

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. Once the tutorial is completed, the first character, Todd Marcus, is automatically unlocked. There are a total of 30 playable characters in the game. 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. An avid amateur racer, Max would practice alone in the back roads of the dense Black Foresta trek that eventually caught the eye of a racing team owner. Players can also create their own unique town, with buildings that produce additional gold that the player has to wait for a certain amount of minutes or hours. 'Max Schnell started as a humble production sedan from Stuttgart, Germany. However, there are still some differences from the movie: Miguel Camino, Jeff Gorvette, Rip Clutchgoneski and Lewis Hamilton are completely absent from the game, even though the four of them are World Grand Prix racers. In order to unlock new characters, players must earn stickers by winning races. The DS version of Cars 2: The Video Game is more accurate to the movie compared to the other versions of the game. Each car has a different set of races, as well as their own track. Cars 2: The Video Game brings players inside the international training center CHROME (Command Headquarters for Recon Operations and Motorized Espionage), where they choose from more than 20 different characters and train to become world class spies.

Cars: Fast as Lightning works similarly to games, like CityVille, Car Town, and Disney Infinity, where players can customize racing arenas with accessories earned by winning races and gaining experience points.
