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Good video. Because Scalextric, Carrera, SCX etc are marketed as toys they have to comply with many safety standards that do not apply to brands targeting the adult hobby market.

Hi auto, thanks for watching

It’s not just the changeable bits but a significant portion of the “architecture” of a toy car that has various toy safety standards to thank for it’s design. You are quite right to point this out.

Regarding the DiSCA Sebring event, Exiles had the equal best if not the best driver pairing on the day, the other belonging to Quornstars who took the pole. Everyone else was mixed up for an event aimed towards inexperienced drivers. Exiles’ car was an existing club racer chipped for o2 and already had a bunch of tweaking so it’s not really an example I’d give as a Scalextric being well optimised. It’s a much better example of a Scalextric becoming competitive in the right hands, which most talented drivers and mechanics will be able to manage thanks to the 2015 design changes. Though, there are still a few more to make, if anyone from Margate is reading..

Mr M, try not to get too offended by linguistics. What would you call them?

They’re professionally designed. Never once did I say they were professionally raced.