Playing with Lego as an adult is just about getting away with it – although not everyone in the immediate area agrees. Giggling over the table with Hot Wheels or Matchbox is less acceptable. For those who still feel that urge, there is now Hot Wheels Unleashed for the PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Nintendo Switch. What you have to do? Exactly what you think: racing your favorite miniature cars on a plastic track.
Hot Wheels Unleashed knows how to hit the nostalgic strings well. Every so many races you get a closed container with a mysterious car in it; you remember the enthusiasm you feel when unpacking. These new cars can be customized with different colors and new stickers and then use them on the track. You can also upgrade the cars for more speed or better road holding.
What cars are there?
The cars are a motley collection of real cars (like an Audi R8 or Ram pick-up) and silly fictions from Hot Wheels. While the game is likely aimed at a younger audience, there’s plenty to keep grown kids happy, like KITT from Knight Rider and the DeLorean from that one time travel movie. The cars are incredibly detailed in the game. You can even see the irregularities of the mold, which the cars get in the production in real life.
At first glance you can write the game as another species Mario Kartcounterpart, but Hot Wheels Unleashed really has its own unique style. Not only in terms of design, but also in terms of circuits. You race tiny cars through life-sized environments, of course largely on a plastic Hot Wheels track. There are jumps, loops, obstacles and basically everything you came up with as a child for your carts.
How do the cars drive in Hot Wheels Unleashed?
With some embarrassment, we admit that it is a bit more difficult than we expected. Most über arcade racers are fairly easy to master quickly, but at Hot Wheels Unleashed we find it difficult to find a good mix between braking for the corners, diving in and trying to drift through the corner (and collect nitro). It took a while before we could ride the plastic circuits a bit smartly.
The difficulty level ‘easy’ is much too easy, but ‘medium’ is too difficult at the beginning. The pity about the steep learning curve is that you can’t just grab a controller for your visit (which the game doesn’t know) and have a fair game. And that’s exactly what you want in a split screen game like Hot Wheels. Fortunately, there is a single player mode. You don’t have to go for the lame story, but the races are entertaining enough.
In addition, there is another mode to build your own circuit for endless fun. All in all, the game is very entertaining. A surrogate-Mario Kart for the PlayStation and the Xbox it is unfortunately not; the threshold is just too high for that, and you can only split screen with two people instead of four. Better make sure your friends do too Hot Wheels Unleashed buy, then you can have enough fun online.
Playing with Lego as an adult is just about getting away with it – although not everyone in the immediate area agrees. Giggling over the table with Hot Wheels or Matchbox is less acceptable. For those who still feel that urge, there is now Hot Wheels Unleashed for the PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Nintendo Switch. What you have to do? Exactly what you think: racing your favorite miniature cars on a plastic track.
Hot Wheels Unleashed knows how to hit the nostalgic strings well. Every so many races you get a closed container with a mysterious car in it; you remember the enthusiasm you feel when unpacking. These new cars can be customized with different colors and new stickers and then use them on the track. You can also upgrade the cars for more speed or better road holding.
What cars are there?
The cars are a motley collection of real cars (like an Audi R8 or Ram pick-up) and silly fictions from Hot Wheels. While the game is likely aimed at a younger audience, there’s plenty to keep grown kids happy, like KITT from Knight Rider and the DeLorean from that one time travel movie. The cars are incredibly detailed in the game. You can even see the irregularities of the mold, which the cars get in the production in real life.
At first glance you can write the game as another species Mario Kartcounterpart, but Hot Wheels Unleashed really has its own unique style. Not only in terms of design, but also in terms of circuits. You race tiny cars through life-sized environments, of course largely on a plastic Hot Wheels track. There are jumps, loops, obstacles and basically everything you came up with as a child for your carts.
How do the cars drive in Hot Wheels Unleashed?
With some embarrassment, we admit that it is a bit more difficult than we expected. Most über arcade racers are fairly easy to master quickly, but at Hot Wheels Unleashed we find it difficult to find a good mix between braking for the corners, diving in and trying to drift through the corner (and collect nitro). It took a while before we could ride the plastic circuits a bit smartly.
The difficulty level ‘easy’ is much too easy, but ‘medium’ is too difficult at the beginning. The pity about the steep learning curve is that you can’t just grab a controller for your visit (which the game doesn’t know) and have a fair game. And that’s exactly what you want in a split screen game like Hot Wheels. Fortunately, there is a single player mode. You don’t have to go for the lame story, but the races are entertaining enough.
In addition, there is another mode to build your own circuit for endless fun. All in all, the game is very entertaining. A surrogate-Mario Kart for the PlayStation and the Xbox it is unfortunately not; the threshold is just too high for that, and you can only split screen with two people instead of four. Better make sure your friends do too Hot Wheels Unleashed buy, then you can have enough fun online.
Playing with Lego as an adult is just about getting away with it – although not everyone in the immediate area agrees. Giggling over the table with Hot Wheels or Matchbox is less acceptable. For those who still feel that urge, there is now Hot Wheels Unleashed for the PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Nintendo Switch. What you have to do? Exactly what you think: racing your favorite miniature cars on a plastic track.
Hot Wheels Unleashed knows how to hit the nostalgic strings well. Every so many races you get a closed container with a mysterious car in it; you remember the enthusiasm you feel when unpacking. These new cars can be customized with different colors and new stickers and then use them on the track. You can also upgrade the cars for more speed or better road holding.
What cars are there?
The cars are a motley collection of real cars (like an Audi R8 or Ram pick-up) and silly fictions from Hot Wheels. While the game is likely aimed at a younger audience, there’s plenty to keep grown kids happy, like KITT from Knight Rider and the DeLorean from that one time travel movie. The cars are incredibly detailed in the game. You can even see the irregularities of the mold, which the cars get in the production in real life.
At first glance you can write the game as another species Mario Kartcounterpart, but Hot Wheels Unleashed really has its own unique style. Not only in terms of design, but also in terms of circuits. You race tiny cars through life-sized environments, of course largely on a plastic Hot Wheels track. There are jumps, loops, obstacles and basically everything you came up with as a child for your carts.
How do the cars drive in Hot Wheels Unleashed?
With some embarrassment, we admit that it is a bit more difficult than we expected. Most über arcade racers are fairly easy to master quickly, but at Hot Wheels Unleashed we find it difficult to find a good mix between braking for the corners, diving in and trying to drift through the corner (and collect nitro). It took a while before we could ride the plastic circuits a bit smartly.
The difficulty level ‘easy’ is much too easy, but ‘medium’ is too difficult at the beginning. The pity about the steep learning curve is that you can’t just grab a controller for your visit (which the game doesn’t know) and have a fair game. And that’s exactly what you want in a split screen game like Hot Wheels. Fortunately, there is a single player mode. You don’t have to go for the lame story, but the races are entertaining enough.
In addition, there is another mode to build your own circuit for endless fun. All in all, the game is very entertaining. A surrogate-Mario Kart for the PlayStation and the Xbox it is unfortunately not; the threshold is just too high for that, and you can only split screen with two people instead of four. Better make sure your friends do too Hot Wheels Unleashed buy, then you can have enough fun online.
Playing with Lego as an adult is just about getting away with it – although not everyone in the immediate area agrees. Giggling over the table with Hot Wheels or Matchbox is less acceptable. For those who still feel that urge, there is now Hot Wheels Unleashed for the PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Nintendo Switch. What you have to do? Exactly what you think: racing your favorite miniature cars on a plastic track.
Hot Wheels Unleashed knows how to hit the nostalgic strings well. Every so many races you get a closed container with a mysterious car in it; you remember the enthusiasm you feel when unpacking. These new cars can be customized with different colors and new stickers and then use them on the track. You can also upgrade the cars for more speed or better road holding.
What cars are there?
The cars are a motley collection of real cars (like an Audi R8 or Ram pick-up) and silly fictions from Hot Wheels. While the game is likely aimed at a younger audience, there’s plenty to keep grown kids happy, like KITT from Knight Rider and the DeLorean from that one time travel movie. The cars are incredibly detailed in the game. You can even see the irregularities of the mold, which the cars get in the production in real life.
At first glance you can write the game as another species Mario Kartcounterpart, but Hot Wheels Unleashed really has its own unique style. Not only in terms of design, but also in terms of circuits. You race tiny cars through life-sized environments, of course largely on a plastic Hot Wheels track. There are jumps, loops, obstacles and basically everything you came up with as a child for your carts.
How do the cars drive in Hot Wheels Unleashed?
With some embarrassment, we admit that it is a bit more difficult than we expected. Most über arcade racers are fairly easy to master quickly, but at Hot Wheels Unleashed we find it difficult to find a good mix between braking for the corners, diving in and trying to drift through the corner (and collect nitro). It took a while before we could ride the plastic circuits a bit smartly.
The difficulty level ‘easy’ is much too easy, but ‘medium’ is too difficult at the beginning. The pity about the steep learning curve is that you can’t just grab a controller for your visit (which the game doesn’t know) and have a fair game. And that’s exactly what you want in a split screen game like Hot Wheels. Fortunately, there is a single player mode. You don’t have to go for the lame story, but the races are entertaining enough.
In addition, there is another mode to build your own circuit for endless fun. All in all, the game is very entertaining. A surrogate-Mario Kart for the PlayStation and the Xbox it is unfortunately not; the threshold is just too high for that, and you can only split screen with two people instead of four. Better make sure your friends do too Hot Wheels Unleashed buy, then you can have enough fun online.