

Potentially a Lethal Joke Character in the right hands. Mighty Glacier in battle mode, Joke Character everywhere else. Critical Existence Failure / Only a Flesh Wound: Cars will become increasingly damaged as they lose health and eventually start burning, but can keep driving perfectly fine until they take a point of damage that brings them past zero.Cool Shades: Nitro, the character the player races in Mission 3 of Adventure mode.They are actual Hot Wheels cars, after all. The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: The final boss drives a car that's supposed to have low health, but on higher difficulties it takes much more damage than it would otherwise.Left Hanging: Two decades later and still no sequel.Cliffhanger: Otto von Diesel escapes police custody.It serves as a means to attack should a vehicle lack weapons/ammo.


Car Fu: Vehicles can perform sideswipes to attack or get away from opponents.Every gadget has limited ammo that must be refilled by getting a pick-up of the same gadget. Except in the ending, he's with Sparky in the HW Prototype 12. Bookends: Adventure starts and ends with Max Justice racing against someone.Benevolent Architecture: The ramps, half-pipes, loops, and giant cylinders that litter every locale serve no practical function in-universe, but do give plenty of opportunities to pull off stunts and earn boost.
