History VideoGame / Cars3DrivenToWin

* BringIt: Your car will say something like this once they reach the final lap.

* OhCrap: Your car may show this expression if they’re overtaken by an AI.

-->'''Lightning McQueen:''' See, that’s the problem, Natalie. You can’t rely on numbers alone. Racing’s something you have to feel and experience.

* DigitalDestruction: The Wii U and Switch releases have rather lower-quality animation than the PS3, PS4 and XBox 1 releases. Specifically the characters’ eyes and decals are a bit pixelated and the backgrounds aren’t shaded as much.

This game takes place after the events of Cars 3. The first race is the Thomasville Flashback, where Lightning and Cruz race racing legends like Doc Hudson, Junior Moon, Louise Nash and River Scott via a VirtualTrainingSimulation, to make it look like the two are actually racing with them. Soon afterwards, you can unlock new tracks by partaking in them. There are 21 tracks to unlock, including Fireball Beach, Thunder Hollow, Radiator Springs and Florida 500. Five tracks from ''WesternAnimation/Cars2: The Video Game'' also make an appearance.

'''''WesternAnimation/Cars3: Driven to Win''''' is the seventh game in the ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' franchise. The game was developed by Avalanche Software as their first game after their reopening[[note]]The developer was initially shut down in May 2016 after the cancellation of their ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' series; they reopened in January 2017) and released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/Xbox360 and UsefulNotes/WiiU on June 13, 2017. This is the first Disney-based game to not be distributed by Creator/DisneyInteractiveStudios after going bankrupt in May 2016. Instead, it is distributed by Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment.

'''''WesternAnimation/Cars3: Driven to Win''''' is the seventh game in the ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' franchise, released for the UsefulNotes/Playstation3, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/Xbox360 and UsefulNotes/WiiU on June 13, 2017. This is the first Disney-based game to not be distributed by Creator/DisneyInteractiveStudios after going bankrupt in May 2016. Instead, it is distributed by Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment.

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Each mode has three different levels, easy, medium and hard. The harder the level, the smarter the AIs are.

** For a strange reason, Lightning's usual model doesn't have the small #95 on his right cheek, possibly because the makers thought it would be too difficult to animate.

* OffModel: For a strange reason, Lightning's usual model doesn't have the small #95 on his right cheek, possibly because the makers thought it would be too difficult to animate.

* CloneArmy: The Master-Level takedown event to unlock Chick Hicks requires you to take down a hundred Chick Hicks clones in the span of five minutes. Then there are the Chick clones talking to each other like this:
--> '''Chick Hicks''': Looking good, Chick!\\
'''Chick Hicks''': Hey, Chick! You're doing great!\\
'''Chick Hicks''': Well, if it isn't Chick Hicks!

** The others [[LiteralGenie take this literally]] and guess where Storm ends up? [[spoiler:At Thunder Hollow, being chased by Miss Fritter!]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Miss Fritter''': Where ya goin', sweetie? We ain't done yet! Let me at that new paint! Ha ha ha!\\
'''Jackson Storm''': Aah!]]

*** The Takedown mode has a similar premise to the Attack mode from ''2’'.

* CloneArmy: The Master-Level takedown event to unlock Chick Hicks requires you to take down a hundred Chick Hicks clones in the span of five minutes. But to make it hilarious, there are the Chick clones talking to each other like this:

* CallBack: Many to Cars 2: The Video Game:
** The controls are exactly the same, like side bashing, backwards driving and two-wheel driving.
** Five of the tracks are re-skinned versions of Runway Tour, Buckingham Sprint, Casino Tour, Vista Run and Timberline Sprint.
** Battle racing returns, albeit with slightly different weapons (the Rocket, Triple Rockets, Rapid Fire and Road Mine are the only ones adapted from ''2'').
** The Takedown mode has a similar premise to the Attack mode from ''2''.

* ManiacTongue: Often when Lightning jumps from a really high weight, he lets his tongue flail out the side of his mouth, like how he did in the first film when he jumped the wreckage.

* TheCameo: Sheriff has one in Radiator Springs Wheel Well Run, and Fillmore has one in Radiator Springs Interstate Pass.

''Cars 3: Driven to Win'' is a racing video game video game based on the film ''[[WesternAnimation/Cars3]]'', developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the first Disney game not to be published by Disney Interactive Studios since its shutdown in May 2016. This is because Avalanche Software was acquired from Disney by Time Warner before the game's release, so the finished game was released under the Warner Bros. name even though the Cars franchise is not owned by it. It is also the first Disney property game to be distributed by Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media. The game was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on June 13, 2017 in North America, in Europe and Australasia on July 14, 2017, and in Japan on July 20, 2017.

Taking place after the events of the film, the game differs away from the "exploration" formula in favor of solely racing, similar to the ''Mario Kart'' series. The game consists of the following modes:

* Race: Players must compete to see who can get to the finish line the fastest.
* Battle Race: Racing, but with weapons.
* Takedown: Players must use weapons and power-ups to take out as many other cars as possible. When the timer runs out, the player with the most points wins.
* Stunt Showcase: The objective here is to put on a show by performing jumps and tricks to score points and impress the crowds.
* Best Lap Challenge: Players must try to get the best lap time around a given course.
* Thomasville Playground: A sandbox mode that allows players to go racing, perform stunts, complete challenges, or just cruise around

!!''Cars 3: Driven to Win'' features the following tropes:

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Both Lightning and Mater have alternate paint jobs (the former's [[spoiler: "Fabulous Lightning McQueen" Doc Hudson-esque]] getup and the latter's "Mater the Greater" getup) that can be unlocked by fulfilling certain requirements. Strangely, both paint jobs function as ''two separate characters''.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler: Cruz has on her current Dinoco racing getup, showing she's Lightning McQueen's student and new to the Piston Cup series. She also mentions to Jackson she "beat him once", referring to the Florida 500 when she takes over for Lightning halfway through and beats him.]]
* MotorMouth: The characters repeatedly say something out of random throughout each of the modes.

* TimeTrial: The "Best Lap Challenge" mode is this.

* SlippySlidyIceWorld: Both Radiator Springs tracks take place in winter.