I do not know what Jane said exactly, but my opinion is: Similar supertop qualty. Free Spirit is much more "radical" and Torrix (especially 12,6) is also a fantastic casting tool, but much more versatile... My vote is on the Torrix indeed...
The old worldwide is far better... I saw the carbon version in Carpitaly... and was told there is a titanuim versuion under consideration (far too expensive)...
I was in 2008. If you can read spanish I did an article for webcarp magazine. It is probably most important fair for carpfishing equipment, together with Montlucon in France (England have many fairs and therefore less impact each, but the Italian and French ones are almost unique...) Normally there are excellent offers and it is also good information sharing point. reccommended! A.