Hot Wheels: Beat That!

Hot Wheels: Beat That! is a racing video game released in September 2007 and based on the Hot Wheels toy line manufactured by Mattel. The game was developed by Eutechnyx and published by Activision. It was released for Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo Wii. It features 16 unique levels, four fully modelled zones, 30 authentically modelled, fully playable vehicles, two-player split-screen, competitive power-ups, and vehicular combat. Contrary to most Hot Wheels games, Hot Wheels: Beat That! shrinks the player down to the size of the iconic toy cars, rather than transforming the cars to 1:1 scale.

Game Modes[]

Hot Wheels: Beat That! has six unique game modes.

Quick Race[]

Standard three lap race. The multiplayer version allows players to customize the amount of laps and racers.

Eliminator[]

Game mode in which the last place car is disqualified every 30 seconds. Last car standing is the winner. The multiplayer version allows players to customize the amount of racers.

Rampage (single player only)[]

Game mode in which you need to destroy a set amount of cars to win.

Tournament[]

A series of four three-lap races taking place on all of the tracks in a given environment. Each race awards a set amount of points, the driver with the most amount of points at the end of the tournament is the winner.

Position	Point(s)
1st	+12
2nd	+10
3rd	+8
4th	+6
5th	+4
6th	+2
7th	+1
8th	+0

Stock Battle (multiplayer only)[]

Game mode in which two players fight each other in the arena, where they must attack another player until they reach the specified point target first to win.

Time Battle (multiplayer only)[]

Game mode in which it plays similar to stock battle, only difference is they will have a limited amount of time to score as many points as possible. Whoever has more points than the other after time runs out wins. If both players end with the same amount of points after time runs out, a sudden death match will occur in which whoever scores the next point is declared the winner.

Playable Vehicles[]

Model Name	Real World Counterpart (or closest)	Unlock Conditions	Platforms	Photo: Real World Counterpart (or closest)
Brutalistic	2007 Treasure Hunts	Unlocked from start	All
SpecTyte	2006 AcceleRacers: Realm	Unlocked from start	All
Covelight	2006 AcceleRacers: Acceleron	Unlocked from start	All
Fandango	2006 Sci-Fi Hiway 5-Pack	Unlocked from start	DS
Vandetta	2006 X-Raycers 5-Pack	Unlocked from start	DS
Rapid Transit	2005 Heat Fleet II 5-Pack	Unlocked from start	DS
Rapid Transit	2006 Bone Blazers	Unlocked from start	All
Off Track	2006 Off Road Warriors 5-Pack	Unlocked from start	PC, PS2, Wii, X360
Mid Drift	2006 Drift Kings	Unlocked from start	PC, PS2, Wii, X360
Bully Goat	2006 V-Drop	Unlocked from start	All
Cool-One	2006 Urban 5-Pack	Unlocked from start	All
Sooo Fast	2005 Heat Fleet II 5-Pack	Unlocked from start	All
Jack Hammer	2006 AcceleRacers: Realm	Unlocked from start	All
MST Suzuka	2005 White Heat	Unlocked from start	PC, PS2, Wii, X360
Formul8r	2007 Hot Wheels Racing	Unlocked from start	All
Rockster	2006 Hot Trucks 5-Pack	Unlocked from start	All
Chicane	2006 AcceleRacers: Team Colors	Unlocked from start	All
Drift 24/Seven	2006 Drift Kings	Unlocked from start	DS
Hot Wheels Drift King 24/Seven	2007 Hot Wheels Racing	Come 3rd or higher in the Bedroom Tournament in Turbo Mode (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) Finish the Bedroom Tournament in Turbo Mode (DS)	All
The Demon	2006 6th Annual Hot Wheels Collectors Nationals	Come 3rd or higher in the Mini Golf Tournament in Turbo Mode (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) Finish the Mini Golf Tournament in Turbo Mode (DS)	All
Phantom Racer	2005 White Heat	Come 3rd or higher in the Attic Tournament in Turbo Mode	PC, PS2, Wii, X360
Burl-Esque	2006 X-Raycers 5-Pack	Finish the Attic Tournament in Turbo Mode	DS
16 Angels	2004 First Editions (Red instead of purple)	Come 3rd or higher in the Bowling Alley Tournament in Turbo Mode (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) Finish Turbo Mode (DS)	All
Super Tsunami	2006 Drift Kings	Collect all flames in Turbo Mode (All platforms)	All
Muscle Tone	2006 Terrordactyl 5-Pack	Come 2nd or higher in the Bedroom Tournament in Nitro Mode (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) Finish the Bedroom Tournament in Nitro Mode (DS)	All
Bone Shaker	2006 First Editions	Come 2nd or higher in the Mini Golf Tournament in Nitro Mode (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) Finish the Mini Golf Tournament in Nitro mode (DS)	All
Battle Spec	2006 AcceleRacers: Accelecharged	Come 2nd or higher in the Attic Tournament in Nitro Mode (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) Finish the Attic Tournament in Nitro Mode (DS)	All
Nitro Door Slammer	2007 New Models	Come 2nd or higher in the Bowling Ally Tournament in Nitro Mode	PC, PS2, Wii, X360
Synkro	2006 AcceleRacers: Team Colors	Finish Nitro Mode	DS
Da Kar	2006 Off Road Warriors 5-Pack	Collect all flames in Nitro Mode	PC, PS2, Wii, X360
Vulture	2006 Sci-Fi Hiway 5-Pack	Collect all flames in Nitro Mode	DS
Hollowback	2006 AcceleRacers (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) 2005 AcceleRacers: Metal Maniacs (DS)	Come 1st in the Bedroom Tournament in Inferno Mode (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) Finish the Bedroom Tournament in Inferno Mode (DS)	PC, PS2, Wii, X360
Dieselboy	2006 First Editions	Come 1st in the Mini Golf Tournament in Inferno Mode (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) Finish the Mini Golf Tournament in Inferno Mode (DS)	PC, PS2, Wii, X360
Spine Buster	2006 AcceleRacers: Acceleron	Come 1st in the Attic Tournament in Inferno Mode (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) Finish the Attic Tournament in Inferno Mode (DS)	PC, PS2, Wii, X360
Power Bomb	2006 AcceleRacers: Team Colors	Come 1st in the Bowling Alley Tournament in Inferno Mode (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) Collect all flames in Inferno Mode (DS)	All
Carbide	2006 AcceleRacers Team Colors	Finish Inferno Mode	DS
Speed Bump	2006 V-Drop	Collect all flames in Inferno Mode	PC, PS2, Wii, X360
Shadow MkII	2005 Hot Wheels Racing	Cheat code	PS2, DS, Wii, X360	8

Weapons[]

To earn weapons, the player simply drives to either flamed rings or blue rings. Flamed rings will give normal weapons, while blue rings give supercharged weapons. For normal weapons, to supercharge it, the player will need to perform tricks by drifting, drafting, and jumping to fill up the Hot Wheels meter. Once it's full, they can supercharge it into a more powerful weapon.

Name	Image		Description
Name	Normal	Supercharged	Normal	Supercharged
Smoke			Blinds visibility with a thick smoke.	Similar to normal version, however they also drop explosive gases from the back.
Shield			Orange shield, lasts for a short amount of time.	Blue shield, lasts longer than the normal version, and whenever an opponent shoots the player, they will receive a weapon from an opponent.
Mine			Drops landmines to slow down opponents.	Like normal version, however they will have 3 mines.
Boost			Gives an extra speed when used. Can be used to open shortcuts.	Like normal version, however 3 boosts will be provided.
Tesla			Temporarily disables car engine.	Temporarily disables car steering. Commonly found in blue rings.
EMP			Temporarily disables weapon and destroys all active mines and missiles on track.	Permanently destroys weapon and destroys all active mines and missiles on track. Commonly found in blue rings.
Ice-Gun			Launches a bunch of ice in front of the opponents.	3 ice-guns will be provided, allowing players to instantly freeze rivals, and like rockets and parachutes, they become self-steering weapons.
Rockets			3 rockets will be provided, which can be used to open shortcuts.	Similar to normal version, however they turn into self-steering rockets. Rarely found in blue rings.
Mortar			3 mortars launched into the sky, which can also be used to open shortcuts.	5 mortars launched into the sky, twice.
Parachutes			3 parachutes will be provided, allowing the player to slow down opponents.	3 parachutes combined into one shot, and like rockets and ice-guns, they have self-steering ability.
Air-Strike			Sends a jet fighter which will drop mines on the first place driver.	Similar to normal version, however the jet fighter will drop mines on all opponents on its way to the first place driver. Rarely found in blue rings.

Zones[]

Name	Platforms	Tracks
Bedroom	All	Floorboard Frenzy Bedroom Brawl Desktop Dash Bathroom Break
Mini Golf	All	Spooky Sprint Underwater Washout Witch Doctor Way T-Rex Rush
Attic	All	Train Set Twist Science Speedway Pinball Pursuit Hairpin Highway
Bowling Alley	PC, PS2, Wii, X360	Bowling Ball Bash Ten Pin Tearaway Arcade Alley Multi-Lane Mash

Trivia[]

The Shadow MkII can be unlocked with a button combination at the car selection screen. Be sure to put in the combination quick! For Xbox 360 : Left, X Left, X, Left Bumper, Right Bumper, Right Bumper, X. For Ps2 : Left, Square, Left, Square, L1, R1, R1, Square. For Wii: Left, +, Left, +, Shake Wii Remote, -, -, + (for the remote itself, might work w/ Nunchuck). For DS: Hold L and press Up, Y, X, Down, X, Y, Up. PC: This car cannot be unlocked on the PC version (or has yet to be discovered through a code).
On Hot Wheels Beat That, Mid Drift, Off Track, MST Suzuka, Phantom Racer and Nitro Door Slammer were replaced with Fandango, Vandetta, Rapid Transit, Burl-Esque, and Synkro on the DS Version.
Both 16 Angles and Bully Goat have different counterparts from the actual model itself compared to the game ( 16 Angel's counterpart is purple but on the game is red), (Bully Goat's Counterpart is purple but on the game is blue).
Spine Buster on the DS version was misspelt.
Hot Wheels Beat That on the PS2 version seem to have minor glitches, if the player on Multi-Lane Mash have so much things going on when entering the Machinery Area it will result in a game crash and you will have to restart your entire game.
On console and PC version of Hot Wheels Beat That, Goals 1 and 2 will never change regardless of what difficulty you are on. However on the DS version, Goals 1 and 2 change every difficulty.
It's been discovered that there is a third way of obtaining a Supercharged weapon and that's by Stealing Supercharged weapons while having a Blue Shield.
Some soundtracks from Hot Wheels Beat That were either replaced or unused in specific versions of the game
Both Dieselboy and Brutalistic have different wheels on the game compared to their real life counterpart.
Speed Bump was originally supposed to be on the DS version, however due to a licensing issue, this could not happen.
The DS, Wii, and PlayStation 2 versions received mixed reviews, while the PC and Xbox 360 versions received "unfavorable" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.
On the Xbox 360 Version of Hot Wheels Beat That, if the player shoots Rockets, Parachutes, or Supercharged Ice Guns on T-Rex Rush, the framerate will go low for 5 seconds.
The Bowling Alley zone is not present on the DS version.