Hot Wheels: Ultimate Racing

Ultimate Racing is the first game in the series of Hot Wheels licensees to
appear on the PSP platform. Just like the other games, it is a straightforward
racing game with a focus on arcade gameplay. The game offers three game modes:

* Ultimate Challenge : win races to unlock new cars, tracks, challenges and performance upgrades.

* Arcade Mode : quick play based on the unlocked content from the Ultimate Challenge mode.

* Multiplayer Mode : quick races or checkpoint-based races for up to four players

In Ultimate Challenge, there are six main stages to choose from, with eleven
tracks and twenty licensed cars in total. The game starts from a central
warehouse where all unlocked cars are stored. These can be upgraded or
customized in the garage. Next to the performance upgrades, players can tweak
the colors of the body, glass, neon, wheels, and change the wheels and decals.

The Arcade Mode is further divided into different challenges: Quick Race,
Survival Mode (complete a series of increasingly difficult races and avoid
being kicked out), Collector (checkpoint-based races) and Time Trial.

Next to regular racing controls such as brakes and acceleration, players can
also use NOS (boost) and Slow Motion (slow down time during difficult
sections). The use is limited as it depletes a reserve. It can be refilled by
passing by obstacles without hitting them or completing tricky jumps. Tracks,
with themes such as Volcano, Jungle or Death Valley, are generally filled with
obstacles, moving objects or animals. The focus is entirely on racing, there
are no weapons or other offensive means and the cars can only be slowed down,
unable to sustain damage.

There are three different camera settings and ghost cars are supported during
time trials.