Cars may be super easy but its still an enjoyable game that is perfect for anybody looking for a great kids game.
User Rating: 7.8 | Disney/Pixar Cars X360
Cars is one of the few movie based games that are actually somewhat good. It isn't a perfect or great game but it is still an enjoyable game for young gamers or fans of the movie. The storyline actually takes place a little while after the events of the movie. The Piston Cup series has ended and our hero Lightning McQueen has gone back to Radiator Springs to get ready for the next season. Thus the majority of the game is spent doing races to train for the Piston Cup. There is also the rivalrie between Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks. The story isn't fantastic but is somewhat entertaining. The gameplay in Cars is easily the best part of the game. Most of the game is an open universe and you drive around looking for races and mini-games to compete in. Once you find a race there will usually be a short entertaning cutscene for the most part these are good but there are some bad apples in the bunch. There are two different kinds of races: Off Road races and Piston Cup races. Off road races are the funnest type of races because there are tons of super unrealistic things to do that make it even more fun. There are many cool things you can do such as jumping by tilting the control stick back and pushing it forward this will cause your car to do a little hop which can be used to access secret areas and getting big air off jumps. You can also use boost to give your car extra speed. There are three boost tanks and you'll get them all as you progress through the game. The other type of races are The Piston Cup races. These races are like traditional Nascar races meaning you drive in circles around a track and the only turns you make are left turns. To unlock Piston Cup races you have to get trophys you earn trophys by beating races and mini-games you'll get more trophies if win the race which really isn't that hard to do because Cars is a very easy game. The graphics are pretty good they aren't fantastic but they aren't terrible. The backgrounds are pretty bland and boring but the characters look nice. But overall the graphics are good but feel like they took the graphics from the other versions and just updated them a little. The sound isn't very good there are some good songs on the soundtrack but most of them are stinkers. The majority of the voice acting is done by the cast of the movie and is very well done. But the sound effects are really boring and there is an announcer during The Piston Cup races that drives you crazy after about a minute. But other then that the sound is very good. Value wise Cars is a very short game that can be completed in anywhere from five to eight hours. But there are a ton of mini games that you can do which gives you something to do after you beat the game. One of the really great things about Cars is that the ahcievements are really easy. You can get 775 points just by beating the game which will lead to many people renting the game for the achievements and helping them discover how good of a game it is. All in all Cars is a great game that is perfect for anybody looking for a great game for their kids. But is also a fun game that should be enjoyed by all ages so I highly recommend renting this game because it is very fun for a while.
