A new patch just dropped for arcade racer Hot Wheels Unleashed for all platforms, outside of Switch which is coming soon.
The update adds “additional functionalities” as well as some fixes.
The most important new addition is an improvement to the game’s custom livery system. Now you can search liveries based on tags and sort them. You can also “like” a livery, pushing it up for more players to see it.
You can scour for new liveries created by the community over on the editor tab, under Community Liveries.
However, it’s still missing some tricks. You can filter by tags but not by car type. While you can search for a car-specific livery from the collection menu, the new search filters are not available from there. So there’s still more work needed to improve the searchability of liveries, but it’s getting there with this update.
Previously, you can only browse by looking through a list sorted by the most recent livery, with no options to filter and change the sort.
Additionally, you can also access the store and collection straight from the “Hot Wheels City Rumble” campaign. Previously you need to exit the campaign (which requires a button hold) back to the main menu. So a button shortcut for this is a great quality-of-life improvement.
Lastly, the patch is also preparing for more post-launch content. Support for Racing Season, and an improved paid DLC store page has been added.
Here are the full patch notes from developer Milestone:
- Added some filters to the Community Tracks and Liveries
- Added shortcuts to the Store and Collection in the “Hot Wheels City Rumble” menu
- Improved UI for the “Add-ons” page
- Added new functionalities to the news box in the main menu
- Added support for the “Racing Season”
- Fixed some bugs to improve stability
- Minor fixes to the UI
Hot Wheels Unleashed is out now for the PS4, PC (Steam, Epic Games Store), Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.