Game information, downloadable files, reviews, screenshots, artwork and extra content for Hot Wheels: Micro Racers (a.k.a. Slot Car Racing). Hot Wheels: Micro Racers is a top down racing game based on Mattel's toy car franchise. The game is similar to Ignition, a previous racing game by developer UDS. The player can pick from seven different Hot Wheels cars and race against AI or human players on three different race tracks.

Like Lego before it, the 35-year-old Hot Wheels franchise has had to adapt to changes in the toy market and 'go digital' in recent times, unashamedly rebranding the classic Micro Machines as its own for an opening assault on the PC market.

Carefully avoiding cliches about this latest offering being another kids' game (a common excuse for plain crap games), we were actually thrilled to see Climax (yes, the same Climax behind the solid MotoGP) offering support for DX9 special effects. At last, something to get that GeForceFX sweating.

And what a celebration of colour and light this is. Incandescent reds, greens and blues emanate from the screen, lending a Wipeout/F-Zero-like feel to the 15-plus futuristic courses. Hurrah! Let's all group-hug DX9 and its pixel-trickery, and banish for ever those turd nlike browns and greens we've suffered for so many years.

Admittedly, the game is aimed at a young audience, and as such, it's all too easy to win. The catch-up system favours the stragglers at the back, so it definitely won't appeal to Grand Prix 4 buffs who pore over postrace aerodynamics data.Simply pick up rings to fill the nitro boost meter, then use the turbo to make impossible stunt jumps through space. The tracks offer bags of fun, with loop-the-loops, head-spinning inverted sections and plentiful short cuts.

If you were part of the original Hot Wheels toy revolution, you'll enjoy playing with 15 cars from the authentic Highway 35 anniversary collection. It may be easy, but it's good clean fun too.

In this tutorial you will find steps to make x360ce work with Hot Wheels Micro Racers. This method also works with any game – just do the same easy steps, no special skills needed to make any controller work as an Xbox 360 gamepad. Emulator allows your controller (joystick, wheel, gamepad, etc.) to operate as the most common device, recognized by most of the games without any additional settings and workarounds.

1. The first step is to download x360ce zip file from official site. You have to select 32 or 64 bit version (same as the version of Hot Wheels Micro Racers you use). If you don’t know the version of your game or download wrong one accidentally, you will be notified later and have a chance to use another version.

2. Now we have to find the installation folder of your game. You can easily do this by looking into game shortcut settings or finding the game in your Steam library list. If you choose the Steam variant, right click the game name and select “Properties”.

3. Navigate to “Local files” tab and press “Browse local files...” button.

4. Now you need to find the folder with Hot Wheels Micro Racers executable. In the example picture they are located in Binaries / Retail subfolder. You need to extract downloaded x360ce ZIP file to folder with your game executable file.

5. Click on x360ce exe file with the right mouse button and select “Run as administrator” from dropdown menu.

6. You will see window with warning – “xinput 1_3.dll was not found. This file is required for emulator to function properly.” Don’t worry, just click “Create” button to make them appear.

7. When x360ce will inform you that new device was detected, use automatic search for settings from internet – just hit “Next” button.

8. Click “Finish”, when installation completed.

9. Hit the “Auto” button to make all settings set to defaults. Confirm changes by clicking “Yes” in popup window. All the buttons will be filled automatically.

10. Now just hit “Save” button to make all your settings saved. You can also change buttons assignment before hitting “Save”, if you like.

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Now you can normally launch Hot Wheels Micro Racers and use your controller with x360ce emulator – it will be starting automatically with each game launch.