Cars
Play as Lightning McQueen, a rookie racecar looking to win fame and fortune at the Piston Cup Championship, in the video game adaptation of Disney Pixar's Cars.
Cars is an adventure developed by Rainbow Studios, released 6 June 2006 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Cars is
Cars is an adventure game developed by Rainbow Studios and released in 2006. It was published by THQ. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Cars is a 2006 racing game published by THQ. The game is based on the 2006 film of the same name. It was released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable in June 2006, with versions for the Xbox 360 and Wii released later that year. The Wii version includes functionality geared towards its Wii Remote controller and was a launch game for the system. Taking place after the events of the film, the game follows Lightning McQueen as he participates in the new racing season with his goal set on finally winning the Piston Cup. While doing so, he races and trains with the local community of Radiator Springs.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Disney series
Cars is the 293rd of 516 entries we hold in the Disney series. The next entry was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in 2006. Its critic score of 65 is almost exactly the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Kingdom Hearts III at 90.
How it was received
Cars holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 65, across 54 votes.
What it launched against
Cars launched on 6 June 2006, within three weeks of Half-Life 2: Episode One, Hitman: Blood Money, Heroes of Might and Magic V and LocoRoco. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Half-Life 2: Episode One, Hitman: Blood Money, Heroes of Might and Magic V, LocoRoco.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Cars yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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