![]() It's pretty annoying to perform perfectly in two races and then have your hopes and dreams crushed in the third". ![]() However, if you mess up just one race, the entire thing is over and you have to go back to the first race. Each stage is a set of races with each race having some requirements to proceed (you must place first, in the top three, etc). Some of the later stages are worth unlocking and there is some genuine creativity to some of the traps, but the frustration involved in unlocking them might dissuade people. Pereira felt that the gameplay's reliance on turbo boosts and slow motion "is actually its biggest problem", and wrote that "all of the graphics are muddy, and it's sometimes hard to tell where the road ends and walls begin. You will have to memorize the courses to get anywhere in this game". Not to mention that your numbered position doesn't actually stay on the screen - it annoyingly flashes in the upper left hand corner at the most random times. There is no warning of where these cars come from or how they even got so close. It's kind of like F-Zero GX without the tight controls to justify the difficulty. You can be way ahead of everyone for two laps, barely nick a corner in the third, and find yourself in last place. Michael Pereira of IGN called the gameplay "brutally unforgiving", saying it "is inconsistent with its harshness. On review aggregator Metacritic, Hot Wheels Ultimate Racing has a score of 60, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The game was subsequently released in Europe on August 24, and in Australia on September 20. Hot Wheels Ultimate Racing was released in North America on June 29, 2007. The game also includes a local multiplayer mode for up to four people. In Collector mode, the player is the sole vehicle and must collect golden medals scattered around a racetrack. In Time Trial mode, the player must race against a time limit. In Survival mode, the player must win races that become increasingly difficult. In Quick Race, the player may choose any track on which to race. Hot Wheels Ultimate Racing features four gameplay modes. Performance upgrades, including better acceleration, improved handling, and new tires, can be won from races. The player can use turbo boosts to speed up in races, and slow-motion to safely drift around corners both abilities are depleted as they are used, and can be refilled by landing specific giant jumps or by avoiding the traps and enemies in each level. Each level features a major trap or enemy that must be avoided, such as giant boulders, a giant scorpion, and a giant octopus. The courses are divided across four areas: Death Valley, Jungle, Metropolis, and Volcano. The game features 11 courses, each one resembling real Hot Wheels toy racetracks. Hot Wheels Ultimate Racing features 26 vehicles based on Hot Wheels toy cars. The game is based on the Hot Wheels toy line which manufactured by Mattel. Hot Wheels Ultimate Racing is a 2007 racing video game developed by Italian company Raylight Studios and published by DSI Games for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) exclusively.
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