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Latest revision as of 14:16, 18 March 2024

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Hot Wheels Unleashed
Hot Wheels Unleashed cover
Developers
Milestone S.r.l.
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows September 30, 2021
Reception
Metacritic 79
OpenCritic 75
IGDB 76
Taxonomy
Monetization Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Track racing
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Series Hot Wheels Unleashed, Hot Wheels
Hot Wheels Unleashed on HowLongToBeat
Hot Wheels Unleashed on IGDB
Hot Wheels Unleashed on MobyGames
Hot Wheels Unleashed on Wikipedia
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Subseries of Hot Wheels
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2021
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged 2023

Hot Wheels Unleashed is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing game in the Hot Wheels Unleashed and Hot Wheels series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Collectors Edition and Ultimate Stunt Edition also available.
Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Game of The Year Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Collectors Edition and Ultimate Stunt Edition also available.

If the Steam.exe file is renamed to steam.exe.bak for example the game can be launched directly from the executable file, and thus becomes DRM-Free.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro video

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED\hotwheels\Content\Movies\
  2. Rename Intro.mp4.

Monetization

Type Notes
Expansion pack Each expansion pack includes additional vehicles, a customization pack, a module for the Track Builder, and a new track environment.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Pass Vol. 1 Includes 10 vehicles, 3 customization packs, 3 Track Builder modules, and 1 expansion pack
Windows
Bone Shaker Unleashed Edition
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\hotwheels\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1271700/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\hotwheels\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1271700/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Thai

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2
LAN play
Online play
12

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 8.1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500K
AMD FX-6350
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 22 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References