Purchased this racetrack for my son a few years ago as a birthday present, and have been meaning to leave a review ever since. This toy has given nothing but frustration and tears. The plastic connectors on the individual tracks break easily. The tracks don't stay connected, which breaks the electric current. The controllers are flimsy and worked for half a day. At best, the cars move intermittently around the track, with no speed control from the controllers. For the price, you'd expect the quality of this item to be upper tier, but it absolutely is not! I really like HearthSong as a company, but I wish they would stop selling this racetrack, because it is just an expensive disappointment.

I would say the negative review here is user error. If you follow the instructions you will have no issues. Cars flying off the track is because you can't hold it wide open in the corners and around the track, of course. If the metal pieces on the bottom of the car become dirty or the bent, the connection is not good and car doesn't run well. But clean the connection and bend it back, good as new. My daughter and I have spent hours racing each other. Every few days we take apart and put back together creating our own courses. Lots of fun! Only issue is it takes up a bit of room if you leave it set up, and setting up and taking down is not a short process.