

from Knight Rider has gone up against the Back to the Future Delorian, the TMNT van, Snoopy from Peanuts on his doghouse, the Barbie Dream Camper and a monster truck designed to look like Blanka from Street Fighter.Īnd recently Hot Wheels had even added a slew of DC Comics-themed items with both the Batman Expansion that gave us Batmobiles, a Wonder Woman vehicle, a Robin vehicle, and the amazing Penguin vehicle complete with umbrella, AND the Super Villain season which gave players the ability to unlock vehicles based off famous DC baddies like Deathstroke, Poison Ivy, Cheetah, Black Manta, and, of course, Harley Quinn. I’ve already been in races where my replica of K.I.T.T. While the game has a collection of standard Hot Wheels cars and unique oddballs like sharks and dinosaurs, the company has also spent years creating Hot Wheels inspired by several properties that they’re finally calling in for this game. Track designing wasn't as fun as I had hoped, a lot of basic features need unlocking.Hot Wheels Unleashed already has one of the craziest collections of licensed characters I’ve ever seen in a video game before. Can't download and 'keep' car customization, must be connected online to view your own even when you have no intention of going online for any reason. Nickel & diming everywhere, like a digital slot machine. The Ugly: Online multi-player used to be free but not anymore, open the wallet even wider. Opportunity was there to include more car models given Hot Wheels' vast history of cars made. Most of the time it's just better to quit even in the final lap and re-start. The Bad: At some point tracks become stupid-hard where the slightest flaw puts you into a spiraling debt trying to recover. Kept me interested playing off and on during the year. Neat to play with popular Hot Wheels cars in a fun, different way. Tracks are exciting for quite some time, AI is fun to race, incentives for winning races and unlocking stuff. Paint jobs can be uploaded and voted on, as well as flipping through other people's designs. Lots of time spent flipping through different car paint colors and styles (liveries) which include different bodies, wheels, undercarriages, and features.


The Good: Above average racer that throws in a good measure of customization features.
