Hot Wheels is a selection of toys that I remember from my youth, I can't say that I ever became more involved with them than watching adverts on the TV for them but they looked rather stylish. Hot Wheels Turbo Racing was released in 1999 and did a great job of transforming the vehicles into roadworthy computer game monsters of speed.

EA produced this novel computer game, the tracks are relatively easy to follow but if you find yourself facing the wrong direction, it can be a hassle to manouevre your vehicle back on track. The game proclaims that there are three ways to win - win the race, damage the other vehicles or get the highest tricks point tally.

When you master a high jump, you have the sudden ability to spin around as you float for a few moments seemlessly, the movement is not too dissimilar from in the 1080 snowboarding game available on the N64. Personally I prefer going for the tricks option, speed is relatively good too but damaging the other vehicles is a little tricky as you often seem to come off worse.

There are a couple of extra bonus tracks and vehicles to give you that feeling of a little something extra thrown in. Overall the tracks are imaginative and enjoyable, the graphics are pretty good but the colours of the cars and landscapes are a bit sickly, using lots of greens, purples and browns.