So another licensed movie game which is gonna suck huh? I'm pleased to say that this game is actually a really good and fun game, like other recently enjoyable games like Toy Story 3 and Rango, Cars 2 does a really good job at taking the charm of the movie and make a game out of it which is both...

Changing focus can be risky business for sequels, but it pays off in Cars 2: The Video Game. Whereas the first game (like its cinematic counterpart) was all about cute talking cars racing and becoming pals, this new version enters the dramatic realm of international espionage - and the new tone and...

+ Fun; polished action-racing experience; + Several distinct play types; including races and car combat

- Limp career-mode structure; no online play, ? Will we see multiple sequels to this Cars game, too

Justin Calvert goes on a racing rampage in this video review for Cars 2.

Good-sized and varied career mode; Great track designs with plenty of shortcuts; Four-player split-screen supported in all modes; Over 30 playable Cars characters

No online play; Voice samples become grating after a while

Racing games are easy to identify. They have cars, some sort of track and generally you drive in circles. Some games allow you to drift and pull fancy manoeuvres while others arm you with weapons and encourage you to blow each other to smithereens.

Fantastic concept; awesome multiplayer; great detail on the characters

Occasionally repetitive voices and cut scenes; lack of mini map

There's something to be said about approaching franchised games with a level of minimal expectation; expect nothing and enjoy any potential surprises for what they are. After the original Cars film spawned a solid, unspectacular but nevertheless enjoyable game, a glimmer of hope glistened over the...

A fun, if short, game and one that will certainly be fun for kids but may be a touch too shallow and simplistic for anyone else. With a few more tacks and modes Cars 2: The Video Game would have been great. Give it a go by all means, but don't expect to be playing it a few days later.

Overall then Cars 2 is a loveable excursion into the world of Pixar. Built with all the efficiency and character that you'd expect from the movie studio's cinema work, it demonstrates that what may not work so well as a film (unless of course you are six, in which case Cars is the best thing ever)...

For a movie based game, Cars 2 is actually quite a decent game and it seems that Disney have broken the movie game curse, especially considering their entertaining Toy Story 3 release last year.

Concept: Put more than 20 characters from Pixar's popular series through their paces in a variety of racing missions Graphics: The characters look great, and Avalanche captured everything from the way the look to how they zip around the tracks.

Cars 2 no doubt had an easier time making its way over to video game land than the majority of movie licences, but given how poor the majority of such games are it definitely wasn't a given that a racing game based on the Pixar movie would be good.