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"Motor Speedway of the South" takes place at night, and it's still night when
you return to Radiator Springs. This is a good time to go bonus-point-token
hunting, as they stand out much better in the dark than in the sun. The first
two events in this chapter also take place at night.
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EVENT: Mater's Backwards Lesson [WT15]
TYPE: Race (2 laps)
LOCATION: Mater's junkyard
REQ: Finish Motor Speedway of the South
REWARD: 5 trophies for completing the lesson
UNLOCKS: Backwards driving ability
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Overall, this is a useless event. Backwards driving serves no purpose during
the rest of the game, and this event doesn't unlock anything. Only bother
with it if you're going for a full game and need the 5 trophies for a
complete set.
Follow Mater (you can't pass him) around Radiator Springs two times, flipping
around and driving backwards whenever Mater does. Press the Emergency Brake
button twice to flip and drive backwards. Do it again to flip and drive
forwards again. While driving backwards, the Gas button accelerates and the
Brake button decelerates. Steering is reversed--steer left to go right...
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EVENT: Sheriff's Chase [WT16]
TYPE: Race (1 lap)
LOCATION: East of town, on Route 66
REQ: Finish Motor Speedway of the South
REWARD: 5 trophies for 1st place
2 events for winning
UNLOCKS: Ornament Valley
Sheriff's Hot Pursuit
Rustbucket Race-O-Rama
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Beat Sheriff in a one-lap race around just about every road in Radiator
Springs. There are lots of tight turns and switchbacks on this course. Use
Tilt to take the turns as fast as possible.
It will still be night after beating Sheriff, so go explore Ornament Valley
and collect bonus point tokens and two postcards. Ornament Valley is east of
Radiator Springs, along Route 66. When you try one of the next events, you
return to daytime.
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EVENT: Sheriff's Hot Pursuit [WT17]
TYPE: Mini-game
LOCATION: East of town, on Route 66
REQ: Finish Sheriff's Chase
REWARD: 2 trophies for catching the Speeders
3 trophies for catching the Hooligans
3 trophies for catching the Road Hazards
4 trophies for catching the Delinquents
5 trophies for catching the Hot-Rodders
1 event for catching the Speeders
UNLOCKS: Ornament Valley Circuit
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In each level of Hot Pursuit, you must run down three cars. To run down a car,
track them down (they show on your mini-map) and get behind them. Your siren
will start running and a red "chase meter" shows next to the car's icon on
the left side of the screen. Deplete the chase meter by staying close behind
the car; the closer you stay to the perp, the faster the chase meter runs
down.
As the levels increase, the speed and dexterity of the cars increases as well.
You should be able to easily finish the first level when you unlock the game;
but, you may want to have extra boost tanks to finish the higher levels.
The cars all stay on the road; though, they will use anything that remotely
qualifies as "road", including dirt paths. They won't jump to reach shortcuts,
and they won't just go cross country. They follow a set course, so if you
know where they are going (by watching them before chasing them) you can
better stay on their tail.
Don't try to "head them off at the pass", getting too far away--even if
you're using a shortcut to gain ground--will qualify as losing the car. Do
try to cut corners a little bit, you don't have to stay on a course, as you
do in races. Fortunately for you, there's no other traffic in the world area
during this event.
If you lose a car, you only have to start chasing that car again, you don't
have to restart the level. Once you do run down a car, that car remains in
the world area; you can avoid chasing the same car again by watching for the
arrows floating over them. Previously caught cars don't have the arrow.
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EVENT: Rustbucket Race-O-Rama [WT18]
TYPE: Race (12 laps)
LOCATION: Rustbucket Arena
REQ: Finish Sheriff's Chase
REWARD: 5 trophies for 1st place
3 trophies for 2nd place
2 trophies for 3rd place
1 event for finishing 3rd or higher
Boost tank for winning
UNLOCKS: Ornament Valley Circuit
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This is a short-track race with you playing as Mater. Mater can Tilt and
Powerslide, just like McQueen and has as much boost as you've earned thus far.
The course is a figure-eight pattern with lots of jumps and high, banked
turns. Because it's a short track, there's lots of bumping going on;
finishing first is not an easy task. You're going to want to surge to the
lead as quickly as possible and try to hold it because gaining ground late in
the race will be difficult. Winning gets you an extra boost tank.
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EVENT: Ornament Valley Circuit [WT19]
TYPE: Race (3 laps)
LOCATION: Ornament Valley Gas Station
REQ: Finish either Rustbucket Race-O-Rama
or Level 1 of Sheriff's Hot Pursuit
REWARD: 5 trophies for 1st place
3 trophies for 2nd place
2 trophies for 3rd place
1 event for finishing 3rd or higher
UNLOCKS: Sun Valley International Raceway
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A standard race around Ornament Valley. The main feature of the valley is a
large, narrow canyon which heavily penalizes poor Powersliding skills.
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EVENT: Sun Valley International Raceway [WT20]
TYPE: Race (12 laps)
LOCATION: In front of Mack, next to Flo's
REQ: Finish Ornament Valley Circuit
Earn 70 trophies
REWARD: 10 trophies for 1st place
6 trophies for 2nd place
4 trophies for 3rd place
2 events for finishing 3rd or higher
UNLOCKS: Chapter 4
Sally's Wheel Well Sprint
Doc's Check-Up
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This might just be the most difficult Piston Cup race. One end of the track
has two 90-degree turns, similar to Motor Speedway of the South, but the
other end is a 180-degree turn and it's not banked. You have to use Tilt, or
slow down and stay inside other cars to avoid getting hung up on the wall.
Obviously, a great pit stop (under 20 seconds) will help, but you're going to
have to avoid mistakes to have any chance at crossing the finish line in
first place.
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