Velan Studios announced Hot Wheels: Rift Rally for iOS, PS5 and PS4, a mixed reality racing game where players can control cars remotely via a track set up in their own homes. Surname. If that sounds familiar to Nintendo Mario Kart Live: Track at home game, that’s no coincidence, as Velan Studios is the developer behind it.
For Rift Rally, the studio will use the technology that brought Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit to life a few years ago, but with a Hot Wheels spin. The game bundle includes the Chameleon RC vehicle, which can be digitally transformed into one of 22 core vehicles, and over 140 vehicle variants such as Twin Mill, Bone Shaker, Mach Speeder and Gotta Go, while the core gameplay will focus on custom races, multiplayer, and new cross-platform features.
Similar to Mario Kart Live’s RC karts, the Rift Rally is equipped with a 1080p built-in camera and about two hours of battery life. The RC car has headlights, brake lights, engine belts and fans working, and when active, the camera will respond to a live version of your race zone designed to look like a Hot Wheels track. In Campaign mode, players can set up Rift Gates to create a mixed reality track and explore different challenge maps, each with multiple challenges to complete. In Stunt mode, players drive while chaining drifts, wheels, and burnout to score high and earn rewards.
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Hot Wheels: Rift Rally will launch on the App Store for iOS and PlayStation Store on March 14, 2023. Like Mario Kart Live, the gameplay software will be free, while the standard physical version includes RC car and four cracked gates will cost you $130. The collector’s edition will also be available for $150 and includes a special edition Chameleon car with black trim and gold accents and a world edition McLaren Senna Hot Wheels cast car. in the display case.
If you prefer something more traditional when it comes to Hot Wheels, there are currently two great options available. ONE Hot Wheels expansion for Forza Horizon 5 came out last year and lets you build your own gravity-defying tracks, and Hot Wheels launched is a snake racing game that combines original vehicle designs with iconic games from the silver screen.
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