CARRERA SLOT CAR TRACK

I saw something that i think will be up and coming on youtube. Its slotless 1/32 called magracing. The steel guide wires are embedded in the track, and cannot be seen. The track is unpowered. The cars are 1/32 RC cars with strong magnets to help guide the car along the embedded steel guide wires. You can run up to 15 cars at a time. When the car runs off the track, the driver can guide it via remote control back onto the track where its magnets pick up the steel guide wires again. Theres strategic lane change wires built into the track at certain points and right before you hit those pointa you steer the remote control into that lane change, and the car will follow that wire. Its sounds wierd, but you have to watch the videos. If it becomes big, i imagine companies like Scalextrics and Carrera may jump on the bandwagon.

I had actually seen a few YouTube videos of those tracks before you posted. I love the idea of never having to worry about your cars coming out of their slots and the concept of being able to run that many cars together sounds great too. The only videos I found online so far show just a couple of cars running so I'm not sure if it would actually be too chaotic when there are 15 on the course. - It might seem like a demolition derby.

I never cease to be amazed at new technology though. Who knows, maybe some day I'll feel that the setup I've got now is really outdated and make the switch to slotless.