Remember Using Scalextric?
As a kid I have to say that I had no heard of Scalextric sets This was until my uncle came round one morning with his entire collection of the stuff and we decided to sit and place everything he had on the downstairs of the home, it worked perfectly I have to say.
If you are not sure what Scalextric is then it is basically just slot car racing which is of course racing small cars that are powered by grooves or “slots” within the track itself. The user of the car will actually control the small model using just one button, squeezing hard for fast and soft for slow. Tracks are varied and although usually they come in sets it is possible to buy all of the parts separately and build a massive custom track up.
A lot of people have the opinion that Scalextric is actually pretty boring to do but I disagree, if you build a custom track with plenty of tight turns you can find it is great fun with a couple of mates. The more corners, bridges and twists you have in the track the harder it is to successfully race without falling off so bare this in mind.. Once you go around a very tight corner as fast as you can that it is you are off the edge.
Many people also feel that Scalextric cars are a thing to mess around with when you are kids but when you think about it they are actually very hard to use properly.
Of course if these are not your thing why not look into something like RC cars or perhaps RC helicopters. Be warned that these are also actually very hard to learn how to use in the correct way.