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Carrera are huge across Central Europe and in North America and certainly have wider global reach than Scalextric. The latter are established in the UK, Spain (although that is complicated), France, Australia and New Zealand. In our parts of the world the colloquial term for slot cars is Scalextric, but in Germany and Austria it is Carrera. Maybe that’s why Carrera don’t make a big push in ‘Scalextric’ territory - and vice versa...

Definitely don’t ignore Carrera cars - they are especially good as highly robust ‘loaners’ or cars that are a little slower but a lot of fun to drive and race against each other. That’s true whatever track system you use and whether it is analogue or digital or both.