Hot Rod Racers Slot Review

Hot Rod Racers Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Hot Rod Racers slot takes place on 5 reels, 4 rows and 30 fixed paylines. Landing 3 or more matching symbols from left to right across any payline, starting from the leftmost reel, will constitute a winning combination. When you do get a win, little cars drive along the payline you’ve achieved on.

Bet ranges go from 10p to £40 per spin. There’s a Bet box below the reels with plus and minus buttons either side. If you click on the actual Bet/Stake, you will see a scrolling menu of all your options. Outside the UK, there are buttons either side of the Spin button. You have an Autoplay function where you can choose unlimited autospins as well as win, single win and loss limits. Finally, there’s a Turbo Mode for quicker spins.

The Hot Rod Racers RTP is 96% which is exactly the online slots average. The volatility is very high (5/5) with the hit frequency rate at 28.75%. This means a winning combination will land every 3.47 spins (on average).

In terms of payouts, the most you can win is 25,000 x your total bet. The bigger wins come from the Wheelspin wilds which appear in the base game and 2 free spins features.

Theme – head Stateside and put metal to the pedal

With a racing theme, the Hot Rod Racers slot takes you Stateside for a car race. It’s based on Hot Rods which are known as American cars that are old, classic, modern or have been rebuilt or modified. Set inside a workshop or garage with lots of cars, you’ll notice the rock soundtrack as soon as you fire up the game. If you’re 40+, it will remind you of the American rock band ZZ Top.

On the reels, there are metal diamond, heart, club and spade royals. The higher value symbols include blue, green, red and purple Hot Rods. The purple Hot Rod is the best paying symbol awarding 1, 5 or 10 x your total bet for 3, 4 or 5 in combination.

Then you have the Gold W wild symbol which substitutes for all symbols mentioned above. Importantly, it pays 2, 7.5 or 20 x your total bet for 3, 4 or 5 across any payline. Other symbols you’ll see include Wheelspin Wilds which land on reels 2-5 and Chequered Flag Scatters on the 3 middle reels. Finally, you will see a Nitro Wild which can trigger the Super Free Spins feature (more details below).

Symbol	Payouts/Info
Diamond	3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 1 or 2.5 x bet
Heart	3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 1 or 2.5 x bet
Club	3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 1 or 2.5 x bet
Spade	3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 1 or 2.5 x bet
Blue Hot Rod	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2 or 5 x bet
Green Hot Rod	3, 4 or 5 = 0.7, 2.5 or 6 x bet
Red Hot Rod	3, 4 or 5 = 0.8, 4 or 7.5 x bet
Purple Hot Rod	3, 4 or 5 = 1, 5 or 10 x bet
Wild	Substitutes for paying symbols + pays up to 20 x bet
Chequered Flag Scatter	Triggers Free Spins feature
Nitro Wild	Lands on reels 1 + 5 + triggers Super Free Spins feature

Hot Rod Racers Mobile

Created using HTML5 technology, Hot Rod Racers is playable on all devices. This includes mobiles/smartphones, PCs, laptops and tablets. The 5×4 reel layout works well on smartphones with iOS, Android, MAC and Windows powered mobiles all compatible. Graphically, it’s not Money Train 3 so any device will be suitable to play.

Hot Rod Racers Bonus Features

The Hot Rod Racers slot benefits from 4 bonus features. Wheelspin Wilds move to the left and convert Hot Rod cars into wilds. A converted wild can also benefit from multiplier increases. This applies in the Free Spins feature and Super Free Spins feature. In the latter, a converted position sees the multiplier rising by 1 each time a wild is converted in that position. This can lead to 3,125x multipliers.

Wheelspin Wild feature

Wheelspin wilds can land on reels 2, 3, 4 and/or 5 (i.e. not reel 1). When they appear, the Wheelspin Wild feature is activated. The Wheelspin wilds move out of the row towards the left and convert all high paying hot rod car symbols into wilds.

Furthermore, a +1 multiplier applies to any Wheelspin wild or high paying Hot Rod car symbols that have been converted into wilds. If multiple Wheelspin wilds land, the multiplier increases in proportion to the number of Wheelspin wilds on the same row.

Free Spins feature

The Free Spins feature is triggered when the Chequered Flag Scatter appears on the 3 middle reels simultaneously on a base game spin. 10 free spins will then be awarded. You’ll then head to the desert.

Wheelspin wilds landing during the feature remain in position (i.e. sticky) meaning the Wheelspin Wild feature is triggered on every free spin. This converts all high value Hot Rod car symbols into wilds that land to the left of them. The subsequent multipliers also apply.

Super Free Spins feature

The Super Free Spins feature is played when the Chequered Flag Scatter lands on the 3 middle reels as well as the Nitro Wild on reels 1 and 5 simultaneously. You’ll get 10 free spins, or super free spins. Like in the Free Spins feature, Wheelspin wilds are sticky. The setting is the desert but at night time.

Any symbol position that is converted will see the multiplier increase by 1 every time a wild is converted in that position. The multiplier is active when a wild lands or is converted in that position. Multipliers are capped at 5x and multiply each other when than 1 is present in a winning combination. This means a potential multiplier of 3,125x.

Buy feature

Lastly, there is a Buy feature available for players outside the UK. You can choose from 2 options with the RTP rising to 96.5%:

Hot Rod Racers Review Summary – max win potential better than the gameplay

At the time of release, the Hot Rod Racers slot follows a long list of car themed games. Nolimit City’s Road Rage and Push Gaming’s Mad Cars are the 2 noticeable slots that stand out the most.

Graphically, Hot Rod Racers is not as sharp or high definition as other Relax Gaming slots (i.e. Money Train 3 or Iron Bank). However, the gameplay focuses on the Wheelspin Wilds which give you extra wilds and bring multipliers into play. It’s simile to the Drive-By feature in Road Rage where the multiplier also increases.

The biggest wins will come in the Super Free Spins feature due to the multipliers building up. Similar to the Top Dawg$ slot where multipliers increase, it has max wins of 25,000 x bet per spin. Whilst the gameplay may seem a little dull, building up the multipliers can result in some serious payouts.

If you’re a petrol head, Hot Rod Racers offers big win potential and fast-action action to keep you coming back for more. Despite the big potential max wins, Relax Gaming could have put a little more effort into the graphics to get it over the finish line with many slots fans.