OVERDRIVE Accessory Rails Kit

OK You need these. Trust me! Pros: Ignoring trying to keep a small space for storage, I like how these snap on to the individual pieces and can STAY on these pieces even if you are reconfiguring the track. I thought I was going to need to do rails every track change. If you want to take them off for storage you can and at the beginning of your playing day put them on and you are good. It keeps you from having to run every 15 seconds to replace another car that has gone off the track. Without the rails, the cars can stay on the track for racing (but even then sometimes they go off) but for other modes, once they start shooting each other or colliding, they will go off track. It's fun but gets tiring. My plan is to keep every single piece with rails on so I can enjoy playing. Cons: Price. You can see they are well made but why not have bigger rails kits saving the expense of the box, cover and bags. It takes FOUR straight rails to secure one straight piece fully. So one of these kits fully covers 2 curved pieces and 1 straight piece. Imagine securing a collision kit. I would just like bigger kit options with the discount passed to us. You know these pieces probably cost 5-10 cents each to make and they sell them at $1 each. Then it takes $4 to cover 1 straight piece and $3 to cover a curved piece. My final thought is that I like them on all pieces. You might think you don't need them for straight pieces ...until you get shot, disabled and start spinning off the track.

Ordered to enhance anki overdrive, Just the job, Makes sure the vehicles stay on the track.

Not bad once you learn how to clip them on track. I'm a guy and I hate reading instructions, but it's best to.. lol These really help keep the cars on the track just in case.. but they kept falling off and wouldn't stay.. until I figured out how they attach.. Long story short, I wasn't pushing them all the way on.. Take it from me, read the directions.

The rail kit works perfectly and adds just the right amount of regidity when using the ramp, bank turn and overpass kit. Those that say the rail kit doesn't work clearly very little effort into installing the it. Took me less than a minute to figureout and install.

Great concept poor execution, these tracks and the cars can really benefit from rails however the execution in these rails seems very lazy and more of an afterthought than a true attempt to enhance the racing experience. I bought these after we got the launch kit (another great concept poor execution) and the rails are truly needed for the launch kit (word to the developers have at least 2 straight rails accompany every launch kit for the price we pay for the cars and tracks i think this is a very fair request especially seeing as how 60% of the time the cars dont make the jump clean). Now my two cents: 1. The rails do clip on to the track contrary to what others have said you just need to push them on all the way 2. The rails are too low, they need to be about 1/2 an inch higher for them to be most effective i've had too many cars go over the rail in a turn or even a straightaway 3. Why cant we have a rail and a bank kit coexist? This is one of the main reasons i feel this rail kit is a lazy attempt. when you have a bank kit and a rail kit on the same turn they are bulgy and dont fit on the track cleanly

Definitely helps keep the cars on the track at high speeds. A little tricky to get them installed correctly but once there on the track they work perfectly!

Most of the negative reviews are related to what is perceived as a shortcoming of the design. I too had issues with the apparent lack of "grip" between the rails and the track but with a little effort you can actually attain a very strong attachment to the track. If installed correctly they work just like you'd expect them and want them to work.

I bought this and some other Anki Overdrive stuff for my grandsons birthday. once we got the tablet and the system to sync up he loved it. first item that actually gets used since the tablet. expensive setup but smiles and laughs are worth the price. anki support is GREAT they walk you through everything if you are not a digital whiz.