Team Hot Wheels: Drift is an arcade racing game. The objective of the game is to score points in the race to unlock official Team Hot Wheels vehicles and car paint schemes. The points are earned for collecting pick-ups, smashing everything in the way, and winning the race. While racing a speed booster can be used. The player race against ghosts of the best times. The game features only one track, two camera views and allows to change the color of the driver and car parts. After scoring 100,000 points the player becomes a member of the Hot Wheels Team.