HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™

not amazing but it's fun, good control, enjoyable not too hard

I want to recommend this game really badly. If you like Hot Wheels, it's obviously got a lot to offer. But if you want a racing game, I'd look elsewhere. It's extremely lackluster. Obviously not every racer needs to be Mario Kart and have power-ups but I feel like that's the only way to make this worth playing. The only things you can do to go faster is to use a rechargeable boost, which is great, and drifting, which is not great. I don't know why but I can't seem to drift in this game without crashing into a wall or just braking completely. Drifting in games like Mario Kart and Sonic Racing Crossworlds is just done so much better. Something that also bothers me is the track hazards are a complete joke. There's usually only 1 per track if even that and when it does show up it just feels like it has nothing to do with the track. I get the tracks are trying to feel like someone built a Hot Wheels track and you're racing a toy car on these plastic tracks which is dope, but it also makes every track feel exactly the same and it gets stale and then it just feels cheap to have only 1 hazard with no theming. I would prefer like, 3 unique hazards per track around a specific thing. Like maybe a spooky one with a skeleton and a spider or a dinosaur one with a T-Rex and a pterodactyl hazard. But when a hazard does show up it's more like....why is this even here? It has nothing to do with the track. And on top of that, you have to buy each track with the in-game currency. The cars I get, but the tracks? Maybe it's not THAT big of a deal, but when all the tracks feel exactly the same it's kind of a slap in the face when in most racers, all tracks are pretty much unlocked from the get-go. On top of that, there is DLC for this game. And I think making the DC, TMNT, Street Fighter, Looney Tunes, and other collabs paid DLC is fine, that makes sense. But they are selling individual cars at DLC for like, $1-2 and stage hazards in the track builder for $3. For a $40 game, I should be getting those for FREE. It's way overpriced for an already overpriced game. I don't completely hate it. I know it sounds like it, but I actually do enjoy it. But these things are just really disappointing to see. This game could be so much better and while I haven't played the sequel yet, I really hope they improved on some of these things.

I'm having a blast playing with my 5yo kid, specially the traks that predominantly have barriers on the side, it's way easier for him. I also love the AI rubberbanding when playing on easy, my son only has to take two corners correctly and he's back in the race. Very beginner friendly. But there are also two things I hate and can go straight to hell: Sometimes you go off track to drive between traffic cones, but many times those are so far spaced out that it is impossible to know what way to drive. I've literally been stuck for over 30s trying to figure out where to go next just to realize it was a tight 180° u-turn, the outer curve was made out of 2 traffic cones, with like 4 other possible directions where you could go. Very bad implementation. And... Why in the everloving f%&k do small props like bushes and tires on the side of a road have an own higly detailed hibox? How many times did I (and obviously my son) get stuck in one of those and having to reset? I'm definetly team "get punished for your mistakes" but those hitboxes should be rounded so you bounce off and loose speed but no, you go from 300km/h to 0 within a frame as soon as you touch a bush. Other than that, great arcade racer, driving is super fun and I love to play split screen with my son.

God know what is it. It ain't realistic (granted), it ain't hot-rush-takedown like Burnout or NFS, it aint arcade fun like Mario Kart. I've never felt bored after merely 10 rounds of a racing game, but this one did the trick.

Had fun playing this with a couple friends on the community tracks after picking it up as part of an older Humble Bundle. I don't think I would have picked it up at full price, but fans of racing and Hot Wheels would probably enjoy it, especially with the option to make your own custom tracks and share them with others. As advice, the best way to get good currency prizes appear to be multiplayer races, as solo races give far less of a reward.

I must say this game was lovely, Its well optimised. Mostly i would hate developers using Unreal Engine since its all stutters but this game tops it.

Это игра только для взрослых мужиков которые не могут себе приобрести кучу наборы Hot Wheels и построить крутые трассы и кастомные машинки!