It’s been a long while since I’ve played racing games. I guess the exhaustive list of racing games I actually played were remedy’s death rally, flatout, burnout, the original need for speed games and maybe a little forza here and there. Hot Wheels was most reminiscent of burnout actually, with a similar boosting mechanic and quite forgiving controls.
The games isn’t very challenging and very forgiving, but somehow still plays well to the completionist heart to collect cars. Especially because I was playing this with my kids, the game does an excellent job at promoting the Hot Wheels merchandise and making the appearance of dinosaurs, snapping shark jaws and spiders memorable objects in the scenery.