from Knight Rider, and even the Delorean from Back to the Future! Some of the cars available in Hot Wheels Unleashed are really cool too, including a huge list of Hot Wheels originals, some Hot Wheels based on real cars, and a few licensed ones like the Batmobile (haven’t managed to get it yet…), the TMNT party wagon, K.I.T.T. In fact, the base game comes with a whopping 66 cars that you can eventually unlock (I’m not there yet though) and there are DLC passes available that each add another 9-10 cars including awesome licensed properties and a bunch of extras (at an extra cost, of course). It’s neat that there are random cars to use, not a set progression, and also amazing how many are available. In this case, you earn a random Hot Wheels car which you can then use in future races. These types of blind boxes are common to phone-based gatcha games but relatively uncommon in racing games like this one. If you’re not familiar with this concept it’s a random Hot Wheels car of unknown design and ‘rarity’ that you can earn in-game or buy with coins you’ve accrued. After you win your first race (assuming you won), you’re treated to a blind box.

In short, it’s fun to race!Īnd fun is the key factor in Hot Wheels Unleashed. Using the ZL and ZR triggers for brakes and gas takes a bit of practice but it becomes intuitive fairly quickly and the design of the tracks and controls gives you a fair chance to compete with your AI opponents. The physics feel like you’re racing actual Hot Wheels, the tracks are snapped together with official connectors, and the other racers are definitely out to win! Unleashed throws in some boosts as well, allowing you to hit the nitro and blast through a pesky pack of cars or around that last die cast racer between you and victory.

Then the lights go green and the race is on! Right from the get-go, you know there’s something special here. Hot Wheels Unleashed starts out as it should.with a race! Simply jump right in and get going! Immediately, you’re treated to AAA quality visuals and realize that you’re driving actual recent Hot Wheels cars on a Hot Wheels track that looks like it is set up in an actual house! This is the point where my hopes went up. On that note, let’s take a look at Hot Wheels Unleashed! This sort of thing has been done before and licensed stuff is often quite terrible. Here’s a game that combines the childhood love of toy cars with video games! Seems like a win! The only question was whether it would be good. When I heard about Hot Wheels Unleashed from Milestone though, I had to try it. The connectors are different and some of the battery operated tracks don’t work quite as well as I’d hoped, but overall, they’re just good, clean kid fun! We’ve probably got around 60 or so laying about now, along with assorted bits of track, loops, and other stuff, and for a buck or so a car, you really can’t complain. The tracks are mostly the same as they were when I was a kid too. My son is 6 and for the last couple of years I’ve had the chance to play with Hot Wheels, something I hadn’t done in a good 35 years. I’d forgotten about Hot Wheels until about 2 years ago.

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