This is how you unlock pretty much everything in the game, including the developer made courses. The campaign in Unleashed sees you forging a path through one of those cute little town carpets by completing missions and unlocking secrets. Cars with higher top speed and more boost charges are straight up better than others, at least in single player. It’s great to have so much variety to choose from, but in no way is this system balanced. You also have to take into account the cars’ boost type: a few build up a meter but most have 1 to 3 charges you can use once they’re full. Some cars have high acceleration or top speed, while others are better at turning and braking. When going off jumps, you’ll also have to make sure you land upright by turning and spinning with the left and right sticks.Ĭars have unique stats, and the car you choose will completely change you play each race.
The controls reflect this dichotomy as well: you can accelerate with RT or the B button and boost with RB or A. There are no items and the miniature vehicles follow something closer to physics, but at the same time you’re drifting to build up boosts, avoiding hazards like spiders or a fire breathing dragon, and sticking to magnetic track to drive on the ceiling.
Hot Wheels Unleashed falls somewhere between a realistic racing simulation and a wacky kart racer. Hot Wheels Unleashed has the benefit of being a modern game available on all consoles, with fully 3D tracks and cars, but ultimately fails to capture the magic of its predecessor. Even if none of these tracks could be recreated in real life, they felt like they could be and served at the very least as inspiration. I played this game to death as a kid, and what made it special was that it took place entirely in one kid’s house – tracks would weave through the living room and backyard sandbox. Being a game for kids, who most likely didn’t have access to computers with high specs, the game saw you racing through pre-rendered movies avoiding obstacles. In 1998, a certain Hot Wheels game was released for PC: Hot Wheels Stunt Track Driver.
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