Mad Cars

Theme and Design

I loved the style of this game. Push are usually very hot on theme and artwork and with Mad Cars, once again they’ve absolutely nailed it! It is another one of those slots with that Mad Max futuristic dystopian feel to it. A bit like Dead Riders from Relax Gaming or Nitropolis 2 from ELK Studios.

The action in Mad Cars takes place in a run-down industrial site. The backdrop is all desert browns, metal towers, large pipes, and barrels hanging precariously off overhead wires. The characters in the game all look like they’ve lost the plot from sipping petrol and are ready to bite your head off .... and if you are lucky enough to hit the free spins round you will also notice the change of scenes night falls and it gets very atmospheric before the ultimate race off occurs on the reels.

RTP and Variance

There are 5 available RTP settings for Mad Cars – 96.39%, 95.36%, 94.44%, 90.32% or 88.49%. You should look to play the game at a casino that runs it at the highest setting. We verified the RTP at 5 sites for you:

• Casumo (independent) – 94.44% RTP
• BacanaPlay (Skill on Net) – 94.44% RTP
• Duelz Casino (SuprPlay) – 94.44% RTP
• MrQ (Independent) – 96.39% RTP

Whilst you won’t feel the difference between 94.44% and 96.39% whilst you are playing, for the best return on your wagering, your best bet from this list is MrQ. This casino regularly comes out top in the RTP part of our slots reviews.

Mad Cars is a also a high variance slot, like many other games from Push including Big Bamboo and Razor Shark and Bison Battle. Its payout distribution is therefore unpredictable and the slot is high risk for high reward.

Maximum Win

The top payout from Mad Cars is 25,000x, which is very good but some way behind Push Gaming’s highest maximum win games. To get anywhere near this kind of payout you will need to be hitting a run of features in the bonus round which I will explain further down in this review.

Symbols and Paytable

Mad Cars plays on an unusual 5 reel and 6 row grid like a race track. Wins are triggered by landing 3 or more identical symbols across one of 50 paylines from left to right.

What is exciting about Mad Cars, aside from the super-cool theme and style, is the value in the paytable. Push Gaming are not holding back and you can score some excellent prizes at the premium end.

The lowest paying symbols are split traffic cones, wrenches, steering wheels, and two green dice. These are worth from 0.1x for 3 cones up to 5x for 5 dice.

The premiums are made up of some crazy racers with maniacal grins, in greens, blues, purples and reds. These are worth from 0.4x for 3 of the greens right up to a whopping 100x for 5 of the red racer.

There are no wilds in this game.

Features and Gameplay

Mad Cars plays like a normal slot game to start, with 50 paylines to score wins across. But built into the gameplay is an ingenious car racing feature which gives you the chance to unlock extra cash prizes. There is also a free spins round which blows the base game out of the water ….

It sounds complicated but it’s actually very simple and superb fun.

Instant Prize Cars Carry Prize Multipliers Of Up To 100x

As you play, watch for Instant Prize Cars that land on the bottom row of any reel. You’ll hear them as well as see them – their motors make a chugging noise like they are waiting on the starting grid.  You can have up to one Prize Car per reel at any time.

Each one is set up with a prize of 1x to 100x. To activate its prize, the car must reach the top of the reel set before any others do. More than one car can land at once, creating a kind of race. And when one reaches the top of the screen, the others all drop off.

This makes it really exciting as you back the car with the highest multiplier (of course!)

But how do instant prize cars move up the reels? By responding to modifiers that land on the Boost Reel above the grid. 

The Boost Reel is an extra row that sits above the grid and spins at the same time as the main reel set. It displays either a modifier or a blank. And when an Instant Prize Car sits on the reel beneath, the boost reel modifier is activated and the car responds.

There are FOUR of these modifiers as follows: 

The simple one is the Multiplier. This multiplies the value of the car by 2x to 100x, giving it extra prize juice. But to move it forward you need the Gas, which pushes the car between 1 and 6 rows up the reel its on. You can actually see a car go from bottom to top in one move if you land a 6.

Then there is the  Multiplier AND Gas. This one is great because it both multipliers the value of the prize AND gives it GAS to move up the reels.

And finally, the Survivor. A car with a survivor modifier will NOT drop off the reels if another reaches the top first. That is pretty cool because it means you have more than one car in the race now!

Prize Cars are your ticket to scoring extra wins and add a thrilling jeopardy to the game. But what about free spins?

Free Spins With Guaranteed Prize Cars on EVERY Reel

This is the one you really want. To unlock free spins you need the elusive Scatter Car to land on the bottom row and race to the top of the reels. If they reach there, they trigger a fixed 10x multiplier AND the Mad Bonus round which is your free spins headliner.

A word of warning though. In 200 test spins I didn’t see a single Scatter Car. So when you see it … get excited!

You get 7 free spins to start with a new configuration. The set-up is CRAZY with potential to blow the base game out of the water with cumulative HUGE payouts.

Firstly, you are GUARANTEED to start the round with FIVE Instant Prize Cars, one per reel.

Next, each time a Prize Car makes it to the top, a new one appears at the bottom AND an extra spin is given.

The Boost Reel controls the cars as before but it is given some adjustments and new modifiers are added. The Survivor modifier is taken also away. These are the new modifiers: 

Line Up – when one Instant Prize Car is awarded a line up, all other cars are brought level on the same row.

Persistent Payer – cars with Persistent Payers will always give their values to ALL other cars after every spin in the round.

Persistent Collector – cars with Persistent Collectors will always take values from ALL other cars after every spin in the round.

Persistent Payer and Collector – these cars are gold dust!!! After every spin, this car gives its value to all other cars on the track, then collects the values from all others!!

And finally, just to make your head spin even more. A Mad Race may randomly trigger after the last spin in the Mad Bonus round. If it does, ALL the cars race to the top and their prizes are collected.