Cars 2

Cars 2
Developer(s)	Avalanche Software
Publisher(s)	Disney Interactive Studios
Series	Cars
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	NA June 21, 2011 AUS June 23, 2011 EU July 22, 2011
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4)
Input methods	Wii Remote, Wii Remote + Nunchuk, Classic Controller, GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	SCYP4Q, SCYE4Q, SCYZ4Q, SCYX4Q, SCYR4Q, SCYY4Q
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Cars 2 is a third person racing game where players have a choice of 25 different characters, and will train to become a world-class spy. As part of training, players participate in missions using high-tech gadgets, for example, to avoid enemies or slow them down. The game has three types of trophies: bronze, silver and gold. Points are awarded at different values depending on what type of vehicle class players are using. The game characters are divided into three weight classes: heavy, medium and light. Players can unlock new cars, tracks and missions be collecting emblems. And, drop-in/drop-out multiplayer modes support up to four players simultaneously.

Emulation Information

Disney Trio of Destruction

Currently, Cars 2 is one of the 3 in the "Disney Trio of Destruction", which are 3 games that have poor performance due to how they process memory.

Controller Map Overlap

Cars 2 is capable of using both GameCube controllers and Wii Remotes. If a physical controller is set to emulate both a GameCube Controller and a Wii Remote concurrently, it will operate both devices at the same time. To fix, migrate controls to use separate physical controllers.

Problems

Crash on Startup

The game crashes on startup. Fixed by 5.0-2204.

Configuration

No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Cars 2 since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
3.0-601	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-2670QM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M	Crash on start	Taurus
3.0-763	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-2670QM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M	Crash on start	Taurus
4.0.2	Windows 10	Intel Core i5 @ 3.2 GHz	Intel Graphics	Crash on interpreter is:"Program tried to read an opcode from [00000000]. It has crashed.	Guest
4.0-2238	Windows 8.1	AMD Phenom II x4 955	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	Crash on start	Guest
4.0-2238	Windows 10	Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 @ 2.8 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 5450	Crash on start	Guest
4.0-8717	Windows 10	Intel Core i3 @ 2.8 GHz	Intel Graphics	Crash on start	Guest
5.0-1637	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	Dolphin crash on start	Sanmorin
5.0-2204	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	It is done. The game boots and seems playable. EXTREMELY DEMANDING.	JMC4789
5.0-2877	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.5 GHz	AMD Radeon R7 Series	At the moment, the game is slow but playable. can't wait for performance improvements to come.	Shadowluigi
5.0-16363	Windows 11	AMD Ryzen 5 5600H @ 3.30GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650	The game does work, but still needs performance improvements. It only becomes playable when the CPU overclock is set to 15% or less.	Cheap plastic

Gameplay Videos

Cars 2 in Dolphin 5.0-2204

Cars 2 (SLOW) - Dolphin Emulator 5.0-9213 [1080p HD] - Nintendo Wii