A sequel to Sizzling Wheels Unleashed will likely be getting launched on October nineteenth 2023 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Sequence S/X, Nintendo Swap and PC. Writer Milestone made the announcement, possibly because of the recent leak which outed the games existence.
The official press launch delves into what we are able to anticipate within the follow-up to the surprisingly good Sizzling Wheels Unleashed, stating that gamers will likely be getting 130 autos at launch, together with bikes. You’ll be capable to race these lovingly recreated toy vehicles in 5 environments which Milestone guarantees will characteristic totally different highway surfaces that may change automobile dealing with and efficiency.
The opposite new characteristic they’re touting is the power to leap or carry out a lateral sprint. In keeping with Milestone, lateral dashes “will permit for tactical impacts in opposition to opponents, impediment dodging, and daring overturns.” Tactical impacts could also be the very best description I’ve ever heard for ramming into vehicles like a psychopath and utilizing them as cell brakes. In the meantime, jumps ought to hopefully make for some enjoyable overtakes, particularly if the sequel retains the primary video games mid-air controls.
On high of that, Milestone additionally says they’re specializing in a brand new story-driven profession mode, which could possibly be a whole catastrophe or one thing wonderful. The primary sport’s singleplayer was a quite simple mode the place you bounced from node to node doing races so a extra meaty expertise does sound very tempting. Then again, making an attempt to make a racing sport extra story pushed can actually deliver the cringe, as seen in Want for Velocity: Unbound.
A sequel isn’t too stunning, actually. Sizzling Wheels Unleashed bought 2 million copies inside 18 months, making it Milestone’s largest sport ever. The corporate additionally crowed about it managing to recover from 8 million gamers, largely attributable to it coming to Xbox Sport Cross.
Actually, the success was deserved. Sizzling Wheels Unleashed is heaps of enjoyable. The drifting feels wonderful, there’s a superb little bit of room for precise talent and the vehicles are lovely recreations of their real-world plastic counterparts. I hope they ditch the annoying concept of getting new vehicles by opening random loot bins, although, as a result of getting one more copy of the identical automobile for the tenth was bloody annoying.
