Milestone’s Hot Wheels Infinite Rush has landed, and Traxion’s review calls it a charming open-world racing playset. That is a notable shift for a series that, until now, lived on tightly designed track pieces.

The headline detail is the structure. The two Unleashed games were built around modular circuits, the kind of orange plastic loops and jumps most of us remember from a bedroom floor. Infinite Rush moves the franchise into an open world instead, which changes what a Hot Wheels game is fundamentally about. Rather than lapping a fixed layout, you are exploring a space and picking your own lines through it. Traxion’s verdict frames the result as a playset rather than a racer, and that word choice tells you a lot about the tone Milestone is going for.

Beyond that, the source is light on specifics. No platform list, price, or performance figures are quoted in the summary, so we will not guess at them here. If you want the full breakdown, the linked review is where to go.

Why should sim racers care about a toy-car arcade game? Mostly because of who made it. Milestone is the studio behind the MotoGP and Ride series and, more recently, the Screamer revival. Their arcade output is the same team stretching a different set of muscles, and how they handle physics and feel in a loose open-world setting is a reasonable indicator of the studio’s broader direction. It is also a useful reminder that not every racing release needs to be a lap-time grind. Sometimes a game that simply enjoys cars is worth an evening, even for people who normally spend their time chasing tenths.

Set expectations accordingly. This is not a sim, does not pretend to be, and the review does not suggest otherwise.

Originally reported by Traxion.