Cars: Race-O-Rama

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Cars: Race-O-Rama is the third game in the Cars series, and for the first time you can make your own Lightning McQueen. Characters like Sally and The King do not appear in this game. This is the last Disney/Pixar video game published by THQ as well as the last game to be published by any other company except Disney Interactive.

Plot

Lightning McQueen and his racing academy are in a race with their rivals. At the end of the race, the other academy crashed the Doc Hudson Racing Academy. Lightning saw what happened, and realized that the other academy belonged to Chick Hicks. Chick told Lightning that if he wins the Race-O-Rama series, the Doc Hudson Racing Academy will be shut down, everyone would go to the Chick Hicks Racing Academy. Even worse, Chick will also take over Radiator Springs, and Lightning has to leave the town.

Lightning decides to customize himself for the different races.

Meanwhile, in Ornament Valley, in front of the Rustbucket Stadium, Mater meets his old rivals, Bubba, Tater, and Tater Jr., who reminded him of when they agreed to race in the Rustbucket Stadium for the towing rights in Radiator Springs.

Lightning McQueen arrives at Santa Carburera with some modifications, his racing academy, and a few of his friends from Radiator Springs. They race a few races, then came the final race in. Lightning and Flo were lined up at the starting line, then Chick came, and introduced them to Candice. They raced through Santa Carburera. Candice loses the race, so she called her dad for new everything, and he agrees to give what she want to her. She drives away to go shopping.

For the next round, Lightning arrives in Autovia with his racing Academy and Sarge. Meanwhile, the Chick Hicks Racing Academy went through the MotorCo. building, where they became VINs. Lightning and his racing academy raced through Autovia with the VINs and the Chick Hicks Racing Academy. Before the final race, Lightning and Sarge meet El Machismo. They have the race, and El Machismo loses, so he gets angry, and blames Chick and MotorCo. for it, so he asks for bigger everything. He was acting more of a sore loser than Chick.

After that, Lightning, with some more new modifications, went with his racing academy and Ramone to the city of Motoropolis City. The races were at night, with all the big lights on. They and the Chick Hicks Racing Academy raced through the city street of Motoropolis City. Before the final race, Chick introduced Stinger to Lightning and Ramone. They raced, and Stinger lost as well. Chick couldn't believe that not even a muscle car could beat Lightning! Chick got so angry, so he said to Stinger, "What do you have to say for yourself?" However, Stinger just drove away. There was only one more round in the Race-O-Rama series.

In Radiator Springs; Mater, Bubba, Tater, and Tater Jr. have their race in the Rustbucket Stadium. Mater won the race, making Bubba mad. However, Tater and Tater Jr. weren't mad, because Mater was their new friend, and he won, and their names rhyme, so they think they also won. Bubba drives away, vowing his revenge.

Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks went back to Radiator Springs Speedway for the final races in the Race-O-Rama. Lightning raced against Candice, El Machismo, Stinger, and the VINs in one race. Then came the final showdown. Chick decided to use modifications, and he used all the modifications that Lightning used. However, Lightning also got some new modifications. Chick reveals that he was only using Candice, El Machismo, Stinger, and the VINs to learn how to beat Lightning. The race started, and it was a long race.

Lightning won the race, and the Race-O-Rama trophy. Chick drove up to Lightning, very angry for losing. Lightning tries to teach Chick that there is more to racing than winning, and that if he learns that, he won't be alone anymore. However, Chick doesn't listen to Lightning and drives away, vowing his revenge. Then, Candice, El Machismo, and Stinger came to Lightning, and apologized for how they behaved in the Race-O-Rama. Lightning accepts their apology, and invites them to come to the Doc Hudson Racing Academy any time.

Characters

Lou Romano, James Patrick Stuart, Carlos Alazraqui, S. Scott Bullock, Henry Dittman, Quinton Flynn, E.J. Holowicki, Rob Izenberg, Joel McCrary and Jon Olson were also credited, although their roles are unknown.

Events

Gold Events

Radiator Springs Speedway 1

Radiator Springs 1

Santa Carburera

Radiator Springs 2

Autovia

Radiator Springs 3

Motoropolis

Radiator Springs 4

Radiator Springs Speedway 2

Not-Gold Events

Road Races

Relay Races

Guido Kart Races

Mini Games

Missions

Rustbucket Derby

Monster Truck Races

Cheat Codes

  • GOLDKEY - Unlock all Story Mode events.
  • SLVRKEY - Unlock all Arcade Mode events.
  • GR8MODS - Unlock all Lightning McQueen custom kit parts.
  • EVRYBDY - Unlock all Lightning McQueen friends.
  • CARSHOW - Unlock all paint jobs for all non-Lightning McQueen characters.

Trivia

  • This is the first Cars game where the open world is not limited to Radiator Springs, Ornament Valley, and Tailfin Pass.
  • This is the 2nd game that doesn't have the Radiator Springs Theme as the menu music. The first one is Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures.
  • The PlayStation 2 version of the game has a lot of differences from the game on other consoles.
    • On the PlayStation 2, each race has only 4 racers. On other consoles, each race has 8 racers, except the Monster Truck Races, which have 6.
    • The PlayStation 2 has only 2 Point to Point Races, while other consoles have 5. Point to Point 2 and Point to Point 5 are Point to Point 1 and Point to Point 2 on the PlayStation 2 respectively.
    • On the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, all 4 of the students from both the Doc Hudson Racing Academy and Chick Hicks Racing Academy are playable characters. On the PlayStation 2, only the first student from each academy is playable.
    • You don't have to wait for Ornament Valley and Tailfin Pass to load each time you go there from Radiator Springs, except on the PlayStation 2.
    • On the PlayStation 2, Relay Races have 2 teams with 2 racers on each team. On other consoles, there are 4 teams each with 3 racers.
    • Some of the paint jobs and kit-parts are missing on the PlayStation 2.
    • Bubba, Tater, and Tater Jr. are playable in Circuit Races, Relay Races, Auto Crosses, Missions, Transporters, and Rustbucket Derby on the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, but not on the PlayStation 2. You can only play as them in Rustbucket Derby on the PlayStation 2.
    • The cars that drive around drive on a lot more roads in Radiator Springs, Ornament Valley, and Tailfin Pass outside the PlayStation 2. They even drive from one location to another.
    • Mike is playable in Guido Kart races in Arcade mode by earning certain amount of bonus points, but on the Playstation 2, he can only be unlocked by "EVRYBDY" cheat code.
    • Fred, Lewis, Ginormous, and Count Spatula are completely absent on the Playstation 2.
  • Although E.J. Holowicki and Lou Romano returned for the game, DJ and Snot Rod do not appear.
  • This game is very different compared to its two prequels, Cars: The Video Game and Cars Mater-National.
    • A race in Cars: The Video Game and Cars Mater-National would usually have 5 racers, but a race in Cars Race-O-Rama usually has 8 racers (except the PlayStation 2 version, which has 4 racers).
    • The open world environment is limited to Radiator Springs, Ornament Valley, and Tailfin Pass in the first two games; but there are more locations to explore in Cars Race-O-Rama.
    • Cars: Race-O-Rama was never released on the PC or Game Boy Advance, while the first two games were.
    • In the first two games, you would buy paint jobs and pictures with points; but on Race-O-Rama, you unlock the paint jobs and pictures by winning races.
    • Characters like Lizzie, Fletcher, Gerald, Vince, Barry, Sonny, and Lenny from Cars: The Video Game return in Cars Mater-National; but not in Cars: Race-O-Rama.
    • None of the music from the first two games return in this game, there also is no licensed music.
    • Sarge's Boot Camp has opened up in Story Mode and can be freely explored in, unlike in the previous games.
    • Unlike the previous games, you can now drift instead of powersliding.
    • This is the first game to not have Mater on the cover.
    • This game has a minigame called Tractor Stampede. Unlike the previous games, it takes place in the town of Radiator Springs instead of the field. In Story Mode, you play as Lightning McQueen instead of Mater. Also, Frank doesn't appear.
    • In this game, there is now a Doc's Garage.
  • Unlike Cars Mater-National, you can't play as Monster McQueen in exploration mode.
  • The minigames of Luigi's Tire Find and Sheriff's Chase are similar to the Luigi to the Rescue and Sheriff's Hot Pursuit minigames in Cars: The Video Game.
  • The areas of Radiator Springs, Ornament Valley and Tailfin Pass that were blocked off in Cars Mater-National have been put back in, as well as The World's Biggest Ball of... in each part of Carburetor County.
  • Like the first film, Cars: The Video Game and Cars Mater-National, the game is dedicated in memory of Joe Ranft.
  • Like the first film, the game title is on a starting line.
  • If you go round the road back behind Radiator Cap (the giant rock behind the Courthouse with RS engraved in it), you will see a mountain with lots of back ends of cars sticking out (Cadillac Range). If you look to the right, you will see a big dark brown rock. You are looking at the top of Tailfin Pass. If you look closely in the bottom left corner of the rock, you can see Wheel Well Motel. This can also be reversed if you go up to Wheel Well Motel and go to the edge of the cliff, when you can see where you have just come from (behind Radiator Cap) and beyond that is Radiator Springs.
  • The handheld versions have only 15 playable racers with only some having alternate paint jobs, and the the boss races are in this order: Candice, Stinger, El Machismo, Chick Hicks.
  • The race against Chick in the handheld versions of the game will have Candice attempting to blind the player, Stinger using an oil slick, and El Machismo ramming into the player.
  • This marks the last appearance of Doc Hudson due to his death, as the game was released before the death of Paul Newman, which is why Doc was killed off.

Goofs

  • On the PlayStation 2 version of the game, Guido always looks left when he turns right, and looks right when he turns left.
  • Also on the PlayStation 2, in the Tokyo Mater level, Mater says his winning phrase twice. This also makes Mia and Tia not say their phrases.
  • The Ornament Valley Airport from the previous game does not appear at all in this game, but it appears in Cars 2. However, it's possible that the cars left in a different airport. Also, most of the rest of the new stuff in Cars Mater-National do not return in this game.
  • Like Cars: Mater-National Championship, sometimes the characters' lines are not aligned with their mouths.
  • In Relay Races, the cars have different engine noises comapred to other races and mini-games.

Gallery

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Cars: Race-O-Rama
Characters Lightning McQueen • Mater • Bubba • Candice • Chick Hicks • El Machismo • Fillmore • Doc Hudson • Luigi • Ramone • Sarge • Sheriff • Stinger • Tater and Tater Jr. • Trophy Girl • VIN • Chick Hicks' students • Doc Hudson's students • Guido • Mike Wazowski • Chick Hicks Pit Guy • Sulley • Mia and Tia • Kabuto • Mack • Fred • Tommy Joe • Buford • Cletus • Lewis • Judd • Zeke • Count Spatula • Ginormous • The Crippler • Tractors
Events Sprints • Mack Track Challenge • Academy Challenges • Hudson Student Run • Smash Ups • Mater the Greater • Road Races • Candice's Glam Tour • Monster Truck Mayhem Races • Off Road Races • Match Up • Street Races • Tokyo Mater • Stinger's Stir-Up • El Materdor • Bubba's Bucket Bash • Reunion Rundown • Chick Hicks Showdown • Point to Points • Relay Races • Guido Karts • Auto Crosses • Luigi's Tire Find • Sheriff's Chase • Tractor Stampede • Photo Ops • Transporters
Techniques Drift • Jump • Boost (technique) • Tilt
Further info Beta elements • Staff
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