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	Taking place after the events of the movie, Lightning McQueen must prepare for and race in the ~~2006~~ Piston Cup season.		Taking place after the events of the movie back in 2004, Lightning McQueen must prepare for and race in the 2005 Piston Cup season.

	On April 7, 2007, THQ and Pixar announced a sequel titled ]. It was released on November 19, 2007 for Wii and October 31st, 2007 for other consoles.		On April 7, 2007, THQ and Pixar announced a sequel titled ]. It was released on November 19, 2007 for Wii and October 31st, 2007 for other consoles.

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2006 video game

Cars
Developer(s)	THQ#Rainbow Studios Pacific Coast Power & Light (PSP)
Publisher(s)	THQ
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox,Playstation 3, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, IBM PC compatible, Apple Macintosh, Game Boy Advance, Wii, Xbox 360
Release	PS2, PSP, GameCube, Nintendo DS & GBA June 6, 2006 July 6, 2006 July 14, 2006 PC & Xbox June 6, 2006 July 14, 2006 Xbox 360 October 23, 2006 November 17, 2006 November 23, 2006 Wii November 16, 2006 December 8, 2006 December 14, 2006 March 22, 2007
Genre(s)	Racing, Adventure game
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer

Cars is a video game based on the film of the Cars (film), and a sequel to the Disney/Pixar film. It is available or in production for the following systems: Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Leapster.

The PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and Leapster versions of the game have different gameplay, storyline and characters than the other platforms.

The Wii version includes functionality geared towards its controller, and is a launch game. It also features the voiceover cast from the Cars (film)

Storyline

Taking place after the events of the movie back in 2004, Lightning McQueen must prepare for and race in the 2005 Piston Cup season.

On April 7, 2007, THQ and Pixar announced a sequel titled Cars Mater-National. It was released on November 19, 2007 for Wii and October 31st, 2007 for other consoles.

Cars Mater-National has significant improvements over the original game, such as updated visuals and levels.

Cast

Owen Wilson - Lightning McQueen
Bonnie Hunt - Sally Carrera
Paul Newman - Doctor Hudson Hornet
Larry the Cable Guy - Tow Mater
Michael Wallis - Sheriff
George Carlin - Fillmore
Paul Dooley - Sarge
Guido Quaroni - Guido
Tony Shalhoub - Luigi
Katherine Helmond - Lizzie
Jenifer Lewis - Flo
Cheech Marin - Ramone
John Ratzenberger - Mack
Lindsay Collins - Mia
Elissa Knight - Tia
Richard Petty - Strip 'The King' Weathers
Michael Keaton - Chick Hicks
Darrell Waltrip - Darrell Cartrip
Jonas River - Boost
E. J. Holowicki - DJ
Adrian Ochoa - Wingo
Lou Romano - Snot Rod

Additional Voices by Greg Baldwin, Corey Burton, Greg Ellis, Bill Farmer, Quinton Flynn, Brian George, Jennifer Hale, Rob Izenberg, Joel McCrary, Nolan North, Steve Purcell, Alex Reymundo, Rafael Sigler, and James Patrick Stuart

Trivia

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Sometimes when Lightning McQueen is stopped, he will start to fall asleep, and he can only be woken up by the player pressing the Accelerate button.
The only inhabitants of Radiator Springs that do not appear in the video game are Red (the fire engine) and Bessie (the road paving machine). Bessie is in a deleted scene from the game, indicating that "she" was supposed to be in it at one point. Red isn't in it due to the death of Joe Ranft.
In each part of Carburator County there is a "World's Biggest Ball...". In Tailfin Pass there is a giant ball bearing, In Radiator Springs there is a giant ball of rope, and in Ornament Valley there is a giant ball of fan belts. You can push them around for a while, but they eventually disappear. If you go back to the sign where the ball was, it appears again.
If you follow and bump a car for too long, such as Mater, they will shake, get mad and hit you. Sometimes, when they do this, they yell at you for no reason.
You can stay at the edge of a bridge and knock off cars for a while. Some get stuck, and some get out. If you leave the area, they will appear on the road again out of nowhere.
If you go behind Ramone's store, there is a ramp leading to the rooftop. Go up it and you can jump to the roof of other stores where you'll find additional points.
Sometimes when there is a new race or minigame, a car sits by it. Before you do the game, you can push the car around and all it can do is yell at you. If you flip a car over, it can get back up.
One of the minor characters is voiced by Blue Peter presenter Connie Huq. Her recording of the voice was shown on an episode of Blue Peter.
Behind Lizzie's store there is a ramp that lets you jump to a crate behind Luigi's store that has a post card on top of it.
In the PS2 version of the game, you can also hear the pop-punk song "What I Want" by Autopilot Off.