The more you complete enables you to unlock new characters, challenges etc. In order to prove yourself, you must complete a bunch of in game challenges called Skill Checks, which you can earn throughout the games 5 race types. Completing certain objectives such as getting a first place finish or driving backwards for a certain amount of time will unlock these and earn experience towards the overall Hall of Fame. Split screen co op is also available and with a game like this, I can imagine it'll be lots of fun having mates around to give it a go.īringing all this together are skill checks or goals in the Hall of Fame. Included in here are optional challenges you can complete to further improve yourself. Playground allows you to simply drive around freely in an open area which will be full of ramps, weapons and great places to jump of off. The only thing that matters is taking out your enemies and coming first place. At certain points there will be an AI that starts glowing gold for a certain amount of time, take them down to earn the extra amount.īattle Race is a mix of both race and takedown in which weapons are allowed. This varies from a rocket launcher to a machine gun, however the kind of weapon you get will depend on luck. This will be done by picking up weapons as you're driving along. You will have an overall time limit and during that time there will be a wave of AI that you will need to take out.

Takedown is pretty self explanatory, however in this case instead of it being a standard race where your goal is to take out the AI and finish first, this time the only objective you have is to take out the AI period. There will be balloons floating in the air for you to nab those extra points and once the time runs out, its tallied up. The Stunt Showcase where you perform mid air tricks to gain points. Other modes include a Grand Prix style cup which has you go through multiple races in a tournament.

I found it interesting that the AI always took a better route than me on the initial play through and it baffled me when I saw myself drop a couple of places instantly due to that. The tracks are multi layered as well, so it won't be just a single route. There are special arrows that you will find on certain routes and when you cross them by either drifting, driving on two wheels or driving backwards, it'll give you the extra kick to your nitro and I can't tell you how important these became especially when it came to coming in first or 2nd. There are many ways to accomplish this and the actual race tracks themselves help with that.

Cars 3 driven to win all skill checks