Disney/Pixar Cars 3: Driven to Win

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
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  1. GameGrin
    Sep 24, 2018
    100
    It’s a fun loving game that is colourful and a great way to get the kiddies involved with racing their favourite characters.
  2. PlayStation Country
    Jul 18, 2017
    80
    As far as racing games for kids go, Cars 3: Driven to Win is surprisingly good. It looks good, handles well and has enough content to keep you and your young 'uns entertained for a long time.
  3. Vandal
    Jul 12, 2017
    80
    This is a surprisingly solid racing game, with a lot of content and very enjoyable, although the lack of online modes and the not very original weapons are obvious shortcomings.
  5. Digital Chumps
    Jun 21, 2017
    80
    Overall, Cars 3: Driven to Win is a surprising treat. It has beautiful visuals mixed in with impressive gameplay design underneath the hood. It’s not going to replace your Mario Karts of the world, but it certainly will keep you entertained, especially if you have young gamers in the household.
  6. Video Chums
    Jun 20, 2017
    80
    If you're looking for a new kart racer to add to your collection, you can't go wrong with Cars 3: Driven to Win. Its cute and colourful style is charming and it has a great selection of content to keep you busy for hours.
  7. PlayStation Universe
    Jul 18, 2017
    75
    The bar of expectation was not set particularly high for Cars 3: Driven to Win, yet by focusing on the right things and not patronising its intended audience, the game is a surprisingly enjoyable racer that's a pleasure to handle.
  8. Meristation
    Jul 12, 2017
    75
    Cars 3 is arguably the best videogame of the franchise and one of the most remakarble Disney Games of the last years. A solid racing game with its own ideas and a good presentation overall. The gameplay is fun and is able to convince both adults and children. Some issues with the frame rate remain, though.
  9. 3DJuegos
    Jul 10, 2017
    75
    A good enough Mario Kart clone with the Pixar touch. Not awesome or amazing in any area, but fun and very playable.
  10. GamingTrend
    Jul 5, 2017
    75
    Cars 3: Driven to Win is a surprisingly refreshing racing game. While it does come with a few speed bumps here and there, the novel approach to Cars 3’s tie-in game is simply high-octane fun.

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6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 45
  3. Negative: 8 out of 45
  1. Bminor
    Jan 8, 2018
    9
    This review is from the point of view of a father of 2 boys who are 4-6 years old.

    I was very skeptical about buying this game at first,    This review is from the point of view of a father of 2 boys who are 4-6 years old.

    I was very skeptical about buying this game at first, because we had the old Cars game for PS3 and neither of my sons enjoyed it. Me even less. But my youngest son kept asking me to buy this game, despite me trying to tell him (based on the last game and many reviews) that it will most likely be very bad and boring.

    Well then came the sales and I bought the game for a good price just to try it out, and I'm so glad I did.

    The game is not without it's faults, and my first impressions weren't good, but when you play for awhile there's a ton of content opening up. The biggest enjoyment you get from this game is trying to open up more content, and boy did we have fun with my two sons trying to get Mack or Jackson Storm unlocked.

    Most games that include couch multiplayer let you unlock stuff only in single-player modes, but what makes Cars 3: Driven to Win great, is that you can try to unlock the next track or car together with your friends or family.

    Now that we've unlocked all the tracks and cars, we still play this game, because it has so many different game modes that are so much fun to play together. If you have kids who love Lightning McQueen, you should ignore the rest of the reviews and just go ahead and buy this game! My kids love this game, and let me tell you, I have plenty of games they could be playing, but they still always choose to play this game.    … Full Review »
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Jun 15, 2017
    5
    Cars 3: Driven to Win
    There’s a lot here, but none of its fun
    Driven to Win is a racing game inspired around the story of the Cars 3 movie    Cars 3: Driven to Win
    There’s a lot here, but none of its fun
    Driven to Win is a racing game inspired around the story of the Cars 3 movie where lightning McQueen is start to feel a bit old…
    Other than the opening scene, there is no actual story here, so if you’re looking to get the movie story here, you’re not going to get it…
    There surprisingly a lot here in Cars 3: Dirven to win
    There’s 22 characters to unlock, these local split screen multiplayer, 6 different event types, a cup series, customizations, and 21 tracks to unlock…
    The problem is this game is just not fun to play….
    Front and center is the straight up racing events... you choose the difficulty of the race and get to work…
    you can bump into other cars, drift, jump, and do tricks to fill up your speed boost and try to come out on top after 3 laps…
    then theres battle race which I feel should’ve really been front and center where its more smash bros style of racing but with pick ups to take out opponents at range. Stunt showcase where it’s all about getting the most air and doing the most tricks before time runs out, takedown which is sort of burnout inspired where you try to destroy as many cars as possible, best lap challenge which is a time challenge, and finally master level events.. these are essentially the games boss battles where you take on a cars character and try to best them at their own game
    All of these battles, cars, customizable, and tracks are unlocked by completing challenges..
    there are 136 challenges in total in this game for you to try and tackle during races and events such as stay on 2 wheels for 10 seconds or earn 3 stars on a certain track…
    These hall of fame challenges gives player incentive to try every mode and grind in them even if those modes aren’t really what’s fun to them… especially since they are tied to unlockable…
    I really do appreciate all this game has going for it and the amount of content here…
    The issue though isn’t in the racing itself.. It obviously isn’t in a lack of content...
    The issue is in the track design...
    These tracks are all insanely boring... and theyre long... some taking over 6 minutes to complete…
    They are varied though…
    There are shortcuts…
    But they all for the most part feel so uninspired and generic…
    None stuck with me...
    I’ll remember none of them in the future…
    They aren’t dynamic…
    There’s no great soundtrack to keep your heart pumping...
    It’s a dull experience throughout
    It just doesn’t feel like you’re racing...
    it feels like youre just driving around some boring tracks as fast as you can..
    It’s a very numbing experience…
    Don’t get me wrong... the content is here…
    You’ll easily putting in more than 10 hours trying to unlock everything and complete every challenge…
    But the driving and tracks aren’t interesting enough to make those 10 hours feel enjoyable…
    This racing game feels like busy work…
    And after 1 run through each track, you’ll never feel the urge to race them again
    I Give Cars 3: Driven to Win
    a 5.5/10    … Full Review »
  3. Hallm34
    Jul 4, 2017
    3
    Not as good as what I thought it would be. Control placement sucks, no online multiplayer & probably could've included more charactersNot as good as what I thought it would be. Control placement sucks, no online multiplayer & probably could've included more characters (instead just of 2 versions of Lightning & Mater). Difficulty-wise; it's fun on easy, but when you try medium, the rubber-banding A.I. is waaaaay too hard!!! Not worth the $70+ (Canadian) I paid, maybe $20 at best.
    My rating; 3/10 overall.    … Full Review »
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