Fun is the number-one objective of any slot-car set, and we harshly penalised any ... but there's no reason at all that adult players shouldn't share the fun. It's a shame the track is so fiddly ...

We arranged each slot car set into a variety of tracks ... Small hands should ask an adult to help them set up the slightly fragile track, especially with its sharp-edged connectors.

Now, more than 60 years since the first Scalextric set was created, slot cars are facing competition from all sides. But they’re fighting back, with new features, like multiple cars, digital ...