I recommend: Hot Wheels Unleashed

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Had absolutely zero plans to even play Hot Wheels Unleashed (let alone review it) and yet here we are! Damn this is a good game. Where the hell did this come from?
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Shoo

[@remander3873]

Here's hoping you plan to make an Echoes of the Eye review. 🤞

[@algorithmicalychallenged.291]

Is it true can you get arrested for being in your garage?

[@chef1034]

Just wanted to share that you can get gold coins back from the cars you get from the boxes. You can get 300 gold coins back if you hold (I believe) the L2 button.

[@damann28]

edit some cars will give gold when sold

[@dhan07404]

How the fuck have they made. HOT WHEELS game that plays well like a classic arcade racer and also be one of the best looking games this year it's astonishing massive props to the Devs

[@dhan07404]

@@Enigmalake I mean in terms of attention to details for a game like this where at time it genuinely looks like die cast cars irl And also cos compared to older hot wheels games especially Beat That it's astonishing that it's league ahead of what they looked like

[@dhan07404]

@@Enigmalake yeah it is expensive rn I'm down to check it out once it's a bit cheeper for nostalgia sake cos I'm impressed by what I've seen

[@garrettviewegh677]

My brother and I once played a hot wheels game on the N64. It was our dad’s which we used to play all the time. I’m glad to see a modern hot wheels game that plays and looks this good! The tracks looking like hot wheels tracks were placed around a warehouse or someone’s room really fits the fantasy of playing with your hot wheels cars when you were young. My brother and I actually had a few and the plastic orange tracks that you use them on.

[@garden0fstone736]

@@garrettviewegh677 yup garage, basement, bedroom, I’ve even ripped through some A/C ventilation

[@dammnpeople3131]

most 2021 games are boring so far aside halo and this hot wheel

[@strykerx2461]

The actual shocker is that you could fit another game in your hard drive with warzone installed

[@EchoFoxtrot21]

Just one lol?

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

imagine having CoD installed on your PC.

[@nfsfanAndrew]

Is 200gigs now? Last i checked it was in the 100s and needed an update that added more. Which i uninstalled at that point.

[@EchoFoxtrot21]

@@nfsfanAndrew I think on PS4 at least it's back down to 170BB ish with all the warzone bullshit but I haven't looked in a good while. I honestly enjoy COD campaigns and can do without Multi-player so I'm not the guy to ask.

[@youtubedeletedmynamewhybother]

@@KaiserMattTygore927 unfortunately thats a reality for me

[@chileshems88]

Imagine telling your friends you can't play Halo for long because Hot Wheels is at the back of your mind and the itch won't go away. I love simple games that do this.

[@117johnpar]

This has splitscreen. Halo doesnt.

[@morky3673]

Doritos crash course 😂😂

[@Gamebit257]

It's simple: Its a passionate dev team that self publishes its own products and was passionate about the game and respected the IP. The amount of details here are astonishing!

[@GuvernorDave]

the word you were looking for was "publishes" oh shit i'm *that* guy

[@Gamebit257]

@@GuvernorDave Geez... didn't noticed. Lmao

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

You can definitely see the Stunt Track Driver inspiration alongside references to the different t.v. shows/movies.

[@Gamebit257]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 Not only that. The cars have visual damage if you bang them too much in race, which is translated to a "old-looking banged" HotWheels model. Even the lower board has the Brand/Car Model/Manufacturing details. Mental

[@TVGJoe1]

@@Gamebit257 😍

[@brightenblack207]

I still have like 300 hotwheels, a combination of my dad's old ones and all the ones I got as a kid. Haven't touched them in a long time but there's a place in my heart for them and I would love to play this if I had money for it. I've already recognized several of my favorite hotwheels that I own in the game and what a trip it'd be to drive them

[@brightenblack207]

Shit, I still have the Gameboy game. I should find my DS and give that a go lol

[@chillhour6155]

You could probably buy a house selling them

[@brightenblack207]

@@chillhour6155 I dunno. I really, really used them and I don't think any of them would be in good enough condition after moving them from place to place over the years

[@ReallyBigBadAndy76]

There's a really fun miniatures game called "Gaslands" that invites you to take those old cars, paint them up like post apocalyptic death cars and then race to the death with your friends. It's a $20 book for the rules, and you use 6 sided dice, pen and paper. Just thought you might be interested.

[@dannycastro4017]

You got cash app or venmo?

[@themarcshark]

I always love the concept of playing a game where you're tiny and are in a normal environment like a living room, kitchen etc and it looks huge

[@NickHunter]

Did you check out It Takes Two?

[@YuriG03042]

go play Table Top Racing!

[@geoffdb8118]

You probably played toy story 2 on the ps1 growing up, right? 😜

[@martinpankov2736]

@themarcshark Have you played Revolt/Re-volt ?

[@Puffufuf]

Room Zoom?

[@ethan2670]

Just so people know, rather than add microtransactions (as of January 2nd) the devs made the shop have more cars in it, and update over twice as often. You can also sell cars for coins now, with the common rarity getting you 300 of your 500 coins back. The in game economy is much better now.

[@dg7347]

it's shit, once you have all the good cars like all 5 of them the loot boxes, shop, coins, and gears become 100% useless, they don't even update the boxes or limited shop with new cars, you either get them completely free or have to pay real money for more.

[@scottd7222]

@@dg7347 speak for yourself. I have tons of cars and I upgrade them all and I am still chasing more. You talking out ya ass and sound like a complainer to me.

[@TX9335]

My son has been asking me about this game ever since i showed it to him a couple months back, I was planning on buying it for him even if it was a lootbox microtransaction mandingo fest, glad to see it's actually good. thank you!

[@Jollyroger84103]

Make sure not to have you're credit card information in your console, just to be safe.

[@Belgar]

@@Jollyroger84103 Unfortunate but very true. They always manage to sneak in something to bait you into using your credit card.

[@thisiswhatgarbagelookslike3864]

From what I heard it doesnt have microtransactions, it has loot boxes but with in game currensy meaning you cant buy anything with real money (just yet) and everything you get has to be earned by actually playing the game.

[@TheDarksteel94]

Glad to see that you would've introduced him to gambling early lol

[@TX9335]

@@TheDarksteel94 I've never understood the whole lootbox is gambling thing... wouldn't that make buying booster packs for card games the same thing? I don't see people going crazy about those. I remember when Kotaku wrote a whole article about how pretty the lootbox animation in Overwatch was and how good it felt to open up one, now don't get me wrong I'm not saying that Kotaku was cool, they are in fact, a shitty page but it goes to show you how fast people will change their mind about things to suit the perceived image of something.

[@TheSergio1021]

In the old PS1 Hot Wheels game they had a mechanic that circumvented the "fast cars = better" issue. The slower cars were considered part of the "4x4" category and there were short cuts in all of the tracks where only those big slow cars could get through. This made it so knowledge of the track was very important compared to just the speed stat of your car.

[@bot7070]

We have to put this back up to the team

[@TastySnackies]

This is a great mechanic. It actually gives the players reason to play other vehicles. I wish that was more commonly implemented in racing games.

[@tylerleuschen8132]

Motorstorm did this! Muddy paths on the bottom for trophy trucks and big rigs, higher hard dirt paths for cars! Atv and mx wherever you feel like!

[@PriceAintRight]

A Hotwheels game being good in this era is absolutely hilarious, and needed.

[@gamingblowsofficial]

It isn't. He's nuts. It's awful, I bought it because of this review and am so bummed out now.

[@theflamebringer]

seeing that this game has an acceleracers car makes me so happy

[@Boxer2380]

Looks like it has two: RD-02 and Iridium

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

Definitely warms the heart for the fans. Now my hope is to just get an Accelaracers track or two in the DLC. Or at the very least people breaking the custom tracks so hard that it looks like accelaracers tracks.

[@SolLodestar]

@@Boxer2380 World Race Deora II and the Bassline're comin' later this year.

[@Boxer2380]

@@SolLodestar Niiiice

[@nfsfanAndrew]

I was happy to see it but was hoping there were more. Need em all. If they made a dlc of it I'd be all in.

[@Lawgamer411]

I still want a Hot Wheels Acceleracers game. The fans deserve it after MATTEL CANNED the franchise because it performed too well.

[@SharockoRAZR]

performing too well was the reason??? why???

[@truegoblinkingking6858]

every time I saw the RD I wished it was in its Acceleracers colours and then Skill up showed the customization and I was happy we can do it ourselves

[@Lawgamer411]

@@SharockoRAZR marketing figured out the acceleracers brand was more popular than the hot wheels brand itself. So they axed the toy line and movies.

[@SharockoRAZR]

@@Lawgamer411 that is sad. I did have some of the toys back then like the swamp track. Its either long gone or in the house somewhere no idea where i put it.

[@aimannorzahariwod]

I still remember the fucking theme song. ARE YOU READY FOR THE RACE OF A LIFETIME!?!!??!?! ahhhhh i want a reboot of Acceleracers. I'm 27, but i still remember the movies being fun.

[@lordoaf]

I loved the hot wheels expansion in forza horizon 3, this looks like a good time to me

[@calak1016]

Same, I was actually thinking about buying Forza Horizon 3 for the hot wheels expansion but maybe I should buy this instead

[@megamanx1291]

@@calak1016 Forza horizon 3 is still worth it, but yea get this one too

[@GamerSix66]

How about the lego dlc for forza horizon 4?

[@megamanx1291]

@@GamerSix66 I found that one a lil bit underwhelming compared to the hot wheels one, but still cool. I wonder what Horizon 5 would do, maybe bionicle

[@juraj_b]

@@calak1016 you can't buy it anymore but if you can get a code, def worth it - great game

[@AvalonEndures]

I really enjoy your reviews. You give us a recommendation straight away, THEN seem to speak honestly about how you got there. I'm a fan for sure, thank you and keep it up.

[@TheREALHugo4]

No need for his reviews, he's just trash.

[@ptrcrispy]

This makes me think - has Skill Up ever reviewed a racing game on this channel before?

[@justinneumeyer4467]

Dirt 5

[@mydemon]

Wipeout Omega collection, Forza Horizon 4

[@justinneumeyer4467]

@TiTLasagna Dirt 5 be fun cause it don’t take itself to seriously, jus like this game ones that don’t take themselves to seriously they be low key fun, even if racing games ain’t your thing give it a shot before you shut it down

[@DANNYonPC]

@TiTLasagna you mad kid?

[@solo6396]

@TiTLasagna Forza, Grand Turismo, Need For Speed, Dirt, and now Hot Wheels. I’m pretty sure this list proves you wrong.

[@MonkThompson]

Ralph reviewing a Hot Wheels game is so out of left field but I’m all for it. Maybe he’ll review other stuff, would love to see some Nintendo reviews every once in a while, especially with the new Metroid coming out.

[@billymays1761]

Soon enough he’s gonna start caring about sim racing games 🤣

[@matthewcarroll2533]

Nintendo games are notoriously hard to review thanks to Nintendo being an absolute dickhead about claiming videos with even a hint of their products in them.

[@zatchbell5678]

@@matthewcarroll2533 unless you agree to let them have your first born child and your eternal soul if you say anything in the review they don't like. Then they're good.

[@shadowotter3116]

I am loving the game so far, i really do enjoy when it gets neck and neck as you reach the final stretch and you are sitting on the edge of your seat trying to get that one last push to victory and cross that finish line in first. The game is a lot of fun so far, and it does leave me feeling surprised that out of all things, a hot wheels racing game is given this much love to make a game this good.

[@gottimw]

This looks like Stunt GP, just simpler. Man Stunt GP was an amazing arcade racer

[@DarkDemonXR]

If anything rn Stung GP is a lot more simpler in regards of the customization. Here you have more cars and a track creator, Stunt GP had fixed tracks and well, upgrades for cars. I wish Team17 remaster that game, I know there are fixes but they didnt work to well for me.

[@blackmanta2527]

We need more arcade racing games. Not just generic racing

[@Zathren]

I miss playing FZero GX

[@1810jeff]

Even general racing games suck now, even the newest ones lack features the older ones had like deep car customization now most of them just let you choose the color and a couple components.

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

Too many sim racers honestly

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

@@Zathren Yes! Being Japanese I often visit Japan when I was younger with my gamecube and had the card you could save your file to and use it at the arcades. So sick.

[@221Prohunter]

Need for Speed used to be in this category if you ask me, it was about dumb fun and wrecking cops. Hasn’t been the same since Most Wanted.

[@JaceOKami]

15:02 fun fact: this is, because the devs used the Track Builder they gave us to make the base tracks for the game as well.

[@brawler715]

I hate the fucking Volcano Project track…

[@israelribeiro3373]

This gives me such Re-Volt vibes. That game was amazing. We're due for a remake, actually...

[@Mementomori292]

Ralph was basically asking for Re-Volt, while describing what he wanted more from this game.

[@NATANOJ1]

also the soundtrack of Re-Volt OMG, what a game

[@kylerobinson6102]

Re-Volt was fucken AWESOME when it was new. I'd still play it today if it got a 4k-freshen up.

[@DarkDemonXR]

Loved Re-Volt but with those tracks this looks a lot more like Stung GP, that old Team17 racing RC game.

[@zacharron]

I've been itching for a Revolt remake, and this looks pretty close. Shame there is no battle mode.

[@narfd.8837]

This looks like an amazing baseline to grow a new franchise from. Just imagine something like a Hot Wheels Demolition as a new Burnout style game.

[@carlosmiguelteixeiraott3643]

Skillup: "I'm a bit too old for hot wheels now" Me *thinking about my stepfather that had a hot wheels collection, and rented a warehouse to store them: "What are you, 106 YO?"

[@Alex-re3qm]

When I'm finally able to develop my own games it is a major goal of mine to have skill-up review it, My bar is now hotwheels

[@ShadowMark3_]

My five year old nephew loves Hot Wheels and he's coming up to stay with my mother and I. I'm gonna play this with him. Glad to see that the game is actually good, I was hoping it was.

[@pixelatedpigeon4617]

Sounds great, but man, it seems likely those micro-transactions are going to kick in at some point. The value of the base seems great, but it's a shame even a fun arcade racer can't escape these tedious artificial economies. I am getting the base game, but I wish these things weren't folded into almost every title.

[@johnnypopstar]

They're going for that Rocket League angle it looks like. Quite surprised they're not just doing it f2p from the outset.

[@garedbi]

@@johnnypopstar Watch it take them 4 years to go F2P

[@Wylie288]

There are no micro transactions. Just car packs and expansions.

[@johnnypopstar]

@@Wylie288 (for now)

[@TheMegaZonePodcast]

they publicly announced that there will never be microtransactions for this game. Loot boxes are all in game currency only.

[@GxRED]

This is probably the closest we are gonna get to the awesome racing in the Speed Racer 2008 live action movie. I loved that movie and it's racing so much.

[@NYCJoeBlack]

Sounds familiar. I think I own the Nintendo DS version.

[@WeMuskMars]

Literally, my childhood imagination comes to fruition. Amazing and so excited to play. Excellent review as always.

[@AraiiarA]

"blind-boxes" We were on the verge of greatness. We were THIS close

[@teratoma.]

its gonna be even worse when it gets mtx

[@A7XfoREVer531]

@@teratoma. there won’t ever be. I’ve never seen a milestone game with microtransactions. They are passionate devs who publish their own games

[@dylanhendley5003]

This doesnt seem like a preamble to mtx, seems more like a game designed with mtx in mind then they did a 180 when they started seeing backlash on everyone else.

[@brianjc720]

Apparently they publicly stated they would never implement microtransactions into the game. So apparently it’s just greatness. Still a pretty grindy economy but if it’s not a microtransaction economy it gives you something to work for.

[@teratoma.]

@@brianjc720 where did they say that

[@GigaGamerXP]

I'm 23 but can't wait to feel like a 3 year old with my hot wheels cars

[@pancho2235]

That the main reason I want it bc it make me feel like a kid collecting hot wheels

[@kylerobinson6102]

There are grown men in their 60's that feel the same way. My dad is one of them.

[@bricktop.]

My boy actually is 3yrs old and is buzzing about this. Up until now he's only been able to play Lego Jurassic park with me. Gonna buy for sure

[@pancho2235]

@@bricktop. lmao so ur going show ur kid the meaning losing in hot wheel early? Lol

[@bricktop.]

@@pancho2235 I'm not so sure lol, iv always been pretty shot at racing games, hell probably whoop my arse somehow. Damn kids....

[@jwh2f]

Thank you for reviewing this! It's a bit outside your typical genre so it's cool to see!

[@Hyper_Light_Grifter]

“Environment interaction” reminds me we need another Split Second! that game was amazing Never gonna happen tho 😔

[@lucasw.4282]

As a NFS and Hot Wheels fan as a kid, I have to buy, especially since it has customization too. So glad this is getting good reviews, maybe they can add a mode with powerups or something similar to Full Auto. That paired with the track-maker which hopefully gets updated and this sounds like a really good time. Maybe they could add props to smash through which make larger vehicles have enough power to do so, keeping speed over smaller cars.

[@BrettScheinert]

"I'm the kind of person who likes to consume content, not to create it myself," Skill Up said, in his third 20+ minute scripted youtube video of the week. =D

[@batdroid2705]

Lmao! Spot on

[@leviebert27]

They definitely improved this game later on and now they are almost done with the sequel game coming October 19th i cant wait to get back into this game again

[@ninjos4]

i'm not usually a fan of racing games, but i have some very fond memories of hot wheels: stunt track challenge. If they go in that direction with future seasons, i'm definitely getting this

[@DT1878]

“Ive got worse things installed on my hard drive” Lady’s and gentleman we got him.

[@steelcurtain187]

This looks pretty fun and I will eventually pick it up. It does feel like a missed opportunity with some of the things they could have added like obstacles to the courses and more differences with the vehicles

[@rileymachelle4088]

For the first half of this video I was thinking "Yeah that sounds fun" but as soon as you mentioned building your own tracks and the amount of customization it grabbed. This looks like the next TrackMania and I can't wait! Thanks Ralph!

[@samjames3947]

The part where you spoke about race track events or 'hazards' wants me to remind people of Motorstorm Apocalypse, with its midrace apocalypse hazards.

[@CasepbX]

This game brings back memories of playing Re-Volt. We need a new one of those.

[@nickvw9663]

y that's a great game, all those games of my childhood take special place in my heart, they were honest, not like modern games where every game trying to sell u lootboxes and other garbage

[@neonpayphone]

I lovedddddddd Re-Volt

[@rickgoodman7424]

Have me the same thoughts, Re-Volt was something that just worked so well. Simple honest gaming

[@wlucky1994]

Finally! Another well made video from you. I just wanna say i liked and always wait for your videos to come out, keep it up man

[@mattmanley7118]

Yes so glad your covering this!!

[@mathatter9158]

SkillUp: Track editor is the crown jewel of this game. Trials Rising fans: You have no idea what can be done with a track editor.

[@rockymachine]

SkillUp be like: 7 minutes review for Sable, 20 minutes review for Hot Wheels Unleashed. Game looks great!

[@alexanderulv3886]

Nice to see you rocking that 4K/60 resolution and awesome review!

[@Trocify225]

I remember playing an older hot wheels game and other mini racer games back on ps2 and man this gives me those vibes.

[@jake53105]

Was just in the shower with a cold beer listening to a Hot Wheels game review. This is peak adulthood.

[@AudioPhile]

Yeah, I remember when I had my first beer.

[@jake53105]

@@AudioPhile got em

[@AudioPhile]

@@jake53105 haha I just love that movie so much I use that joke anywhere I can, even if it barely fits.

[@spacespz5947]

Gold being purchasable with real money or not, it still preys on FOMO and expects grinding trying to hold players with these aspects rather than rely on how good the game is.

[@Tank_Facts]

True. There is a way to just straight out buy cars though.

[@derrinerrow4369]

@@Tank_Facts yeah but it's only 5 cars at a time, and it changes after every 4 hours of gameplay.

[@dealerdave69]

Me and my son have been waiting for this! Cheers for the review

[@typoholic]

I’m so glad you decided to review this. Hot Wheels was one of the titles I saw earlier that I was hoping wouldn’t suck… and your opinion is about the only one I would trust when deciding whether or not to spring for this one. Thanks for spending the time to play it and provide such a thorough review.

[@Zathren]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@shinobi-zensei]

This makes me want a new F-Zero even more!

[@Wylie288]

Redout.

[@DenGuleBalje]

@@Wylie288 Played it, it's nowhere near as good as F-Zero X/GX. Redout is decent, but but it just handles completely differently.

[@safeasf_uck7020]

@@DenGuleBalje I feel you man. Redout does not replicate the carnage of 24 machines on circuits with no intention of safety lol. Formula 1 on steroids.

[@HayItsCJ]

I remember a long time ago I played one of these games on Windows 98. Stunt Track Driver was the name. Actually a really fun game. I might have to try out another one.

[@stealthone8727]

Will def be grabbing this after this review! Had not heard of it before yesterday!

[@Edsabre]

Oof. Was ready to plop down my credit card for this game until I heard the word "loot box." No doubt in my mind they're gonna turn on the microtransactions and lean into it heavily after the reviews are done. Thanks for the video!

[@scottd7222]

You don't have to buy them even if they do it

[@michaelmonstar4276]

Someone said that the developers said they wouldn't put it in, but I can't find a source of it and I'll believe it when it's still free of real-money transactions in a few months from now. - Even if it remains free, it looks like conditioning of the mind with the way it looks like mobile game lootboxes. - Why put that shit in? It has nothing to do with anything in this game.

[@samzilla567]

I'm convinced at this point that Skill Up will never review Deathloop.

[@maybeJace]

Same with trials of Midgard lol oh well

[@LordofRacoons]

Deathloop is amazing 9/10, there is your review now go buy it🖒

[@emulation2369]

@@LordofRacoons no it's not... Don't spread disinformation... It has a lot of problems... More like 6.5/10

[@Eragonfrost]

6:20 actually the Shark car opens and closes it's mouth as you drive 🦈

[@R4ND0MCR4P123R4ND0MN3SS]

Great review, and I've been loving the game! One thing though: You mentioned that you can't dismantle the cars for money, but you can. Common cars are dismantled for 300 coins and Rare are dismantled for 500. I don't know how much Legendary is dismantled for, but getting a Rare duplicate at least nets you another free roll.

[@georgesol3139]

Thank you for this review Skill Up. I pre-ordered this and felt some buyers remorse afterwards worrying about whether the price point would be worth it. I'm now definitely looking forward to jumping in when it unlocks tomorrow.

[@randomphil8666]

Damnit, I was onboard until he mentioned the economy and that sucked all the excitement out of it for me…

[@michaelmonstar4276]

Yup. Not only that, it also looks disgustingly like lootbox-conditioning.

[@ValkyrieLightwing]

Duuuude you killed me with that Micro Machines mention. I forgot about that and now I feel old. Also this is great to hear bc I was looking forward to this game but I wasn't sure if it was going to be done well or not, but it seems I should get it.

[@Highsen]

This game needs some Split Second style mayhem. Kinda like he said in the video. A kids baseball bat falling onto the track. A skateboard crashing through the side of the map. A parent opening the door and shifting the track because they bumped it.

[@GrundleGrump]

That moment when you think a game looks about $15 cool... and it costs WAAAAYYY more so you're out.

[@scottd7222]

15 dollar games aint a thing lol

[@appletuntrainer]

Man hot wheels is paying these guys insane amounts to write good reviews.

[@surjay5633]

…

[@lawyer4ever]

Love this game. Very pleasant surprise. I bought it because I thought it would be fun to play with my daughter, which it is, but I have found it to be much deeper than a typical arcade racer.

[@greenman8]

I have about 60+ games on my SSD, and around 100 in my library. With all of those choices, my Daily Rotation could be summed up as, Baldur's Gate 3, Doom (2016), Hot Wheels Unleashed, Cuphead- then Rinse and repeat.

[@Catshapedblobofdarkness]

It seems like the developers have setup an absolutely phenomenal foundation for this game. The could totally make it more complex, with powerups or giving cars "classes" and/or abilities. I'll be keeping an eye on this!

[@FatControllerOfficial]

Thanks for going through the PC options menu.

[@vesquerianight8406]

Nice review skillup! Still waiting for that 13 sentinels aegis rim review too

[@Ogchampayne]

You just brought back memories I forgot about when you mentioned micro machines

[@joshmclovin]

I still have my old hotwheel collection so this game was a no brainer for me. It flew under my radar til I saw a review on it and fell in love. I'm playing on PS5 and having a blast.

[@kylerobinson6102]

Your videos always put a smile on my face. I knew you'd get around to this one. If only we'd get a Cruis 'N' Blast port on PC.

[@robertnewman4854]

this is giving me serious Hotwheels Stunt Track Driver vibes, and that nostalgia hits good.

[@lucianoarebalo41]

I remember playing a game just like this on the ps2. Funnest times I’ve ever had. Though something I remember that game had that I don’t think this one does is the world obstacles that fit the setting like a toy dinosaur blowing fire onto the track and having to dodge the fire, and “wrecking” other cars

[@KevinMontalbo]

You intro reminded me of when my daughter played Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed. She gave the controller to me to help her during the flying sections of a certain map. After that, I found myself playing the game for hours.

[@TheGodEmperorOfMankind_]

You sold me at track creation. Sounds like they focused on the basics, get the aesthetic, speed and driving down, make a fun game first and explore different options in a sequel or even DLC

[@otakumusprime7745]

I was so worried about this game, but I'm glad it turned out good. Can't wait to play it tomorrow (hopefully).

[@GreatBeardofWisdom]

I’ve been eyeing this up as a passive game to play. I’ve not long picked up a real nice headphone/amp set up and I wanted something to just play while I listened to stuff so I’m pleased to see this would fit the bill.

[@brownbear992]

The very first game I ever had on DC was a hot wheel game back in the mid 90s , I played the hell out of that game. And it did have a basement level where you were racing across the top of a pool table dodging balls lol

[@M1tZk1]

The Shop reminds me of that WWE Wrestling game that came with PS+ not too long ago. You also buy toy versions of Wrestlers, everyone with it's own real life intro tune but sooooo expensive.

[@knowwherefamous9067]

The basement level backdrop is completely customizable in game lol

[@Grim187Grey]

Wow, I might actually give this a try! I remember playing with Hot Wheels back in the 90's as a kid. Thanks for the review.

[@JonathanSwinney97]

Used to play the nintendo 64 one called Hot Wheels Turbo Racing, was super fun. It had tricks you could land to get extra boosts.

[@C00LGuy47]

Does anyone else just have a bunch of Hot wheels and snap-on tracks just in a box and just look at it and go *“Man those were the days”*

[@memecliparchives2254]

This year is starting totally a win for under the radar games with decent surprise releases. First Kena and now to an extent, this.

[@crimsonmcblack4260]

nice I had a Hotwheels game on my ds when I was a kid that had a track editor and I absolutely loved it cant wait to try ou this one

[@GAMINGwitJEFFY]

When this game came out I was like damn I can’t wait for the 20 minute skill up review

[@mr.q7]

Incredible content as always! Thanks!

[@jacobibethlaham6089]

Can't believe how many good reviews this is getting. I saw a trailer a few months back and thought it was some shovelware. Now I might actually play it

[@SnowTerebi]

Love these Trackmania style racing games!

[@Beard_Hood]

Dude this looks great. I used to love racing games, but something happened in the last 15 years and they all stopped being fun. This looks fun! Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[@lipeprusch]

As far as I know, it is possible to play on custom tracks made by players online, and you can also use the assets to make the tracks crazy! I watched a streamer playing on a few, and some of them were CRAZY.

[@KrispyKrabby]

This reminds me a lot of the Hot Wheels games I played on the PS2 as a kid, and I love that. Definitely gonna look into buying this at some point.

[@robotrannicthesurprisingly9085]

Still remember playing the old PS2 game to bits when i was younger so this hits me with some deep nostalgia

[@DarknessProphet]

Glad you liked it, I played it 5 hours at launch and don't see myself returning to it. The AI cheats to offer difficulty (rubberbanding, saw one spawn in at a better position, getting excessive speed boosts). A large number of tracks use cheap tactics to "challenge" by having corner you can fly out of with no way to recover except respawning (Trackmania used to do this better). There is no reverse, so respawn when something happens. Boosting can nullify hitting the wall in corners. The oversteer of drifting causes me hit boost to exit is, because it simply works better on average than steering correctly. I found a lot of rubbish online, because it seems like all creations are automatically uploaded. I am impressed by the capabilities of the track editor and cars, but that's it. The editor itself is horrible to navigate, I would have preferred something like Trackmania's general overview. In my opinion: Wait until the game is actually done and then buy it, because it is currently overpriced and with more content coming there is no point in putting down money now with the frequency of sales, GOTY's, etc.

[@cusman]

Some of my favorite games in recent years have been games that flew completely under my radar until I saw a Skill Up recommended on it. This might be another one to add to that distinguished list which includes gems like Remnant: From the Ashes, Hades, and most recently Aliens: Fireteam Elite.

[@willwunsche6940]

The same for me with Hades. Helped convince me to get the game. Was so happy I ended up getting it

[@chrisb.2028]

Oh, I was actually looking forward to this!

[@bsigns1935]

fun, good graphics and fast But 1 problem, I play on hard mode and there is no point using slow car if you want to win the race even if you want to use them. They should make category based on the speed and models

[@dg7347]

i think they should add a feature to upgrade all cars to max stats