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Get ready to blast full throttle! We’re all about awesome cars, fun racing games, crazy challenges, and building the coolest race tracks around. Head on over to Hot Wheels™ City to test your skills with fun kids car racing challenges. Race solo or compete against friends! Start your engines, this is going to be an awesome ride! \n\nBUILD – Fuel your imagination with the best Hot Wheels™ Track Builder on mobile! Bring to life the craziest stunt courses full of loops,  jumps, boosters and epic ramps. Dare to make your racetracks full of monstrous Nemeses? Clash with the Gorilla’s stomp or Shark’s chomp! These creatures are sure to add a twist to your tracks! Ready, set, build!\n\nRACE – Racing is super fun and easy: use your finger to steer and drift along the racetrack! Take on epic stunts, daring jumps and twisted loops. Want more speed? Smash that Boost button to go full throttle in the most epic of racing games. \n\nCHALLENGE – If you are a car racing fan, you are in for a treat with our track building puzzles. If you prefer fast driving and drifting, racing challenges are made for you. Then it’s simple: win a challenge to get a Red Wheel! Collect enough of them to unlock a rad new car or Monster Truck and cool track pieces. Challenge Accepted™!\n\nCOLLECT – Build your collection of legendary Hot Wheels™, like Rodger Dodger™, Bone Shaker™, Night Shifter™ or spectacular Monster Trucks. You can collect them all in the ultimate garage!\n\nCOMPETE – Start your engines to drift and race against your friends in the 2-player mode. This is high speed fun at its best!\n\nPOWER UPS – To help you win, there are cool power ups: leave sticky oil on the track for your rivals, shield yourself against attacks, or get a boost with a rocket or nitro!\n\nGo bigger, better & faster with Hot Wheels Unlimited™! Fun and free arcade style car racing games for boys and girls and kids of all ages. Play with Monster trucks, karts, drag racers, muscle cars & more!\n\nSUBSCRIPTION DETAILS\n- This app may offer monthly and yearly subscriptions\n- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period\n- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase\n- Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period \n- You can cancel your subscription at any time, but please note that you will not get a refund for any remaining period of a subscription\n\nPRIVACY & ADVERTISING\nBudge Studios takes children's privacy seriously and ensures that its apps are compliant with child privacy laws. This application has received the “ESRB Privacy Certified Kids’ Privacy Seal”. Read our privacy policy at: https://budgestudios.com/en/legal/privacy-policy/, or email our Data Protection Officer at: privacy@budgestudios.ca\n\nEND-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT\nhttps://budgestudios.com/en/legal-embed/eula/\n\nABOUT BUDGE STUDIOS\nBudge Studios was founded in 2010 with the mission to entertain and educate boys and girls around the world, through innovation, creativity and fun. Its high-quality app portfolio consists of original and branded properties, including Disney Frozen, Bluey, Barbie, PAW Patrol, Thomas & Friends, Transformers, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, Miraculous, Caillou, The Smurfs, Miss Hollywood, Hello Kitty and Crayola. Budge Studios maintains the highest standards of safety and age-appropriateness, and has become a global leader in children’s apps for smartphones and tablets.\n\nHAVE QUESTIONS? \nWe always welcome your questions, suggestions and comments. 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