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Just over a month back, we ran a story on a brand new Hot Wheels arcade racer by Adrenaline Amusements<\/a> that suddenly had a manual listed on their website folder link. Besides some reports of Dave & Busters locations receiving cabinets and them not being up and running yet (apparently the software wasn\u2019t delivered with them), things then went silent. Fast forward a week and this game is now available to play, with some videos popping up to show us what it\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n As of this time, there is no official confirmation on this title from Adrenaline, essentially leaving this like a general test. However, with the game now beginning operations at Dave & Busters across the land, we have cobbled together some brief footage and details from people who\u2019ve already given it a play. Let\u2019s take a closer look at Hot Wheels: Victory Lap<\/em>.<\/p>\n From the few pieces of Hot Wheels: Victory Lap footage that have made it out below (including a new TV commercial for Dave & Busters in which it appears), there are a few details to be gleaned already. First off, you\u2019ll note the subtitle added to the game\u2019s name. That was nowhere to be found on the early manual that showed up and formed the basis of the previous post (although it was pretty bare on specifics regarding the game anyway, looking like a quick copy\/paste of the NFS Heat Takedown manual with some modifications).<\/p>\n The subtitle is a bit of a misnomer though, as according to Jdevy (who gave us our first proper glimpse of the game, and detailed it in our Discord server + on the D&B subreddit<\/a>), it is not a closed-loop racer with selectable courses and laps. Instead, the game content consists of several randomized A to B tracks through canyons, valleys and suburbs, and a few selectable Hot Wheels cars \u2013 basically making it a reskinned Need For Speed Heat Takedow<\/em>n in both hardware and software.<\/p>\n The few changes made besides the obvious cosmetic ones include swapping out NFS Heat\u2019s cop chase sequences for the signature Hot Wheels loop-de-loops, as well as a monster that the first place winner gets to fly into (which reminded Jdevy of FnF Arcade + Top Gun Maverick). Alongside the loops, there are additionally scripted ramps that change the camera angle up. According to a comment on this second post about it<\/a> there should be slightly more drifting action than NFS too. Fortunately, this also means that graphically it looks sharp.<\/p>\nHot Wheels: Victory Lap<\/h3>\n
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