Cars: The Video Game

**Cars: The Video Game** is a racing video game that was based on the 2006 Disney/Pixar movie *Cars*. It was released on June 6th, 2006 for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii and PC.

## Story

The story takes place a few months after the events of the movie. Lightning McQueen is dreaming of a street race in Radiator Springs while he takes a nap at the Cozy Cone Motel, when he is suddenly woken up by Sally, who informs him that Doc Hudson is waiting for him at Willy's Butte and that a group of foreign cars (Fletcher, Gerald, El Guapo and Papo) are also looking for him at Flo's V8 Café. Lightning arrives at the café and is lectured by Mack to start training for the upcoming Piston Cup racing season.

## Gameplay

### Story Mode

There are five chapters in story mode, each of them ends with a Piston Cup race.

### Arcade Mode

In arcade mode, the player can freely choose any playable character to race in any of the game's tracks and minigames.

### Vs. Mode

In vs. mode, two players can compete against each other in any of the game's tracks and minigames.

## Events

### Road Races

#### Chapter 1

* Radiator Springs Grand Prix
* Radiator Cap Circuit
* Sally's Sunshine Circuit
* Doc's Challenge

#### Chapter 2

* Boostin' with Fillmore
* North Desert Dash
* Sarge's Off-Road Challenge

#### Chapter 3

* Sheriff's Chase
* Rustbucket Race-O-Rama
* Ornament Valley Circuit

#### Chapter 4

* Sally's Wheel Well Sprint
* Doc's Check-Up
* Delinquent Road Hazards
* Tailfin Pass Circuit
* Monster Truck Mayhem
* Chick's Challenge

#### Chapter 5

* Radiator Springs GP
* Tailfin Pass GP
* Ornament Valley GP

### Minigames

#### Chapter 1

* Lizzie's Postcard Hunt
* Tractor Tipping
* Doc's Lesson: Powerslide
* Pit Stop Challenge

#### Chapter 2

* Luigi to the Rescue
* Sarge's Boot Camp

#### Chapter 3

* Mater's Backwards Lesson
* Sheriff's Hot Pursuit

#### Chapter 4

* High Speed Heist
* Lightning Strikes Back

## Characters

### Playable

* Lightning McQueen
* Mater
* Sally
* Doc Hudson
* Ramone
* Flo
* Sheriff
* Chick Hicks
* Wingo
* Darrell Cartrip
* The King
* Count Spatula
* Guido (only playable in **Pit Stop Challenge**)
* Luigi (only playable in **Luigi to the Rescue**)
* DJ (only playable in **High Speed Heist**)
* Boost (only playable in **High Speed Heist**)

### Non-Playable

* Fillmore
* Sarge
* Lizzie
* Stanley
* Mack
* Snot Rod
* Mia
* Tia
* Tractors
* Frank
* Fletcher
* Gerald
* El Guapo
* Papo
* Tourists
* Tommy Joe
* Cletus
* Judd
* Buford
* Zeke
* Lewis
* Vince
* Sonny
* Barry
* Lenny
* The Crippler
* Ginormous
* Lee Jr
* Suregrip
* Hollister
* Guenther
* Riley
* Joltsen
* Aikens
* Turner
* Zeb
* Clarkson
* Buck
* Medford
* Masterson
* Henderson
* Bashman
* Banks
* McCoy
* Cortland

## Trivia

* The clouds seen above Radiator Springs are shaped like tire treads, similar to the movie.
* The Piston Cup racers that appear in this game are different characters from the Piston Cup racers that appeared in the movie, despite being nearly identical to them in terms of paint job, with the two main differences being their racing numbers and their bodywork shape.
* For unknown reasons, Lightning McQueen wears his "rookie" paint job in the game, despite having received a new paint job with a darker shade of red and a white fin design on his sides near the end of the movie.
* If the player's profile name is "CHMPION", their game will have faster opponents than usual.