Customer Reviews

Hot Wheels Racing Street of Glory

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This track was exactly what my nephew described, the cool twists and turns -- I thought I had found the ideal track. Once it was put together (~1 hour and no written directions), it was put to use for the first time and the green car flew off the track. The peg which holds the car is too short and can't keep the cars on. A handy dad can repair and have the track operational. Good luck if you decide to give it a go.

This is a piece of junk. For starters the track will not stay together. We were constantly putting pieces back together. We'd snap one piece back and on the other side of the layout another piece of track would come apart. When we did get it together it was almost impossible to keep the cars on the track. My son and I attempted to play with this for about an hour and if we made it around the track twice without the cars coming off it was a lot. Like most hot wheels racing sets this one falls far short of expections.

Yes, I taught my three year old daughter to race this set and she loves it!

These cars are very tough and despite numerous crashes while learning the best throttle position to take the tight twisting corners, these is no perceivable damage or scatching on the bodies. The trick is to balance the throttle in the corners but have enough drive to make the loops.

I noticed that there is a slight decrease in speed when both cars are racing at full throttle. Anyway, I ditched the battery pack for a mobile phone charger to power the set, which has made a huge difference. I still reckon it will perform better if I build a power pack with a regulator to smooth out the voltage, but it is heaps of fun anyway.

You can experiment with all sorts of track layouts, but the trick is to have a figure eight so that the cars have the same track length to cover. I am searching for accessories, but finding them hard to come by. Maybe someone else knows where I can get extra track pieces and spare cars?

Now, I played around with the cars to test performance and roughed up the rear tyres on one of them. This helps with traction as they are constantly spinning the rear wheels and oversteering when using full throttle in corners. Changing the slot pins makes no difference since they are at the front of the car. I even took out the taction magnet to see what difference it would make, but then had to tippy toe around all the corners at low speeds as it just would not stay on the track. Once I had some momentum up, the cars travelled at phenomenal speeds, similar to the Tyco Turbo Trains from the mid 1980s.

In summary, this is a great electric racing set from Mattel Hot Wheels which is fun for all ages. I was so impressed that my daughter was able to understand that she had to slow the car down for the corners! <g>

Of course the cars come off. What you are supposed to do is slow into the corners and fast out. the objective is to stay on but go fast enough to beat the other person. Old game, new twist. Just like on a real track without he turning.

My son got this for Christmas. What excitement!! We opened it, put it together and the cars immediately flew off the track as they rounded the first curve. Adult concentration could ALMOST get the car around the loop the loop without falling. After a couple of races, the cars stopped working reliably. The cars have a wire braid underneath which gives them their power. The braid either moved or fell out and didn't stay on the metal of the track, (even after countless attempts at adjusting it) thus the cars now don't work at all. Do not buy this. We are throwing ours out. SUPER dissappointed.

We got this for our son for Christmas (he's 4.5) and he just loves it! It took about an hour to assemble (maybe a little less). It took a little while to get the cars to go all the way around without flying off the track (pulsing the power on and off is a helpful tactic), especially after coming off of the loop. But, he and I both picked it up and have had lots of fun with it over the past couple of days. I cannot say for sure how durable the set is, but it seems good. My 4 year old is not always gentle and nothing has been damaged, yet.

One does have to make sure the contact wires under the car are positioned properly, and the cars often "need a push" if they stop somwhat askew of the track (on a corner or after spinning off of a corner) and come off of the power strips on the track. If a car is pushed backward on the track, it is likely that the wires will need to be straightened.

We've had lots of fun with it so far. And, yes, I have played with it after he's asleep!