Cars
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| Developers | |
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| Rainbow Studios | |
| Windows | Beenox Shift |
| macOS (OS X) | Beenox Shift |
| Publishers | |
| THQ | |
| Russia | Noviy Disk |
| Digital | Disney Interactive Studios |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 6, 2006 |
| macOS (OS X) | June 6, 2006 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 73 |
| IGDB | 65 |
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Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
| Cars | |
|---|---|
| Subseries of Pixar | |
| Cars | 2006 |
| Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures | 2006 |
| Cars Mater-National Championship | 2007 |
| The World of Cars Online | 2008 |
| Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales | 2010 |
| Cars 2 | 2011 |
| Disney Planes | 2013 |
| Cars: Fast as Lightning | 2014 |
- Xbox port. Xbox 360 and Wii versions have better graphics.
General information
Availability
- A demo is available. There are no configuration settings.
Tweaks
| Skip intro videos |
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Delete/rename the folder |
| Higher difficulty[1] |
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When creating a profile, set the name of a profile to |
Game data
Configuration file(s)
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\THQ\Cars\Settings\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/331160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\THQ\Cars\Save\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/331160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| Finnish | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Norwegian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | Only available in retail. | |||
| Spanish | ||||
| Swedish |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 2 | Versus Split-screen. Graphical fidelity is reduced to maintain performance. |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 2 | Versus Not natively supported by the game, but the Steam version supports Remote Play, which is technically online play. This feature lets people play the game's local multiplayer through their own computer, and only one person needs the game. Click here for more information |
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Issues unresolved
Movies unwatchable
The Steam version won't let you watch movie clips or deleted scenes. Selecting one will go to a black screen and then return you to the film selection menu.
Camera auto-centre bug
Playing tractor tipping causes a permanent bug that disables auto-centre on the camera.
| Use another profile |
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This bug only affects the profile that played tractor tipping. |
- You're not alone. This bug is on the console versions too.
Issues fixed
Game crashes when starting Story Mode
This occurs when playing the Steam version with an Intel GPU.
| Change anti-aliasing to 4x[2] |
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| Use replacement Scenes.pak[3] |
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| Run the game with an NVIDIA or AMD graphics card[4] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | ||||
| macOS (OS X) | Intel support requires an update. |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP, Vista |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | 1.4 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 7500 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.3 | |
| Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G4 1.2 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 7500 32 MB of VRAM |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/331160/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (331160) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ AICN Games: Monki interviews CARS game designer, Rainbow Studios' Jordan Itkowitz!!! - last accessed on January 25, 2019
- "Jordan (developer): Well, given that we were trying to go as mass-market as possible with Cars (our core demo for the game is 6-12, but we think Pixar has the ability to jump that generation gap), we had to give the game a gentler default difficulty level than we’re used to shipping. We still want a challenge, though, and so we added a more difficult version of the Story Mode, where the races are much more competitive. Players can create a new profile (at the start of the game, or via the Options section of the front-end) and call it CHMPION."
- ↑ Why Cars does not work on computers (TESTED) :: Cars General Discussions, post #32
- ↑ Cars TVG Keeps Crashing for you?, Well click here for the fix problem. :: Cars General Discussions
- ↑ Why Cars does not work on computers (TESTED) :: Cars General Discussions