
Energy Weapon: The Laser Cannon, Freon Bomb, and Super Zapper. Either/Or Title: Gains the subtitle Maximum Justice on PS2. Down the Drain: Underworld, the final level on PC and consoles. Do a Barrel Roll: Vehicles can barrel roll in the air to earn boost or on the ground to flip themselves right-side up. Die, Chair, Die!: From glass panels to wooden crates to parked vehicles, several stationary objects can be destroyed by either hitting them with a gadget or by driving into them. Disc-One Nuke: You can complete all 18 challenges before stepping foot in Adventure, earning you the car Krazy 8s, as well as the ability to use every gadget. Death from Above: The Oil Drum gadget is launched at an upward angle towards opponents. The Jet Boosters gadget boosts vehicles forward while enabling them to damage opponents on contact. Dash Attack: Every vehicle can perform a sideswipe to damage opponents. In-game, ramming opponents deals no damage to them. Cutscene Power to the Max: In the intro to the game along with the first cutscene in Adventure, Max causes his rival's car to catch fire by ramming it mid-air. Hyper Mite has the best grip in the game, but this combined with its small size just means that its very easy to over-steer with it. Potentially a Lethal Joke Character in the right hands. Mighty Glacier in battle mode, Joke Character everywhere else. Critical Existence Failure / Only a Flesh Wound: Cars will become increasingly damaged as they lose health and eventually start burning, but can keep driving perfectly fine until they take a point of damage that brings them past zero. Cool Shades: Nitro, the character the player races in Mission 3 of Adventure mode. They are actual Hot Wheels cars, after all. The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: The final boss drives a car that's supposed to have low health, but on higher difficulties it takes much more damage than it would otherwise. Left Hanging: Two decades later and still no sequel.
Cliffhanger: Otto von Diesel escapes police custody.
It serves as a means to attack should a vehicle lack weapons/ammo.
Car Fu: Vehicles can perform sideswipes to attack or get away from opponents. Every gadget has limited ammo that must be refilled by getting a pick-up of the same gadget.
Except in the ending, he's with Sparky in the HW Prototype 12.
Bookends: Adventure starts and ends with Max Justice racing against someone.