Cars: Fast as Lightning

Cars: Fast as Lightning is a customizable racing game that was released on iOS, Android and Windows Phone on October 9, 2014, featuring the characters from the Cars franchise.

Gameplay
Cars: Fast as Lightning works similarly to games like CityVille and Disney Infinity, where players can customize racing arenas with accessories earned by winning races and gaining experience points. Each car has a different set of races, as well as their own track. In order to unlock new characters, players must earn stickers by winning races.

Players can also create their own town, with buildings that produce additional gold. There is also the option to create a unique race track using different types of track pieces, as well as more buildings that players can trick off of to gain experience points.

Playable characters
There are a total of 20 playable characters in the game. Once the tutorial is completed, the first character, Todd Marcus, is automatically unlocked. To unlock more characters, the player will need to earn all of the characters' stickers, which can be earned by winning races with the previous car.

Unlocking criteria

 * Sarge
 * Lizzie
 * Tractors
 * Frank
 * Bessie
 * Bob Cutlass
 * Darrell Cartrip
 * Dexter Hoover
 * Rotor Turbosky
 * Dinoco Girls
 * Chuck Choke Cables
 * Nelson Blindspot

Tracks

 * Lightning's Track - A track with lots of turns
 * Todd's Track - A track with a layout similar to a Piston Cup stadium
 * Chick's Track - A desert track featuring many hazards
 * Fillmore's Track
 * Mater's Track
 * Flo's Track
 * Luigi's Track
 * Guido's Track
 * Sheriff's Track

Todd Marcus

 * Rookie Green
 * Golden Champion

Chick Hicks

 * Dinoco
 * Purple Rage

Fillmore

 * Tie-Dye
 * Flower Power

Tow Mater

 * Mater the Greater
 * Tokyo
 * Winter
 * Santa Hat

Flo

 * Ice Queen
 * Femme Fatale

Luigi

 * Lightning Fan
 * Italian Racer

Guido

 * Lightning Fan
 * Lightning Pit Car

Sheriff

 * Retro
 * Ranger

SnotRod

 * Neon
 * Jet-Black

Wingo

 * Neon
 * Party Time

DJ

 * Neon
 * Stay Gold

Boost

 * Neon
 * Calm & Collected

Miguel Camino

 * Spanish Flag
 * Para España

Carla Veloso

 * Carnaval
 * Quente

Shu Todoroki

 * Tokyo Nights
 * Japanese Flag

Raoul ÇaRoule

 * Vive la France
 * French Flag

Holley Shiftwell

 * Police Car
 * Glimmer Gal

Finn McMissile

 * Airport Security
 * Undercover Agent

Francesco Bernoulli

 * Unknown
 * Unknown

Lightning McQueen

 * Unknown
 * Unknown
 * Unknown

Max Schnell

 * Chrome
 * Empire

Races
Each character comes with a number of races, each against a different opponent. Winning a race will award the player a sticker for the next unlockable car.

Lightning McQueen

 * 1) Tow Mater (only at Training Mode)
 * 2) Todd Marcus
 * 3) Chick Hicks
 * 4) Boost
 * 5) Miguel Camino
 * 6) Shu Todoroki
 * 7) Carla Veloso
 * 8) Raoul ÇaRoule
 * 9) Francesco Bernoulli

Todd Marcus

 * 1) Fillmore
 * 2) Tow Mater
 * Flo
 * 1) Chick Hicks

Chick Hicks

 * 1) Tow Mater
 * Flo
 * 1) Luigi
 * 2) Guido
 * 3) Sheriff
 * 4) Fillmore

Fillmore

 * 1) Todd Marcus
 * Flo
 * 1) Sheriff
 * 2) SnotRod
 * 3) Wingo
 * 4) Tow Mater

Tow Mater

 * 1) Rookie Green Todd Marcus
 * 2) Chick Hicks
 * 3) Sheriff
 * 4) SnotRod
 * 5) Wingo
 * DJ
 * 1) Boost
 * Flo

Flo

 * 1) Chick Hicks
 * 2) Fillmore
 * 3) Sheriff
 * 4) Golden Champion Todd Marcus
 * DJ
 * 1) Boost
 * 2) Miguel Camino
 * 3) Luigi

Luigi

 * 1) Purple Rage Chick Hicks
 * 2) Todd Marcus
 * 3) Mater
 * 4) Tie-Dye Fillmore
 * 5) SnotRod
 * 6) Wingo
 * 7) Carla Veleso

Guido

 * 1) Fillmore
 * Flo
 * 1) Tow Mater
 * 2) Golden Champion Todd Marcus
 * 3) Chick Hicks
 * DJ
 * 1) Boost
 * 2) Sheriff

Sheriff

 * Flo
 * 1) Mater the Greater
 * 2) Luigi
 * 3) Flower Power Fillmore
 * 4) Wingo
 * 5) Miguel Camino
 * 6) Carla Veloso
 * 7) SnotRod

SnotRod

 * 1) Luigi
 * 2) Lightning Fan Guido
 * 3) Rookie Green Todd Marcus
 * 4) Chick Hicks
 * 5) Fillmore
 * Flo
 * 1) Tokyo Tow Mater
 * 2) Wingo

Wingo

 * 1) Tokyo Tow Mater
 * 2) Italian Racer Luigi
 * 3) Guido
 * 4) Retro Sheriff
 * 5) Miguel Camino
 * 6) Carla Veloso
 * 7) Shu Todoroki
 * DJ

DJ

 * 1) Ranger Sheriff
 * 2) Femme Fatale Flo
 * 3) Tie-Dye Fillmore
 * 4) Purple Rage Chick Hicks
 * 5) SnotRod
 * 6) Shu Todoroki
 * 7) Raoul ÇaRoule
 * 8) Boost

Boost

 * 1) Golden Champion Todd Marcus
 * 2) Tokyo Tow Mater
 * 3) Lightning Pit Car Guido
 * 4) Italian Racer Luigi
 * 5) Wingo
 * 6) Carla Veloso
 * 7) Raoul ÇaRoule
 * 8) Miguel Camino

Miguel Camino

 * 1) Neon SnotRod
 * 2) Party Time Wingo
 * 3) Stay Gold DJ
 * 4) Calm & Collected Boost
 * 5) Sheriff
 * 6) Shu Todoroki
 * 7) Holley Shiftwell
 * 8) Carla Veloso

Carla Veloso

 * 1) Todd Marcus
 * 2) Chick Hicks
 * 3) Tow Mater
 * 4) Flower Power Fillmore
 * 5) Ice Queen Flo
 * 6) Raoul ÇaRoule
 * 7) Finn McMissile
 * 8) Shu Todoroki

Shu Todoroki

 * 1) Lightning Fan Luigi
 * 2) Lightning Pit Car Guido
 * 3) Neon Wingo
 * 4) Sheriff
 * 5) Neon Boost
 * 6) Miguel Camino
 * 7) Francesco Bernoulli
 * 8) Raoul ÇaRoule

Raoul ÇaRoule

 * 1) Fillmore
 * 2) Neon DJ
 * Flo
 * 1) Jet-Black SnotRod
 * 2) Mater the Greater
 * 3) Spanish Flag Miguel Camino
 * 4) Carnaval Carla Veloso
 * 5) Holley Shiftwell

Holley Shiftwell

 * 1) Tow Mater
 * 2) Luigi
 * 3) Todd Marcus
 * 4) Guido
 * 5) Retro Sheriff
 * 6) Tokyo Nights Shu Todoroki
 * 7) Italian Flag Francesco Bernoulli
 * 8) Finn McMissile

Finn McMissile

 * 1) Tow Mater
 * 2) Fillmore
 * 3) Femme Fatale Flo
 * 4) Ranger Sheriff
 * 5) Boost
 * 6) Quente Carla Veloso
 * 7) French Flag Raoul ÇaRoule
 * 8) Francesco Bernoulli

Max Schnell

 * 1) Tow Mater
 * 2) Boost
 * 3) Miguel Camino
 * 4) Carla Veloso
 * 5) Shu Todoroki
 * 6) Raoul ÇaRoule
 * 7) Francesco Bernoulli
 * 8) Lightning McQueen

References to other media
Cars - Flo mentions her life as a Motorama Girl, a deleted plot element for this film. Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks also use their Dinoco paint schemes from this film.

Mater the Greater - Tow Mater uses his Mater the Greater paint job from this short, while the Stunt Cannons trick animation is similar to Mater's stunt, but with a Lightning McQueen design.

Tokyo Mater - Tow Mater uses his attire from this short. The trick animation for Construction Site is similar to the way Tokyo Mater and Lightning Dragon McQueen slide through the halfpipe.

Cars 2 - Luigi and Guido have their Lightning Fan attire as alternate paint jobs, and the Wild Well trick is rather similar to the stunt Finn McMissile pulls in this film. Also, one of Finn's attire paint job is the Airport Security which is the same disguise he wears when he meets Mater at the Tokyo International Airport.

Trivia

 * While in build mode, the song playing is the main menu theme of Cars Race-O-Rama.
 * The Ornament Valley Airport appears as a building in Radiator Springs, which is a reference to Cars Mater-National Championship.
 * Snot Rod's name is spelled as "SnotRod". Also, he doesn't talk; he just does sneezing, sniffling and laughing sounds, which is the same as Cars 2: The Video Game.
 * One of SnotRod's paint jobs is Neon. But SnotRod is not neon, just green.
 * One of Finn McMissile's paint job attires is Airport Security, which is just the same as the second Cars film.
 * Whilst the player unlocks Finn McMissile, it shows that Finn's track is Todd's track.
 * One of Lightning McQueen's paint jobs is Dinoco, but he has his WGP spoiler instead of his tailfin.