

Initial impressions are that of a bizarrely off-brand Mario Kart-like game, but Cars 3: Driven to Win is something different entirely. Secondly, and this ties very closely into my first point: it can even be pretty decent, sometimes. Yeah, you heard: a movie tie-in that’s not a blight on the gaming landscape. It’s surprising for two main reasons: firstly, it’s not terrible. Regardless, none of this ambivalence towards the greater narrative stops Cars 3: Driven to Win from being a surprising game. Lightning McQueen is a cool guy (car?) without question, but I only vaguely remember the second movie, while the third seems like milking it a bit.

To be honest with you, I won’t pretend I’ve kept up with all the minutiae and deep lore contained within the Cars universe.
