Matchbox Race & Chase
Never had TCR (too expensive) so ended up with Matchbox's slot racing set, the gimmick being that you could reverse the track polarity to make the cars do J-turns.

Supplied with a police car and, in my case, a Le Mans Porsche (I bought a Corvette Stingray for it after Christmas so it'd be like the game in the ads)

The figure-of-eight track also had a tilting bridge that the first car could tip to prevent the following car from catching it.
The trick was to get in front with the police car and pull the reverse polarity trick to get it to slew sideways and form a roadblock.

Unfortunately, the police car was by far the slowest of the 3 and, due to a higher centre of gravity, more prone to falling off the track. The lights on it also topped working on Christmas day when, under the crossover, the Porsche rammed it at speed to break the roadblock.
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Mon 8 Nov 2010, 22:28, 1 reply)

TCR had a raised side on the track.
You had to severely welly it into a corner to get the car to fly off.

It's one of Scaletrix's annoyances for me - constantly having to put the car back on the track.

Of course, I don't actually have a big box of Scaletrix stuff that I play with several times a year. Well, I do, but I only do it for my daughters benefit. Same as the 6 toolboxes full of Lego.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:18, closed)