Brio tracks are nicely designed in that altho you can combine them in myriad ways (with switches etc.), in general one of the shorter lengths of straight track

Brio tracks are nicely designed in that altho you can combine them in myriad ways (with switches etc.), in general one of the shorter lengths of straight track does properly satisfy any gap you get. That is to say, in the overall system, only a _small_ integer number of different straight track lengths are required. In comparison, TrackMaster requires many more.