Welcome to Scalextriccentre.co.uk, the premier place on the net to find out about Scalextric Digital and buy all your Scalextric Digital (and analogue) equipment. Find out more about our store and why more and more people are choosing to buy their Scalextric equipment from us.
We were one of the first groups of people to start racing Scalextric Sport Digital (SSD) when it was released in 2004, and are amongst the most experienced professional SSD users in the country. So if you need anything to do with the system, cars, track, parts or just advice, you are in the right place for down-to-earth, honest information, and a safe and reliable shopping experience. Click here to see our latest special offers which include a free Scalextric glossy catalogue for orders of £150 or more.
Feeling credit-crunched? Our prices include VAT, postage and packing to mainland UK addresses, so the price you see is the price you pay. If you are abroad we only charge you the extra postage to your part of the world "at cost". Also see our forum for discount vouchers for registered users. We often see web discount retailers charging higher prices than ours for new Scalextric items, once you add their P&P costs. Customers also commend us on our after sales advice and support so you certainly get your money's worth here.
Motorsport images Thanks to our friends at XPB we are adding an extra dimension to the site with some motor sport pictures throughout, to illustrate some real-life examples of the cars you might be driving round your Scalextric track this year! One of the highlights of this year's Scalextric collection is the Gulf liveried Aston Martin DBR9 shown here at Le Mans in June 2008.
About us We are an authorised Scalextric stockist, associated with modelmotorracing.com based in Cheddar, Somerset. Here you will find everything you need to create your own Scalextric Sport Digital race track - along with standard analogue cars and equipment, and the digital chips to convert analogue cars. Plus we also sell the smaller non-digital "Micro" starter sets for kids ages 4 and up. You can phone us during the hours above and leave a message at other times - someone will always get back to you if we are not available.
SSD is just like regular Scalextric, but there are now special extra lane-change sections where cars can swap lanes and overtake each other thanks to advances in microcircuitry. Otherwise the track is exactly the same as regular "Sport" Scalextric track supplied in analogue sets, but now, instead of racing just two cars, you can race up to 6 at once on a two (or more) lane track. Your old cars can be upgraded too. See the "DIGITAL SLOT CAR" section of the margin for more details of what you can do with Digital.
Do you find this site useful? Are you looking for something that's not in stock? If you would like to send feedback about the site or ask about availability please contact us. You can also ask questions and search for information in our discussion forum where, if you are in the Somerset/Bristol area, you can also find out more about our digital racing club.
To find out about new stock arrivals, remember to set up alerts for changes to any page of this site via the "Watch This Page" button in the margin. SEPTEMBER PRICE INCREASES Scalextric prices are set to increase from 1st September 2008 by 5% to 7.5% due to global increases in production costs. This is most unusual, prices normally only go up in January, so this must be an exceptionally hard year. We will keep our prices at the original level until we run out of the old stock. So this is a timely reminder that if you were planning some Scalextric purchases leading up to the festive season, get in early as the next time we have to re-stock it will be at the higher prices.
Also note that we will be closed for stocktaking from August 25th to 30th. If you place an order during this period it will be processed on Monday 1st September.
Troubleshooting guide If you are experiencing a problem with your SSD circuit, CLICK HERE to view our PDF troubleshooting guide; work through the guide before calling for help as most issues are covered in there. It contains lots of useful ideas to help you track down, step by step, the possible cause of a problem, based on our many years' experience of the system. Then if you are still struggling why not ask a question in our forum.
Suitable ages We are often asked about suitable ages for digital racing. There's no upper limit! But in our experience we find that some younger kids, left to their own devices, just want to "gun it" and have spectacular crashes - and we see bad Scalextric drivers all the time! To do it well requires good car control, quick thinking, and tactical awareness. Kids who are not ready for it will break the cars very quickly. If you are keen for your child to start slot racing, up to about 7 years, most will be fine with a Micro set, moving up to a basic analogue set. Once they can drive something simpler, perhaps upgrade with a Digital Conversion Set and build from there.
Digitally re-mastered cars A term we have applied to standard analogue cars that we have chipped ourselves for digital operation, and ready to race. We have recently added some new cars to this section. Usually brand new cars, sometimes second-hand, and a change from the usual factory-chipped cars. Add something different to your racing stable - find them here. Don't forget we can also chip your own cars for you too.
"I had a Scalextric when I was young... ...but the cars always kept coming off the track, and the track kept coming apart!" We often hear this from customers looking afresh at the hobby after a gap of 20 or more years. Take it from us - if your experience of Scalextric has been with the sort of Scalextric cars shown in this photo, the cars of today are much easier to drive, if you want them to be. (Some of the professionals still prefer a minimum-grip racing environment but that's another discussion entirely).
Many of our customers aren't aware that older cars did not have traction magnets in the base (or only very poor ones if they did), so did not stay on the track too well. These magnets were introduced from the 1980s onwards, and got progressively better over the years, so the modern cars hence have much better roadholding. But the cars do still come off the track, and that is precisely the object of the game. You have to find and remember the limit of your car on every corner of every lap, without crashing, better than the other guys. Also, modern track, whilst still compatible with the old stuff, has a much a stronger interlocking system, giving solid electrical connectivity. Modern tyres and plastics provide better handling and glorious detail on the cars, and there are many robust models that will survive serious accidents without losing wings and other body parts.
In short, Scalextric has come a long way in recent years, and although still essentially the same concept, you will find it a much more enjoyable experience. The ability to do things like change lanes to overtake, and set different throttle power profiles to help youngsters stay on track better, which you now have with digital, is the icing on the cake; model motor racing the way it always should have been. Sorry it took so long!
One other point about those four cars in the photo above. They are all from the store owner's personal collection and have all been chipped for digital - proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks!
Fantasy League Formula 1 2008
Rural Racer
