If you’re playing the game on a last-gen console, the visual shock-and-awe may not be as punchy. Of course, those are the visuals that can be expected on a PS5 or PC. The game’s vinyl tracks look spectacular, and the sunlight shining off of them and the cars is eye-popping. You can even look under the cars and find Mattel’s name (copyrighted, of course) and “Made In Malaysia” printed on the plastic. Everything, from the cars themselves to the tracks players race across, is stunningly detailed. Players immediately get three cars that they can use in races, and that first glimpse at their stunningly rendered plastic and aluminum are all that’s needed to get someone hooked.īefore being fun or inventive, Hot Wheels Unleashed is a beautiful game to look at.

On its initial boot-up, Hot Wheels Unleashed hands you three “blind boxes,” a tastelessly named loot box. The experience starts strong, going from zero to sixty out the gate. Behind its extremely impressive visuals, Hot Wheels Unleashed is about as barebones as it gets, offering up an extremely simplified kart racing experience that had so much potential to be more, and a bevy of ultimately boring content. That’s because Hot Wheels Unleashed, while a fun kart racer when you first start playing, quickly shows its shallowness.

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