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Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels
Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels takes players to six new themed islands located off the coast of Australia; all connected by a network of Hot Wheels tracks – positioned hundreds of feet in the air – featuring classic Hot Wheels configurations like loops, corkscrews, and more. This is stunt driving at its most extreme, where you can master tracks by perf...
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- Released
- May 9, 2017
- Developer
- Playground Games
- Genres
- Racing · Open world
- Publisher
- Microsoft Studios
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Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
In all honesty, nobody, me included, ever expected Playground Games to take this route with its next expansion, but I’m very glad they did. Whilst it may not cater to players who want a more down-to-earth arcade experience, the Hot Wheels expansion is a breath of fresh air in a genre that nowadays often seems to take itself a little too seriously.
Back in 2011, pro racer, stunt driver, and X-Games gold medallist Tanner Foust successfully launched his Team Hot Wheels trophy truck further than any other four-wheeled vehicle in history. He did it from a giant jump assembled at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, built to appear like a life-sized length of bright orange Hot Wheels track. Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels is Foust’s enormous toy ramp surrounded by a city-sized network of equally insane stunt tracks: a bedroom floor on an unlimited budget. What’s not to love? A delightful, daring, and different expansion that reinforces Forza Horizon ...
Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels brings thrills and spills, but still plenty of depth.
Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels is a lovely and fun addition to one of the world's best arcade racing games. It feels more playful than the other content and it is (in spite of our initial scepticism) actually very good and complements the experience. To throw your car around a loop and then back down in a hurry is just as fun the first time as it is the one hundredth. We would have liked to have seen some more new features that directly impacted the game mechanics so that it really justified the price tag, but if you own Forza Horizon 3, you'll no doubt extend your fun with this slice of DLC.
Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels works even though it occupies a weird space. It doesn’t play to Forza Horizon‘s strengths and, eventually, it doesn’t even feel much like Hot Wheels anymore. It’s claustrophobic and constricting in a way this franchise hasn’t been before. In a twist of irony, it’s the Hot Wheels aspect that prevents this expansion from ever performing anything spectacularly perilous.