The included charger features 4 slots, as does the starting line, so grabbing a couple extra will make for great parties with friends or racing your siblings. Its not just the unique cars, but the track is branded as Fast & Furious, the white logo looks great on the black track with orange accents. If you’re even a tiny bit of a fan of the franchise, then the small premium is definitely worth it.
ANKI OVERDRIVE FAST AND FURIOUS PIECES SERIES
If you’re on-board with getting Anki Overdrive, then you’ll face a series of decisions, the first being your choice between the standard or Fast and Furious starter kit. If I was a kid today (big kids too) looking for some slot car fun, there’s no question, this technology-packed version is the way to go. The standard Anki Overdrive starter kit costs A$269.00, while the Fast & Furious edition will set you back A$299.00 from places like JB Hi-Fi. I do wish there was an option where you could use your right thumb to change lanes, rather than tilting your device being the only option. To change lanes, you tip your device to the left or right and the accelerometer translates to turning the wheel of your car on the track. If unlocked, you can fire attacks on your opponents by tapping on the selected item on the right. To race, you press or release the accelerator pedal on your mobile device. Once connected, you choose your favourite car and you’re away and racing. Multiplayer allows you to create your own game or connect to a friend’s game in progress, so you can race against each other. Race, Battle, Takeover (requires Supertruck) Time Trial, Battle Race and King of the hill (requires 3 vehicles). In Open Play, you get to choose between different game modes, some of which require unlocking. Choose your car, then race the competition and unlock vehicle upgrades. In Single Player, you’ll play a campaign, much like a standard video game, just with the race playing out in the real world. With the track sorted, you can choose between Single player and multiplayer. Its actually awesome to see the live updating on-screen as the cars discover new pieces. Once this is done, you can simply tell the game to use the previously scanned track, or if you’ve changed things, to do another scan.Ī track scan simply involves the cars driving themselves around the track for 2 laps and finding which pieces in which sequence you’ve connected. After connecting to your cars via Bluetooth, the cars will need to do a scan of the track. With your track built and your cars charged, you need to fire up the mobile app. Given next weekend is the Bathurst 1000, I’d love to see someone build the entire mount Panorama circuit with Anki Overdrive. Once you’ve got the hang of things, you can always buy more track pieces to expand your circuit design, only limited by your imagination (and budget). The grooves are gone, instead replaced with the ability for cars to move across lanes digitally as the track layout is understood by game and the cars that race on it. There’s also no longer a need for cars to be locked into individual lanes. Essentially these are smart tracks that communicate with the cars your drive on it and the mobile controller app.
There’s also Power Zone straight piece that provides a > as you drive over it. There’s a special start/finish piece where the cars magically know to lineup at for the start of a race.
Not all straights are created equal though. This edition of the game comes with 4 straight pieces and 6x 90 degree corners, 2 riser pieces and 12 guard rails. With this, its so easy to change track configurations, that you’ll do it more often. We used to set up a track and basically leave it alone because switching things up was such a hassle. This makes you first job as a track designer an incredibly pleasant one. Track pieces now snap together cleanly every time wihtout fail, thanks to interconnecting magnets. Thankfully in 2017, slot cars are now built with new technology and Anki Overdrive is the perfect execution of that.
When I was a kid, I grew up with slot cars, while they were loads of fun, they were always plagued by the dreaded brushes or track connection issues.
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