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Revision as of 08:44, 11 September 2021
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| Developers | |
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| Rainbow Studios | |
| Publishers | |
| THQ | |
| Digital | Disney Interactive Studios |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 29, 2007 |
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| 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 |
Key points
- Port of the Xbox 360 version. PC version does not include the graphical improvements from the PlayStation 3 release, but there is a mod to replace the Xbox 360 graphics for the PlayStation 3 graphics. See Cars: Mater-National - PCS3 Edition.
- The game is not optimized for keyboard controls nor game controllers. See Input settings.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| GamersGate | |
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| Steam | |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Use intro fix[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/332260/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\THQ\Cars2\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/332260/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video options.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Requires modding. See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
| Windowed | Use DXWnd | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Textures blur at an awfully close distance, especially the road. Forcing it through the graphics card control panel is necessary for much better visuals. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | MSAA, toggle only. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Off by default. Can be forced through the graphics card control panel. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | It's a harmless issue, but playing the game above 30 FPS makes monster truck Mater's tow sway much less, making it look stiffer. No frame rate cap. |
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| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Widescreen resolution
| Widescreen fix[1] |
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Notes
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Field of view (FOV)
| Field of view fix[1] |
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Notes
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Acceleration is always on for steering. For example, holding a steering key makes the car steer from slowly to steering all the way, which makes driving more difficult. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | The analogue sticks and triggers are registered as digital input rather than analogue, which is a big problem when steering. For example, pushing the left stick slightly to the right makes the car steer all the way to the right. Add that with steering acceleration that's always on, and playing with the controller is rather unplayable. | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts |  |
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Sound options.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, Effects, Dialogue | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Swedish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | BASS | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Mods
Cars: Hi-Octane Edition/Cars SuperDrive
- Mod for Cars: Mater-National Championship that aims to combine the best elements of Cars, Cars Mater-National Championship, and Cars Race-O-Rama into one complete package.
Cars: Mater-National - PCS3 Edition
- Mod for Cars: Mater-National Championship that aims to port the PS3 version of the game to the PC.
- This mod includes an exclusive paintjob that is Lightning McQueen's original paintjob from the first film and first game.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP, Vista |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1600+ |
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+ |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9800 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/332260/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (332260) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.