Flicking the right stick when in mid air will also let you pull off tricks, netting you some extra boost power. It's the right stick that'll let you take your game to the next level, though, as pushing this left or right will let you side swipe opponents (sometimes causing them to spin out), while pushing it up flips you onto two wheels (which charges your boost gauge), and flicking it down lets you drive backwards (ditto).

The basic controls are simple to get to grips with - you steer your car with the left stick, drift by pressing Circle (on PS4) to charge your boost gauge, and boost by pressing Square. With accessibility in mind, Cars 3 is a game that's easy to pick up and play - although if you want to reliably come in first place, you'll have to learn how to do a few tricks. How easy is Cars 3: Driven to Win to pick up and play? To give you plenty of reason to keep coming back, the game also tracks your progress towards completing its 'Hall of Fame', a collection of 136 challenges to achieve across all of the game's many modes, from finishing a race while driving backwards, to using rockets a certain number of times, meaning there's always something new to work towards. There's even some co-op cups here, that let you and your friends (or some computer controlled buddies if you're playing on your own) team up to take on a team of computer controlled racers over a series of tracks. No matter which mode you play, though, one of the most impressive things about Cars 3 is that anything and everything here can be played in split-screen with up to four players. There's even an open world hub to explore, packed with challenges, and a handful of collectables. From normal Races and Battle Races (like a race, just with weapons), to more unusual modes like Stunt Showcase (hit as many jumps and ramps as you can, performing tricks to earn the most points) or Takedown (race around a track, and blow up as many waves of crash karts as you can), there's a lot of variety here. With pick up and play, arcade style gameplay, Cars 3 offers a variety of modes to test your driving skills against, with 20 unique tracks to choose from, including some returning favourites from earlier games.

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