Get racing with the hottest cars from Fate of the Furious in the amazing Anki Overdrive Fast & Furious Edition. Updated track and app work with all your other Anki Overdrive track. Add new characters from the movie and challenge your friends or the incredible AI racing. These little robotic cars will get your heart racing, too!
Product Info: If you've seen Anki Overdrive, you know how we at TTPM Are big fans of these sets. This modern version of slot car racing relies on tiny, robotic cars that use infrared to read the tracks as they fly around. The cars are controlled by apps, and we have been consistently impressed by the design, performance and technological elegance of these cars.
Last year, they upgraded the track from the original mat to pieces that snap together with magnets and allow you to create all kinds of different track configurations easily. The car "knows" the track after running around it once. The app has been easy to use, and added lots of excitement to the racing. Plus, the cars have different capabilities, so the racing is an immersive and, yes I'll say it, thrilling experience. How do you make it better?
Well Aniki Overdrive has introduced a version inspired by Universal Pictures Fast and Furious franchise, specifically The Fate of the Furious. The starter set comes with 10 modular track pieces and Overdrive Cars of Dom's Ice Charger and Hobb's MXT. Plus, there's special Fast and Furious track piece that when you drive over it triggers an explosion that can disable the other cars. The app (which works with iOS and Android) has gotten a Fast and Furious makeover too, allowing you to drive as Dom, Hobbs, Letty and Tej, and you'll even hear lines from the movie through the app as you play.
The starter set is complete unto itself, but if you have other Anki Overdrive track pieces, you can create a massive run up to 64 pieces. We're still learning to drive on the basic set, so we'll wait to expand our system. Plus, it's plenty exciting right out of the box. We're still trying to get used to the five race modes!
The cars run for about 25 minutes on a charge, but here's something we really love: they take only 8 minutes to charge up fully. There are also activities that allow you to earn in-app currency that you can use to buy upgrades and weapons to power up your cars. Oh, and if you already have Anki Overdrive cars, plop them down on this track, too. Now because you're playing with sophisticated robotics and high end technology, this system isn't inexpensive, but if you're a fan of this type of thing, it is so totally worth it. There's so much to discover and learn as you become an expert driver that it really offers hours--heck, days and weeks--of fun. You might not get recruited by Dom and his team, and you definitely shouldn't try these stunts in the real world, but that's the fun of this. The thrills are real; the competition will get your heart racing and the total experience is like nothing else out there right now.
