces available - just like real life. With adapter pieces, you can even have several surfaces in one layout - a pretty cool challenge for car prep and driving.