Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels Expansion Sizzles

Make your childhood dreams — and adulthood ones — come true on your Xbox.

For most of us, the car hobby started out as kids, with Hot Wheels diecast cars. Then, depending on age, you likely moved on to racing video games, before getting into the real thing. So it’s nice when things come full circle, especially when that circle is bright orange and has a car doing a sick loop-de-loop on it.

If you own an Xbox One and you’re reading this, by now you’ve certainly played Forza Horizon 3. If you enjoy an open-ended, arcade-style racing game with realistic cars and endless opportunities for customization, it’s hard to beat. It stands alone in its class.

Turn 10, the studio behind the Forza series, has kept things fresh with various updates and expansions, periodically adding more cars and tracks. While you probably aren’t tired of driving your virtual Grand Wagoneer and original Willys Jeeps just yet, a little additional variety never hurt anyone.

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The Forza Horizon series does a great job blurring the lines between fantasy and reality. And this expansion is the wildest yet. The Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels expansion adds life-size versions of famous Hot Wheels cars. But most importantly, you get to drive on the giant orange track. Yes, loops are included.

If you can’t wait to drive your virtual Grand Cherokee SRT-8 on your ultimate childhood dream track, good news: the Hot Wheels expansion is available now on Xbox Live. Best of all, it can be purchased right from the comfort of your favorite Cheeto-dust-encrusted controller.

Cameron Vanderhorst

Cam VanDerHorst has been a contributor to Internet Brands' Auto Group sites for over three years, with his byline appearing on Ford Truck Enthusiasts, Corvette Forum, JK Forum, and Harley-Davidson Forums, among others. In that time, he's also contributed to Autoweek, The Drive, and Scale Auto Magazine.
He bought his first car at age 14 -- a 1978 Ford Mustang II -- and since then he’s amassed an impressive and diverse collection of cars, trucks, and motorcycles, including a 1996 Ford Mustang SVT Mystic Cobra (#683) and a classic air-cooled Porsche 911.
In addition to writing about cars and wrenching on them in his spare time, he enjoys playing music (drums and ukulele), building model cars, and tending to his chickens.
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