This is an arcade-style driving/combat game in which players "car-battle" with aliens and ram through objects called "tethers" to free captive teammates. Based on the animated TV series Hot Wheels Battle Force 5, the game allows players to speed along futuristic tracks, find keys in each Battle Zone, and prevent aliens from invading Earth. Saving Earth means finding those keys to close leaky portals (before aliens enter); it also means ramming into vehicles, using a grappling hook to grab aliens, and shooting cars with plasma guns mounted on the top of vehicles. Damage to vehicles is conveyed in a number of ways: a hit-point meter depletes, a "concussion-distortion" effect blurs the screen, sparks and smoke particles emit from vehicles, and the screen shakes to convey the force of a hit. The frequent metal-crashing sounds, the high-speed collisions also account for the E-10+ rating.
