Cars 2 (Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS)

Unused DialogueDon't let your guard down...

Unused Graphics#

"card_test.n" and "card_gn_test.n" depict an icon of Mac iCar with the test track icon instead of the Apple logo.

"testtrack.n For the presumed test track. There are duplicates of these called "testbb.n" and "testtracknoai.n" respectively.

"card_PH.n" An icon saying "Place Holder". Duplicates exist such as "card_audio.n" "odxcoop.n" "card_cont.n" "card_new.n"

The icon for an unused track that was going to take place in Italy.

An unused icon that depicts Finn McMissile and Grem at the Oil Rig.

An unused icon that depicts Lightning McQueen in Race Day.

The icon for an unused "What Happened" field mission.

Unused Missions#

Apparently, there was going to be a mission in the party stage where Mater would have to hunt for some kind of "intel", it's unknown how this would be played, the only remains of it are a menu graphic named "intelhunt".

Unused Themes#

A model of Lightning in his "Japan Theme" seems to be based on the flag of the Japanese Empire, which is not the case with the final model, as it depicts the modern flag of Japan.

Unused Characters#

Two non-playable characters that are based upon, respectively, one of the Piston Cup racers that Lightning races against in Go for the Gold, Willy's Butte, and England Challenge!, and one of the rally racers that Lightning races against in France Challenge! and Germany Challenge! are nowhere to be seen in the game.

Unused Models#

Found in the Dioramas folder, DioramaTest.n appears to be a testing model for dioramas.

Unused Text#

In strings/frontend/(language).str the following strings can be found for the test track and a test mission.

TEST TRACK SOLO

TEST MISSION
TEST TRACK
TEST TRACKU

TEST

v · t · e The Cars series
Windows	Cars • Mater-National Championship • Cars 2 • Fast As Lightning (Prototype)
Game Boy Advance	Cars • Mater-National Championship
Nintendo DS	Cars • Mater-National Championship • Cars 2
Nintendo 3DS	Cars 2
Wii	Cars • Mater-National Championship (Prototype) • Race-O-Rama • Cars 2
PlayStation 2	Cars (Prototypes) • Race-O-Rama
Xbox, GameCube	Cars (Prototypes)
Xbox 360	Cars • Mater-National Championship • Race-O-Rama • Cars 2 • Cars 3: Driven to Win
PlayStation 3	Race-O-Rama • Cars 2 • Cars 3: Driven to Win
Mac OS X	Cars 2
Arcade	Cars
Plug & Play	Cars 2
iOS, Android	Fast As Lightning (Prototype) • Hotshot Racing
Adobe Flash	World of Cars Online
PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch	Cars 3: Driven to Win

Planes
Nintendo DS	Planes • Fire & Rescue (Earlier Prototypes)
Nintendo 3DS	Planes