Hot Wheels: Velocity X (released as Hot Wheels: Velocity X – Maximum Justice for the PlayStation 2) is a 2002 vehicular combat racing game developed by Beyond Games and published by THQ based on Mattel's Hot Wheels line of scale model cars. The story follows Maxwell "Max" Justice a teenage street racer and his efforts to thwart the Monument City Underworld crime ring intent on stealing the Velocity X formula. Players assume the role of Max competing in street races and demolition derbies across five locations in the greater metropolitan area.