Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit dev making Hot Wheels mixed reality racer
Velan Studios, the developer behind Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit and the sadly soon-to-go-offline Knockout City, has unveiled Hot Wheels: Rift Rally, a new mixed reality racer that’s coming to PlayStation 5, PS4, and iOS on 14th March.
Like Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit before it, Hot Wheels: Rift Rally includes a bunch of physical components – in this case, a remote control car known as the Chameleon RC and four “mixed reality gates” used to lay out courses in the real-world – all of which are transformed into something a little more exotic when viewed on a screen.
The Chameleon RC, for instance, can take on the appearance of over 140 different vehicles, ranging from classic Hot Wheels cars (think Twin Mill, Bone Shaker, Gotta Go, and Mach Speeder) to a number of Rift Rally originals.
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