Examples of skill checks include remaining in backwards driving mode for an entire lap, beating 3 separate battle races and towing then exploding a red barrel. There are 136 in total and as you accomplish each skill check, you'll unlock more of the game.

To unlock anything, you have to beat 'skill checks'. Not all vehicles, tracks and race types are unlocked at the start. There are plenty of skits to make you chuckle but nothing really ties the experience together like a comprehensive story would. That's not to say there isn't a ton of entertaining moments between characters and within the menus themselves. You essentially pick from one of six types of races in a menu and are then placed right onto the track. There isn't much of a story represented in Cars 3: Driven to Win which may be disappointing to fans of the movie. The difficulty in the track layouts ramps up as you unlock more with the first few being quite simple and the final ones requiring a lot of tricks and drifting to emerge victorious. Although the artwork in general contains only the amount of depth akin to a typical Pixar movie, there's plenty of detail to look at in your surroundings as it all whizzes by. I particularly enjoyed the European 'London's Buckingham Sprint' and 'Italy's Grand Tour'. The tracks have quite a good level of variety in them, too. It's not a dramatic change like in a Motorstorm game (for example) but it's enough to make you carefully choose which vehicle you want to use depending on the type of race that you're playing.

Although there are no stats displayed onscreen, it's clear that choosing the cutesy little forklift Guido as opposed to the bulky school bus Miss Fritter changes the physics as you race. The selection of 23 cars is nothing to sneeze at with each one looking and sounding very different from the next. This latest game in the series lets you pick from one of 23 vehicles modeled after the unique and colourful characters from the movie then jump into one of the 21 included tracks to race to the finish line.

If you've ever played a kart racer then you'll know what to expect from Cars 3. Let's see if the latest entry in the game series (that happens to complement a brand new Cars movie) lives up to its predecessors. The previous Cars games were surprisingly fun and well put together. Reviewed by Mary Billington playing a PS4 on June 20, 2017Ĭars 3: Driven to Win is also available for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U

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