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Revision as of 23:00, 8 July 2018
Template:Infobox Video GameCars: Fast as Lightning was a customizable racing game that was released on iOS, Android and Windows Phone on October 9, 2014, featuring the characters from the Cars franchise.
It was removed in 2016, before the release of Cars 3. However, if the user has the game in their app library, they can still download and play it.
Gameplay
Cars: Fast as Lightning combines elements of several different games, including Disney Infinity, Clash of Clans, CityVille, Nemo's Reef, and many others, and combines them into a customizable racing game using characters from the popular franchise. Players have a town that they can customize by constructing buildings and decorations that will provide them with coins. Coins can be used to purchase new buildings, as well as upgrade cars. Additionally, gems serve as a rarer type of currency, obtainable via real money, daily challenges or the Gem Mine.
In addition to the town, race tracks are customizable as well, with more tracks being unlocked as players progress through the game. Tracks can be customized with different types of road pieces, including curves, hills and more. These road pieces will give the player opportunities to perform tricks during races, awarding the player with a short boost.
In races, the player can do many different things to make themselves successful, including boosting, boost starting, performing tricks, or gaining XP. The XP meter will fill as the player gains XP, and when it fills, the player will be moved to the next level, unlocking new buildings and decorations.
Daily and weekly challenges are also featured as a way to obtain currency and friends can be added through social media or by sharing friend codes.
Controls
Cars: Fast as Lightning uses a very simplified control scheme, consisting primarily of simple taps. When a player's car drives over a blue circle on a track, it will provide the player with a short boost if the screen is tapped while on one. Tricks can be performed by sliding a finger in the direction the arrow is demonstrating.
The pedal in the bottom right of the screen must be held in order for the player to accelerate. At the start of the race, if the pedal is tapped when the "Go!" sign appears, a boost start will be awarded to the player.
Game modes
Town
The town is where all of the buildings are stored, each one awarding coins to the player. As more buildings are placed, more currency will be awarded when the player opens the game up. In order to expand the town, a fee must be payed in order for Bessie, the cranes, pitties and bulldozers to pave a new road. Each time an extension is bought, the next extension will cost higher.
All of the players' cars will be seen driving around town, alongside Sarge and Lizzie. Occasionally, a car will want to go to a certain building, and when they are brought to it, the player will be awarded with either an XP star, a coin, a fuel can or a gem.
Various unique buildings can be built to, including the Dinoco Stand, Gem Mine, Car Wash, and Movie Theater.
Race
In order to progress in the game, the player must continually race against various different opponents. The ones that will award trophies are displayed next to the finish line of whatever track the player is playing on, with various different cars driving around the track. These cars can be raced against for additional XP, as well as a chance to earn a sticker for a new paint job.
The practice cars can either be AI characters or human players, with computer characters using the image of the character, with human players having a blue "friend" icon.
Characters
Playable characters
There are a total of 31 playable characters in Cars: Fast as Lightning, consisting of 13 Cars characters, 10 Cars Toons characters and 7 Cars 2 characters. Todd Marcus is the only car that is unlocked after the tutorial, and all other cars must be unlocked by earning their stickers.
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Sandy Dunes "Told you I was the fastest car in the West!"
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Blue Grit "What? Huh? I gotta go?!"
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Idle Threat “Later!"
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Shifty Sidewinder “Chat you later!”
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Komodo "I will soon be unstoppable."
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Yokoza "Catch you later!"
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Long Ge "No one can match my skills."
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Pyotr Racinov "Get ready for a whole new Russian racer!"
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Max Schnell "So, is everyone ready to TRY to keep up with Max Schnell?!"
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Todd Marcus "My sponsors gotta love this!"
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Chick Hicks "Show me the love. Come on."
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Fillmore "Flower power, man!"
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Tow Mater "Hey there, buddy!"
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Flo "Like what you see?"
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Luigi "It is-a tires for the speed!"
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Guido "Pit stop!"
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Sheriff "Now we're talkin'!"
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Kabuto (Coming soon in August 2018). "I am the Kabuto."
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SnotRod "Achoo!"
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Wingo “Going with the flow!"
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DJ "It’s all about the right tunes!"
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Boost "Blink and you'll miss me!"
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Miguel Camino "I can do this. There is no one who can beat me."
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Carla Veloso "Let's do this!"
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Shu Todoroki "I will dominate."
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Raoul CaRoule "All systems go."
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Holley Shiftwell "Here we go then."
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Finn McMissile "Farewell."
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Francesco Bernoulli "It is I, Francesco!"
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Lightning McQueen "No problem. I can do this with my eyes closed."
Unlocking criteria
Unlike previous Cars games, Cars: Fast as Lightning uses an orderly unlocking system. Once every race is won as one character, the next one will be unlocked, and so forth. Winning these races will provide the player with a "sticker". Once all of these are collected and every race is the won, the next character will be unlocked.
Each character has 2 (or more) extra paint jobs, which can be unlocked by earning stickers in practice races.
Other characters
- Sarge
- Lizzie
- Tractors
- Frank
- Bessie
- Bob Cutlass
- Darrell Cartrip
- Dexter Hoover
- Rotor Turbosky
- Dinoco Girls
- Chuck Choke Cables
- Nelson Blindspot
- Sally Carrera (mentioned)
- Muggsy Liftsome
- Chuy
- Colossus XXL
- Hiroaki
- Takeshi
Tracks
- Lightning's Track (also the tutorial track)
- Todd's Track
- Chick's Track
- Fillmore's Track
- Mater's Track
- Flo's Track
- Luigi's Track
- Guido's Track
- Sheriff's Track
- Kabuto's Track (Coming soon in August 2018.)
- SnotRod's Track
- Wingo's Track
- DJ's Track
- Boost's Track
- Miguel's Track
- Carla's Track
- Shu's Track
- Raoul's Track
- Holley's Track
- Finn's Track
- Francesco's Track
- Max's Track (from the Christmas-themed update)
- Pyotr's Track (from the Ice Racers-themed update)
- Long Ge's Track (from the Ice Racers-themed update)
- Komodo's Track (from the Neon Racers-themed update)
- Yokoza's Track (from the Neon Racers-themed update)
Buildings, Decorations, and Track Pieces
Town
Buildings
Name | Cost | Unlocking criteria |
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Luigi's Casa Della Tires | Free | Go to Radiator Springs |
Radiator Springs Curios | Free | Go to Radiator Springs |
House of Body Art | Free | Go to Radiator Springs |
Flo's V8 Cafe | None | None |
Todd's Pit | 5,000 coins | Unlock Todd Marcus |
Cozy Cone Motel | 100 gems | N/A |
Chick's Pit | 7,500 coins | Unlock Chick Hicks |
Nightclub | 200 gems | N/A |
Fillmore's Taste-In | 300 gems | N/A |
Pyotr's Pit | 350 gems | N/A |
Mater's Towing & Salvage | 400 gems | N/A |
Shu's Pit | 500 gems | N/A |
Francesco's Pit | 600 gems | N/A |
Courthouse | 10,000 coins | Unlocking Fillmore's track |
Mrs. Piston | 12,000 coins | Reach experience level 7 |
Guido's Italian Ice Shop | 42,000 coins | Unlock Guido |
Rusty Bumper | 46,000 coins | Reach experience level 9 |
Police Station | 48,000 coins | Reach experience level 11 |
Wimpy's Wipers | TBA | Reach experience level 14 |
Emporium Repair | TBA | Reach experience level 16 |
Kabuto's Pit | 50,000 coins | Unlock Kabuto |
SnotRod's Gym | 56,000 coins | Unlock SnotRod |
Office Building | 90,000 coins | Unlock DJ's track |
Wingo's Digs | 64,000 coins | Unlock Wingo |
Hospital |
110,000 coins |
Unlock Boost's track |
Pop 'n' Patch Tire Repair | 145,000 coins | Unlock Carla's track |
Boost's Nitro Shop | 100,000 coins | Unlock Boost |
Visitor Center | 150,000 coins | Unlock Shu's track |
Miguel's Pit | 120,000 coins | Unlock Miguel Camino |
Sparky's Spark Plug | 190,000 coins | Unlock Raoul's Track |
Carla's Pit | 130,000 coins | Unlock Carla Veloso |
Fire Station | 220,000 coins | Reach experience level 37 |
Raoul's Pit | 175,000 coins | Unlock Raoul ÇaRoule |
Racing Museum | 260,000 coins | Unlock Finn's Track |
Holley's Hideout | 205,000 coins | Unlock Holley Shiftwell |
McMissile's Pad | 240,000 coins | Unlock Finn McMissile |
Sarge's Surplus Hut | TBA | Unlock Francesco's track |
Ornament Valley Airport | 82,000 coins | Unlocking Wingo's track |
Lightning's Pit | 320,000 coins | Unlock Lightning McQueen |
Max's Pit | 300,000 coins | Unlock Max Schnell |
Long Ge's Pit | TBA | Unlock Long Ge |
Komodo's Pit | TBA | Unlock Komodo |
Yokoza's Pit | TBA | Unlock Yokoza |
Ice Shop | 450 gems | N/A |
Igloo | 450 gems | N/A |
Decorations
Name | Cost | Unlocking criteria |
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Mega Screen | 1,000 coins | Unlock Chick Hicks |
Neon Sign | 10 gems | N/A |
Radiator Spring | 20 gems | N/A |
Street Light | 60 coins | N/A |
Flame Fountain | 80 gems | N/A |
Spy Relay | 50 gems | N/A |
Arcade Games | 60 gems | N/A |
Tokyo Street Lights | 90 gems | N/A |
Organic Oil Stand | 5 gems | Unlock Fillmore |
Red Flowers | 2,000 coins | Reach experience level 5 |
Mailbox | 5,000 coins | Reach experience level 7 |
Mator Statue | 3,000 coins | Unlock Mater |
Motorama Girls Billboard | 4,000 coins | Unlock Flo |
Blue Flowers | 8,000 coins | Unlock Sheriff's track |
Gear Statue | 6,000 coins | Unlock Luigi |
Wind Turbine | 7,000 coins | Unlock Guido |
Water Tower | 9,000 coins | Reach experience level 18 |
Graffiti Wall | 10,000 coins | Unlock Wingo |
Clock Tower | 25,000 coins | Reach experience level 24 |
Super Subwoofers | 15,000 coins | Unlock DJ |
Weather Vane | TBA | Unlock Francesco's track |
Solar Panels | 20,000 coins | Unlock Miguel Camino |
Vending Machines | 80 gems | N/A |
Cherry Blossom Tree | 22,500 coins | Unlock Shu Todoroki |
Well | TBA | Reach experience level 39 |
Poster Kiosk | TBA | Unlock Raoul ÇaRoule |
Turbo Fan | TBA | Reach experience level 47 |
Parasol | TBA | Unlock Francesco Bernoulli |
Doc Hudson Statue | TBA | Unlock Lightning McQueen |
Celebration Lanterns | TBA | Unlock Long Ge |
Motor Mobile | 17,500 coins | Unlock Boost |
Neon Pavilion | 70 gems | N/A |
Races
Track Pieces
Name | Cost | Unlocking criteria |
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Hot Springs | 25 gems | N/A |
Steep Curve | 1,000 coins | Reach experience level 3 |
Wild Well | 500 gems | N/A |
Surplus Storage | 500 gems | N/A |
Crazy Loop | 25 gems | N/A |
Frozen Loop | 75 gems | N/A |
Pretzel Loop | TBA | Reach experience level 8 |
Desert Curve | TBA | Reach experience level 12 |
Barrier Turn | TBA | Reach experience level 15 |
Oil Spill | TBA | Reach experience level 19 |
Whipsnap Raceway | TBA | Reach experience level 25 |
Steep Hill | TBA | Reach experience level 43 |
Bumpy Road | 1,000 coins | Beat Fillmore as Todd Marcus |
Cliffhanger | 20 gems | N/A |
Construction Site | 50 gems | N/A |
Stunt Cannons | 100 gems | N/A |
Zigzag | 600 coins | Reach experience level 5 |
Toll Booth | TBA | Reach experience level 10 |
Car Wash (track piece) | TBA | Reach experience level 17 |
Rocky Loop | TBA | Reach experience level 20 |
Rocky Half-Pipe | TBA | Reach experience level 31 |
Corkscrew Loop | TBA | Reach experience level 35 |
Geyser Jump | 20,000 coins | Reach experience level 40 |
20,000 coins | Reach experience level 46 | |
115 gems | N/A | |
Russian Bridge | 24,000 coins | N/A |
Hockey Rink | 125 gems | N/A |
Decorations
Name | Cost | Unlocking criteria |
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Souvenir Tent | 10 gems | N/A |
Blue Blimp | 100 coins | Beat Mater as Todd Marcus |
Inflatable Arch | 100 coins | Reach experience level 3 |
Dinoco Tent | 20 gems | N/A |
Dinoco Sign | 40 gems | NA |
Piston Boulder | 30 gems | N/A |
Skybox | 60 gems | N/A |
Japanese Arch | 80 gems | N/A |
Flaming Arch | 100 gems | N/A |
Big-O-Vision | 120 gems | N/A |
Loudspeakers | TBA | Reach experience level 4 |
Bleachers | TBA | Reach experience level 6 |
Gear Balloon | TBA | Reach experience level 8 |
McMissile Banners | TBA | Reach experience level 10 |
Gearsley Banners | TBA | Reach experience level 12 |
Rust-eze Tent | TBA | Reach experience level 16 |
Grand Prix Banner | TBA | Reach experience level 19 |
Floodlights | TBA | Reach experience level 20 |
Paris Banners | TBA | Reach experience level 21 |
Francesco Balloon | TBA | Reach experience level 23 |
Leaderboard | TBA | Reach experience level 26 |
Gameloft Tent | TBA | Reach experience level 29 |
V8 Café Sunset Banner | TBA | Reach experience level 32 |
First Aid Tent | TBA | Reach experience level 34 |
Rocky Arch | TBA | Reach experience level 37 |
Tokyo Banners | TBA | Reach experience level 39 |
Lightning Balloon | TBA | Reach experience level 42 |
Francesco Banner | TBA | Reach experience level 44 |
AV Tower | TBA | Unlock Shu Todoroki |
Races
Each character comes with a number of races, each against a different opponent. Winning a race will award the player a sticker for the next unlockable car.
Todd Marcus
- Fillmore
- Tow Mater
- Chick Hicks
Chick Hicks
- Tow Mater
- Flo
- Luigi
- Guido
- Sheriff
- Fillmore
Fillmore
- Todd Marcus
- Flo
- Sheriff
- SnotRod
- Wingo
- Tow Mater
Tow Mater
- Rookie Green Todd Marcus
- Chick Hicks
- Sheriff
- SnotRod
- Wingo
- DJ
- Boost
- Flo
Flo
- Chick Hicks
- Fillmore
- Sheriff
- Golden Champion Todd Marcus
- DJ
- Boost
- Miguel Camino
- Luigi
Luigi
- Purple Rage Chick Hicks
- Todd Marcus
- Tow Mater
- Tie-Dye Fillmore
- SnotRod
- Wingo
- Carla Veloso
- Guido
Guido
- Fillmore
- Flo
- Tow Mater
- Golden Champion Todd Marcus
- Chick Hicks
- DJ
- Boost
- Sheriff
Sheriff
- Flo
- Mater the Greater Tow Mater
- Luigi
- Flower Power Fillmore
- SnotRod
- Boost
- Miguel Camino
- Kabuto
Kabuto
Coming soon in 23 August 2018.
SnotRod
- Luigi
- Lightning Fan Guido
- Rookie Green Todd Marcus
- Chick Hicks
- Fillmore
- Flo
- Tokyo Tow Mater
- Wingo
Wingo
- Tokyo Tow Mater
- Italian Racer Luigi
- Guido
- Retro Sheriff
- Miguel Camino
- Carla Veloso
- Shu Todoroki
- DJ
DJ
- Ranger Sheriff
- Femme Fatale Flo
- Tie-Dye Fillmore
- Purple Rage Chick Hicks
- SnotRod
- Shu Todoroki
- Raoul ÇaRoule
- Boost
Boost
- Golden Champion Todd Marcus
- Tokyo Tow Mater
- Lightning Pit Car Guido
- Italian Racer Luigi
- Wingo
- Carla Veloso
- Raoul ÇaRoule
- Miguel Camino
Miguel Camino
- Neon SnotRod
- Party Time Wingo
- Stay Gold DJ
- Calm & Collected Boost
- Sheriff
- Shu Todoroki
- Holley Shiftwell
- Carla Veloso
Carla Veloso
- Todd Marcus
- Chick Hicks
- Tow Mater
- Flower Power Fillmore
- Ice Queen Flo
- Raoul ÇaRoule
- Finn McMissile
- Shu Todoroki
Shu Todoroki
- Lightning Fan Luigi
- Lightning Pit Car Guido
- Neon Wingo
- Sheriff
- Neon Boost
- Miguel Camino
- Francesco Bernoulli
- Raoul ÇaRoule
Raoul ÇaRoule
- Fillmore
- Neon DJ
- Flo
- Jet-Black SnotRod
- Mater the Greater Tow Mater
- Spanish Flag Miguel Camino
- Carnaval Carla Veloso
- Holley Shiftwell
Holley Shiftwell
- Tow Mater
- Luigi
- Todd Marcus
- Guido
- Retro Sheriff
- Tokyo Nights Shu Todoroki
- Italian Wonder Francesco Bernoulli
- Finn McMissile
Finn McMissile
- Tow Mater
- Fillmore
- Femme Fatale Flo
- Ranger Sheriff
- Boost
- Quente Carla Veloso
- French Flag Raoul ÇaRoule
- Francesco Bernoulli
Francesco Bernoulli
- Lightning Fan Luigi
- Lightning Fan Guido
- DJ
- Wingo
- SnotRod
- Japanese Flag Shu Todoroki
- Para España Miguel Camino
- Lightning McQueen
Lightning McQueen
- Tow Mater (only during training modes)
- Rookie Green Todd Marcus
- Dinoco Chick Hicks
- Neon Boost
- Para España Miguel Camino
- Shu Todoroki
- Carla Veloso
- Raoul ÇaRoule
- Francesco Bernoulli
Max Schnell
- Mater
- Boost
- Miguel Camino
- Carla Veloso
- Shu Todoroki
- Raoul ÇaRoule
- Francesco Bernoulli
- Lightning McQueen
Pyotr Racinov
- Winter Tow Mater
- ICE Miguel Camino
- ICE Raoul ÇaRoule
- ICE Carla Veloso
- ICE Shu Todoroki
- ICE Francesco Bernoulli
- ICE Max Schnell
- ICE Lightning McQueen
Long Ge
- Winter Tow Mater
- Ice Queen Flo
- Bohemian Dragon Fillmore
- ICE Max Schnell
- ICE Carla Veloso
- ICE Pyotr Racinov
- ICE Shu Todoroki
- Eastern Breeze Lightning McQueen
Yokoza
- Tokyo Tow Mater
- Neon DJ
- Police Car Holley Shiftwell
- Airport Security Finn McMissile
- Neon Boost
- Neon Komodo Komodo
- Neon Todoroki Shu Todoroki
- Neon McQueen Lightning McQueen
Komodo
- Neon Max Max Schnell
- Neon Wingo
- Neon Carla Carla Veloso
- Neon Camino Miguel Camino
- Neon Çaroule Raoul ÇaRaoule
- Neon Francesco Francesco Bernoulli
- Neon McQueen Lightning McQueen
- Neon Todoroki Shu Todoroki
The cars' homes
- Todd Marcus - Todd's Pit
- Chick Hicks - Chick's Pit
- Fillmore - Fillmore's Taste In
- Tow Mater - Mater's Towing and Salvage
- Flo - Flo's V8 Cafe
- Luigi - Luigi's Casa Della Tires
- Guido - Rusty Bumper (sometimes) and Guido's Italian Ice Shop
- Sheriff - Courthouse
- Kabuto - Kabuto's Pit
- SnotRod - SnotRod's Gym
- Wingo - Wingo's Digs
- DJ - Nightclub
- Boost - Boost's Nitro Shop
- Miguel Camino - Miguel's Pit
- Carla Veloso - Carla's Pit
- Shu Todoroki - Shu's Pit
- Raoul ÇaRoule - Raoul's Pit
- Holley Shiftwell - Holley's Hideout
- Finn McMissile - McMissile's Pad
- Francesco Bernoulli - Francesco's Pit
- Lightning McQueen - Lightning's Pit
- Long Ge - Long Ge's Pit
- Komodo - Komodo's Pit
- Yokoza - Yokoza's Pit
Strangely, Shifty Sidewinder, Idle Threat, Blue Grit, Sandy Dunes, Lizzie, and Sarge do not have any homes for no reason. All they do is drive around the town.
Updates
1.0.1
This update included some minor bug fixes and overall improvements created from feedback that the game received. In addition to these fixes, a new feature was added, allowing certain buildings to go on sale for a limited amount of time.
1.1.0
The setting was changed to a Christmas theme, with new decorations and track pieces, along with Max Schnell added as a playable character.
Later, downloadable content that has a theme of the Chinese New Year was released.
1.2.0
Content from the Ice Racers die-cast line was added, including the character Pyotr Racinov.
Later, more decorations and Long Ge were added.
1.3.0
Content from the Neon Racers die-cast line was added, including decorations and track pieces themed after Tokyo, and Tokyo Mater characters Komodo and Yokoza.
Later, Shifty Sidewinder, Idle Threat, Blue Grit, and Sandy Dunes were added, and a couple of minor bugs were fixed.
Development
Development for the game was most likely started sometime in late 2013/early 2014, with the game being confirmed and shown off at E3. Initially, the release date was simply known as "Q3 2014", but an official date was set three days prior to the game's release.
Promotion and advertising
YouTube trailers
On October 6, 2014, Gameloft released a teaser trailer to its official YouTube channel, showing off some minor gameplay elements, alongside the official release date of October 9, 2014.
A launch trailer was released on the same day the game released, showing off more features that the game contains, including various clips of races on different tracks, as well as the town.
Gameloft have also released trailers for each of the updates.
Reception
Cars: Fast as Lightning received generally positive reviews, its main praises being its smooth and detailed animations and the way it combines city-building elements with Cars characters. The game was criticized, however, for its simplistic gameplay, with some reviewers stating "It's probably too simplistic for anyone except youngsters."
On Metacritic, it has been met with positive reviews, though it is still awaiting two more reviews for an overall score to be posted.
Beta elements
- Main article: List of Cars: Fast as Lightning beta elements
As not very much information was known prior to its release date, little was changed in the final product, the only difference being the music, which was originally the Cars: Race-O-Rama main theme, but was instead changed to an entirely new music track.
Staff
- Main article: Cars: Fast as Lightning/Staff
Gameloft is the primary developer of Cars: Fast as Lightning, with some of the voice actors being Owen Wilson (Lightning McQueen), Larry the Cable Guy (Tow Mater), Jerry Trainor (Todd Marcus), Katherine Helmond (Lizzie), Jossara Jinaro (Carla Veloso), Martin Jarvis (Finn McMissile), Emily Mortimer (Holley Shiftwell), and many more.
References to other media
- Cars - Flo mentions her life as a Motorama Girl, a deleted plot element for this film called "Motorama Girls". Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks also use their Dinoco paint schemes from this film.
- Cars: Mater-National Championship - Ornament Valley Airport re-appears in this game, its previous appearance only being in Mater-National.
- Mater the Greater - Mater uses his Mater the Greater paint job from this short, while the Stunt Cannons trick animation is similar to Mater's stunt, but with a Lightning McQueen-like design.
- Tokyo Mater - Mater uses his Tokyo attire from this short. The trick animation for Construction Site is similar to the way Tokyo Mater and Lightning Dragon McQueen slide through the halfpipe.
- Cars 2 - Luigi and Guido have their Lightning Fan attire as alternate paint jobs, and the Wild Well trick is rather similar to the stunt Finn McMissile pulls in this film. Also, the track pieces in the 1.3.0 update include one taken from a Japanese television show where a car has to jump through different giant road signs.
- Cars 2: The Video Game - Several characters' recordings are reused for this game, like "Flower power, man!" "I will dominate!" “All systems go." "The competition will be no competition." "Let's do this!" "Francesco must leave you behind now!" "Here we go, then!" and many others.
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Cars: Fast as Lightning/Gallery.
Media
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Glitches
- Main article: Cars: Fast as Lightning/Glitches
Cars drive through one another
This glitch is common when the player is looking at their town. Whenever a car is sent to a building, it will go straight to said building, driving through another car if there is one in its path, rather than driving around it like they normally would.
Trivia
- This is the final time Michael Keaton voices Chick Hicks. Bob Peterson assumes the role from Cars 3 onwards.
- Snot Rod's name is spelled as "SnotRod".
- Several construction vehicles bear resemblances to certain characters. The pitties are identical to Muggsy Liftsome from Cars 2, while the bulldozers are identical to the ones seen in El Materdor, and the cranes are identical to the ones in Tokyo Mater.
- When Chick Hicks goes on Luigi's track with his Purple Rage paint job, it reveals that he starts being nice to his opponents. Although, he is playing a trick on Luigi.
- Lightning McQueen's Dinoco paint scheme is called "Champion".
- The game was shut down in the United States. That means that it is no longer downloadable.
- Ramone is mentioned but he is not in the game, for some reason.
Errors
- Guido's home is sometimes at Rusty Bumper in this game, rather than his Italian Ice Shop for no apparent reason.
- Finn's track is actually Todd's track.
- In some versions, like on the Nook version, Chick Hicks has no eyes.