The game also features a number of minigames and items for the player to collect. 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 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. In the PSP version, the game presumably takes place on an alternate timeline. 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. The console versions of the game are set in the fictional town of Radiator Springs, where it takes place after the movie. The home console and Microsoft Windows versions received positive reviews from critics, though the Game Boy Advance version was met with a negative reception. However in the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS versions, Lightning McQueen is instead voiced by Keith Ferguson. 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. After meeting and narrowly avoiding a collision with the Delinquent Road Hazards gang, he challenges them to a race to which they agree. In the PSP version, the player again controls Lightning McQueen. 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. The Wii version includes functionality geared towards its Wii Remote controller and was a launch game for the system.

It was released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable in June 2006, with versions for the Xbox 360 and Wii released later that year. The game is based on the 2006 film of the same name. Cars is a 2006 adventure racing game published by THQ.

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