I gotta say, being a Piston Cup race car is pretty great. I've gotten to see the whole world! But on my last trip, I started thinking... Wouldn't it be cool if the world got to see how great Radiator Springs is? And that gave me an idea...
— Lightning McQueen, the game's opening cutscene
Cars: Fast as Lightning was a village/racing simulator created by Gameloft inspired by the Cars series, made available for iOS, Android, and Windows 8.
In this game, Lightning McQueen has organized a Track Building/Racing Extravaganza so cars can come from far and wide to build their own racetracks and participate. The game is split into two structures:
- Racing: Race against other cars around a designated track.
- Simulator: Build Radiator Springs the way you want, collecting coins and gems.
The game was shut down around 2019.
This game provides examples of:
- Always Night: The Neon Races take place at night.
- And Your Reward Is Clothes: Winning a practice race will give a sticker for one of the car's paint jobs; collecting all of them will unlock a new one.
- Ascended Extra: Exaggerated example with Todd Marcus, one of the many background Piston Cup Race Cars that raced alongside Lightning in the first film, has a big role here in the game. He's even the first car unlocked. Five World Grand Prix racers from Cars 2 have big roles as well. Even the ones exclusive the international dubs appear as playable characters!
- Bookends: Lightning is the first car you race as, and, until the ICE update, the last car unlocked.
- Bring It: Your car says something like this when lining up at the start before the race begins. Lightning might say this when you open his quests and during a race if he boosts or does a trick.
- The Cameo:
- Doc Hudson appears in the background on the purchase screens.
- Frank and Colossus XXL appear on Mater's track.
- Bulldozers can be seen at Miguel's track in a pen near the center.
- Bessie appears when the town's road is being expanded to your likings.
- Cap: The game's maximum XP level is 50.
- Continuity Snarl: Todd Marcus is treated as a rookie racer in this game, even though he was seen competing against Lightning in the very first movie, which must've taken place years before the game, which itself definitely takes place after Cars 2.
- Eleventy Zillion: In the opening just before the tutorial, Mater points out Lightning beat him "one-trazillion" times. Lightning decides to make it "one-trazillion and one".
- Evolving Credits: The opening screen changes with each update.
- Fake Longevity: The Team Events last for only a matter of days. Each one has a different time limit.
- Gameplay and Story Segregation:
- Lightning's home base is his pit here, whereas he sleeps at the Cozy Cone Motel in the actual franchise.
- Originally Guido slept at the Rusty Bumper. Later updates have him sleep at his Italian Ice Shop.
- Gotta Catch 'Em All: The goal is to beat all the races and unlock all the cars. Also unlock all paint jobs, if possible.
- Holiday Mode: During Winter months, snow covers Radiator Springs and the tracks. The town is even decorated during Christmas.
- Luck-Based Mission: Whether your car wins or loses, and which sticker for a paint job will be earned after winning. Sometimes it can be a same sticker as before.
- Slippy-Slidey Ice World: The Russian Races and winter updates coat the tracks in snow.
- Written-In Absence: Sally does not appear, on account of being in Los Angeles. Flo mentions this if she wants to go to the Cozy Cone Motel. Ramone is also absent as it's stated he's visiting an art convention.
