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Found it! It's under 'track' > 'digital track' rather than 'power'. Thanks

Ok, thanks!

Sorry, yes I meant power base, not power pack! I would be using 2-4 cars for now. I can see the ARC ONE and ARC AIR on the website but not ARC PRO. Thanks

Hi, I've been looking at getting an ARC Pro power pack but I notice it's not listed on the Scalextric catalogue page of the website... why is this? Is it discontinued? If so, will there be a replacement coming? I found it by searching so it's in stock - but it's quite a lot to spend so I just wanted to check what the situation is! Thanks.

Ok, thank you!

Thanks so much, there's a lot of great advice in there! I have looked at slotracer.online, a great resource and certainly worth knowing about, thanks! My only remaining question is... what's meant by H dpr chip? I'm familiar with the dpr chip that goes in the cars for digital racing, is 'H' a new version of that? Many thanks, I really appreciate your help!

Thanks for that, that's really helpful! We change the layout fairly regularly as it's not a permanent setup and we use a variety of track that I've accumulated over the years. I'm not sure I know what the rules are for analog track building so please feel free to enlighten me! My understanding was that I could only use the old 'classic' track or newer 'sport' track for analog layouts and could only include digital track pieces with a sensor (such as pit lanes and changers, and cars with a digital chip) with a digital powerbase - but you're saying I could use the straight changers (thanks for the clarification on the lingo!) on an analog layout? I'm currently using a powerbase from an old 'Scalextric Sport' set (probably at least 15 years old) and sport track with a pair of crossovers (the curve ones you describe). Before the PB4 went pop, I was using that with 3 straight changers and a pit lane. I am leaning towards ARC Pro as I have young kids and I think the wireless controllers would be great, I also think my son would love the variety of race modes offered. So with the Pro, can you run analog cars with the wireless controllers? If so, I'm guessing that's limited to 2 cars at a time? I also heard somewhere I'd need an exrtra power supply to run more than 3 cars - is that right? And for clarification, by 'power base' we're talking about the peice of track with the power base and by 'power pack' are we referring to the bit that plugs into the wall? Sorry for all the questions! It's just that the Pro powerbase isn't cheap so I just want to make an informed decision! Thanks again

Hello! I have a scalextric digital set with a 4 car powerbase. The powerbase has just gone pop, not sure why, but I'm now contemplating my options. I have been using the track with my old non-digital powerbase and cars, but I'm looking at getting a new digital powerbase and I'm wondering whether to switch to an ARC powerbase. My understanding is that if I want to use my the digital elements of my set (crossovers and cars), I would need to get an ARC Pro powerbase - is that right? My other question is... is there a way of running non-digital cars through the ARC Pro powerbase? Obviously I would not be able to use digital elements like crossovers, but I wondered what features, if any, would work with non-digital cars. Any advice welcome, many thanks!