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Scalextric
Sports World
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Scalextric released their much anticipated Sports
World product just before Christmas. This product
has been in development for the last couple of years
(with a tad of help from me as one of the beta testers)
and boasts a wealth of features. I started to write
an article but after reading the review from fellow
beta testers Dave Cheng and Doug Teggin on Slot
Forum I realised mine was a pale comparison.
So with their extremely kind permission they allowed
me to link their review in to my tips section. This
is an excellent review that is extremely balanced.
I concur with their conclusion - there is so much
within the product it is difficult to sum up with
one recommendation. Whether you want to race others
via the internet (a virtual physical world combination),
be able to use any of your cars as a pace car, review
race telemetry, configure your throttles to your
personal response profile, add race strategies,
review complete race statistics, race arcade style
etc, etc. there is basically something for everyone.
I would buy it just for the pacer and it enhancements
to standard racing that it provides.
Anyway enough of me - click below to be thoroughly
engrossed.
http://www.slotforum.com/forums/index.php?act=page&pg=sclsptwldr
Also (again thanks to Slot Forum) a really interesting
link was provided to the BBC which shows the production
of a Scalextric car. Note the straight digital cross-over
in the first picture and the huge manpower involved
in producing the cars we drool over.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/in_pictures_
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