Hot Wheels Unleashed

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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		Collectors Edition and Ultimate Stunt Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Game of The Year Edition also available.
Humble Store
Steam		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.

Essential improvements

Skip intro video

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED\hotwheels\Content\Movies\` 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
Bone Shaker Unleashed Edition

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

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		^{[citation needed]}
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA (low and high) and TXAA (low and high)
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 1.0, DLSS 2.2 DLSS is not available in the Microsoft Store version.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		in game nits-adjustment (1000 or 2000 Nits)
Ray tracing (RT)

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

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Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master and Music sliders available.
Surround sound
Subtitles		No spoken dialogue is present within the game.
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	Intel Core i7-5820K AMD Ryzen 5 2600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	22 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1271700/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1271700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1271700/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (1271700) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1271700/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (1271700) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

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