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==Story== | ==Story== | ||
[[Cruz Ramirez]] | Note: This A Lot Shorter Than Cars: The Video Game's Story Mode | ||
[[Cruz Ramirez]] is woken by [[Sally Carrera]], who informs her that a group of visitors have arrived in Radiator Springs, who are interested in racing Ramirez. Additionally, [[Tony (Cars 3)|Tony]] lectures Ramirez about getting practice for the upcoming [[Piston Cup Racing Series|Piston Cup]] season. | |||
The first Piston Cup race of the season takes place in Texas with the rivalry of Cruz and Jackson growing even stronger than ever before, due to Lightning's retirement. | |||
When Cruz returns to Radiator Springs, | When Cruz returns to Radiator Springs, she and McQueen race over the interstate. After Ramirez participates that race, she and Tony travel to Pocono, where Cruz achieves another victory. | ||
Soon after, Cruz heads off to the [[Los Angeles International Speedway]] to acquire her next Piston Cup victory. | |||
Soon after, Cruz | |||
Ramirez competes in more races with her friends, including a drive up to the [[Wheel Well Motel]] in [[Tailfin Pass]] with Sally. From this point forward, Cruz explores Tailfin Pass more | Ramirez competes in more races with her friends, including a drive up to the [[Wheel Well Motel]] in [[Tailfin Pass]] with Lightning, Sally, Mater, Ramone, Sheriff, Junior Moon, Louise Nash, River Scott and Smokey. From this point forward, Cruz explores Tailfin Pass more. | ||
After defeating Jackson, Cruz manages to achieve another victory during the race at Chicagoland. After that, Ramirez and Tony travel to Calladega and manages to achieve another victory there and after that, Ramirez and Tony travels back to the [[Los Angeles International Speedway]] which is the closing race and manages to achieve her last victory there. Ramirez wins the Piston Cup trophy, which she puts on the windowsill of [[Doc's Clinic]], alongside the Fabulous Hudson Hornet's three trophies, Lightning's seven trophies and her very first trophy. | |||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== |
Revision as of 18:18, 19 October 2019
Template:Infobox Video GameCars 3: The Video Game is a racing game for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, Wii U and Microsoft Windows (PC), released on June 13, 2017. It is the first video game developed by Avalanche Software since they were acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game takes place after the events of Cars 3 and features 23 playable characters, as well as five tracks that take place across four different environments, including Texas, Radiator Springs Wheel Well Run, Radiator Springs Interstate Pass, Los Angeles International Speedway and Pocono.[1][2]
Story
Note: This A Lot Shorter Than Cars: The Video Game's Story Mode Cruz Ramirez is woken by Sally Carrera, who informs her that a group of visitors have arrived in Radiator Springs, who are interested in racing Ramirez. Additionally, Tony lectures Ramirez about getting practice for the upcoming Piston Cup season.
The first Piston Cup race of the season takes place in Texas with the rivalry of Cruz and Jackson growing even stronger than ever before, due to Lightning's retirement.
When Cruz returns to Radiator Springs, she and McQueen race over the interstate. After Ramirez participates that race, she and Tony travel to Pocono, where Cruz achieves another victory.
Soon after, Cruz heads off to the Los Angeles International Speedway to acquire her next Piston Cup victory.
Ramirez competes in more races with her friends, including a drive up to the Wheel Well Motel in Tailfin Pass with Lightning, Sally, Mater, Ramone, Sheriff, Junior Moon, Louise Nash, River Scott and Smokey. From this point forward, Cruz explores Tailfin Pass more.
After defeating Jackson, Cruz manages to achieve another victory during the race at Chicagoland. After that, Ramirez and Tony travel to Calladega and manages to achieve another victory there and after that, Ramirez and Tony travels back to the Los Angeles International Speedway which is the closing race and manages to achieve her last victory there. Ramirez wins the Piston Cup trophy, which she puts on the windowsill of Doc's Clinic, alongside the Fabulous Hudson Hornet's three trophies, Lightning's seven trophies and her very first trophy.
Gameplay
Cars 3: The Video Game is a racing game, like many of the Cars games that precede it. There is a vast array of playable characters from the film, in addition to many tracks and locations. Like in Cars: The Video Game, players will be able to play in a story mode. There are five chapters of the story, each one containing 5-8 events. There are three types of events - road races, minigames, and Piston Cup races. In road races, players proceed through short races, each race open to a small number of contestants. There are three Piston Cup races, one at the end of each chapter. These races feature twelve laps, and a larger number of opponents. Halfway into the race, players must take a "pit stop" and a play a minigame in order to move on in the race. Completing and winning events will reward the player with trophies, and there are a total of 250 to collect within the campaign.[3]
In between events, players can drive around a hub world that consists of three different areas; Radiator Springs, Ornament Valley, and Tailfin Pass. Players can explore the worlds while earning Skill Checks and driving past tourists and many of Cruz Ramirez's friends. New areas are unlocked as the story progresses. Unlocking criteria is as follows:
Area | Unlocking criteria |
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Ornament Valley | Earn first place in Radiator Springs Wheel Well Run |
Tailfin Pass | Earn first place in Radiator Springs Interstate Pass |
Abandoned Mine and connecting roads | Earn third place or higher in both Radiator Springs Wheel Well Run and Radiator Springs Interstate Pass |
While players take control of Cruz in the hub world and throughout the majority of the game's events, players occasionally drive as other characters, such as Tow Mater, Sally Carrera, and Sheriff. Additionally, Cruz's appearance can be changed at Ramone's House of Body Art. While a small selection of paint schemes are available from the start of the game, the remainder must be unlocked by purchasing them with Bonus Points in the Bonus Content menu section.
Arcade
Arcade mode allows players to use any character they have unlocked so far on any event unlocked through story mode. Unlike story mode, each race's opponents are random.
VS
Two players can play together with any characters they have unlocked so far, but the number of playable events are limited. There is also the Pit Stop Challenge minigame from story mode, which is only playable in VS mode. The frame rate will drop while playing this mode.
Characters
Players have to earn skill checks in order to get new cars and paint jobs. The cars available are Chase Racelott, Arvy, Dr. Damage, Sheriff, Junior Moon, Louise Nash, River Scott, Smokey and many more.
Characters
The game features 23 different playable characters.
Playable characters
There are a total of 23 characters that can be unlocked in the game. To unlock more characters, the player must earn more Skill Checks.
- Lightning McQueen - N/A
- Cruz Ramirez - N/A
- Tow Mater - N/A
- Sally Carrera - N/A
- Ramone - N/A
- Bubba Wheelhouse, Jr. - N/A
- Chase Racelott - Unlocked earning 33 Skill Checks
- Chick Hicks - Unlocked earning 22 Skill Checks
- Natalie Certain - Unlocked by earning 17 Skill Checks
- Arvy - Unlocked by earning 40 Skill Checks
- Dr. Damage - Unlocked by earning 70 Skill Checks
- Miss Fritter - Unlocked earning 33 Skill Checks
- Sheriff - Unlocked by earning 85 Skill Checks
- Danny Swervez - Unlocked by earning 50 Skill Checks
- Jackson Storm - Unlocked earning 45 Skill Checks
- Junior Moon - Unlocked by earning 27 Skill Checks
- Louise Nash - Unlocked by earning 57 Skill Checks
- River Scott - Unlocked by earning 77 Skill Checks
- Smokey - Unlocked by earning 124 Skill Checks
- Ryan "Inside" Laney - Unlocked by earning 88 Skill Checks
- Darrell Cartrip - Unlocked by earning 66 Skill Checks
- Rich Mixon - Unlocked by earning 99 Skill Checks
- Cam Spinner - Unlocked by earning 100 Skill Checks
Other characters
- Guido
- Fillmore
- Sarge
- Luigi
- Mack
- Bill
- High Impact
- Broadside
- Airborne
- J.D. McPillar (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Eric Braker (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Flip Dover (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Chris Roamin' (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Harvey Rodcap (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Tim Treadless (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Ed Truncan (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Steve LaPage (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Michael Rotor (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Aaron Clocker (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Estreno Nouveauté Confirai (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Herb Curbler (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Barry DePedal (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Jack Smith (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Richie Gunzit (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Franklin Spitball (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Juleka McSpring (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Dan Carcia (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Conrad Camber (seen in Piston Cup races)
- J.P. Drive (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Paul Conrev (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Sheldon Shifter (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Bob Lumbers (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Spikey Fillups (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Noah Gocek (seen in Piston Cup races)
- Jonas Carvers (seen in Piston Cup races)
Events
Events serve as the main feature of the gameplay, and are categorized into three different groups: road races, minigames, and Piston Cup races. Road races let the player drive on tracks in Radiator Springs, Tailfin Pass and Ornament Valley, minigames allow the players to play fun games with specific objectives, and Piston Cup races are longer than road races, but with simpler tracks.
Road Races
- Radiator Springs Wheel Well Run
- Radiator Springs Interstate Pass
Minigames
- Best Lap Challenges
Piston Cup Races
- Texas (event) Texas
- Los Angeles International Speedway
- Pocono (event) Pocono
Opponents
Each story mode race features a different set of characters that compete in each race. In addition to the player, there are several CPU opponents, each one having a different speed level - there will be one very fast character, one fast character, one medium character, and one slow character. This system is very similar to the "rival order" that is featured in the Mario Kart game series.
Name | How many Skill Checks players need to unlock |
Course | Player | Very Fast | Fast | Medium | Slow |
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Radiator Springs Wheel Well Run | Cruz | Lightning | Sally | Sheriff | Ramone |
Radiator Springs Interstate Pass | Cruz | Lightning | Sally | Sheriff | Ramone |
Texas | Cruz | Lightning | Jackson Storm | Ryan "Inside" Laney | Chase Racelott |
Pocono | Cruz | Lightning | Jackson Storm | Ryan "Inside" Laney | Chase Racelott |
Los Angeles International Speedway | Cruz | Lightning | Jackson Storm | Ryan "Inside" Laney | Chase Racelott |
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Cars 3: The Video Game/Gallery.
References to other titles
- Cars 3: All of the playable characters are based on their appearances in this film, along with a few references from said film.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Spanish | Cars 3: The Video Game | Cars 3: The Video Game |
French | Cars 3: The Video Game | Cars 3: The Video Game |
Trivia
- This game marks the second time Luigi and Fillmore are not playable in a Cars video game, as well as the third time Sarge is not playable, with the first being Cars: The Video Game and second being Cars: Fast as Lightning.
- This is the first Cars video game where Guido appears, but does not speak.
- This is the first time different voice actors are used for the characters (excluding Junior Moon and Darrell Cartrip) in a Cars video game.
- Smokey only appears in his Heyday paint job in this game.