A couple of notes for your ears: - I wanted to include the menu music, but it's "royalty-free" through this company that basically says "we copyright claim all of this, but if you pay us a membership fee and tell us you're a member we'll remove our claims". That feels a little too extortion-adjacent for me, so I just didn't include it. It's nice stuff, though. - I like to include actual track names as much as possible, but the only access to the Unleashed OST I had were gamerips. I don't even know if there are titles for the racing tracks, and we might not find out until there's an official release (which I hope there is). - Yes, that is Gianni Matragrano! I asked if I could sample the Joker laugh from one of his videos, and he was very cool about the whole thing. If you don't know him, check him out. Thanks again! Hope you enjoy. No promises, but I'm hoping to have something out in April.
That third track you showed off in the music section is my favorite in the entire game. I just gave all the music tracks in the game fan-made names, like "Leadin' the Way!" Or "Beat That!". Update: the artist is known as "Sharks in Venice", and the song "Leadin' the Way!" is actually called "Savage".
Every once in a while I come across a unique kind of channel that is right up my alley, that I could binge endlessly no matter the subject at hand, only to find that it is criminally underrated and in it's pilot season. Game review channels are such a staple of RUclips at this point that most of them just feel like IGN but with a slightly different dude. It's an understandably formulaic genre, but the way you inject your humor into it effortlessly without being obnoxiously "insert-funny-meme-clip" is just perfect, while still leaving space for well-paced, thoughtful, and comprehensive analysis. Details like hazards being functionally identical and the dichotomy of player-made tracks are things I never saw any other review mention. This is the best game review I've seen in a while, hope there's more to come, and that your channel grows to greater heights.
A couple notes as a player with every vehicle unlocked and maxed out: -beat the story mode first. don't use currency for boxes and instead use the shop. It's WAY more efficient. -if you're looking for a fast car to win with, the superman dlc car is by far the best car in the game. -if you wanna win with your favorite car, just upgrade it to max. it's worth it. I use the garbage truck and get podium very often with it. -super treasure hunts always appear at the bottom of the list at the shop. if you see a normal car at the bottom of the list, it's a super treasure hunt. you can actually generate currency by buying the 500-coin STH cars and then selling them for profit. I love this game, And this was a bang-on review. I really, really wanna see more arcade-y style racers in the future with this much polish. Wreckfest is also cool.
holly crap thankyou so much about the super treasure, I thought "no way lemi see" and got A DOUBLE, Specifically the "Bump Around(tm)" and the "Rodger Dodger(tm)" both being my firsts and feel fantastic compared to my Bad to the Blade with 1 boost ;~;
@@Zodaxa_zdx I love the Super treasure Hunt Rodger Dodger. Somebody made a 2021 art cars livery for it, the "Steam Punk" livery, and it's just a joy to drive... When you know how to control its weight that is.
Something I love about this game is actually the expansions - the new environments and pieces for the track builder are great additions, and being able to play them online allows you to choose specific things to purchase if you don’t want to post for the entire expansion.
The beginning of the video gave me a bad feeling about it, but I am relieved to see how positive the review is, this is great :) also, coin grind tracks stopped working a long time ago because they added a check that will give you 0 coins if the track is too short, but in that same update they made winning give you more coins in general
Solid video, definitely worth the wait. The dismantle segment sent my sides into orbit. Shoutout to youtube for saying "suck it" and not letting me watch the vid in 720p halfway through, so I had to downgrade to 480
I’ve been subscribing to channels like crazy. But your humor literally made me subscribe and your references. Keep it up man, this shit, is some good shit.
Me praying for the day Namco brings back Ridge Racer series and Genki to get up from the grave and make Shutokou Battle V/Tokyo Xtreme Racer 5 or something
Got this for free from PS+ a couple of months ago. A nice surprise as I am a HW collector and I looked at picking up a copy when I found it on sale. I now have the platinum trophy. I liked the game and it feels really good when you nail down the driving techniques. Winning online is always satisfying. And some shortcuts are really enjoyable to hit. I did have to turn off the music after a couple of sessions, I prefer no music when I’m racing though. It’s also a bit grindy to get the last trophies.
Underground illegal hotwheels racing would be pretty rad. Just two dudes in sunglasses and trench coats under a bridge racing tiny cars. Sticking it to the man one lap at a time.
Played the game since day 1. Was super stoked about it since the first reveal trailer as it felt like a more simple F-Zero. The game does have its fair share of issues, but the gameplay is super fun and Custom Tracks make sure it never gets boring. Sadly, the playerbase has dropped a lot over time and online lobbies are a rarity, depending on time of play. Also, I stopped buying random boxes but completed my collection via the shop because I didn't want to put up with the randomness. Took me about 4 months to completly obtain and upgrade all base game vehicles. And somehow, it felt oddly satisfying.
p.s. there are few other things that suck not mentioned in this Correct review: physics is defective - you may slide right on a ramp and for no reason then fly left - very unnatural. There are tones of small objects near the track that are small but non-destructible which if touch will instantly stop you - again very unnatural.
Nice review. Couple of quick questions. How have you found the difficulty? I read some people say it was unbalanced so races were either too easy or too hard. Secondly, how easy would it be for young children to play? Are there decent accessibility options for novice gamers?
Thanks for watching, great questions. Difficulty is interesting here as there's a lot of variance. Not all cars are made equal so it'll feel way worse if you haven't upgraded or your car sucks. In a fully upgraded Jesko, which I believe to be fairly high-tier, Hard was a sweet spot where I needed to be on my A-game and mistakes were punished by falling at least one position. I felt like Medium was a good entry point, but has a bit of a difficulty spike moving to Hard. Easy was insultingly so - you can basically ignore boosting as a mechanic. That seems to be the core of the AI's handicap as I never saw them boost on Easy. I didn't mess with Extreme because I felt like Hard was right where I wanted things to be. I don't have a kid to find out with, but if you can't plop em in front of Mario Kart for whatever reason this feels like a good substitute. The tracks and cars can probably keep their attention, and while there's no auto-steer or anything controls are simple enough that they can probably at least hobble through on easy if they don't gel with all the systems.
I wish they would fix the rubberbanding. how the hell can the armored car and garbage truck rocket past me in the jesko 10 seconds from the finish line. it's BS.
nice review, my favorite thing about the game is definitely how solid racing is, something i think could be better is car customization, and what this game needs is a better selection of cars. looking at all of the dlc and racing seasons cars makes me wonder, who was this game made for? hot wheels fans, kids, comic book readers, street fighter players?
As a kid I played the hell out of stunt track racer and have always enjoyed racing games since but never been much of a gamer. When Is aw this come out it sat on my wishlist. Then it finally went on sale for cheap and I bought it. I am very happy with it. I think I paid about $30 for the ultimate version or whatever and at that price its great. Lots of content to put time into. Had I paid full price I would not be as happy. The only things I wish there was more of is car customization but not like Forza. Just let me upgrade my speed and acceleration instead of random things all at once. But still its great.
If you ever get the chance, check out some of my tracks that I made. I've been having a blast with the track editor, and I've made a bunch of tracks that emphasize spatial awareness, movement mastery, and probably a big controversial aspect that I love: speed management. Go too fast, and you fly off the track. Go too slow, and you won't be able to make the jump and your opponents will be passing you left and right. There's little to almost no obstacles on the track, with the only sort of track additions being booster strips, boost pads, accelerator strips, and the occasional magnet strip. All of my tracks were designed to be big, beautiful, speedy spectacles for a full multiplayer lobby to enjoy, be it a public lobby or a private one with friends.
I bought this game just for the track editor. I like to create things like Mario Levels (SMM1 and SMM2) and even race tracks. I tried TrackMania Turbo and ModNation Racers but the track editors felt complicated to me. This track editor feels good to create race tracks with it. I don't race online on PS4 because i don't even have PS+ to do so and it's not required for just track creation. That means the lootbox thing doesn't effect me aswell but for those it does i can feel the pain. I never had Hot Wheels as a child but a small Carrera race course instead. But the courses i want to create are more in the style of F-ZERO that means no Spider or Snake stuff. I am on of the people who want to recreate F-ZERO courses. LUL Oh and some other ones aswell. LUL The only thing that might require the use of coins for me is if the devs decide to implement purchasable race track parts.
The 3rd theme you've showed off is my favorite in the whole game. Shame the tracks don't have actual names, so I call it "Leading the Way!". My fan-made names are all Hot Wheels related, or at the very least have Hot Wheels references.
I actually just gave myself a bunch of coins using cheat engine and got everything I wanted, since my fun came from driving and not grinding for LB I don't feel like I missed out in anything
I don't feel like I can advocate for using CE, but I can see how that eliminates the issue of chasing your next box. I did something similar with reputation in Mass Effect and found it really freeing to be able to do what I want instead of having dialogue locked behind Paragon or Renegade score.
21$ is what this games launch price should be, honestly i had fun with it, racing is pretty good but it gets boring really fast. they also just added crossplay but as far as i know it's only for xbox and playstation. dlc is just awful, too much character cars for too much money. you're honestly better off either getting the hot wheels expansion for forza or mario kart 8Ds expansion
Ironically, distance has a LOT of acceleracers maps. And a lot of hotwheels, fzero, etc. maps. Would love if you redid the distance review, but this time covering the more mechanically complex levels. And doing the legacy campaign and ''The other side'' (which I saw you had unlocked). The other side shows how distance is not really a ''racing'' game in the traditional sense.
There just doesn't feel like their is enough content in it and the monetization is terrible if you didn't buy the game on launch too bad you missed out on a racing season and the season pass 3 isn't in ultimate stunt edition and the battle passes are not included and what is the point of playing with a dumpster truck when its so slow there should of been a class system and why do you make content limited in a AAA game and I mean the expansions are not worth for how much they are it should of been 2 maps per season pass
Thanks for asking. The short answer is that I'm basic. The long answer is a two-parter. As far as gameplay goes, I'm deeply in the arcade racing camp. Some people really get into tuning and realistic driving (I know Horizon is pretty simcade but bear with me), but I just like to go vroom. I can tell FH5 is a well-made game, I'm just not the right audience for it. As far as the live service aspect of it, I don't like when games vault, time-limit, or otherwise lock stuff away from the player. That puts me at odds with a lot of seasonal content, and FH5 is probably the second-worst offender I've played.
@@serothel hey man relaax, i wont defend turn10tards one iota🤣 They shafted me and many many others on FH3...for whatever reasons my FH2 and FH3 plus paid dlc just up and dissapeared from my xbox account🤷♂️🤷♂️ Poof over night game doesnt exit anymore It was the last good game they released.....they went down hill hard Took the EA approach i rekn🤣🤣🤣 Saying that ill probs end up getting fh5 for the hotwheels stuff on steams wintersale what a hypocrit hey🤣 Bcoz i see this hot wheels game footage and im thinking dang that looks reaaallly basic with nice visuals but also it looks like car choice is pure cosmetic🤷♂️ PLOT TWIST i frikn luuvvv Grid Legends i rekn they nailed that game by todays standards that is
@@serothel and the live service thing yep i get it 100%, unlockable content should never locked you out because you have other priorities,find a workaround like oh you missed it, pay 2X in game currency? Make it available in 7-14 days later? Either way itll fulfil the purpose of companies "trying" to get ppl playing more hours on there product
@@MadLadMartyMcFly85 The worst I've played is Halo Infinite. I know there's worse out there, but weekly challenges, event twitch drops, and a time-limited store is a lot. I try not to look at it as bashing, just calling out bad business. I think most devs want happy players because they know that's the key to success, just sometimes they lose track of the big picture.
Search on youtube the game Horizon Chase Turbo, it's super fun to play, is a homage to 80s/90s arcade racing games and the progress is super nice and still challenging (and no microtransactions).
Was excited once the HW was coming out & once I got it, but man this game is disappointing honestly. It lacks personality and atmosphere. It didn’t have any chaos like HW Beat That on the Wii, courses were bland, same 3 OSTs playing on repeat (glad Spotify made it better) can’t believe we have 5 rooms in here. Expected to have more parts of a area like Beat That. Sure you can buy it to waste time but long term, not worth it. It feels like you are owning an NFT (never own one before but I know how people describe it to be). Also they really hate Deoras.
I'm assuming it used to not be possible to earn coins from re-running map races and Quick Races because I've seen that a lot in videos. It's still grindy but at least you don't have to exploit multiplayer any more. Also, I'm on PS2 so your mileage (heh) may vary. And I love getting Super Treasure Hunt. The first one I unlocked got me most of the way through the game. Oh, and the cars are way more varied than you might think. If you get stuck like I did, check a top 10 list. You won't regret it. Honestly my most disliked feature of the game is the time trials. Difficulty has no effect on that, so you need a good car.
Let me add my tips for maxing out coin usage. - First, as another reviewer said, beat the story mode first. However, you're not going to beat story mode without some good cars. So pick up Super Treasure Hunt cars as soon as you can. And if you want to make a little extra effort, find out what cars are gift cars from the story mode and if you see a car that isn't on that list, buy it. Especially if it is in a top ten list. - On PS4, at least, you can find cars that are free in the Playstation Store. Buy then all! - Open all the loot boxes you earn in story mode. If you don't have the car, use it. - If you get a duplicate, then if it's a Rare or Legendary, sell it. It's worth one new loot box for a Rare, or two for a Legendary. - If it's a Common, you earned it in story mode, and it's a duplicate, you can sell it or dismantle it, your choice. I would recommend dismantle since you will need the gears to upgrade the top ten cars that are Common or Rare, but if you'd rather try for more pulls you should get plenty of gears below. - If you BUY a loot box, always dismantle it if it's a duplicate and Common. You will lose money if you sell it. - You should always sell Rare and Legendary duplicates, whether you bought the loot box or not. You'll always get at least one more "pull". - Buy every Common or Legendary Super Treasure Hunt you see, even if they're a duplicate. You'll get 4 more pulls for selling it. (You can buy a Legendary Super Treasure Hunt too, but you'll just break even) - If you mess up and buy a car that is given as a gift in story mode, try not to upgrade it. When you get the gift version dismantle the original, don't sell it. You will lose money in almost every case. (If you got it from a free loot box you can sell it, but you'd have to make a note of where it came from. Best to just take the gears) - It's okay to use the shop and ignore loot boxes unless you get them in story mode. But I personally only buy Legendary (and STH of course) and ignore Common and Rare unless I like them. If you're going for trophies you will want to open loot boxes, so try and get the best value out of them. It's about 50-50 for Common, but every Rare you get out of a loot box saves you 700 coins. Legendary too, but if you've only got a few left to fill out your collection the chances are probably better that they'll show up in the shop. - Check multiple top ten lists. Everyone's going to have different favorites. - Oh and the way to find out if the last entry is a Super Treasure Hunt is to view it. (Triangle on PS4) The price will be 500 or 1200 for Common or Rare but you may miss a STH if you see the 2000 and assume it's just Legendary. It should always be the last entry though.
Mate, when you talked about what different kinds of racing games there are nowadays you forgot the wipeout-likes. You know, Pacer, ballisticng, the original wipeout.
I wondered if they will do more with the game? I played multiplayer for 5 months. Very fun. Only sad part I only got to play my track 1 time in multiplayer. Was fun though. I have an other track I wanted to test in multiplayer. But it has 0 likes. Used 3 days to make it... Then I made a track in 10 min and got 7 likes lol. Also I don't known why, but I played more Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Or at least the same amount. Probably because there's always full lobbies and its less serious. But I rarely use weapons. But its gives it more action and balance. HotWheels Unleashed could have more boost if you fall far behind maybe.
I may hold off of the game for now and buy it at a late date or get it as a gift. that loot box situation is a turn off but god the racing and cars look cool
Honestly, as a guy who already has put 100hrs in the game, just buy em in the shop, so you won't have to gamble with RNG and waste a shit ton of coins.
As of me making this comment Hot Wheels Unleashed now has a "Game of the Year Edition". All it is is just the base game with all the expansions, DLC, and whatnot. Buying it standalone will cost you $90 but if you already own the game, you can upgrade to the GOTY Edition for $45. I still think that Hot Wheels Unleashed is a great game, but I know for a fact that it could've been so much more. Also.... What was the point of announcing a Stadia port? Google's going to be shutting that thing down in less than 4 months. What was the plan, Milestone?
After tons and tons of racing games played i can finally say I only really enjoy racing games that are 100% arcade based, or racing games that are car combat based. Onrush is the most recent one That i still play today that is an absolute blast to play. Its literally like a 70/30 car combat/racing game with a team based point systems/ objective to win that never involves actually crossing a finish line. The most fun ive had with a racer, and its a damn shame more people didnt pick it up. The only others I seem to enjoy is a good cart racer i.e. Crash Team Tacing, and then car combat i.e. Twisted Metal "another ip that is in desperate of an hd remake for its wonderful ps1 titles. Or a full blown new ps4/ps5 game. Realistic racers are just too boring, and slow. i can't see how anyone would enjoy them in the same way i can't understand people who play sports games. The real life thing is so boring to watch, but id rather go outside and play soccer or baseball with friends than slog through it on a screen.
yeah i dont know why people like realistic sports games but i can get behind realistic racing games as well as fun kart racers, my poor ass certainly isn't gonna afford a corvette or ferrari in this lifetime.
So we gonna ignore the fact they could of made a fire ass acceleracer game with going through loops into the wheel of power and then the track.. Instead of this bs 💔😩
Just bought the GOTY edition for $20....great game...colle ting the cars is addictive af... BUT....the swinging boulder, dynamite, spiders just ruin certain levels...one of the worst things I've ever seen in a videogame
You trippin it's hotwheels in every corner we want to see the logo !!!! I fuck with your video I love this game and spent money on it very happy but they ending it idk whyyyyyyy!!!
A couple of notes for your ears:
- I wanted to include the menu music, but it's "royalty-free" through this company that basically says "we copyright claim all of this, but if you pay us a membership fee and tell us you're a member we'll remove our claims". That feels a little too extortion-adjacent for me, so I just didn't include it. It's nice stuff, though.
- I like to include actual track names as much as possible, but the only access to the Unleashed OST I had were gamerips. I don't even know if there are titles for the racing tracks, and we might not find out until there's an official release (which I hope there is).
- Yes, that is Gianni Matragrano! I asked if I could sample the Joker laugh from one of his videos, and he was very cool about the whole thing. If you don't know him, check him out.
Thanks again! Hope you enjoy. No promises, but I'm hoping to have something out in April.
Make sense
That third track you showed off in the music section is my favorite in the entire game. I just gave all the music tracks in the game fan-made names, like "Leadin' the Way!" Or "Beat That!".
Update: the artist is known as "Sharks in Venice", and the song "Leadin' the Way!" is actually called "Savage".
Every once in a while I come across a unique kind of channel that is right up my alley, that I could binge endlessly no matter the subject at hand, only to find that it is criminally underrated and in it's pilot season. Game review channels are such a staple of RUclips at this point that most of them just feel like IGN but with a slightly different dude. It's an understandably formulaic genre, but the way you inject your humor into it effortlessly without being obnoxiously "insert-funny-meme-clip" is just perfect, while still leaving space for well-paced, thoughtful, and comprehensive analysis. Details like hazards being functionally identical and the dichotomy of player-made tracks are things I never saw any other review mention. This is the best game review I've seen in a while, hope there's more to come, and that your channel grows to greater heights.
Thanks for your kind words! I really appreciate it.
Same here!
A couple notes as a player with every vehicle unlocked and maxed out:
-beat the story mode first. don't use currency for boxes and instead use the shop. It's WAY more efficient.
-if you're looking for a fast car to win with, the superman dlc car is by far the best car in the game.
-if you wanna win with your favorite car, just upgrade it to max. it's worth it. I use the garbage truck and get podium very often with it.
-super treasure hunts always appear at the bottom of the list at the shop. if you see a normal car at the bottom of the list, it's a super treasure hunt. you can actually generate currency by buying the 500-coin STH cars and then selling them for profit.
I love this game, And this was a bang-on review. I really, really wanna see more arcade-y style racers in the future with this much polish. Wreckfest is also cool.
My favorite vehicle to race with is Solid Muscle. When fully upgraded it can take turns smooth and be fast and sturdy.
Imagine not using the quattro with takumis AE86 skin..
Are you even trying to win?
holly crap thankyou so much about the super treasure, I thought "no way lemi see" and got A DOUBLE, Specifically the "Bump Around(tm)" and the "Rodger Dodger(tm)" both being my firsts and feel fantastic compared to my Bad to the Blade with 1 boost ;~;
@@Zodaxa_zdx I love the Super treasure Hunt Rodger Dodger. Somebody made a 2021 art cars livery for it, the "Steam Punk" livery, and it's just a joy to drive... When you know how to control its weight that is.
Something I love about this game is actually the expansions - the new environments and pieces for the track builder are great additions, and being able to play them online allows you to choose specific things to purchase if you don’t want to post for the entire expansion.
The beginning of the video gave me a bad feeling about it, but I am relieved to see how positive the review is, this is great :)
also, coin grind tracks stopped working a long time ago because they added a check that will give you 0 coins if the track is too short, but in that same update they made winning give you more coins in general
Solid video, definitely worth the wait. The dismantle segment sent my sides into orbit. Shoutout to youtube for saying "suck it" and not letting me watch the vid in 720p halfway through, so I had to downgrade to 480
My boy lives! Impeccable work
Great editing and narration! Love the BO3 reference and glad you covered it, it needs to be known that we can't have stuff like this in 2022.
Great review! Glad I stuck around till the end and am now subscribed!
I've subbed at the first video and just can't stop watching. Keep it up with the great work!
finally, some quality content
I'm glad it pleases you, Lord
Thank you so much for covering this game! It's like my dream game when it can out and I think it deserves more love than it got.
it's gotta earn that love which it isn't so far
Always a pleasure to see you upload
An objectionally fair review. Dropping the Shop rotation from 4 hours down to 90 minutes was a very welcome change.
Fancy seeing you here.
I’ve been subscribing to channels like crazy. But your humor literally made me subscribe and your references. Keep it up man, this shit, is some good shit.
“You have more control over the car as oppose to something more realistic” while crashing into all the walls
Me praying for the day Namco brings back Ridge Racer series and Genki to get up from the grave and make Shutokou Battle V/Tokyo Xtreme Racer 5 or something
🙏 I beg, just a cup of Ridge Racer, Riiiiidge Racer
My man, this is a very entertaining video, been looking for a car game guy that isn't a complete tool. Well done sir
Got this for free from PS+ a couple of months ago.
A nice surprise as I am a HW collector and I looked at picking up a copy when I found it on sale.
I now have the platinum trophy.
I liked the game and it feels really good when you nail down the driving techniques.
Winning online is always satisfying.
And some shortcuts are really enjoyable to hit.
I did have to turn off the music after a couple of sessions, I prefer no music when I’m racing though.
It’s also a bit grindy to get the last trophies.
Underground illegal hotwheels racing would be pretty rad. Just two dudes in sunglasses and trench coats under a bridge racing tiny cars. Sticking it to the man one lap at a time.
Gonna buy this.
Hope you like it!
@@serothel thanks, dude. By the way: really nice video, it shows how you put work in it and reviewed every aspect of the game.
TrackMania: Collision Enabled!
Glad to see more coverage of this game. Been playing a lot of it since release but it always felt like a guilty pleasure since no one else liked it.
Admittedly, this game got me back into collecting Hot Wheels.
surprisingly well-written review. funny and thorough
nice review style. like the game very much, bought it and expansions on sale at steam. A bit pricey without major discounts.
Played the game since day 1. Was super stoked about it since the first reveal trailer as it felt like a more simple F-Zero. The game does have its fair share of issues, but the gameplay is super fun and Custom Tracks make sure it never gets boring. Sadly, the playerbase has dropped a lot over time and online lobbies are a rarity, depending on time of play. Also, I stopped buying random boxes but completed my collection via the shop because I didn't want to put up with the randomness. Took me about 4 months to completly obtain and upgrade all base game vehicles. And somehow, it felt oddly satisfying.
The car after 9 secrets races the 442 mainline Olds. Only 1 I grinding for. Besides cars needed to complete specific races
When hot wheels 2 review?
Amazing review.
p.s. there are few other things that suck not mentioned in this Correct review: physics is defective - you may slide right on a ramp and for no reason then fly left - very unnatural. There are tones of small objects near the track that are small but non-destructible which if touch will instantly stop you - again very unnatural.
1:10 there actually is a glitch you can do to use multiple types of boss hazards on the same track
It’s crazy how hollowback has the same engine sound as it is in acceleracers
I'm just disappointed there isn't hidden cars you find during the races like the old original game
Excellent video :)
Thank you! :)
Nice review. Couple of quick questions. How have you found the difficulty? I read some people say it was unbalanced so races were either too easy or too hard.
Secondly, how easy would it be for young children to play? Are there decent accessibility options for novice gamers?
Thanks for watching, great questions. Difficulty is interesting here as there's a lot of variance. Not all cars are made equal so it'll feel way worse if you haven't upgraded or your car sucks. In a fully upgraded Jesko, which I believe to be fairly high-tier, Hard was a sweet spot where I needed to be on my A-game and mistakes were punished by falling at least one position. I felt like Medium was a good entry point, but has a bit of a difficulty spike moving to Hard. Easy was insultingly so - you can basically ignore boosting as a mechanic. That seems to be the core of the AI's handicap as I never saw them boost on Easy. I didn't mess with Extreme because I felt like Hard was right where I wanted things to be.
I don't have a kid to find out with, but if you can't plop em in front of Mario Kart for whatever reason this feels like a good substitute. The tracks and cars can probably keep their attention, and while there's no auto-steer or anything controls are simple enough that they can probably at least hobble through on easy if they don't gel with all the systems.
You can also make your own liveries on cars
That intro!!!!
AlexKVideos1 doesn't even come close to making a review this good.
I can say
The music is
When you ask 2010 skrillex to make music for kids racing games with 50 dollar budget
Fucking BASED game and opinion, +Respect.
Thank you Gamer.
@@serothel no problem, Homie.
I wish they would fix the rubberbanding. how the hell can the armored car and garbage truck rocket past me in the jesko 10 seconds from the finish line. it's BS.
I've been playing this game since release and this review was spot on.
I'm here because this game is free on PS+ this month.
Watching this because of the Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels DLC. What are your opinions on that one? I wanted to ask this on a HW:U video.. i'm curious
Next up for me, Monster Jam Showdown
nice review, my favorite thing about the game is definitely how solid racing is, something i think could be better is car customization, and what this game needs is a better selection of cars. looking at all of the dlc and racing seasons cars makes me wonder, who was this game made for? hot wheels fans, kids, comic book readers, street fighter players?
but i feel like that hot wheels tho. they had all types of cars for ever license at some point
As a kid I played the hell out of stunt track racer and have always enjoyed racing games since but never been much of a gamer. When Is aw this come out it sat on my wishlist. Then it finally went on sale for cheap and I bought it. I am very happy with it. I think I paid about $30 for the ultimate version or whatever and at that price its great. Lots of content to put time into. Had I paid full price I would not be as happy. The only things I wish there was more of is car customization but not like Forza. Just let me upgrade my speed and acceleration instead of random things all at once. But still its great.
what game is that 0:35
I played the shit out of Hot wheels Beat that on my PS2. That game was soo good.
If you ever get the chance, check out some of my tracks that I made. I've been having a blast with the track editor, and I've made a bunch of tracks that emphasize spatial awareness, movement mastery, and probably a big controversial aspect that I love: speed management. Go too fast, and you fly off the track. Go too slow, and you won't be able to make the jump and your opponents will be passing you left and right.
There's little to almost no obstacles on the track, with the only sort of track additions being booster strips, boost pads, accelerator strips, and the occasional magnet strip.
All of my tracks were designed to be big, beautiful, speedy spectacles for a full multiplayer lobby to enjoy, be it a public lobby or a private one with friends.
*Would you talk about Trail Out Game next month?*
Those Burnout 3 takedown references are golden 😭🤣🤣🤣
I bought this game just for the track editor. I like to create things like Mario Levels (SMM1 and SMM2) and even race tracks. I tried TrackMania Turbo and ModNation Racers but the track editors felt complicated to me. This track editor feels good to create race tracks with it. I don't race online on PS4 because i don't even have PS+ to do so and it's not required for just track creation. That means the lootbox thing doesn't effect me aswell but for those it does i can feel the pain.
I never had Hot Wheels as a child but a small Carrera race course instead.
But the courses i want to create are more in the style of F-ZERO that means no Spider or Snake stuff. I am on of the people who want to recreate F-ZERO courses. LUL Oh and some other ones aswell. LUL
The only thing that might require the use of coins for me is if the devs decide to implement purchasable race track parts.
Is there a feature for others to play tracks created by other gamers? Like a gallery or something?
You can avoid the spider. When approaching, approach at a certain angle, any angle. Then as you come up on it, swerve to another direction.
i just stick to the wall, the web gets destroyed before it touches the ground
The 3rd theme you've showed off is my favorite in the whole game. Shame the tracks don't have actual names, so I call it "Leading the Way!". My fan-made names are all Hot Wheels related, or at the very least have Hot Wheels references.
The track in the beginning, dont even go up the ramp just drive to the left and you hit the finish
The review is pretty good
10:41 Hey it's that planet from Robo wheels battle arena earth lol
love this game
After 100 hours of this game the music drives me nuts. It was cool at first but it's the same 4 or 5 tracks over and over.
Idk I just listen to either the acceleracers soundtrack or fast rave music when I play
I actually just gave myself a bunch of coins using cheat engine and got everything I wanted, since my fun came from driving and not grinding for LB I don't feel like I missed out in anything
I don't feel like I can advocate for using CE, but I can see how that eliminates the issue of chasing your next box. I did something similar with reputation in Mass Effect and found it really freeing to be able to do what I want instead of having dialogue locked behind Paragon or Renegade score.
Works pretty great on Xbox one x. Coming from turbo racing back on PSX, this was a nice surprise
this looks like a fun game lol
I'm curious if you tried any of the simcade racers like Grid or Grid Legends. With realistic cars, but more fun handling.
I haven't, but knowing that they've got more arcade handling puts them on my radar. I'll check them out!
Ultimate Edition for 21 bucks, should I get it? 🤔
Literally watching the video for the same answer, I've been waiting for a solid sale on this game
21$ is what this games launch price should be, honestly i had fun with it, racing is pretty good but it gets boring really fast. they also just added crossplay but as far as i know it's only for xbox and playstation. dlc is just awful, too much character cars for too much money. you're honestly better off either getting the hot wheels expansion for forza or mario kart 8Ds expansion
Most of the times when I wanted a car I actually hated driving it. Guess I just like my old faithful cars
I need to find a review where the person has also played Hot Wheels: Beat That! for ps2 and xbox
Ironically, distance has a LOT of acceleracers maps. And a lot of hotwheels, fzero, etc. maps.
Would love if you redid the distance review, but this time covering the more mechanically complex levels. And doing the legacy campaign and ''The other side'' (which I saw you had unlocked). The other side shows how distance is not really a ''racing'' game in the traditional sense.
There just doesn't feel like their is enough content in it and the monetization is terrible if you didn't buy the game on launch too bad you missed out on a racing season and the season pass 3 isn't in ultimate stunt edition and the battle passes are not included and what is the point of playing with a dumpster truck when its so slow there should of been a class system and why do you make content limited in a AAA game and I mean the expansions are not worth for how much they are it should of been 2 maps per season pass
dlc is an absolute ripoff and not enough actual hot wheels just crap character cars
I built a PC because of this game..
only to find out it doesn't support rtx 💀
come back turbo sperg i muss u
thank kind of car guy...lol
Why dont you play fh5?
Proper curious
Thanks for asking. The short answer is that I'm basic. The long answer is a two-parter. As far as gameplay goes, I'm deeply in the arcade racing camp. Some people really get into tuning and realistic driving (I know Horizon is pretty simcade but bear with me), but I just like to go vroom. I can tell FH5 is a well-made game, I'm just not the right audience for it. As far as the live service aspect of it, I don't like when games vault, time-limit, or otherwise lock stuff away from the player. That puts me at odds with a lot of seasonal content, and FH5 is probably the second-worst offender I've played.
@@serothel hey man relaax, i wont defend turn10tards one iota🤣
They shafted me and many many others on FH3...for whatever reasons my FH2 and FH3 plus paid dlc just up and dissapeared from my xbox account🤷♂️🤷♂️
Poof over night game doesnt exit anymore
It was the last good game they released.....they went down hill hard Took the EA approach i rekn🤣🤣🤣
Saying that ill probs end up getting fh5 for the hotwheels stuff on steams wintersale what a hypocrit hey🤣
Bcoz i see this hot wheels game footage and im thinking dang that looks reaaallly basic with nice visuals but also it looks like car choice is pure cosmetic🤷♂️
PLOT TWIST i frikn luuvvv Grid Legends i rekn they nailed that game by todays standards that is
@@serothel and the live service thing yep i get it 100%, unlockable content should never locked you out because you have other priorities,find a workaround like oh you missed it, pay 2X in game currency? Make it available in 7-14 days later?
Either way itll fulfil the purpose of companies "trying" to get ppl playing more hours on there product
@@serothel whats your worst offender? Bash these companies🤣🤣
@@MadLadMartyMcFly85 The worst I've played is Halo Infinite. I know there's worse out there, but weekly challenges, event twitch drops, and a time-limited store is a lot. I try not to look at it as bashing, just calling out bad business. I think most devs want happy players because they know that's the key to success, just sometimes they lose track of the big picture.
Search on youtube the game Horizon Chase Turbo, it's super fun to play, is a homage to 80s/90s arcade racing games and the progress is super nice and still challenging (and no microtransactions).
Was excited once the HW was coming out & once I got it, but man this game is disappointing honestly. It lacks personality and atmosphere. It didn’t have any chaos like HW Beat That on the Wii, courses were bland, same 3 OSTs playing on repeat (glad Spotify made it better) can’t believe we have 5 rooms in here. Expected to have more parts of a area like Beat That. Sure you can buy it to waste time but long term, not worth it. It feels like you are owning an NFT (never own one before but I know how people describe it to be). Also they really hate Deoras.
I'm assuming it used to not be possible to earn coins from re-running map races and Quick Races because I've seen that a lot in videos. It's still grindy but at least you don't have to exploit multiplayer any more.
Also, I'm on PS2 so your mileage (heh) may vary. And I love getting Super Treasure Hunt. The first one I unlocked got me most of the way through the game.
Oh, and the cars are way more varied than you might think. If you get stuck like I did, check a top 10 list. You won't regret it. Honestly my most disliked feature of the game is the time trials. Difficulty has no effect on that, so you need a good car.
Let me add my tips for maxing out coin usage.
- First, as another reviewer said, beat the story mode first. However, you're not going to beat story mode without some good cars. So pick up Super Treasure Hunt cars as soon as you can. And if you want to make a little extra effort, find out what cars are gift cars from the story mode and if you see a car that isn't on that list, buy it. Especially if it is in a top ten list.
- On PS4, at least, you can find cars that are free in the Playstation Store. Buy then all!
- Open all the loot boxes you earn in story mode. If you don't have the car, use it.
- If you get a duplicate, then if it's a Rare or Legendary, sell it. It's worth one new loot box for a Rare, or two for a Legendary.
- If it's a Common, you earned it in story mode, and it's a duplicate, you can sell it or dismantle it, your choice. I would recommend dismantle since you will need the gears to upgrade the top ten cars that are Common or Rare, but if you'd rather try for more pulls you should get plenty of gears below.
- If you BUY a loot box, always dismantle it if it's a duplicate and Common. You will lose money if you sell it.
- You should always sell Rare and Legendary duplicates, whether you bought the loot box or not. You'll always get at least one more "pull".
- Buy every Common or Legendary Super Treasure Hunt you see, even if they're a duplicate. You'll get 4 more pulls for selling it. (You can buy a Legendary Super Treasure Hunt too, but you'll just break even)
- If you mess up and buy a car that is given as a gift in story mode, try not to upgrade it. When you get the gift version dismantle the original, don't sell it. You will lose money in almost every case. (If you got it from a free loot box you can sell it, but you'd have to make a note of where it came from. Best to just take the gears)
- It's okay to use the shop and ignore loot boxes unless you get them in story mode. But I personally only buy Legendary (and STH of course) and ignore Common and Rare unless I like them. If you're going for trophies you will want to open loot boxes, so try and get the best value out of them. It's about 50-50 for Common, but every Rare you get out of a loot box saves you 700 coins. Legendary too, but if you've only got a few left to fill out your collection the chances are probably better that they'll show up in the shop.
- Check multiple top ten lists. Everyone's going to have different favorites.
- Oh and the way to find out if the last entry is a Super Treasure Hunt is to view it. (Triangle on PS4) The price will be 500 or 1200 for Common or Rare but you may miss a STH if you see the 2000 and assume it's just Legendary. It should always be the last entry though.
Mate, when you talked about what different kinds of racing games there are nowadays you forgot the wipeout-likes. You know, Pacer, ballisticng, the original wipeout.
I really like it, toy cars what's not to love?
character cars, limited customization, overpriced dlc, afk players, boring challenges, stupid battle pass, nothing much really.
I wondered if they will do more with the game?
I played multiplayer for 5 months. Very fun. Only sad part I only got to play my track 1 time in multiplayer. Was fun though.
I have an other track I wanted to test in multiplayer. But it has 0 likes. Used 3 days to make it...
Then I made a track in 10 min and got 7 likes lol.
Also I don't known why, but I played more Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Or at least the same amount. Probably because there's always full lobbies and its less serious. But I rarely use weapons. But its gives it more action and balance.
HotWheels Unleashed could have more boost if you fall far behind maybe.
I may hold off of the game for now and buy it at a late date or get it as a gift. that loot box situation is a turn off but god the racing and cars look cool
Does anyone else feel like the drifting is off in the game? Like I’d rather have a handbrake than just a normal brake but that’s just me
Lootboxes really ruins this.
Honestly, as a guy who already has put 100hrs in the game, just buy em in the shop, so you won't have to gamble with RNG and waste a shit ton of coins.
As of me making this comment Hot Wheels Unleashed now has a "Game of the Year Edition". All it is is just the base game with all the expansions, DLC, and whatnot.
Buying it standalone will cost you $90 but if you already own the game, you can upgrade to the GOTY Edition for $45.
I still think that Hot Wheels Unleashed is a great game, but I know for a fact that it could've been so much more.
Also.... What was the point of announcing a Stadia port? Google's going to be shutting that thing down in less than 4 months. What was the plan, Milestone?
They made the economy way better now im earning like 525 coins every race i do
rip
After tons and tons of racing games played i can finally say I only really enjoy racing games that are 100% arcade based, or racing games that are car combat based. Onrush is the most recent one That i still play today that is an absolute blast to play. Its literally like a 70/30 car combat/racing game with a team based point systems/ objective to win that never involves actually crossing a finish line. The most fun ive had with a racer, and its a damn shame more people didnt pick it up. The only others I seem to enjoy is a good cart racer i.e. Crash Team Tacing, and then car combat i.e. Twisted Metal "another ip that is in desperate of an hd remake for its wonderful ps1 titles. Or a full blown new ps4/ps5 game. Realistic racers are just too boring, and slow. i can't see how anyone would enjoy them in the same way i can't understand people who play sports games. The real life thing is so boring to watch, but id rather go outside and play soccer or baseball with friends than slog through it on a screen.
yeah i dont know why people like realistic sports games but i can get behind realistic racing games as well as fun kart racers, my poor ass certainly isn't gonna afford a corvette or ferrari in this lifetime.
I think its BS that some of the time attacks cannot be done without short cutting the track.
Play redout 2
The main reason most people play Forza is for the Anime girls decal. It's the only thing Hotwheel lacks to be a great game.
i've been playing hot wheels and i can tell you with 100% certainty that your wrong, there are plenty of anime girl decals
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So we gonna ignore the fact they could of made a fire ass acceleracer game with going through loops into the wheel of power and then the track.. Instead of this bs 💔😩
Just bought the GOTY edition for $20....great game...colle ting the cars is addictive af...
BUT....the swinging boulder, dynamite, spiders just ruin certain levels...one of the worst things I've ever seen in a videogame
I’m not wealthy, Warhammer 40K gets me wettt.
Volume 2 DLC made from a fun game a disgusting experience. Tracks in volume 2 are awful.
I bought this game because it's the closest to a new f-zero we're ever going to get. Yeah I said it 😆
check out redout 2
You trippin it's hotwheels in every corner we want to see the logo !!!! I fuck with your video I love this game and spent money on it very happy but they ending it idk whyyyyyyy!!!
Bewst
The fact that you have talked trash specifically about the joker car has earned you a thumbs down on this video.