Disney•Pixar Cars: Race-O-Rama | Nintendo DS

About the Game

Cars: Race-O-Rama is a racing game set in the Disney/Pixar Cars universe. It is the third entry in a series of THQ licensed games . The game includes a single-player story mode and an arcade mode. Lightning McQueen helps out Doc Hudson when he opens up a racing academy in Radiator Springs in order to prepare his students for the Race-O-Rama competition.

Gameplay & Core Systems

Lightning McQueen also discovers that Chick Hicks has also opened a racing academy where he teaches his students to not race honorably when they crash two of Doc Hudson's students during the intro race. In story mode, players progress through a series of races competing against the chick hicks student racers, up to 4 cars would race around a circuit. At the end of a series of tracks players would face off against one of the 4 leading character cars in a one on one race. In arcade mode players are able to freely choose tracks and characters they have unlocked while playing through story mode. A special mini game section is also available to players after completing the single player story mode.

Standout Features

• The game also uses a multiplayer mode, where 4 players can compete using an ad-hoc connection on all unlocked tracks.
• The challenges involved racing down a sewer pipe avoiding ninjas and pipes, and rocketing down a ramp then trying to land on a target.
• On the DS version a single cart multiplayer track is also available.