| Scalextric produce a range of cars for their range of | | | | As mentioned before they produce a rally range, they |
| Scalextric sets, whether you have a drift set or the | | | | skid more in the corners than standard cars. This is |
| new digital set there is a wide range of manufacturers | | | | due to the front mounted motor, most of the power is |
| available for your choice. | | | | sent to the front wheels and this helps pull the vehicle |
| Scalextric have produced a range of vehicles that are | | | | around your track allowing the rear tyres to skid. |
| easily compatible with analogue and digital sets with | | | | The drift range act in a similar nature as the rally cars |
| their digital plug ready (DPR) chassis, the cleverly | | | | with the rear wheels having very little grip, they can |
| engineered chassis have a small trap door located on | | | | drive in both directions around you track with a clever |
| the underside of the car secured with one small grub | | | | guide blade set up. They are created this way to test |
| screw. You can simply fit a digital plug C8515 in about 1 | | | | your skill with the controller to try and drift the cars |
| minute. Digitally fitted cars can operate on analogue | | | | around the corners on you layout. |
| and digital tracks without and compatibility problems. | | | | The last type of Scalextric cars is the standard |
| Not all vehicles can be converted to digital such as | | | | vehicle, these all have the new easy fit guide blade |
| some drift cars, also four wheel drive cars can be | | | | that simply slide on and off when required. This means |
| problematic to convert due to the chip having to be | | | | no more struggling to fit braids and trying to secure |
| placed at the rear of the as the motor in this design is | | | | then with fiddly brass lugs. Other features are |
| fitted at the front that allows the realistic | | | | adjustable Magnatraction this is two slots cut in the |
| characteristics of a rally car. You will have to extend | | | | chassis and these fit the standard magnet that |
| the wires to allow them to run down the channel on | | | | Scalextric produce to allow preference for you driving |
| the side there the four wheel drive band runs from | | | | style to help lower your lap times. |
| front to back of the vehicle. You will have to use a | | | | Not all of Scalextric vast range of cars have front and |
| digital chip either a saloon car chip C7006 or the F1 | | | | rear lights fitted as standard you will find that cheaper |
| chip c7005. These chips require some solder work to | | | | cars are normally designed for younger racers with a |
| fit them to any older cars or some of the non DPR | | | | robust design and few parts that can be damaged are |
| digital plug fitted. Mounting slats are generally fitted to | | | | ideal for smaller children or for tracks that have points |
| the chassis of the non DPR cars and the chip will | | | | for crashes. Some more expensive cars are made in |
| simply fit between the mounts to hold the chip safely in | | | | the robust style these are cars that have extra lights |
| position. | | | | fitted as emergency vehicles or a siren. |