Luckily building up boost is frequently available. This is most important in standard races as you have fewer options to slow down the competition. Building boost is key to every game mode as it allows the player to chose their moment for a tactical increase in speed. There are standard races which focus on drifting, jumping and stunts to build up the boost meter. Most Kart racers follow the Mario formula with combat based racing however, Cars 2 offers much more beyond this. You get an array of weapons and boosts as you would expect but what is unexpected is the choice of gameplay on offer. Cars 2 is essentially a kart racer featuring many of the staples of the genre. The plot of the film is thankfully all but left in the cinemas and the title instead focuses on solid gameplay and excellent visuals. After their success with the Toy Story 3 license Avalanche has once again taken care to preserve Disney/Pixar's brand. Cars 2: The Video Game is one of these rare beasts.

However, occasionally (very occasionally) a title will come along that stands up not only as a good license game but a good game in its own right. They are often rushed out to coincide with a films release which results in an under baked, flat title. Generally speaking games based on films are pretty bad.

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