{"id":20647,"date":"2020-11-23T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T00:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=20647"},"modified":"2020-10-23T12:46:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T12:46:28","slug":"hot-wheels-unlimited-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/23\/hot-wheels-unlimited-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Wheels Unlimited (Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For generations, kids have played with Hot Wheels toy cars.\u00a0 Heck, I certainly did back in the day.\u00a0 Even now I\u2019m really tempted to get those Mario Kart Hot Wheels, but I have to practice restraint and not do that.\u00a0 Sucks being an adult sometimes!\u00a0 Anyway, now there\u2019s a Hot Wheels game for the younger fans called Hot Wheels Unlimited.\u00a0 Build tracks and race on them in this free-to-play mobile game (reviewed on iPad here).<\/p>\n

I was lucky enough to get a complimentary Unlimited Pass for review purposes which let me do more things than if you just downloaded the game for free.\u00a0 I think the pass just lets you complete three times as many challenges a day and unlock more cars.\u00a0 Anyway, there are two main modes of this game.\u00a0 Puzzle and Race.\u00a0 In Puzzle, you must drag and drop track pieces to make a full track, then you can race on it in 3-D!\u00a0 Most of the time, these puzzles are pretty easy and straightforward.\u00a0 But they did get a little trickier later on.\u00a0 If you need help, you can tap on an airplane icon for a hint, and it seems you can use those hints as many times as you want if you wait long enough.<\/p>\n

In the Race mode, you just compete against another Hot Wheels car in a race on a pre-built track.\u00a0 You control your car with the touch screen, similar to how Mario Kart Tour works.\u00a0 As you race, a boost meter will fill and when it\u2019s full you can tap it for a boost of speed.\u00a0 You can also collect icons on the tracks to fill the meter as well.\u00a0 As long as you press the boost meter immediately when it\u2019s full, you can usually win the race.\u00a0 It\u2019s easy because boosting also automatically steers your car as well.\u00a0 I only lost once, and when I did it let me try the challenge again with no penalty, so the game is overall pretty easy and good for younger fans.<\/p>\n

Each day you get a card and when you complete three puzzle and three race challenges, you unlock a new car to race as.\u00a0 Sometimes you can unlock new track pieces, too.\u00a0 But then you have to wait a whole day to play more challenges.\u00a0 With the Unlimited Pass I had six chances, and that didn\u2019t seem like enough playtime and I\u2019d hate to have to wait a whole day if I were a little kid.\u00a0 But while you wait, you can still build your own tracks and race on them, and view your unlocked cars in a garage.\u00a0 Aside from having to wait to play again, the only other problem I had with the game is the announcer guy is way too enthusiastic and it gets annoying.\u00a0 While I think the Hot Wheels mobile game I reviewed last year was more interesting<\/strong><\/a>, it\u2019s cool to see them make a Hot Wheels game for the younger kids out there.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed, but parental supervision is recommended for the in-game purchases.\u00a0 There are no in-game ads, but I think the whole thing is just a commercial for the new Hot Wheels Unlimited cars and track toys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For generations, kids have played with Hot Wheels toy cars.\u00a0 Heck, I certainly did back in the day.\u00a0 Even now I\u2019m really tempted to get those Mario Kart Hot Wheels, but I have to practice restraint and not do that.\u00a0 Sucks being an adult sometimes!\u00a0 Anyway, now there\u2019s a Hot Wheels game for the younger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20647"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20649,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20647\/revisions\/20649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}