The new BattleKart arena is a fully-electric racing experience that relies on augmented reality create the space you race in.
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00:00Start your engines, or press play to start.
00:04This UK-first karting experience in Sittingbourne takes drivers into a whole new world.
00:10With the help of scores of projectors lined along the ceiling of this farmyard warehouse,
00:15drivers can race, shoot, score and bump against each other on virtually any track configuration.
00:22I'm here at Sittingbourne's new Battle Karts, ready to take on the new virtual track behind me.
00:27But I'm not alone. We might not be Mercedes or McLaren, but the KMTV Racing Team is ready to give it our best shot.
00:33What do we think, guys?
00:34Yeah, we got it.
00:35Totally got it.
00:37Stepping into our karts, we didn't really know what to expect,
00:40but after a few laps of slipping and sliding around the bends,
00:43it wasn't long before we were turning on each other to get ahead.
00:50From your basic race as fast as you can around the track,
00:53to a life-sized version of the classic game Snake,
00:56the six different game modes are as fun as they are diverse.
01:00People do ask as well, like, what the speed limit is,
01:03and because of, obviously, there isn't exactly a speed limit,
01:06but you can't crash, it's anti-collision, you're able to put your foot down and go fast,
01:11but if you ever come off the track, the computer is generating, able to, like, slow you down.
01:17After our go at racing, and the scoreboard shaping up in favour of some more than others,
01:22it was time to check in with my team.
01:24First of all, I want to say, beginner's luck. Next time, I'm going to smash you.
01:27And what does that mean for you, then?
01:28It's only going to come first next time, that's what's going to happen.
01:30No, it felt really good. It was good fun. It was good fun out there.
01:33And it goes a lot faster than I thought it would.
01:34I felt like I was in a real-life video game.
01:36I couldn't quite grasp the Snake game, that I was pretty rubbish at,
01:40but the ball, when you had to get the football, it felt like Rocket League,
01:43but I did enjoy the solo games too, because I beat you both three times in a row.
01:48The football one was good, but the first one was my favourite.
01:50When we went around as karts, going around the track,
01:53picking up those little token things on the ground, it was good fun.
01:56And of course, it wasn't home time without a trip to the podium.
02:00Bartholomew Hall with the KMTV Racing Team in Sittingbourne.