HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™
Collect Hot Wheels vehicles and race through loops using drifting and boost, then build circuits from orange track pieces and surrounding objects. Split-screen racing lets a local partner join the competition.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.5 / 10
About this game
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED puts collectible vehicles on circuits set in environments such as a garage and skatepark. Drift and boost through races, maintaining enough speed to carry the car around loops. Alongside racing and building your vehicle collection, a livery editor lets you change how your cars look. The track editor extends that toy-building idea: bend and stretch orange pieces, add loops, boosters and obstacles, and incorporate objects from the surrounding environment. Share a finished circuit online or try tracks created by other players. Furnishings collected during the adventure decorate your own room for races, and local split-screen offers another way to compete with a friend.
Collected in series
Hot Wheels games turn the toy-car brand's distinctive vehicles and stunt-track imagination into racing challenges. Across different entries, that can mean weapon-filled missions, drifting miniature cars around oversized surroundings or building a twisting track of your own.
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AI review
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A fit for players who want to race toy cars and also design the tracks they run on.
Loop traversal makes maintaining momentum a meaningful racing concern, while drifting and boost provide the main driving vocabulary. The editor could extend interest beyond competition by making track shape and environmental objects part of the player's own design work.
Strengths
- Racing and circuit construction could reinforce each other: a player can think about track demands both as a driver and as a designer.
- Vehicle liveries and room furnishings offer personal expression alongside the vehicle collection.
Weaknesses
- The speed requirement on loops may frustrate players who prefer to explore a course slowly.
Who it is for: Players interested in toy-car collecting, momentum-based racing and building unusual circuits.
Play notes: Loops require sufficient speed; slowing down too far can make the car fall rather than continue around the track.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The vehicle collection and track editor offer different goals, so players interested in both can alternate racing with designing circuits. | Reviewed | 6.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Drifting, boost and speed-dependent loops could make momentum management more central than simply following the route. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Orange track pieces placed through garages or skateparks could make the toy-racing premise tangible through the contrast between cars and their surroundings. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Local split-screen provides a shared-console racing option for partners who prefer to compete on the same display. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Milestone
- Publisher
- Milestone
- Release date
- Sep 30, 2021
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Racing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Fast-pacedReplayableSolo-friendlyPlayer versus PlayerDriving and RacingConstructionThird PersonFamily-friendlyCollection-rich
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideSep 30, 2021
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideSep 30, 2021
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com