It's the slot-car racing everyone remembers from Scalextric, with the controllers taken away. Each player wears an EEG headband, and the more focused they are, the faster their car goes. Racer is an Arcade Strange invention; Scalextric is a trademark of Hornby.

Can we hire mind-controlled Scalextric for our event?

Yes. Racer is available to hire in the UK and Europe for trade shows, conferences, brand activations and parties, including Christmas parties. Our crew delivers, installs and runs it. Choose a bespoke circuit built around your brand, city or event, or Racer Compact for smaller stands. 458 people raced it over two days at UNLEASH Paris.

How big is the track?

The bespoke circuit is 2.75m × 1.22m and sits in a plinth your stand builder makes to our spec. Racer Compact is 1.5m × 1.22m and comes on its own plinth, so there's nothing to build. Both play at 750–800mm high and run from one standard 13A socket.

Inventions / New for 2026

RacerThe Mind-Controlled Grand Prix

Slot-car racing driven by concentration alone. Two players, two headbands, no controllers — the harder you focus, the faster you go.

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Visualisation of Racer on a Sage stand at UNLEASH Paris: two players in headbands racing branded cars round a Paris-themed track — Visualisation: Racer on the Sage stand at UNLEASH Paris.

On the bench

How it plays

Headbands on

Two players, one each side of the track. Each wears an EEG headband that reads their focus.

Focus is the throttle

No triggers, no controllers. The harder you concentrate, the faster your car goes. Lose focus and it slows.

First across the line

The crowd watches both minds race in real time. Winner takes the flag, the next pair is already queuing.

Players: Two, head to head
Controls: EEG headband only
Formats: Ready-made or bespoke circuit
First outing: UNLEASH Paris, October 2026

Two ways to race

Ready to race

The Racer circuit

Our own track, cars and headbands, set up on your stand or at your event and run by our crew. Quickest to book.

Head-to-head racing
Live focus readout for the crowd
Your branding on the stand

Built for you

A bespoke world

A circuit designed around your brand, your city or your event theme, then built by hand in our workshop: scenery, landmarks, branded cars, gantries and pit buildings.

Concept visualisation first
Cars in your livery
Scenery made for the brief

Bespoke worldbuilding

From visualisation to the workshop bench.

Every bespoke circuit starts as a visualisation we agree with you, then gets built by hand — down to the people in the grandstand.

Visualisation of a bespoke Paris-themed slot-car circuit with the Eiffel Tower, café terraces and grandstands — Visualisation: Paris circuit — the full layout

Visualisation of a night-time Helsinki-themed slot-car circuit with snow, lit buildings and a finish gantry — Visualisation: Helsinki night circuit — a winter build

In the workshop now: the Sage build for UNLEASH Paris

Hand-built Sage-branded pit lane with painted crew figures beside the track — Branded pit lane and crew

Two Sage-liveried Aston Martin GT3 slot cars on a workshop bench — Cars in the client's livery

Model Parisian café terrace with a striped awning, figures at tables and an accordion player — Parisian café terrace, hand-painted

Model Arc de Triomphe and glass pyramid beside a curving bend of slot-car track — Landmark bend: Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre pyramid

Sage-branded spectator bridge spanning the slot-car track — Branded spectator bridge

Trackside grandstand filled with painted spectator figures and a French flag — Grandstand, every spectator painted

Close-up of a white and black Sage-liveried slot car — Livery detail

Sage-liveried Aston Martin Vantage GT3 slot car in its box — Built on proper Scalextric cars

On the grid

Racer's first bespoke circuits are being built now. Photos, video and results from each event will appear here.

Case study to follow

Sage — UNLEASH Paris

A Paris circuit in Sage livery, raced on the stand in October 2026.

Coming next

Next circuit

Details to follow once the event is confirmed.

Questions people ask

Is this Scalextric?: It's the slot-car racing everyone remembers from Scalextric, with the controllers taken away. Each player wears an EEG headband, and the more focused they are, the faster their car goes. Racer is an Arcade Strange invention; Scalextric is a trademark of Hornby.
Can we hire mind-controlled Scalextric for our event?: Yes. Racer is available to hire in the UK and Europe for trade shows, conferences, brand activations and parties, including Christmas parties. Our crew delivers, installs and runs it. Choose a bespoke circuit built around your brand, city or event, or Racer Compact for smaller stands. 458 people raced it over two days at UNLEASH Paris.
How big is the track?: The bespoke circuit is 2.75m × 1.22m and sits in a plinth your stand builder makes to our spec. Racer Compact is 1.5m × 1.22m and comes on its own plinth, so there's nothing to build. Both play at 750–800mm high and run from one standard 13A socket.

Bring Racer to your next stand.

Tell us the date, the venue and whether you want our circuit or a world of your own. We'll come back with what's possible.

Start a Racer enquiry