Hot Wheels: World's Best Driver

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Hot Wheels: World's Best Driver
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Developer(s) Firebrand Games [1]
Publisher(s) Warner Bros. Games
Chillingo (iOS) [2]
Series Hot Wheels
Platform(s)
Release
  • NA: September 17, 2013
Genre(s) Auto racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Hot Wheels: World's Best Driver is an arcade-style video game based on the Hot Wheels toyline by Mattel, developed by Firebrand Games [1] and published by Warner Bros. Games. It was released on September 17, 2013, for Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, and iOS.

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Gameplay

World's Best Driver is an arcade-style video game. Players can play as either the Green, Red, Blue, and Yellow Team. Each team possess a different skill asset: Green Team focuses on speed, Red Team focuses on stunts, Blue Team on drifting, and Yellow Team on desctruction. [1]

Reception

Hot Wheels World's Best Driver received generally unfavorable reviews.

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