![]() They aren’t real monsters, so don’t get delusions of taking on Godzilla in the late stages, they’re more guardians of the tracks that need to be shown you’ve the speed and skill to win. There’s a story buried in the Hot Wheels City Rumble mode which has you selecting events on a map to race in, whether these are lap based or point-to-point, in order to defeat monsters that are terrorising the town. No weapons, no stunts and no racing lines – this is more Burnout than Mario Kart in that it comes with a boost gauge to fill… and it is possible to cause a pile up or two. Set in 5 simulated real world rooms or buildings, the challenge is straight racing against 11 opponents to come in first. Regardless of what you did with these toys as a kid, the game wants you to focus on two things: going fast and coping with sprawling winding tracks. Small cars, big spaces and no limits to the imagination lends itself to the arcade racing genre, so has the latest game translation managed to do the license and memories justice?įar from being the first licensed game of the property, Hot Wheels Unleashed is the first full dedicated one in 8 years, and it’s keeping things simple. It’s guaranteed at some point whoever was making the course will have probably thought “ what if I had more track…” and I’m pretty sure that’s what inspired Milestone’s latest racer Hot Wheels Unleashed. Plastic wheels on plastic sections meant lower friction and cars flew along at high speeds, thrilling youngsters, as well as attracting collectors with the intricate models. Depending on which continent you were brought up last century, you’ll have either been doing what I was with Matchbox cars, or had the pleasure of Hot Wheels models that had their own shiny orange tracks to build proper courses with. ![]() With a bit of imagination and a few books/pens/rulers you could knock up a makeshift race course and entertain yourself for a while, though there’ll be a few out there that went one step further. There’s usually some point in your formative playing days where you’ve grabbed a scale model replica and pushed it around the floor making all the requisite “ brum, brum, brrrrr” noises. Toy cars are the lynch pin of childhood memories for a lot of us. ![]()
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