Cars 2: The Video Game – review

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The vocal talents of veteran actor Martin Jarvis, whose velvet purr can be heard narrating Just William or Jeeves in Manhattan on BBC Radio 4, pops up here on Disney/Pixar's Cars 2 doing an impersonation of Michael Caine (playing an animated Aston Martin). Is this the moment where licensed video games become a proper art form or was the pay good?

The target audience won't give a flying flugelhorn as they are nine-years-old, probably male and definitely hyperactive. All they care about is revving engines and squealing tyres, which this game delivers in large doses. More akin to Mario Kart than Gran Turismo, stage after stage is packed with cartooney, crash-bang-wallop and the fun is accessible for multiple players whether online or in the same room.

Years of bitter experience have taught us to give licensed games a wide berth, but this is an exception to the rule, with both slavish fidelity to the film's plot and gameplay that has more polish than a Porsche's bonnet.

Martin Jarvis can rest easy – his involvement with Cars 2 will leave his credibility intact.

• Racing games
• Games
• Pixar

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Stuart Dredge, Charles Arthur 24 Jul, 2011

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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jul/24/cars-2-the-video-game-review
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