

These AI opponents are nearly perfect, and it doesn’t matter if they’re a dinosaur car or a muscle car every single opponent will be grouped together for the entire race. I hit the wall one time and was in 12th place the rest of the match. I decided to play the game on Medium difficulty. The next red flag was found in my very first race. If you place at the bottom, well, you might get some coins, but you’ll have to continue to do the race until you meet the requirements to continue. However, these stages don’t offer enough rewards when completing a race, and most of the time, it seems like it’s all or nothing.
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Now, this was my first red flag as the game’s rewards are found in new cars, and two different kinds of in-game currency are used to purchase new cars or upgrade existing ones. It’s like a mix-up of different modes, but most of the time, you’ll be taking on standard races with the requirement to come in first to proceed. This gameboard-style event has you choose your path through a town as you take on different races. The main offering in Hot Wheels Unleashed is City Rumble.

Sadly, what was waiting for me on the other side of the finish line was a strange experience that doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be. So, with the release of Milestone’s Hot Wheels Unleashed, I was ready to have the nostalgia pour over me. It wasn’t a sim or overly complex, but it offered fun tracks and easy controls. Those who like to own physical copies of games, and actual Hot Wheels toys, can buy the Challenge Accepted Edition which comes with a version of the famous Bone Shaker car as well as various other bonuses.Growing up, I didn’t have too many games to play, but for some reason, I owned Hot Wheels Turbo Racing, and it turned out to be one of my favoring racing games.
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Hot Wheels Unleashed is scheduled for release on 30th September for just above every platform – Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Race side by side with your friends in split screen mode for 2 players or face up to 12 opponents in online challenges,” reads the description of the game. The bigger the challenge, the greater the glory. But be careful! If you’re too slow gravity will do its job. “Prove your skills by competing in awesome races and get ready for pure fun! Drift, charge the booster and launch yourself into spectacular loops. More than 60 cars are promised to appear in this game which can then be used on tracks players can make themselves. But, at the same time, the DMC badge is also present on the front of the car and “DeLorean” is visible on the back, so maybe it’s just some strange naming convention. It seems the licencing here is a bit wonky as, for example, the DeLorean is listed as the “Back to the Future Time Machine”. On the official website for the game you can find a listing of all the cars revealed so far including the aforementioned vehicles above under the “entertainment” section. The latest trailer for the game, embedded at the bottom of this story, gives us a quick look at the cars that were produced as toys in the past and will be remade in the game for players to use.Ī version of the Batmobile, the Back to the Future DeLorean, KITT from Knight Rider, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Party Wagon and Snoopy’s race car dog house are all present here. While the biggest racing game on the horizon is, well, Forza Horizon 5, but we’re also extremely excited about Hot Wheels Unleashed, especially as we get a look at the fictional vehicles that will be available to drive in the game.
