by Retro Racer 44 » Mon Nov 28, 2016 3:28 pm
Analog slot cars can run on any track any time. Digital cars need their designated system to run digitally. Therein lies the rub.
As long as you have each of the major manufacturers promoting their own system, Digital will not grow. The people that run Carrera, SCX, Ninco, Scalextric etc systems will continue to race on with their own cars on their own track and if they are lucky will build a core of friends with the same system to get together for racing.
Worldwide acceptance of digital will require the manufacturers to get it together, even at the cost of their own systems. Perhaps things have gone too far, and the manufacturers will never agree, but work toward a common system to become a world standard, is what's needed for digital racing to expand.
Once this commonality is achieved, digital will take off and new smaller components will be made for the new common system.
At least that's my opinion.
Cheers,
Keith