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Xbox 360 Cover of Cars Race-O-Rama
Developer(s)	Incinerator Studios, Tantalus Media
Publisher(s)	THQ
Series	Cars
Platform(s)	Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Cars Race-O-Rama is a racing game that was released on October 12, 2009. It is the sequel to Cars Mater-National, which was released on October 27, 2007. The PSP and DS versions of the game were created by Tantalus Media in Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia. A toy line for the release was released in early 2009, as the name "Race O Rama" was used for the 3rd series of Mattel Die-Cast Disney Cars.

Plot

In the game players race against new characters through action-packed tracks to win the Race-O-Rama trophy as their own personalized Lightning McQueen. Players can join Lightning McQueen in Radiator Springs as he prepares the Doc Hudson's racing academy of student racers for the Race-O-Rama competition. Lightning finds out that Chick Hicks has his own set of academy student racers who don't always compete fairly, as shown by crashing two of Doc's students during the intro race. So, Lightning customizes himself for the four different races: Offroad racing, street racing, beach racing, and speedway racing. After he beats Stinger, Candice, and El Machismo, Chick reveals in the final race that he was only using them to learn how to beat Lightning and customize himself. After Chick loses the race, he vows his revenge on McQueen and his friends by saying that he'll come back when they least expect it and drives away in anger. Then, Candice, El Machismo, and Stinger apologized to McQueen for the way they acted. McQueen accepts their apology and tells them that they're welcome to stop by the academy anytime.

Other

On the home console versions, players can customize Lightning McQueen's appearance by changing his hood, color, skirt, spoiler, front, and rear. Whereas the DS and PSP versions allow the player to equip special parts to Lightning McQueen, giving him the abilities to float on water, stick to metal surfaces, break through walls, and honk at tractors (cows). Players can play mini-games which are based on the Cars short film A Cars Toon.

Characters

Playable Charcters for DS and PSP

• Lightning
• Doc
• Mater
• Flo
• Fillmore
• Sarge
• Chick Hicks
• Emma
• El Machismo
• Stinger
• Candace
• Ramone
• Luigi
• Chick's Student
• Doc's Student

Playable Characters for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii

• Lightning
• Fillmore
• Ramone
• Sarge
• Flo
• Mater
• Doc
• Sheriff
• Bubba
• Vin
• Doc's Student
• Chick's Student
• Tater
• Tater JR
• Chick Hicks
• Chick Modified
• El Machismo
• Guido
• Luigi
• Candace
• Stinger

Worlds

Besides Radiator Springs, there are 4 new worlds featured in this game. Here is the list of worlds featured:

• Radiator Springs
• Santa Carburera
• Motoropolis City
• Autovia
• Radiator Springs Speedway
• Ornament Valley
• Tailfin Pass
• Rustbucket Race-O-Rama (Only appears in races)

Story Line

Gold Events (in order)

• Sprint 1: The first Race. Lightning McQueen, his academy, and the rival academy are in it. During the race, The rival academy crashed 2 of Lightning McQueen's academy students. Then he figures out that the rival academy was the academy of Chick Hicks! Chick says that if he wins the Race-O-Rama series, Lightning will have to leave town. If you finish this race, you will unlock Radiator Springs Speedway. You don't have to win to unlock it.
• Mack Track Challenge: Lightning McQueen practices drifting around Mack Track Challenge. On the last lap, he jumps Mack's ramp, and performs a stunt. The drift takes place of the powerslide.
• Academy Challenge 1: Another race with Lightning McQueen, his academy, and Chick's academy.
• Hudson Student Run: Lightning McQueen makes it to the Championship races. He's going against top students from the rival academy. Doc Hudson is in this race too. If you win this, you unlock Radiator Springs.
• Smash-Up 1: Mater was chasing his hook (like a dog chases his tail), when his worst enemy, Bubba appeared. And so did his friends: Tater and Tater Jr.. Bubba told Mater that a long time ago, they agreed to race in the Rustbucket Stadium for the Towing Rights to Radiator Springs.
• Mater the Greater: Mater jumps over Carburetor Canyon like in the Cars Toon: Mater the Greater.
• Road Race 1: A race in Tailfin Pass. If you win, you unlock Santa Carburera.
• Road Race 2: The first race in Santa Carburera. Lightning McQueen gets some Modifications. His top speed is 199mph.
• Academy Challenge 2: The second race with Lightning McQueen, his academy, and Chick's academy.
• Candice's Glam Tour: Chick introduces Candice to McQueen and Flo. She got a lot of attention from some fans. Then she says that Lightning will have a problem beating her on her home track. When she lost, she asked her Daddy for new tires, new paint, new everything, and she wanted it NOW!!!
• Monster Truck Mayhem 2: A monster Truck Race at the Rustbucket Stadium.
• Smash-Up 2: The second Rustbucket Race. In the Cut-scene, Bubba scares Mater. Mater says that the only thing he's scared of is the Ghostlight. Then he realizes that "Tater" rhymes with "Mater." Tater says that "Mater" also rhymes with "Tater." Then all the "_aters" went to find more stuff that rhymes with there names. This race was actually "Smash-Up 1" in the other direction.
• Off-Road Race 1: A race in Ornament Valley. If you win, you unlock Autovia.
• Off-Road Race 2: The first race in Autovia: which is a little village in the middle of the desert. Lightning McQueen gets some bigger tires to drive off-road. Before the race, Chick's racing academy went into a factory, and stripped there paint, turning them into VINs.
• Academy Challenge 3: The third Academy Challenge. Lightning McQueen and the academies are in it. Some VINs are in it too.
• Match-Up: Chick introduces El Machismo to Lightning McQueen and Sarge. El Machismo is pretty wild. He said he's bigger than big, badder than bad. When he lost the race, he asked Chick for: "Bigger tires, bigger shocks, bigger fenders, BIGGER EVERYTHING TO CRUSH YA'LL!!!" He's a more of a sore loser than Chick!
• Monster Truck Mayhem 3: Another Monster Truck Race. In the cut-scene, the Taters told Mater that they will get all the towing rights to Radiator Springs. Mater said that they will love it. He started listing all the folk, when then he remembers that he's a tow truck. Now he has a delema.
• Tokyo Mater: Mater races in Tokyo with his competitor, like he did in the Cars Toon.
• Road Race 3: Race through Radiator Springs. If you win, you unlock Motoropolis City.
• Street Race 1: The first race in Motoropolis city. The paint-job for this modified McQueen is a darker shade of red than the regular one. His top speed is 190 mph.
• Academy Challenge 4: The last race with Lightning McQueen, his academy, and Chick's academy. Like in the 3rd one, there are also some VINs.
• Stinger's Stir-Up: Chick Hicks introduces Stinger to McQueen (Ramone was with him). When McQueen asked Stinger how was it going, Stinger just vroomed his engine. When he lost the race, Chick asks him what he has to say for himself. But Stinger just vroomed his engine, and zoomed away (That's what he had to say for himself).
• El Materdor: Mater fights some bulldozers, like he did in the Cars Toon.
• Bubba's Bucket Bash: Mater, Bubba, and the Taters had a race in the Rustbucket Stadium. The winner will get the towing rights to Radiator Springs. When Mater won, he said he had fun. The Taters had fun too, even though they lost. But Bubba didn't have fun at all, then he called The Taters morons. Then the Taters said that they made a new friend, and he won, and there names, rhyme. But Bubba was still angry, so he drove away saying he will be back.
• Sprint 2: Lightning McQueen races with all the VINs. All of his competitors are VINs.
• Reunion Rundown: Lightning McQueen races against Stinger, Candice, El Machismo, and the rest of the racers are VINs.
• Chick Hicks Showdown: The final race. It's Ultimate Lightning McQueen vs. Ultimate Chick Hicks! Before the race, Chick tells Lightning that he was just using Stinger, Candice, El Machismo and the VINs to learn how to beat him. After the race, Lightning McQueen wins the Race-O-Rama trophy. Chick said that he will be back. Then Stinger, Candice, and El Machismo came to McQueen, and apologized for how they behaved on the track. Lightning McQueen invited him to come by the Doc Hudson racing Academy any time. What a happy ending!

Other Events

Point to Point Races

PlayStation3, Xbox 360, and Wii

• Point to Point 1: - Race against Fillmore, Sarge, Sheriff, Mater, Doc, Ramone and Flo in Tailfin Pass and Radiator Springs
• Point to Point 2: - Race against Candice, Doc, Sarge, Flo, Doc's Student 1, Ramone and Fillmore in Santa Carburera.
• Point to Point 3: - Race against Doc, Chick's Student 1, Chick's Student 2, Chick's Student 3, Doc's Student 1, Sheriff and Sarge in Ornament Valley and Radiator Springs.
• Point to Point 4: - Race against Doc, Sheriff, Mater, Fillmore, Flo, Ramone and Sarge in Radiator Springs and Tailfin Pass
• Point to Point 5: - Race against 3 VINs, El Machismo, Doc's Student 1, Mater and Sarge in Autovia.

PlayStation2

• Point to Point 1: - It's in Santa Carburera. Your opponents are Candice, Fillmore, and Doc Hudson.
• Point to Point 2: - It's in Autovia. Your opponents are El Machismo, Sarge, and a VIN.

Relay Races

• Relay Race 1: - In Santa Carberera
• Relay Race 2: - In Motoropolis City

Guido Kart

Race as small cars. The boost meter doesn't refill. You can collect power-ups along the track. There are 4 different power-ups. Ghost - drive through things, like a ghost, Smoke Screen - Smoke will come out of your hind, Turbo Charge - Get a full boost meter, and Speed Boost - Get a full boost meter - and then use the whole thing. Kind of like Mario Kart.

• Guido Kart Race 1: - At Radiator Springs Speedway, 5 laps
• Guido Kart Race 2: - At the Rustbucket Stadium, 3 laps
• Guido Kart Race 3: - At Santa Carburera, 5 laps
• Guido Kart Race 4: - In Autovia, at the old village, 5 laps.
• Guido Kart Race 5: - In Radiator Springs, at Main Street, 5 laps
• Guido Kart Race 6: - At Ornament Valley, in front of the Rustbucket Stadium, 5 laps
• Guido Kart Race 7: - In Motoropolis City, 5 laps
• Guido Kart Race 8: - At Tailfin Pass, in the mine tunnels, 5 laps.
• Guido Kart Race 9: - Radiator Springs Speedway, just like the first one, 5 laps.

Mini Games

Auto Crosses

• Auto Cross 1: An Auto Cross in Radiator Springs Speedway. You have to drive through a course, and not hit obstacles. You can't jump over them. You won't jump if you try to jump.
• Auto Cross 2: Radiator Springs
• Auto Cross 3: Santa Carburera
• Auto Cross 4: Ornament Valley
• Auto Cross 5: Autovia
• Auto Cross 6: Tailfin Pass
• Auto Cross 7: Motoropolis

Other

• Luigi's Tire Find: - Play as Luigi or Guido, and try to get all 15 tires around Radiator Springs in 1:30.00. KInd of like Luigi to the rescue in the first game. Plus, it's the only time when Guido's boost meter refills.
• Sheriff's Chase: - Play as Sheriff, and try to catch all 3 speeders speeding around Radiator Springs. The speeders are Chick's Acadamy students. There's no time limit. Kind of like Sheriff's Hot Pursuit from the first game.
• Tractor Stampede: - Play as Lightning McQueen or Mater. Try to tip all 10 tractors in Radiator Springs before the timer shows 0. Kind of like Tractor Tipping from the last two games.

Missions

Photo Ops

• Photo Op 1: Radiator Springs Speedway. You have to get to a ring, and jump through it before the timer gets to zero. Then take control of the camera, and take a picture.
• Photo Op 2: Radiator Springs, behind Lizzie's Shop.
• Photo Op 3: Santa Carburera, at the dock.
• Photo Op 4: Radiator Springs, near Willy's Butte.
• Photo Op 5: Autovia, over some old train tracks.
• Photo Op 6: Ornament Valley, all the way north.
• Photo Op 7: Motoropolis, from a building.
• Photo Op 8: Tailfin Pass, over a circle-shaped rock.

Transporters

• Transporter 1: - You start at Willy's Butte, and you have to bring a spoiler to Doc at Ramone's shop.
• Transporter 2: - You start on that ledge in Tailfin Pass, and you have to bring a flier to Flo at the Wheel Well Motel.
• Transporter 3: - You start in the northern road of Ornament Valley, adn you have to bring a tire to Luigi at the Gas Station at the other side of the broken train tracks.

Rustbucket Races

• Smash-Up 3: - This is the only Rustbucket Race that's not a gold event. Same as the ones in the prvvious games. It's also the shortest Rustbucket Race.

Monster Truck Races

• Monster Truck Mayhem 1: - Rustbucket Stadium
• Monster Truck Mayhem 4: - Autovia
• Monster Truck Mayhem 5: - Ornament Valley

Opponents

Playstation 2, Nintendo DS, and PSP

3 opponents = 4 racers

Wii, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3

7 opponents = 8 racers

Cheat Codes

• SLVRKEY - Unlock all Arcade Mode Events.
• GR8MODS - Unlock all of Lightning McQueen's custom Kit parts.
• EVRYBDY - Unlock all of Lightning McQueen's friends.
• CARSHOW - Unlock all Paint jobs for non-Lightning McQueen characters.
• GOLDKEY - Unlock all Story Mode Events.
• STICKERS - Unlock three modified McQueens (Secret Code!).

Trophies

This only works on PlayStation3 and Xbox 360. On Xbox 360, they're Xbox 360 Achievements.

Platinum

• Trophy colector! - Earn every trophy.

Silver

• Team Player! - Win all 4 Acadamy Challenge.
• Pluggin' Away! - Get all 3 sparkplugs from every race.
• Perfectionist! - Win all 7 Auto Crosses.
• Drift Master! - Score 4,500 point in 1 drift.
• Crowned Karter! - Win all 9 Guido Kart Races.
• Podium Perfection! - Win every Circuit race.
• Mack Track Medalist! - Score 4,000 points in Mack Track Challenge (if you play in middle or hard difficulties, you can't earn it without winning the event).
• Mini Master! - Win all 11 Mini Games.
• Big Ham! - Complete all 8 Photo Ops.
• Sprinter! - Win all 5 Point-to-Point races.
• The Law! - Win Sheriff's Chase.
• Mooo-ving Along! - Win Tractor Stampede.
• Luigi's BFF! - Win Luigi's Tire Find.
• A Real Go Getter! - Win all 3 Transporters.

Gold

• Autovia Avenger! - Beat El Machismo.
• Santa Carburera Champ! - Beat Candice.
• The Champ! - Beat Chick Hicks for the Title.
• Daring Devil! - Score 5,500 points in Mater the Greater.
• Ole`! - Score 25,000 points in El Materdor.
• Big City! Beat Stinger.
• Tokyo Triumph! Score 25,000 points in Tokyo Mater (This one is very hard to get).

Cast

• Carlos Alazraqui -
• Dee Bradley Baker -
• Greg Baldwin -
• S. Scott Bullock -
• Corey Burton - Doc Hudson
• Larry the Cable Guy - Mater
• Lindsey Collins - Mia
• Jerry DeCapua -
• Henry Dittman -
• Paul Dooley - Sarge
• Chris Edgerly -
• Bill Farmer -
• Keith Ferguson - Lightning McQueen
• Quinton Flynn -
• John Goodman - James P. Sullivan Truck (Sulley)
• Jennifer Hale -
• E.J. Holowicki -
• Rob Izenberg -
• Michael Keaton - Chick Hicks
• Elissa Knight - Tia
• Jenifer Lewis - Flo
• Cheech Marin - Ramone
• Joel McCrary -
• Mike Nelson - Not Chuck
• Jon Olsen -
• John Ratzenberger - Mack
• Lou Romano -
• Randy Savage - El Machismo
• Tony Shalhoub - Luigi
• Lloyd Sherr -
• Mark Silverman - Fillmore
• Joe Smith -
• Andrew Stanton - Fred
• Stephen Stanton -
• Tara Strong -
• James Patrick Stuart -
• Josh Robert Thompson -
• Michael Wallis - Sheriff

Differences from the predecessors

• Radiator Springs, Ornament Vally and Tailfin Pass are no longer the only environments. Players can now explore Radiator Springs Speedway, Santa Carburera, Autovia and Motoropolis.
• Some characters from the first two games (such as Fletcher) do not appear.
• All the areas that were cut off in Cars Mater-National have been put back in, such as the drive up to Tailfin Pass, Willys Butte, Back roads of Radiator Springs, Ornament Valley Back Roads etc.
• Sarge's Boot Camp has opened up in Story Mode and can be freely explored in.
• A lot of the new things that were put in Cars Mater-National have been taken away, like Ornament Valley Airport, The Tunnels in Tailfin Pass, the new rock formations and Filmore's Nature Preserve. Also there is now a Doc's Garage and there is no longer a Ramone's House of Body art and a Luigi's Casa Della Tires in Ornament Valley or Tailfin Pass, but there are in Raidiator Springs Speedway, Santa Carburera, Autovia and Motoropolis.
• You can now drift instead of powersliding.
• This game does not have the same music as the first two games, but during the trailer, Stone Crows can be heard.
• Radiator Springs, Tailfin Pass and Ornament Valley are now all merged into one big map, so you no longer have loading screens separating them.
• The Worlds Biggest Ball of... in each part of Carburetor County have been put back in, as in Cars Mater-National they had been taken away. Radiator Springs has The Worlds Biggest Ball of Devil's Rope (Barbed Wire), Ornament Valley has The Worlds Biggest Ball of Fan Belts and Tailfin Pass has The Worlds Biggest Ball Bearing.
• This is the first Cars game to not feature Mater on the cover.
• This is the 2nd appearance of Emma. (Only on DS and PSP)
• Lizzie is not in this game.

Trivia

• Like Cars and Cars Mater-National, this game is dedicated in memory of Joe Ranft.
• Radiator Springs Speedway is now open and free to explore.
• If you go round the road back behind Radiator Cap (the giant rock behind the Courthouse with RS ingraved in it) and you see a mountain with lots of back ends of cars sticking out (Cadilac Range), well you look to the right and you see a big dark brown rock. You are looking at the top of Tailfin Pass, if you look closely in the bottom left corner of the rock, you can see Wheel Well Motel. This can also be reversed if you go up to Wheel Well Motel and go to the edge of the cliff, you can see where you have just come from (behind Radiator Cap) and beyond that is Radiator Springs.

External links

• Cars Race-O-Rama at Internet Movie Database