Scorching Wheels’ Newest Automobiles Can Be Raced On- And Offline
Scorching Wheels celebrated its 50th anniversary final yr and now the corporate is introducing a brand new “blended play” sequence.
Dubbed Scorching Wheels id, the brand new vehicles are billed as “premium die-cast autos” which can be geared up with wi-fi expertise which shops their particular person efficiency knowledge.
That info might be uploaded to an app through a Race Portal which additionally tracks the automotive’s pace and lap counts through infrared sensors. The portal prices $39.95 and comes with two unique vehicles. It may also be linked to current Scorching Wheels tracks.
Followers can even buy a Scorching Wheels id Good Observe Package for $179.95. The corporate says the monitor options the “strongest booster Scorching Wheels has ever made.” The monitor additionally comes with the aforementioned Race Portal in addition to two unique autos.
Whereas the toys sound pretty standard, there’s additionally a Scorching Wheels id app. It homes a digital storage of your autos which might be raced digitally on iOS gadgets. The app can even hold monitor of statistics corresponding to races, jumps and crashes. House owners will have the ability to compete in “tons of of challenges” and apparently degree up their vehicles.
In response to Mattel chief design officer Chris Down, “That is the primary time our followers will have the ability to hold monitor of top-speeds, races-won, and challenges-completed with Scorching Wheels id die-cast within the bodily world. Then, they will acquire, handle and race the identical vehicles within the digital world.” Down went on to say this can be a “revolutionary blended play expertise” that children of all ages ought to get pleasure from.
Scorching Wheels id vehicles shall be out there at Apple.com and choose Apple shops. Every automotive prices $6.95 and there are a number of common fashions to select from together with the Aston Martin One-77, Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, Dodge Viper GTS-R and Mercedes-AMG GT.
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