Cars: Fast as Lightning

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Cars: Fast as Lightning
Developers	Gameloft Disney Interactive
Publishers	Gameloft
Platforms	iOS Android Windows
Release date	October 9, 2014
Genre	City-building, racing

Cars: Fast as Lightning was a customizable racing game that was released on iOS, Android and Windows Phone on October 9, 2014, featuring the characters from the Cars franchise.

It was removed in late 2016, one year left before the release of Cars 3. However, if the user has the game in their app library, they can still download and play it.

Shutdown

The Windows version of the game was shut down even earlier, and there's no additional content like new characters for gems and etc. It was also available on PC (Windows 8, 8.1, 10 only) through the Microsoft Store, however, you can't obtain this game on Windows anymore, because it was taken out of the store. But the situation is similar to Android and iOS - it is obtainable through the user's apps and games library if it was owned earlier. However, not all content is accessible anymore.

Gameplay

Cars: Fast as Lightning combines elements of several different games, including Disney Infinity, Clash of Clans, CityVille, Nemo's Reef, and many others, and combines them into a customizable racing game using characters from the popular franchise. Players have a town that they can customize by constructing buildings and decorations that will provide them with coins. Coins can be used to purchase new buildings, as well as upgrade cars. Additionally, gems serve as a rarer type of currency, obtainable via real money, daily challenges or the Gem Mine.

In addition to the town, race tracks are customizable as well, with more tracks being unlocked as players progress through the game. Tracks can be customized with different types of road pieces, including curves, hills and more. These road pieces will give the player opportunities to perform tricks during races, awarding the player with a short boost.

Lightning winning a race in the game.

In races, the player can do many different things to make themselves successful, including boosting, boost starting, performing tricks, or gaining XP. The XP meter will fill as the player gains XP, and when it fills, the player will be moved to the next level, unlocking new buildings and decorations.

Daily and weekly challenges are also featured as a way to obtain currency and friends can be added through social media or by sharing friend codes.

Despite being shut down, it is, most likely, the most balanced game in its genre.

Controls

Cars: Fast as Lightning uses a very simplified control scheme, consisting primarily of simple taps. When a player's car drives over a blue circle on a track, it will provide the player with a short boost if the screen is tapped while on one. Tricks can be performed by sliding a finger in the direction the arrow is demonstrating.

The pedal in the bottom right of the screen must be held in order for the player to accelerate. At the start of the race, if the pedal is tapped when the "Go!" sign appears, a boost start will be awarded to the player.

Game modes

Town

Gameplay of the town

The town is where all of the buildings are stored, each one awarding coins to the player. As more buildings are placed, more currency will be awarded when the player opens the game up. In order to expand the town, a fee must be paid in order for Bessie, the cranes, pitties, and bulldozers to pave a new road. Each time an extension is bought, the next extension will cost higher.

All of the players' cars will be seen driving around town, alongside Sarge and Lizzie. Occasionally, a car will want to go to a certain building, and when they are brought to it, the player will be awarded with either an XP star, a coin, a fuel can or a gem.

Various unique buildings can be built to, including the Dinoco Stand, Gem Mine, Car Wash, and Movie Theater.

Lightning McQueen and Shu Todoroki at the start of a race

Race

In order to progress in the game, the player must continually race against various different opponents. The ones that will award trophies are displayed next to the finish line of whatever track the player is playing on, with various different cars driving around the track. These cars can be raced against for additional XP, as well as a chance to earn a sticker for a new paint job.

The practice cars can either be AI characters or human players, with computer characters using the image of the character, with human players having a blue "friend" icon.

Characters

Playable characters

There are a total of 31 characters (29 of them are playable characters) in Cars: Fast as Lightning, consisting of 13 Cars characters, 6 Cars Toons characters, 9 Cars 2 characters, and an original character. The last two are Sarge and Lizzie. Todd Marcus is the only car that is unlocked after the tutorial, and all other cars must be unlocked by earning their stickers.

Sandy Dunes

Blue Grit

Idle Threat

Shifty Sidewinder

Komodo

Yokoza

Long Ge

Pyotr Racinov

Max Schnell

Todd

Chick

Fillmore

Mater

Flo

Luigi

Guido

Sheriff

SnotRod

Wingo

DJ

Boost

Miguel Camino

Carla Veloso

Shu Todoroki

Raoul ÇaRoule

Holley Shiftwell

Finn McMissile

Francesco Bernoulli

Lightning McQueen

Unlocking criteria

Unlike the previous Cars games, Cars: Fast as Lightning uses an orderly unlocking system. Once every race is won as one character, the next one will be unlocked, and so forth. Winning these races will provide the player with a "sticker". Once all of these are collected and every race is the won, the next character will be unlocked.

Each character has 2 (or more) extra paint jobs, which can be unlocked by earning stickers in practice races.

Other characters

• Dexter Hoover (cameo)
• Sarge
• Lizzie
• Bessie
• Bob Cutlass
• Darrell Cartrip
• Hiroaki
• Takeshi
• Rotor Turbosky (cameo)
• Frank (Mater's Track)
• Tractors (Mater's Track)
• Mator (cameo)
• Dinoco Girls (cameo)
• Muggsy Liftsome (cameo)
• City-San Crane (cameo)
• Chuy (cameo)
• Bulldozers (cameo)
• Doc Hudson (cameo)
• Ramone (mentioned)
• Sally (mentioned)

Tracks

• Lightning's Track (also the tutorial track)
• Todd's Track
• Chick's Track
• Fillmore's Track
• Mater's Track
• Flo's Track
• Luigi's Track
• Guido's Track
• Sheriff's Track
• SnotRod's Track
• Wingo's Track
• DJ's Track
• Boost's Track
• Miguel's Track
• Carla's Track
• Shu's Track
• Raoul's Track
• Holley's Track
• Finn's Track
• Francesco's Track
• Lightning's Track
• Max's Track (from the Christmas-themed update)
• Pyotr's Track (from the Ice Racers-themed update)
• Long Ge's Track (from the Ice Racers-themed update)
• Komodo's Track (from the Neon Racers-themed update)
• Yokoza's Track (from the Neon Racers-themed update)

Buildings, decorations, and track pieces

Buildings

Name	Cost	Unlocking criteria
Luigi's Casa Della Tires	Free	Go to Radiator-Springs
Radiator Springs Curios	Free	Go to Radiator-Springs
House of Body Art	Free	Go to Radiator-Springs
Flo's V8 Cafe	Free	Go to Radiator-Springs
Todd's Pit	5,000 coins	Unlock Todd Marcus
Cozy Cone Motel	100 gems	N/A
Chick's Pit	7,500 coins	Unlock Chick Hicks
Nightclub	200 gems	N/A
Fillmore's Taste-In	300 gems	N/A
Pyotr's Pit	350 gems	N/A
Mater's Towing & Salvage	400 gems	N/A
Shu's Pit	500 gems	Unlock Shu Todoroki
Francesco's Pit	600 gems	Unlock Francesco Bernoulli
Courthouse	10,000 coins	Unlocking Fillmore's track
Miss Piston	12,000 coins	Reach experience level 7
Guido's Italian Ice Shop	42,000 coins	Unlock Guido
Rusty Bumper	46,000 coins	Reach experience level 9
Police Station	48,000 coins	Reach experience level 11
Wimpy's Wipers	15,000 coins (?)	Reach experience level 14
Emporium Repair	TBA	Reach experience level 16
SnotRod's Gym	56,000 coins	Unlock SnotRod
Office Building	90,000 coins	Unlock DJ's track
Wingo's Digs	64,000 coins	Unlock Wingo
Hospital	110,000 coins	Unlock Boost's track
Pop N Patch Tire Repair	145,000 coins	Unlock Carla's track
Boost's Nitro Shop	100,000 coins	Unlock Boost
Visitor Center	150,000 coins	Unlock Shu's track
Miguel's Pit	120,000 coins	Unlock Miguel Camino
Sparky's Spark Plug	190,000 coins	Unlock Raoul's Track
Carla's Pit	130,000 coins	Unlock Carla Veloso
Fire Station	220,000 coins	Reach experience level 37
Raoul's Pit	175,000 coins	Unlock Raoul ÇaRoule
Racing Museum	260,000 coins	Unlock Finn's Track
Holley's Hideout	205,000 coins	Unlock Holley Shiftwell
McMissile's Pad	240,000 coins	Unlock Finn McMissile
Sarge's Surplus Hut	TBA	Unlock Francesco's track
Ornament Valley Airport	82,000 coins	Unlocking Wingo's track
Lightning's Pit	320,000 coins	Unlock Lightning McQueen
Max's Pit	300,000 coins	Unlock Max Schnell
Long Ge's Pit	150.000 coins	Unlock Long Ge
Komodo's Pit	130.000 coins	Unlock Komodo
Yokoza's Pit	175,000 coins	Unlock Yokoza
Ice Shop	450 gems	N/A
Igloo	450 gems	N/A

Decorations

Name	Cost	Unlocking criteria
Mega Screen	1,000 coins	Unlock Chick Hicks
Neon Sign	10 gems	N/A
Radiator Spring	20 gems	N/A
Street Light	60 coins	N/A
Flame Fountain	80 gems	N/A
Spy Relay	50 gems	N/A
Arcade Games	60 gems	N/A
Tokyo Street Lights	90 gems	N/A
Organic Oil Stand	5 gems	Unlock Fillmore
Red Flowers	2,000 coins	Reach experience level 5
Mailbox	5,000 coins	Reach experience level 7
Mator Statue	3,000 coins	Unlock Mater
Motorama Girls Billboard	4,000 coins	Unlock Flo
Blue Flowers	8,000 coins	Unlock Sheriff's track
Gear Statue	6,000 coins	Unlock Luigi
Wind Turbine	7,000 coins	Unlock Guido
Water Tower	9,000 coins	Reach experience level 18
Graffiti Wall	10,000 coins	Unlock Wingo
Clock Tower	25,000 coins	Reach experience level 24
Super Subwoofers	15,000 coins	Unlock DJ
Weather Vane	TBA	Unlock Francesco's track
Solar Panels	20,000 coins	Unlock Miguel Camino
Vending Machines	80 gems	N/A
Cherry Blossom Tree	22,500 coins	Unlock Shu Todoroki
Well	TBA	Reach experience level 39
Poster Kiosk	27.500 coins	Unlock Raoul ÇaRoule
Turbo Fan	30.000 coins	Reach experience level 47
Parasol	TBA	Unlock Francesco Bernoulli
Doc Hudson Statue	TBA	Unlock Lightning McQueen
Celebration Lanterns	12,500 coins	Unlock Long Ge
Motor Mobile	17,500 coins	Unlock Boost
Neon Pavilion	70 gems	N/A

Races

Track pieces

Name	Cost	Unlocking criteria
Hot Springs	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Steep Curve	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 3
Wild Well	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Surplus Storage	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Crazy Loop	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Frozen Loop	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Pretzel Loop	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 7
Desert Curve	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 9
Barrier Turn	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 11
Oil Spill	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 13
Whipsnap Raceway	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 17
Steep Hill	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 23
Bumpy Road	Depends on the character's track	Beat Fillmore as Todd
Cliffhanger	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Construction Site	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Stunt Cannons	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Zigzag	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 5
Toll Booth	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 8
Car Wash (track piece)	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 12
Rocky Loop	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 18
Rocky Half-Pipe	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 17
Corkscrew Loop	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 20
Geyser Jump	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 22
River Jump	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 24
Neon Panel Jump	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Russian Bridge	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Hockey Rink	Depends on the character's track	N/A

Decorations

Name	Cost	Unlocking criteria
Souvenir Tent	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Blue Blimp	Depends on the character's track	Beat Mater as Todd
Inflatable Arch	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 3
Dinoco Tent	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Dinoco Sign	Depends on the character's track	NA
Piston Boulder	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Skybox	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Japanese Arch	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Flaming Arch	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Big-O-Vision	Depends on the character's track	N/A
Loudspeakers	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 4
Bleachers	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 6
Gear Balloon	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 8
McMissile Banners	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 10
Gearsley Banners	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 12
Rust-eze Tent	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 16
Grand Prix Banner	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 19
Floodlights	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 20
Paris Banners	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 21
Francesco Balloon	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 23
Leaderboard	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 26
Gameloft Tent	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 29
V8 Café Sunset Banner	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 32
First Aid Tent	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 34
Rocky Arch	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 37
Tokyo Banners	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 39
Lightning Balloon	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 42
Francesco Banner	Depends on the character's track	Reach experience level 44
AV Tower	Depends on the character's track	Unlock Shu Todoroki

Races

Each character comes with a number of races, each against a different opponent. Winning a race will award the player a sticker for the next unlockable car.

Lightning McQueen [Tutorial]

Tutorial Race 1. Mater

Tutorial Race 2. Mater

Todd

1. Fillmore
2. Mater
3. Flo
4. Chick

Chick

1. Mater
2. Flo
3. Luigi
4. Guido
5. Sheriff
6. Fillmore

Fillmore

1. Todd
2. Flo
3. Sheriff
4. SnotRod
5. Wingo
6. Mater

Mater

1. Todd (Rookie Green)
2. Chick
3. Sheriff
4. SnotRod
5. Wingo
6. DJ
7. Boost
8. Flo

Flo

1. Chick
2. Fillmore
3. Sheriff
4. Todd (Golden Champion)
5. DJ
6. Boost
7. Miguel Camino
8. Luigi

Luigi

1. Chick (Purple Rage)
2. Todd
3. Mater
4. Fillmore (Tie-Dye)
5. SnotRod
6. Wingo
7. Carla Veloso
8. Guido

Guido

1. Fillmore
2. Flo
3. Mater
4. Todd (Golden Champion)
5. Chick
6. DJ
7. Boost
8. Sheriff

Sheriff

1. Flo
2. Mater (the Greater)
3. Luigi
4. Fillmore (Flower Power)
5. Wingo
6. Miguel Camino
7. Carla Veloso
8. SnotRod

SnotRod

1. Luigi
2. Guido (Lightning Fan)
3. Todd (Rookie Green)
4. Chick
5. Fillmore
6. Flo
7. Tokyo Mater
8. Wingo

Wingo

1. Mater (Tokyo Mater)
2. Luigi (Italian Racer)
3. Guido
4. Sheriff (Retro)
5. Miguel Camino
6. Carla Veloso
7. Shu Todoroki
8. DJ

DJ

1. Sheriff (Ranger)
2. Flo (Femme Fatale)
3. Fillmore (Tie-Dye)
4. Chick (Purple Rage)
5. SnotRod
6. Shu Todoroki
7. Raoul ÇaRoule
8. Boost

Boost

1. Todd (Golden Champion)
2. Mater (Tokyo Mater)
3. Guido (Lightning Pit Car)
4. Luigi (Italian Racer)
5. Wingo
6. Carla Veloso
7. Raoul ÇaRoule
8. Miguel Camino

Miguel Camino

1. SnotRod (Neon)
2. Wingo (Party Time)
3. DJ (Stay Gold)
4. Boost (Calm & Collected)
5. Sheriff
6. Shu Todoroki
7. Holley Shiftwell
8. Carla Veloso

Carla Veloso

1. Todd
2. Chick
3. Mater
4. Fillmore (Flower Power)
5. Flo (Ice Queen)
6. Raoul ÇaRoule
7. Finn McMissile
8. Shu Todoroki

Shu Todoroki

1. Luigi (Lightning Fan)
2. Guido (Lightning Pit Car)
3. Wingo (Neon)
4. Sheriff
5. Boost
6. Miguel Camino
7. Francesco Bernoulli
8. Raoul ÇaRoule

Raoul ÇaRoule

1. Fillmore
2. DJ (Neon)
3. Flo
4. SnotRod (Jet-Black)
5. Mater (the Greater)
6. Miguel Camino (Spanish Flag)
7. Carla Veloso (Carnaval)
8. Holley Shiftwell

Holley Shiftwell

1. Mater
2. Luigi
3. Todd
4. Guido
5. Sheriff (Retro)
6. Shu Todoroki (Tokyo Nights)
7. Francesco Bernoulli (Italian Wonder)
8. Finn McMissile

Finn McMissile

1. Mater
2. Fillmore
3. Flo (Femme Fatale)
4. Sheriff (Ranger)
5. Boost
6. Carla Veloso (Quente)
7. Raoul ÇaRoule (French Flag)
8. Francesco Bernoulli

Francesco Bernoulli

1. Luigi (Lightning Fan)
2. Guido (Lightning Fan)
3. DJ
4. Wingo
5. SnotRod
6. Shu Todoroki (Japanese Flag)
7. Miguel Camino
8. Lightning McQueen

Lightning McQueen

1. Todd (Rookie Green)
2. Chick (Dinoco)
3. Boost (Neon)
4. Miguel Camino (Para España)
5. Shu Todoroki
6. Carla Veloso
7. Raoul ÇaRoule
8. Francesco Bernoulli

Max Schnell

1. Mater
2. Boost
3. Miguel Camino
4. Carla Veloso
5. Shu Todoroki
6. Raoul ÇaRoule
7. Francesco Bernoulli
8. Lightning McQueen

Pyotr Racinov

1. Winter Mater
2. Miguel Camino (ICE)
3. Raoul ÇaRoule (ICE)
4. Carla Veloso (ICE)
5. Shu Todoroki (ICE)
6. Francesco Bernoulli (ICE)
7. Max Schnell (ICE)
8. Lightning McQueen (ICE)

Long Ge

1. Mater (Winter)
2. Flo (Ice Queen)
3. Fillmore (Bohemian Dragon)
4. Max Schnell (ICE)
5. Carla Veloso (ICE)
6. Pyotr Racinov (ICE)
7. Shu Todoroki (ICE)
8. Lightning McQueen (Eastern Breeze)

Yokoza

1. Mater (Tokyo Mater)
2. DJ (Neon)
3. Holley Shiftwell (Police Car)
4. Finn McMissile (Airport Security)
5. Boost (Neon)
6. Komodo (Neon)
7. Shu Todoroki (Neon)
8. Lightning McQueen (Neon)

Komodo

1. Max Schnell (Neon)
2. Wingo (Neon)
3. Carla Veloso (Neon)
4. Miguel Camino (Neon)
5. Raoul ÇaRaoule (Neon)
6. Francesco Bernoulli (Neon)
7. Lightning McQueen (Neon)
8. Shu Todoroki (Neon)

Homes

• Todd - Todd's Pit
• Chick - Chick's Pit
• Fillmore - Fillmore's Taste In
• Mater - Mater's Towing and Salvage
• Flo - Flo's V8 Cafe
• Luigi - Luigi's Casa Della Tires
• Guido - Guido's Italian Ice Shop
• Sheriff - Courthouse
• Snot Rod - Snot Rod's Gym
• Wingo - Wingo's Digs
• DJ - Nightclub
• Boost - Boost's Nitro Shop
• Miguel Camino - Miguel's Pit
• Carla Veloso - Carla's Pit
• Shu Todoroki - Shu's Pit
• Raoul ÇaRoule - Raoul's Pit
• Holley Shiftwell - Holley's Hideout
• Finn McMissile - McMissile's Pad
• Francesco Bernoulli - Francesco's Pit
• Lightning McQueen - Lightning's Pit
• Max Schnell - Max's Pit
• Pyotr Racinov - Pyotr's Pit
• Long Ge - Long Ge's Pit
• Komodo - Komodo's Pit
• Yokoza - Yokoza's Pit
• Sarge - Sarge's Surplus Hut
• Lizzie - Lizzie's Curious Shop
• Shifty Sidewinder - None
• Idle Threat - None
• Blue Grit - None
• Sandy Dunes - None

The The Radiator Springs 500½ racers do not have any homes for some reason. All they do is drive around the town, and they don't have their own racetracks either, and Sarge along with Max Schnell and Lizzie do not sleep anywhere for some reason. All they do is drive around the town.

Updates

1.0.1

This update included some minor bug fixes and overall improvements created from feedback that the game received. In addition to these fixes, a new feature was added, allowing certain buildings to go on sale for a limited amount of time.

1.1.0

The setting was changed to a Christmas theme, with new decorations and track pieces, along with Max Schnell added as a playable character.

Later, downloadable content that has a theme of the Chinese New Year was released.

1.2.0

Content from the Ice Racers die-cast line was added, including the character Pyotr Racinov

Later, more decorations and Long Ge were added.

1.3.0

Content from the Neon Racers die-cast line was added, including decorations and track pieces themed after Tokyo, and Tokyo Mater characters Komodo and Yokoza

Later, Shifty Sidewinder, Idle Threat, Blue Grit, and Sandy Dunes were added, and a couple of minor bugs were fixed.

Development

Development for the game was most likely started sometime in late 2013/early 2014, with the game being confirmed and shown off at E3. Initially, the release date was simply known as "Q3 2014", but an official date was set three days prior to the game's release.

Promotion and advertising

YouTube trailers

On October 6, 2014, Gameloft released a teaser trailer to its official YouTube channel, showing off some minor gameplay elements, alongside the official release date of October 9, 2014.

A launch trailer was released on the same day the game released, showing off more features that the game contains, including various clips of races on different tracks, as well as the town.

Gameloft have also released trailers for each of the updates.

Reception

Cars: Fast as Lightning received generally positive reviews, its main praises being its smooth and detailed animations and the way it combines city-building elements with Cars characters. The game was criticized, however, for its simplistic gameplay, with some reviewers stating, "It's probably too simplistic for anyone except youngsters."

On Metacritic, it has been met with positive reviews, though it is still awaiting two more reviews for an overall score to be posted.

Beta elements

Originally the official main theme was the Cars: Race-O-Rama main theme, but was instead changed to an entirely new music track. Here’s a sneak peek of the game in development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYdTkbiy-b8

Beta characters

• Nigel Gearsley
• Mia and Tia
• Red
• Tex Dinoco
• John Lassetire
• Ramone
• The King

Nigel Gearsley

Mia and Tia

Red

Tex Dinoco

John Lassetire

Ramone

Beta paints jobs gallery

Hudson Hornet McQueen

Dragon McQueen

Aviator Mater

Aviator Mater 2

Staff

Gameloft is the primary developer of Cars: Fast as Lightning, with some of the voice actors being Owen Wilson (Lightning McQueen), Larry the Cable Guy (Mater), Jerry Trainor (Todd), Katherine Helmond (Lizzie), Martin Jarvis (Finn McMissile), Emily Mortimer (Holley Shiftwell), and many more.

References to other media

• Cars - Flo mentions her life as a Motorama Girl, a deleted plot element for the film, titled Motorama Girls. Lightning McQueen and Chick also use their Dinoco paint schemes from this film.
• Cars: Mater-National Championship - Ornament Valley Airport re-appears in this game, its previous appearance only being in Mater-National.
• Mater the Greater - Mater uses his Mater the Greater paint job from this short, while the Stunt Cannons trick animation is similar to Mater's stunt, but with a Lightning McQueen-like design.
• Tokyo Mater - Mater uses his Tokyo attire from this short. The Construction Site is based on this short, and the trick animation is similar to the way Tokyo Mater and Lightning Dragon McQueen slide through the halfpipe.
• Winter - Mater uses his Winter paint job, which could be seen in the winter-based Cars books.
• Dinoco - Chick has a Dinoco paint job, which is a reference to Lightning McQueen's nightmare from Cars.
• ICE - ICE paint job is a reference to the books and comics which could be seen in racing-related ones.
• Neon - The Neon WGP racer paint-jobs are being a reference to the books and comics, which could be seen in racing-related ones. There's also a die-cast line from Tomica that relates to it, but they have really poor quality.
• Cars 2 - Luigi and Guido have their Lightning Fan attire as alternate paint jobs, and the Wild Well trick is rather similar to one of the stunts Finn McMissile pulls in this film. Also, part of Yokoza's track has a section taken from a Japanese television show where a car has to jump through different giant road signs.
• Cars 2: The Video Game - Almost every Cars 2 characters' recordings are reused for this game.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Cars: Fast as Lightning/Gallery.

Script

Main article: Cars: Fast as Lightning/Script

Dinoco Stand Events

Main article: Cars: Fast as Lightning/Events

Media

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Glitches

• Sometimes characters won't go in the building they wanted to go. It is unknown why this bug occurs.
• Snot Rod's name is spelled as "SnotRod".
• When losing a race against Holley Shiftwell, her artwork on the level failed screen is missing her eyelashes.

  

  Holley missing the eyelashes.

• Sometimes characters' eyes in the cutscenes will disappear for a moment when they blink, for unknown reasons.
• In the cutscenes, Long Ge's track is shown to be summer-themed, when in the reality, it is winter-themed.
• In the cutscenes of Long Ge's track (when Long Ge speaks to someone after the race) his opponents paint jobs will change to their basic ones for unknown reasons.

Trivia

• When Chick goes on Luigi's track with his Purple Rage paint job, it reveals that he starts being nice to his opponents (although he is just tricking Luigi).
• Lightning McQueen's Dinoco paint scheme is called Champion and is shown with his WGP spoiler.
• The game was shut down internationally. This means that it is no longer downloadable, if you don't have it in your app library.
• Sally Carrera and Ramone are mentioned sometimes but they are not in the game.
  • According to the Level 39 message - Sally went to Los Angeles to visit her friends.
  • According to the Level 40 message - Ramone went to the Paint-Job contest, and rumor is - he is winning.
• Long Ge's Track, for some reason, is located in Russia, despite Long Ge being from China.
• Sometime in 2019-2020, the game strangely reopened its servers despite later closing it again in 2021. It is unknown why Gameloft did that.

External links

• Cars: Fast as Lightning on the App Store
• Cars: Fast as Lightning on the Google Play Store
• Cars: Fast as Lightning on Gameloft.com