Cars (video game)

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Cars
Developer(s)	Rainbow Studios Pacific Coast Power & Light (PSP)
Publisher(s)	THQ
Release date(s)	June 6, 2006 Q4 2006 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) Wii: November 17, 2006 December 7, 2006 December 8, 2006 2007
Genre(s)	Racing, Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: E PEGI: 3+ OFLC: G
Platform(s)	PS2, Xbox, GCN, DS, PSP, PC, Mac, GBA, Wii, Xbox 360
Media	DVD, UMD, Cartridge, CD-ROM

Cars is a cross platform video game based on the film of the same name, and a sequel to a Disney/Pixar film. It is available or in production for the following systems: Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Leapster. They are all racing games produced by Buena Vista Games, THQ, Rainbow Studios and Beenox.

The PSP, GBA and Nintendo DS versions of the game have different gameplay, storyline and characters than the other platforms.

The Wii version will include functionality geared towards its controller, and is a launch game. It will also feature voices from the Cars film.^[1]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 2.1 Playable Characters in Arcade Mode 2.2 Playable Characters In Certain Levels 2.3 Other Characters Appearing 2.4 PSP Playable Characters 2.5 Levels in the Nintendo DS 3 Story Mode levels 3.1 Chapter 1 3.2 Chapter 2 3.3 Chapter 3 3.4 Chapter 4 3.5 Chapter 5 4 Mini-games 5 Trivia 6 Errors/Plotholes 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Plot

In this video-game-exclusive sequel to the Disney/Pixar movie Cars, Lightning McQueen prepares himself for the next Piston Cup season, though current champion Chick Hicks isn't going to give up the title easily. Lightning must brush up on his driving skills with help from Doc Hudson, Tow Mater, Sally Carrera, and the rest of the folks of Radiator Springs, as well as meet some new faces if he wants to win for real this time!

The Leapster version features tokens that can be picked up and used to light up Radiator Springs' neon.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Playable Characters in Arcade Mode

• Lightning
• Mater
• Sally
• Doc
• Ramone
• Flo
• Sheriff
• Chick Hicks
• Wingo
• Darrell Cartrip
• King
• Lightning (monster truck version)
• Count Spatula (a monster truck new to the video game)

[edit] Playable Characters In Certain Levels

• Mater (Tractor Tipping & Rustbucket Race-O-Rama)
• Sally (Sally's Sunshine Circuit)
• Sheriff (Sheriff's Hot Pursuit)
• Luigi (Luigi to the Rescue)
• Boost (High Speed Heist)
• Wingo (High Speed Heist)
• DJ (High Speed Heist)

[edit] Other Characters Appearing

• Guido
• Sarge
• Fillmore
• Mack
• Lizzie
• Snot Rod
• Mia & Tia
• Fletcher & Gerald (British racecars new to the video game)
• Papo & El Guapo (Mexican racecars new to the video game)
• Vince, Barry, Sonny, & Lenny (New York racecars new to the video game)
• Ginormous & The Crippler (monster trucks new to the video game)
• Tommy Joe, Buford, Cletus, Lewis, Judd, & Zeke (demolition derby racers new to the video game)
• Numerous Piston Cup racers, including Lee Jr, Suregrip, Hollister, Guenther, Aikens, Joltsen, Riley, Henderson, Cortland, Medford and others

[edit] PSP Playable Characters

• Lightning (default)
• Sally (default)
• Mater (default)
• Doc (Grand Prix 1 prize)
• Sheriff (Grand Prix 2 prize)
• Flo (Grand Prix 3 Prize)
• Ramone (Mirror Cup Prize)
• Luigi (multiplayer unlockable)
• Sarge (multiplater unlockable)
• Fillmore (multiplayer unlockable)
• Lizzie (multiplayer unlockable)
• DJ (1st boss)
• Snot Rod (2nd boss)
• Wingo (3rd boss)
• Boost (4th boss)
• Chick Hicks (final boss)

[edit] Levels in the Nintendo DS

• That Blinkin' Light: Filmore & Sarge.
• Highway Hassle: Mack.
• Casa Della Tires: Guido
• Gesundhight!: Snot Rod & the Imports (Delinquent Road Hazards).
• Flo's V8 Cafe: An all-star cast.
• Tractor Tippin' Mater & Lightning.
• World's best Backwards Driver: Mater.
• The Drive-In: Lightning & Sally.
• Ramone Style: Ramone & DJ.
• Hydraulic Jump Jam: Ramone.
• Fishin' Mater: Mater.

[edit] Story Mode levels

The following list is in the sequence of the game.

[edit] Chapter 1

• Radiator Springs Grand Prix: In what is later revealed to be a dream, Lightning races against Doc, Sally, Ramone, and a British car named Fletcher. Mater does commentary for the race.
• Lizzie's Postcard Hunt: McQueen accidentally turns on a fan in Lizzie's shop, sending her 60-year-old postcard collection flying out the window. Throughout the rest of the game, McQueen can find and retrieve the cards, of which there are are 20 total.
• Radiator Cap Circuit: Fletcher and Gerald, racers from Britain, and El Guapo and Papo, racers from Mexico, all challenge McQueen to a race around Radiator Springs. Interestingly, this appears to be Fletcher and McQueen's first meeting, despite McQueen's having dreamed of Fletcher the previous night.
• Tractor Tipping: A mini-game in which Lightning and Mater go out tractor tipping, despite risk of being caught by Frank.
• Sally's Sunshine Circuit: The groupie twins, Mia and Tia, want to drive with Lightning. Sally challenges them to a race; the winner will drive with Lightning. Flo also races. The level is played as Sally.
• Doc's Lesson: Powerslide: Doc trains McQueen to powerslide (i.e. turn right to go left) around Willy's Butte.
• Doc's Chellenge: Doc and McQueen race around a track which is considerably more challenging than a circle around Willy's Butte.
• Palm Mile Speedway: The first Piston Cup race.

[edit] Chapter 2

• Luigi to the Rescue: McQueen informs Luigi that there are some tires lying around all over town. Luigi sets out to collect them.
• Boostin' with Fillmore: McQueen tastes some of Fillmore's Super-Octane Boost Juice and inquires if it could help him go faster. To test it, they race around town. Ramone, Tia, and Mia also participate in the race. When the race is over, McQueen gets permanently equipped with a boost tank, which can speed him up to a limited extent.
• North Desert Dash: El Guapo and Papo boast about their new gold rims. The taunting soon inspires Fletcher and Gerald to race them. McQueen also participates.
• Sarge's Boot Camp: McQueen runs an obstacle course designed to make him more agile off-road.
• Sarge's Off-Road Chellenge: Sarge forces a tired and overheated McQueen into a long off-road race. Ramone, Fillmore, and Sheriff also race.
• Motor Speedway of the South: The second Piston Cup Race.

[edit] Chapter 3

• Mater's Backwards Lesson: Mater teaches McQueen to drive backwards.
• Sheriff's Chase: McQueen and Sheriff reminisce about their chase scene from the movie. McQueen notes that he was only caught because of he got tangled in barbed wire and telephone wires. Sheriff asks him if he'd like a rematch, and McQueen accepts. The two of them do a single-lap, one-on-one race.
• Sheriff's Hot Pursuit: Sheriff chases speeders. The mini-game has five levels: Speeders (Fletcher, Gerald, and Mia), Hooligans (El Guapo, Tia, and Barry), Road Hazards (Snot Rod, Papo, and Lenny), Delinquents (DJ, Wingo, and Sonny), and Hot Rodders (Vince, Boost, and Chick Hicks).
• Rustbucket Race-O-Rama: In Ornament Valley, a previously broken-down racing arena called Rustbucket is the site of a demolition derby known as the Rustbucket Race-O-Rama. Mater races, along with six cars who are just as rusty and broken as he is: Zeke, Lewis, Buford, Cletus, Judd, and his long-lost cousin Tommy Joe. When Mater wins the race, he is awarded with a boost tank, which he gives as a present to McQueen. The boost now lasts longer.
• Ornament Valley Circuit: Four racecars from New York (Vince, Barry, Sonny, and Lenny) challenge Lightning to a race around Ornament Valley.
• Sun Valley International Speedway: The third Piston Cup race.

[edit] Chapter 4

• Sally's Wheel Well Sprint: Sally and McQueen race from town, through Tailfin Pass, to the Wheel Well Motel.
• Doc's Check-Up: Doc gives McQueen a check-up, which is concluded by the two of them, as well as Ramone, Fillmore, and Sheriff, racing around town.
• Tailfin Pass Circuit: McQueen, Fletcher, El Guapo, Vince, and Sonny race around Tailfin Pass.
• Delinquent Road Hazards: Boost, Wingo, DJ, and Snot Rod, the tuner cars who appeared briefly in the movie, refuse to let McQueen pass, stating that the road is closed to him specifically. McQueen challenges them to a race, saying that when he wins, he will be allowed to pass. When Lightning demands that one of Boost's tanks be thrown into the deal, they become determined to win. When McQueen wins, Boost gives him a tank, says "This isn't over, McQueen!", and drives away with the rest of the gang close behind.
• Monster Truck Mayhem: Luigi outfits McQueen with monster truck suspension so that he can race with three ugly-looking monster trucks, Count Spatula, Ginormous, and The Crippler.
• Chick's Challenge: Chick Hicks appears in Ornament Valley and challenges McQueen to a race, in which Vince, Barry, and Sonny also participate. When Lightning wins, he says that he'll be seeing Chick on the track for the upcoming Piston Cup race. Chick replies "Yeah, I'll see ya, if you ever make it there" and speeds away, leaving McQueen puzzled.
• High Speed Heist: When Mack is on the Interstate, the Delinquent Road Hazards rob him of McQueen's gear. First, DJ locates him and plays soothing music to get him to sleep. Then, Boost follows, jumping onto the roof of Mack's trailer via a movable ramp that was presumably placed by Snot Rod. Boost opens Mack's trailer, and Wingo collects all of Lightning's supplies.
• Lightning Strikes Back: Mack calls and tells Sheriff about the robbery. Lightning goes onto the Interstate and collects his gear back from the DRH, heavily denting them in the process. They get locked in the impound and confess that Chick hired them.
• Smasherville International Speedway: The fourth Piston Cup race. When Lightning wins, Chick is outraged. Lightning offers a rematch, which Chick gladly accepts. Darrell Cartrip suggests that they have a televised grudge match. Lightning recalls his dream from the beginning of the game and suggests that there be a Radiator Springs Grand Prix: three races, each in a different part of Ornament Valley.

[edit] Chapter 5

• Radiator Springs Grand Prix: Mater and Darrell commentate a longer, harder version of the race in Lightning's dream, which Lightning races against Chick, Fletcher, Gerald, and El Guapo.
• Tailfin Pass Grand Prix: A complicated, dangerous race around Tailfin Pass. Vince replaces Fletcher as the fifth racer.
• Ornament Valley Grand Prix: After a boring interview with Vince, the final race of the Grand Prix takes place. Vince, Barry, and Sonny race along with McQueen and Chick.
• Los Angeles International Speedway: The final Piston Cup race, in which Lightning wins his Piston Cup. To celebrate, he, Mater, and Sally go on a cross-county road trip. McQueen places his Piston Cup in the window of Doc's clinic, alongside Doc's three Piston Cups.

[edit] Mini-games

• Tractor Tipping (8 levels)
• Doc's Lesson:Powerslide
• Luigi to the Rescue (8 levels)
• Sarge's Boot Camp (3 levels)
• Mater's Backwards Lesson
• Sheriff's Hot Pursuit (Categories:Speeders, Hooligans, Road Hazards, Delinquents and Hot Rodders)
• High Speed Heist (where The Delinquent Road Hazards hijack Mack and grab Lightning's goods)
• Lightning Strikes Back (where Lightning retrieves his goods and The Delinquent Road Hazards, arrested by Sheriff)

[edit] Trivia

• The Piston Cup race tracks in the game mimic real-world NEXTEL Cup speedways. Tracks in the game are listed here, with their counterparts.
  • Palm Mile Speedway (Homestead-Miami Speedway)
  • Motor Speedway of the South (Shortened Indianapolis Motor Speedway or enlarged Bristol Motor Speedway)
  • Sun Valley International Raceway (Phoenix International Raceway)
  • Smasherville International Speedway (Bristol Motor Speedway)
  • Los Angeles International Speedway (Either Daytona International Speedway or California Speedway)
• It is revealed that Mater has a cousin named Tommy Joe, who is a demolition derby race car.
• Sometimes, Lightning McQueen breaks the fourth wall with lines like "Hey, this isn't how the story goes" and "Hold on a minute, that's not supposed to happen to me."
• The Nintendo DS version does mini-games instead of racing.

[edit] Errors/Plotholes

This video game has been classed as a sequel to the movie. However, there are several inconsistencies, most of which involve the film's end credits.

• In the credits, the Radiator Springs Drive-In Theatre has been restored. In the game, it is still abandoned.
• In the credits, a racing museum is opened near the impound lot, and Doc Hudson's three Piston Cups reside there. In the game, the museum is never mentioned, and the three Cups are in the window of Doc's clinic.
• At the end of the film, McQueen sports a paint job which carries his racing sponsors and number and well as a few Radiator Springs touches. In the game, he is in his normal racing outfit, and the new paint job never appears.
• In the film, Ramone re-paints himself every day and ends the film in a red paint job with black flames. In the game, which takes place over the course of several months, he is always in his trademark coat of purple.
• All that appears to remain from the film's end credits is Sarge's boot camp.

[edit] References

1. ^ Bozon, Mark (2006-05-18). Wii: The Launch Games. IGN. Retrieved on 2006-05-19.

[edit] External links

• Cars: The Video Game official site
• Cars (GameCube) at IGN
• Cars review for PS2
• Cars (GameCube) at GameSpot
• Cars (PS2) at GameSpot

2006 Disney-Pixar film Cars
Main Characters	Lightning McQueen | Mater | Sally | Doc Hudson The King | Chick Hicks | Ramone | Flo | Luigi | Guido | Mack | Red Sheriff | Fillmore | Sarge | The Delinquent Road Hazards
Production Studio	Disney | Pixar
Related Articles	Soundtrack | Official Video Game | Radiator Springs Radiator Springs Adventures | Cars Diecast Line