Seriously how is this game so good?! Usually these licensed games in the 2000s aren't good but Cars managed to be a genuinely fun game. The reason this was made was solely to make money, but I actually felt like the developers took the time to craft a really fun racing game inside the world of Cars. You are able to get NASCAR style races and original road courses set in Radiator Springs and these races just have so much charm to them. The tracks are surprisingly well designed, even if the backgrounds can look familiar since they are all in the same environment. The story can feel a bit like a collection of races and minigames in the first three chapters, but the last two start to create a nice narrative that has a lot of payoff in the end. The game also has a great roster where you can play as Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson, and legendary NASCAR driver Richard Petty as The King. The controls occasionally didn't work, especially on powersliding, but that is either the game or how old my PS2 controller is. I also felt like the driving was stiff sometimes, but most of the time it was really good. Cars is a fun racing game with the charm of being with these characters again and one of the better licensed games out there!