Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Is Out Today at $49.99 With Four Open Islands, 150+ Cars and a Track Builder, on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and PC

Anyone who spent a childhood snapping orange plastic track together across the living room floor gets a new toy box today. Hot Wheels Infinite Rush, the arcade racer from Milestone that was first shown at Summer Game Fest in June, launches worldwide on September 10 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds and PC through Steam, the Microsoft Store and the Epic Games Store. Players who bought the Ultimate Edition have been driving since September 7 thanks to a three-day head start.

The pitch is a step away from the studio's earlier Hot Wheels Unleashed games. Instead of a menu of tracks, you get four islands you can drive around freely, each with its own look and its own set of races, obstacles and hidden collectables. Milestone names them as Wheelswood, a city of towering skyscrapers; Tentacle Bay, where nature takes over; Gearville, with its industrial canyons; and Drifty Temples, a Japan-inspired island of winding roads.

Video: Milestone Team on YouTube

What you actually get for your money

The garage holds more than 150 vehicles at launch, split into four classes: Versatiles, Drifters, Speeders and Titans. Each island has a campaign with rival crews to beat and a Rush Master boss at the end, and the event list covers Quick Race, Elimination, Waypoints, Smashing Wheels, Time Attack and Drift Master. There is a livery editor with stickers and wheels for people who like to tinker, and performance perks for people who like to win.

The feature we expect to matter most in the long run is the Track Builder. Rather than dropping pieces onto a blank grid, you build with the environment around you, then share the result with the community, race it against virtual opponents and chase leaderboards on it. One catch to know before you buy: on Nintendo Switch 2, track sharing only works with other Switch 2 players. Cross-play is otherwise full across PlayStation, Xbox and PC, with the Steam page confirming that Switch 2 sits outside it. Local split-screen supports up to four players on every version, which for a Hot Wheels game is probably the mode that sells the most copies.

Three editions and a loyalty nudge

On the US Xbox Store, the Standard Edition is $49.99, the Deluxe Edition is $79.99 and the Ultimate Edition is $99.99. Deluxe adds the Vehicle Pass, which Milestone says will feed 44 extra cars into the collection over more than a year, starting today. Ultimate stacks the Ferrari Expansion Pack on top, with a brand new island inspired by Ferrari landmarks at Hot Wheels scale and eight Ferrari cars, plus a Car Collection Pack and the early access that already ran. The Vehicle Pass is also sold separately at $39.99, and the roadmap says every pack can be bought on its own later. A physical Day One Edition exists too, although Milestone notes it is not available on Switch 2.

If you own Hot Wheels Unleashed or Unleashed 2 Turbocharged, Milestone announced a loyalty discount on the Ultimate Edition in August. The exact percentage varies by store, so check your platform's page before assuming anything. Racers on Switch 2 weighing this against the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe update that added Switch 2 features should note both play very differently: one is about kart items, this one is about scale and drift.

Our take

We like that this is a $49.99 launch and not a $69.99 one, and the free-roam islands are the right evolution for a series that was starting to feel like a track catalog. The edition ladder is steep though, and paying $99.99 to get the Ferrari island on day one is a hard ask for a game that will keep selling those packs separately. Our advice is simple: start with Standard, spend a weekend in split-screen, and only climb the ladder if the Track Builder hooks you. Anyone who just wants an arcade racer on their phone in the meantime can grab the free rewards on our Asphalt Legends Unite codes page.