Hot Wheels: World Race

Hot Wheels: World Race
Developer(s)	Climax Group
Publisher(s)	THQ
Series	Hot Wheels
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA October 31, 2003 EU November 28, 2003
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GHRE78, GHRP78
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Wikipedia page Debug Symbol Files

Hot Wheels: World Race (aka Hot Wheels: Highway 35 World Race in Europe) where life revolves around the Hot Wheels World Race circuit--a series of races involving treacherous jumps, challenging competition, and death-defying loops. This is the life you've chosen and you'll need a good team and a dependable Hot Wheels car to survive. When you're ready, you'll tear up the tracks, jump to extreme heights, and collect pickups to trigger shortcuts. Becoming champion of the Hot Wheels tracks won't be easy, but you can always practice with a friend in head-to-head races. The game is based on the movie and TV series of the same name released by Hot Wheels and Mainframe Entertainment.

Problems

THQ Logo

The THQ logo video doesn't play correctly in between the blue copyrights screen and the Climax logo screen. A black screen shows and the THQ sound just plays. To fix, just set the Texture Cache to position 1 (safe) or 2. See issue 8519.

Enhancements

16:9 Aspect Ratio Fix

The Widescreen hack has clipping issues that can be fixed with a Gecko Code. Disable the Widescreen hack before using.

NTSC

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Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Texture Cache Accuracy	Position 2	THQ logo issues otherwise

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Hot Wheels: World Race since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
5.0-440	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	Perfect.	JMC4789

Gameplay Videos

Hot Wheels World Race HD Widescreen Hack

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - Hot Wheels World Race (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

Hot Wheels World Race [Gamecube] Dolphin 5.0 [1080p HD]