Hot Wheels: Comeback with great boxes
ACTION VIRTUAL After last "Hot Wheels Worlds Best Driver" eight years ago, the Mattel cult brand is back again. "Hot Wheels Unleashed" from Milestone once again offers plenty of exciting virtual possibilities.
In doing so, the video game, of which a first version appeared for the PC back in the mid-1990s, leaves the original single-track world to allow racing on the famous orange plastic tracks in multiplayer and online modes as well.
At the start, three racers from the rich Hot Wheels collection are randomly generated. All car models have different braking, handling and acceleration characteristics.
Five different environment scenarios
The many preconfigured and selectable tracks meander through five different environment scenarios, such as a skate park and college campus. Most of the time you can drive at full throttle, but if your opponents are getting too close, the one or other braking maneuver can't hurt to shake off the annoying opponent. Dangers are always lurking during a race, such as a spider that casts its web.
Own tracks with virtual rails
Additional appeal is provided by routes that are suddenly interrupted and where the car rolls across the floor of the hobby basement, for example, to get back on track somewhere.
Some paths can be shortened with daredevil jumps. In addition, you can build your own tracks with the virtual plastic rails and share them with other players. Then it's literally over tables and benches. The virtual environment can even be redecorated a bit.
Fiat 500, Aston Martin DB5 and DeLorean
The story mode "City Rumble" has more tasks in store. With time-limited "Season Challenges" - like the current Batman expansion - the developers keep the community in line. In addition to the fantasy cars from the Hot Wheels collection, there are also models like the Fiat 500 or the Aston Martin DB 5 as well as movie cars like the DeLorean from "Back to the Future".
Hot Wheels Unleashed is available for Playstation 4 and 5, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One consoles, Nintendo Switch and PC. Prices are available on request.
