OMG! I remember this from my childhood! Forgot all about Scalextric! Good times

Back in 1986 my brother, friends and myself moved all the furniture out of the living room and laid out all the Scalextric track I had around the large living room. Not as much as this but all the track from a 1966 Scalextric 6 track set (that was the biggest available back then) plus all the additional track bought during the 1970's that had sat in the loft for years. Had 3rd radius outside curves at the far ends and a 22 x section straight with twisty bits and chicanes within reach of the control area. Used a Scalextric power jump booster cable (how many people have bought one of these??) as the return run power drop at the extremes was noticable (1/2 speed). Managed to over heat and seize a motor on a JPS but it cooled down and was OK. Later used a water spray gun to simulate wet track condition. Played all day on a Saturday and well into Sunday. One friend had his wife phone at 4 AM and asked if we'd seen her husband plus 8 year old son?? After a phone nagging they had to go home. (Women never understand the important fun events in life!!) Now it's all packed back in the loft where it has sat for years since 1986.

you cannot beat scalextric. I have almost as much track as that in my bro's loft. Brilliant stuff!

that was great fun watching, i must say. and even a dash cam! brings memories when i was a kid but i never had a track a fifth that size. lot more fun than bigger slot cars. hooray for the creator of this track, the racers, the camera man, etc and the uploader !!!!

Nothing better than a nice clean basement with a pool table and pinball machines and lots of room to build something crazy like this! Cool!

A mini-pool table, a pinball machine, AND a giant slot car track. That's a fun room! :)

Aw, man! I used to have an awesome track like this! I don't anymore, but the memories just roll in.

About 1 hour 40 minutes for the construction - I had the camera running the whole time so the pressure was on!

:) You brought my childhood memories back. We didn't have this kind of colossal track. Just a little bit of track and a few twists and turns but it was so much fun. Especially because the track was made out of rigid rubber you could bend it in all kinds of ways and make all kinds of cool inventions with it. Not to meantion when those cars lost grip on all 4 wheels and they were hanging just from the connector and racing way faster than they should have. :D It was so much fun.

I had something like this as a kid; 1:32 scale. Only had about 30 feet of track though. Great video!

WOW!! I so wish I had a set-up like that. House to small. Looks like so much fun!! Thx for sharing!!

Love the car POV footage :)

*Clapping* that music played along really well...love the cam shot when the car falls and the music goes along with it

This brought back memories 1991 when a was 10 yr old building a scalextric up with my old man, real bonding time loved it, and love this set up it's out fucking standing!

Impressive layout! What's even more impressive, is that you managed to set it all up without stepping on any of the track!! LOL

Lovely video worth the hour and 40 minutes setting it up that was funny at 3:30 I have this at home but it is a very old one getting a new one soon liked

Great video and amazing track! Was wondering how did you get enough power to 200 feet worth of track?

that was off da chain. i miss having the tyco racing tracks. great video!!!

Man, I loved your video!! especially the part when the car flips over at the end and the music becomes all tragic sounding.......Cool!!

Man... I used to play with these when I was a kid back in the early-mid 90s. Had no idea they still make this stuff.

The music to this is perfect!

scalextric, pinball, a pool/snooker table - every thing a man could need!

Very cool, really like the on board camera on the car

I dug this, and I've never been an extreme slot car fan. I liked the production quality. It was cool how you synced the emotive characteristic of the audio with the roll-over at the end. ; ]

You're living out a childhood fantasy, man.

Nice!!! I recently aquired a couple of tracks and built myself one in the dining room, no where near as large as yours. I like your in car camera too :)

I was so keen for these aha, where did the days go man!! :(

The car-cam was the finest touch, cool vid, dude.

This bring back memories when I was 7 back in the mid 90's

Thanks man for the trip. Very cool.

Just 1 power base was used, but with 2 x 2.5A power supplies powering it. The speed drops off slightly when the cars are furthest from the power but only a little, and we raced 6 cars on this circuit no problem at all - Great fun!

This track looks really cool!

If someone ever wants to build a racetrack, I think they have the man for the job here....

Yes I think it all works with digital signals, both for controlling speed and lane changes. There's a sensor in the track just before the track splits that detects which car is passing, and from that it works out whether to change the direction or not depending on whether the "lane change" button on the controller for that car is pressed or not.

Thanks - The first piece (the ragtime piano music) is called The Smiler by Percy Wenrich, and the second piece is from the album "Music for a Film" by Daniel Bautista (which you can download for free from Jamendo I think).

Thanks. There's a button on the controller - If you don't press it the car goes straight on at junctions, if you press it the car branches off at the junction. Great fun when you're chasing another car and you time it right to branch off to the other lane to overtake, and even better when you have 6 cars running on the track and you're swapping lanes at every junction all the time to try to overtake.

That was the greatest 4 minutes of my life.

Thanks for doing this. Now I don't have to do it myself, and retain my cool, non-nerdy social status.

This speaks to my inner child...magnificent!

Thanks. There's a button on the hand-held controller to control which way the car goes at a junction - If you don't press it the car goes straight on but if you keep the button held down as the car approaches a split the car takes the non-straight route.

awesome!

My knees were hurting just watching you build that, very impressive though!!

That's a lot of track. Looks like good fun!

wow!that guy puts race car tracks together really fast.

Wow! Clearly you're not one to brag because this would have taken a normal person a week to build! Awesome video!

Nice music, it really fits the crazy race.

Best scalextric track I´ve ever seen

Yes it's Scalextric Digital, and you can run up to 6 cars on the track at once - Great fun.

I had a few of the old AFX tracks when i was a kid, took all day to set it all up. Good ole days

What a great Projekt. Nice work.

At 1:33 I was depressed, but then at 1:37 I was like "WOOAA!!" Nice video man, you're an inspiration to us all!

I sure did enjoy watching this video!!! Congrats.

NIce ending! i love how the red car stoped and the other lost controle

You are what the modern day public would call a "Scalextrix geek"

Whoowhee! That's a lot of track! Anyway, let the races begin! That was an awesome ride, especially when you had the camera view on the car itself! Now if you could only set it up to in way that had you dodging model trains, then you could really have some fun!

This cropped up in my 'Recommended Viewing' email today from KZfaq - Great to see this has 10 million views now! Best wishes, David.

Thanks! The first music (the ragtime piano music) is called The Smiler by Percy Wenrich, and the second piece is called "Opening Theme" from the album "Music for a Film" by Daniel Bautista.

Superb; thanks for posting it.

Awsome track!, makes me feel like having a go. When there is a split in the track, how does it decide which way to go?

The need for speed track!!! Now all you need is a cop car with flashing lights and go get em!! Who said you need a video game. You got real time action right there!!

The divider tracks are controlled by a button on the handheld power controller - If the button's not pressed when your car goes over a junction it'll go straight on, but if the button is held down then the car turns off or switches sides.

They have special circuits in the cars, and you can also buy the power thingy that has more than 4 in it. They are chipped for a specific number.

Great video, you certainly had fun.

@TheNewfrewelian It's a system called Scalextric Digital - Up to 6 cars can run on the track at once and it uses digital signals from the controllers to control the speed of each car. The crossover tracks mean you can swap lanes when you want to too. I've only once had all 6 cars running on a 2-lane track but it's great fun!

Oh man! A.W.E.S.O.M.E I have no words to say about this, you are a GREAT collector. Cogratulations! and have fun ;)

I started with a small digital set, one that came with 3 Porsche cars I think, and added just a few more straights and curves to make a more interesting track. There's a great "pit stop challenge" set you could start with if you're keen on the single track 1-lanes. Be prepared to spend a lot if you want extra track though - I got a bit carried away over the years and spent several thousand just on track!

You ARE THE BEST TALENT IN THE WORLD for that! AWESOME!! Super Congratulations from BRAZIL!

Nice job on both the track and the video.

Great fun to watch! Thanks for sharing.

OMG! I feel like a kid again who *just wants a go* but will never get a chance - awesome effort dude, I am definitely jealous XD

Nice constructions Scalextric track!!!

These thing still around fun times when I was a kid

Fue uno de mis mejores regalos de navidad cuando tenía 12 años, hoy tengo 42!!! es un juguete en toda la extensión de la palabra. Felicidades por el video.

Boss track man! I love the first person footage!

Every winter my brother and I would go in the attic and set up the track.We loved it but it was never as elaborate as yours.Can I come over some day?

I remember the one I had, it was rigged up to a transformer from a 18v battery charger, and had a dial so it could be adjusted, so the cars were crazy fast lol

Yeah buddy thats. A rad video bro

와 200피트의 진짜로 큰 경주용 도로를 만들었네, 자동차에 카메라를 달아 영상을 찍은 부분이 아주 마음에 듭니다!

Thanks! The first music (the ragtime piano music) is called The Smiler by Percy Wenrich, and the second piece is from the album "Music for a Film" by Daniel Bautista (which you can still download for free from Jamendo I think).

love the on-car footage top work, awesome track

THAT WAS AWESOME...MY 3 YR OLD BOY WHO JUST LOVES THE SLOT CARS WANTS THIS TRACK..LOL..

2:30 no matter how many times a car flips off the track it never fails to raise a laugh!

@wilkiny74 Thanks! I got away without having to put any jumper cables in - I used a C7030 power base with 2 power supplies, and although the cars do run slightly slower the further they are from the power they still run easily quick enough! The only problem I had was when doing the "drivers eye" filming by strapping a video camera onto a car chassis - With the extra weight of the camera the cars couldn't get enough power to move at all at the far side of the circuit!

My wife would like a word with you !! apparently your putting idea's into my head ! i don't know what she's talking about :)))) great video ! iv'e just bought myself the mighty metro ! well i bought it for my son wink wink nudge nudge :)

how do you get the power supply to the furthest part of the track? ive got a big circuit set up, but i lose power at the furthest point from the ac supply. how did you overcome this?

awesome video mate!!!!!!!

Just showed this to my (6 year old) son he said "it's the biggest track in the world"

man that brings me back!!!!! how can anybody dislike this ?

Thank you. Very creative.

This would make my cat go nuts

The first music (the ragtime piano music) is called The Smiler by Percy Wenrich, and the second piece is from the album "Music for a Film" by Daniel Bautista.

Love the camera on the car :-)

Awesome.Great music as well.

who the **** would dislike this???? I have like 5 metres somewhere in a box... that stuff was awesome it also had 2 loopings (which only had a chance of working next to the power source...)

@justind71 Thanks! I designed the track layout as I went along, and having the camera rolling the whole time helped to focus the mind! There were some pieces left over though - Normally I'd try to use every last piece but it usually takes a bit of re-designing towards the end to get them all in and with the camera rolling I just wanted to complete the circuit.

@animatorSimen I used one digital power base with 2 power supplies plugged into it - The power does drop off slightly towards the far side of the circuit but it's not too noticeable. I once built a slightly longer circuit using all the track I have (around 220ft) and didn't have any power problems, even with all 6 cars running, so I expect you'd be ok, as long as the track is in good condition so it doesn't lose too much power between each track joint.

epic track their man nice work

that is an insanely awesome..... it is pretty good that u can do it in 1 and 40 mins...

Awesome layout and vid !

No, just used the standard power base with one connection to the track. It was on the limit though - The cars slow down a bit at the furthest point from the power.