Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Review – A Toy Box Brought to Life

A while back, I reviewed a Milestone game called MotoGP26, a serious and highly detailed motorcycle racing simulation. If you had told me then that the same developers would go on to create a fun, over-the-top, and completely unserious Hot Wheels racing game, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. Yet here we are.

Milestone has delivered in a big way with Hot Wheels Infinite Rush, a wickedly wild racing adventure that proves the studio is more than capable of stepping away from simulation and embracing pure arcade chaos.

Game Name: Hot Wheels Infinite Rush
Platform(s): PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Nintendo Switch 2
Reviewed On: Xbox Series X
Publisher(s): Milestone
Developer(s): Milestone
Release Date: September, 10th 2026

What Is The Game

Hot Wheels Infinite Rush is a fun Racing/Adventure game set across a 4-island archipelago. These 4 islands are Wheelswood, the city-based map with a gorilla towering above. Tentacle Bay, the coastal map being taken over by a giant squid. Gearsville, the desert map adorned with a humongous scorpion, and finally, Drifty Temple, a Japanese-influenced map with dragons, koi, and even a mountain (Fuji-like). You first go island to island collecting 5 trophies each, but once you have done that, you are free to tackle the game however you’d like.

Each map has lots of things to do other than racing to earn trophies, hidden cogs, stickers, and Hot Wheels logos to find. Exploration is as much a thing as just racing; this is an “open world” game after all. This is my bread and butter when it comes to games of this genre. I won’t stop until I find every single collectible, and in Hot Wheels Infinite Rush, you are rewarded with cars as you finish the collections

Your goal is to collect trophies through several different events. These events vary from circuits, 1 lap, destruction, and a few others. When you arrive at the destination to start an event, you will be told which car category you will be racing in. These categories are Versatile, Drifter, Speeder & Titan. All 4 types have their advantages and disadvantages.

The versatile class is where all the middle-ground cars go. They may not be the fastest or the best at drifting, but they have their place in races. Most importantly, this is the class where you will find the wacky, fun, crazy cars, cars such as Feline Lucky, a car based on a Chinese Waving Cat (Maneki-neko), you have Duck n Roll, a drivable duck on wheels, and Dragon Blaster, but don’t just think this is all just novelty cars, there is some “normal” cars in this class too.

Drifters are exactly what you would think; they slide well and look good doing it. As you’d expect with the inclusion of drift class, there are a couple of drift races to compete in. In the same light, Speeders are the fast class, speed in name, speed in practice. The Titan class is the beefy boy class; these beasts tear up all terrain and make a mess doing it.

Create your own world

While not having a creative bone in my body, one of my favorite things to do, if I’m given the chance, is to take a look at all the amazingly creative people there are out there in the gaming space. With Hot Wheels Infinite Rush and its creative suite, I can do that.

From Liveries to Logos and a Track Builder, Hot Wheels Infinite Rush gives you all the tools to make your cars look how you want, with a bunch of premade designs and enough generic ones to help you create a masterpiece. I can’t wait to see what the community creates, and with the ability to share online, I think we’ll see a lot.

Touching on the Track Builder. Here is where you can go wild with loads of Hot Wheels sets already available, from the classics like the Shark Jaws, where a shark is out to eat you, all the way to Spider Ambush, where a spider is shooting webs onto the track, trying to get you all tangled up. This feature is super cool because it has themes and sets that you can buy in real life. Seeing the Shark Attack, something my son has in his bedroom, made him shout out, “Hey, I have that,” upon seeing it in the game.

Collection is key

With over 150 different cars to collect on release. My son and I decided to look through his collection and ask ourselves, “What fun Hot Wheels would we like to see in the game?” So we rummaged through his collection to pick a few we’d like to see in the game.

We had so much fun finding cars that were in the game and then finding cars we liked. While looking, we also found some Hot Wheels that are official crossovers. From Monopoly, Barbie, and Monster High to more collabs you’d expect, like Mario Kart. These crossovers in real life made us think about what DLC could come.

Online

Online multiplayer is also available in Hot Wheels Infinite Rush, giving you the chance to take your racing skills online and compete against other players. However, because I was playing with an early review copy ahead of launch, the online lobbies were understandably pretty quiet, with very few, if any, other players available to race against. As a result, I haven’t been able to properly test how busy or enjoyable the online experience will be once the game is in the hands of the wider community. This is something I will be keen to revisit after launch, as the fast-paced racing and huge variety of cars could make for some great online races.

Accessibility & Settings

For a Hot Wheels game, all the setting and helps you’d expect are there. From being able to change the difficulty from easy all the way to very hard, there is something for every age. Also, being able to slow down the gameplay is a nice touch. While I never really changed it, I can see this being a great setting for young people who want to play a Hot Wheels game.

Something you rarely see in games, especially racing games, is the ability to remap controls. Well, Milestone has put this option in the game. Being able to map acceleration to the A button really helped my son learn the game.

Performance

Playing on Xbox Series X, I had zero problems, even with me getting a very early review code. Obviously, different consoles and hardware yield different results, but again, for me, this game was amazing. One thing I did have a problem with was loading times, although these were manageable. This is an issue I would have hoped Milestone would have sorted out at launch.

One downside, and again, something I expect them to sort before release. Sometimes, a sound bug occurs, which is a real ear sore. To the point, I can’t play the game with headphones on, just in case this bug happens.

Summary

Hot Wheels Infinite Rush captures much of what makes Hot Wheels so much fun, combining fast-paced racing with open-world exploration, collectibles, and over 150 cars to discover. The four islands are packed with things to do, while the different car classes give each race its own feel. Whether you’re drifting, speeding around the track, or smashing through the environment in a Titan, there is plenty of variety to keep things entertaining.

What really shines for me is the game’s creativity and accessibility. The livery editor, logo creator, and Track Builder give players plenty of tools to create their own experiences, while the inclusion of real-world Hot Wheels sets is a fantastic touch. The range of difficulty options, gameplay speed adjustments, and fully remappable controls also make the game accessible to a much wider audience. Playing through the game and exploring the car collection with my son made the experience even more enjoyable.

There are a few issues, mainly the longer loading times and an occasional sound bug that can be particularly unpleasant with headphones, but my overall experience on Xbox Series X was very positive. Hot Wheels Infinite Rush delivers fast racing, ridiculous cars, exploration, creativity, and plenty of reasons to keep playing. For me, its biggest success is how well it works as both a fun racing game and something I can enjoy exploring and collecting with my son.

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Review Disclosure Statement: A copy of Hot Wheels Infinite Rush was provided to us for review purposes by Milestone. For more information on how we review video games and other media/technology, please review our Review Guideline/Scoring Policy for more info.