Another is using tricks, which are enabled by pressing different directions on the right stick, for example, pressing up allows you to drive on two wheels, something that K.I.T.T did a lot in the Knight Rider TV series. Camera views cannot be changed, so if you usually play racing games in a first person view then you are out of luck here.ĭrifts are one of the mechanics that are used to build up boost metre. You can drift to take corners better, and also jump to hop over barriers and obstacles. These help the player if there is one they need to use, for example, to defend themself from attacks. Sometimes you can pick up boxes that tell you what weapon you will acquire. You can also collect power-ups on the track in little question mark boxes that spin around. Thankfully the controls are simple to grasp, with acceleration and brake on trigger buttons. Really the separate tutorials could have been squished into one tutorial race rather than being split over five or six scenarios that teach you a particular feature. Starting out, you are put into an awkwardly-produced training mode. Missions are split across six groups, which contain multiple game types in them. There is a sufficient amount of game types, but the problem is that you can’t play most of them unless you make your way through the game’s main the C.H.R.O.M.E Mission Career.

This doesn’t really transfer into the game, there’s barely a story, so instead the plot is used as a building block to create a Mario Kart inspired racing game. The film revolves around a spy plotline with C.H.R.O.M.E (Command Headquarters for Recon Operations & Motorized Espionage) investigating a devious plot to sabotage oil in cars during the races, so that Professor Zundapp can keep his oil monopoly.

The story is loosely related to the film and uses the film’s general plotline, which involves Lightning McQueen travelling around the world to compete in the newly-announced racing series World Grand Prix.

Disney’s Cars 2 is from the team (Avalanche Software) that developed the surprisingly pleasant and fun Toy Story 3 video game released last year.

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