Hot Wheels is certainly a franchise that takes me back to my childhood with all those days spent playing Mario Kart with my toy cars when I wasn’t gaming. It seems that the Hot Wheels franchise is still going strong with their latest Wii title Hot Wheels: Track Attack. This racer is targeted at the kids of today which will no doubt have some Hot Wheels merchandise marked down on their letter to Santa but is Track Attack a game that should have a place on that list?
SquareGo writes:
"Now it’s not that Hot Wheels: Track Attack is a particularly bad game – the graphics, sense of speed and controls all do passable jobs without especially wowing. It’s just not a very good game."
CSM - Hot Wheels Track Attack is a good choice for younger players who may not have a lot of experience with video games. It could best be described as an entry-level racing game. It is very different from the more popular racing series like Gran Turismo or Need for Speed in that it has very simple controls and the presentation is very basic.
GameShard writes: "My defining memory of the Hot Wheels toys was when my friend got one of the stunt tracks for his birthday. We spent hours watching the die-cast little cars race around the thing; invariably ending with one (or more) flying off into the air and crashing somewhere over the other side of the living room floor. Those loops were a killer.
This is the Hot Wheels that Wii / DS Racer Track Attack seeks to embody; not the collectors market of the classic Hot Wheels toys, and not even the more character-driven antics of the Battle Force 5 range. The emphasis in Track Attack is firmly on stunts, speed, and drifting around the track faster than everyone else."
