Thanks RandomRetro & LTG This form is awesome. LTG you are a fantastic wealth of knowledge and an asset to us all.

Does the pit stop tire mod that goes around the moving car block the view of the bumpers. Looks like it does in pictures? I’m suppose to receive my hot wheels game end of year.

Thanks I will order that along with the bumper tire covers! Do you enjoy the machine? I’m ordering it without ever playing it. Looks fun on videos and price range is good.

Game is good fun and a good NIB value if you ask me. Shots can be tight for me, but rules are easy to understand and allows for most anyone to enjoy a game on the table and get into it. Rock solid build quality so low maintenance on machine. Just get someone to play redline mania and check their heart rate. It can be a mess of balls for me, but always a rush playing it.

I was in your shoes ... No regrets at all I also recommend the Hurst shifter mid.

Same here as well. There was no place to play the game and test it out so I just watched some videos and thought 'If Greg Bone likes it, that's good enough for me.'

I do not regret make the purchase.

Got a question about the sound settings.

I do find the volume of the effects (e.g. pop bumper, wheel gun etc.) to loud compared to music and speech volume. I tried to lower the volume of the effects, but I do not notice a difference when playing a game. When I set the level to 25 for effects it does not make a difference in my opinion compared to a 75 setting.

These are my sound settings atm:
- Music 90
- Effects 65
- Speech 100

Am I doing something wrong or is the difference in settings for 'effects' just not (that) noticeable?

Brought a HW home yesterday. My kids and I are excited! Hot Wheels sidewalk chalk “Challenge Accepted”!

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Bad ass, but I gotta know what that pinhauler is!! The interior looks off the charts.

Ha. That’s my ManVan. It’s a Chrysler Pacifica with the Pinnacle trim. Easy in, easy out. Working on ways to fit two at a time back there. Requires removing over travel rubber stops from the sliding door track and making the entryway wide enough to accommodate one across while the other slides straight in the tailgate. But I couldn’t be happier with the ride! Oh, and it came with leather stitched throw pillows for the back seats... lol. They’re in the storage room.

Lol you should have told me it was some sort of lamborghini or something, I would have believed it!

A little swanky for goldfish cracker crumbs and juicebox spills but it was the only model with the “ultra console” armrest vs. the cheap POS fold down slivers they expect you to enjoy. Maybe I should have said it’s a Maybach since that’s another car that comes with pillows.

Anyone else have the right orbit shot come around fast and go SDTM? My game is level, but feel like I am ripping that orbit and the loosing the ball to a SDTM path is killing my flow.

Not on my machine. Does the left orbit rail need to be adjusted a bit?

Not sure on the rail. Here is a pic of what it looks like. Level is 6.5 fwiw. Also since I was looking closely at my playfield. Looks like I need to lower my tower drop target. It looks a little high and is causing balls to not settle in the scoop.

I did get a 984M score last night. Felt good but was basically just juicing T-Rex for like 814M of that score

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I mean I'm not like a high end car consumer(I wish) But I also know even rich af people have softball tournaments and kids too.

Is this the default record for number of cars collected?

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No, it is not -- default is 10. And in fact, 321 cars collected is ... I won't say impossible, but at least wildly improbable. It's likely that one of the car targets was (or is) gapped improperly and triggering all the time, leading to a crazy number of cars collected.

Thanks for the quick reply!

That’s what I figured, picked up the game recently from the original owner.

Any way to reset it?

Page 10 in the manual. You can download it here if you need it :

http://s4.american-pinball.com/img/support/2021-10/Hot-Wheels-Manual-10-14-2021.pdf

LTG : )

This happened on mine as well. I also had an issue with the RPM targets being gapped too close when I got it. I finally took all the targets out and regapped them, no problems after that.

No way to reset that one high score record individually. To reset all high scores to defaults, visit the service menu, Utilities > Clear High Scores.

Thanks!

Appreciate your help!

But, then there goes the 3.5B game.

Not sure if resetting the Cars Collected champ is worth losing all the high scores and records.

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Did you guys reset your high scores?

Yeah, I hear ya. Let's do a sanity check: how many cars are you collecting in a typical game now?

Yes I did

Spoke yesterday. Solution was left-to-right level.
If you're using a phone app to level, these need to be recalibrated every so often. When you're done leveling, take a single ball, reach up as far as you can centered between the flippers and let it roll. Do this several times. If the ball has an arch and goes anywhere besides straight down the middle, your leveling app is off.

Can you recommend a good leveling app?

Yep, thanks for the time yesterday brenna98! AP support is the best.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pinguy/id782973821

Need to make sure to calibrate on a level surface, and you have to recalibrate at times. But a great tool to have.

Red or yellow flipper rubbers? Discuss…

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Try them both and keep on what you like! I'd probably vote for yellow.

I’d go with yellow. Mine came used with orange that I’m ok with. I love the OG black though. Looks like a checkered flag. Appropriate finish line for the drain.

I like that plan. I am leaning towards yellow so reds up first.

I put yellow superbands on mine.

I saw that I was getting an error with the right flipper EOS switch. I checked it out and the switch was broken in half. Funny thing is the flipper still works as if nothing is wrong. I am changing the switch out today but why would it still be working? Am I taking crazy pills?

The p-roc framework has software controlled flippers (EOS is optional). EOS is only used for a re-flip if the flipper is pushed and a ball collapses the flipper.

Thanks, I had no idea.

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Let’s see pictures of both!

Both look pretty sick if you ask me!

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I think orange is where it's at!

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Glad I replaced the switch.

I like the yellow. Looks fun, keeps the levity of the game, toy, cartoon. The red looks a little too serious and blends in. Hard to say. Everyone has their preference. Let us know which you decide to keep on.

Going with yellow for a bit! They are Titans and they feel good on the game FWIW.