Cars 2006 is an Action, Adventure, and Racing game for PC published by THQ in 2006. Desert world features eleven playable characters!
Cars 2006 PC Game 2006 review:
The game is set within the city of Radiator Springs (mostly), the player must complete all 5 races (obtained by winning Radiator Springs missions and races) to help Lightning McQueen win the Piston Cup.
Cars (also known as Cars: The Video Game) is an open-world racing video game, based on the 2006 Pixar film of the same name. Developed by Rainbow Studios, it was released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PSP in June 2006, with versions for the Xbox 360 and Wii released later that year. The Wii version, developed by Incinerator Games, 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 player controls the protagonist Lightning McQueen as he participates in the new racing season with the end goal of winning the Piston Cup for the first time in his career, while also racing and training with the local community of Radiator Springs. In the PSP version, the player again controls Lightning McQueen. After meeting and narrowly avoiding a collision with the Delinquent Road Hazards gang, he challenges them to a race to which they agree. The console versions feature the full voice-over cast from the film, including the likes of Owen Wilson, Michael Keaton, Paul Newman, and Larry the Cable Guy. However in the PSP and DS versions, Lightning McQueen is instead voiced by Keith Ferguson.
The home console and PC versions received generally positive reviews from critics, though the GBA version saw negative reception. The game was followed by two sequels; Cars Mater-National Championship (2007) and Cars Race-O-Rama (2009).
Pros of Cars 2006:
- The console versions of the game are set in the fictional town of Radiator Springs, where it takes place after the movie.
- The player must compete in 19 road races, 8 mini-games, and 5 piston cup races to help Lightning McQueen win his first Piston Cup.
- In the PSP version, the game presumably takes place on an alternate timeline. The player must compete in 13 races, as well as 5 boss races, to help Lightning McQueen claim Radiator Springs back from the Delinquent Road Hazards gang.
- The game takes place in a open world in the vein of Need for Speed, Grand Theft Auto and Midnight Club and features ten playable characters from the film (16 in the PSP version), all voiced by the original voice talent.
- The game also features a number of minigames and items for the player to collect.
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Basic System Requirements:
- Memory: 256 MB
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 7500
- CPU: Intel Pentium III 1400 @ 1400MHz
- File Size: 500 MB
- OS: Windows Me / 2000 / XP / Vista
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