100 % Route (The Best Route So Far With No Optional Warp Setups)

1. Radiator Springs Circuit (REQUIRED FIRST!!!)
2. Rhythmic Rumble 1-7
3. Big and Strong Again (switch back to regular Lightning after going back to Luigi's; regular Lightning's faster)
4. I Wanna Be a Monster Too
5. Filmore's Nature Preserve
6. North Willy's Butte
7. Waypoint 1
8. Race N' Chase 1-3
9. Fuel Frenzy 1-3
10. Stadium Race 1 (Radiator Springs is not done yet, but you're really close!)
11. Last Laugh 1 and 2 (alongside Tractor Tipping 1-3 as well as Ghosting Mater 1-7, Last Laugh 3 and 4 are in Radiator Springs after Stadium 1 and entering Ornament Valley, and Tractor Tipping 4-6 becomes available after Stadium 2 and entering Tailfin Pass)
12. Rustbucket 1-4
13. Waypoint 2
14. Ornament Valley Airport
15. Inside the Turkey
16. Relay 2
17. Rustbucket Grand Prix
18. Race N' Chase 4-6
19. Fuel Frenzy 4-6
20. Last Laugh 3 and 4
21. Tractor Tipping 1-3 (go to game options and turn automatic camera reset off to help ensure no camera glitch on certain consoles)
22. Stadium 2 (Ornament Valley DONE!)
23. Ghosting Mater 1-7
24. Last Laugh 5 and 6
25. Waypoint 3
26. Wheel Well Circuit
27. The Upper Mine (required warp setup here)
28. Relay 3
29. Canyon Run (use warp setup to get back faster)
30. Fuel Frenzy 7-9
31. Race N' Chase 7-9
32. Tractor Tipping 4-6 (Radiator Springs DONE!)
33. Stadium 3 (Tailfin Pass DONE!)
34. Relay 4
35. Stadium 4 (REQUIRED LAST!!!)

About Giovanni and Luigi in arcade races

Giovanni and Luigi both are the Italian racer. They both really good on curvy turns and good on Filmores's nature preserve and Stadium races #2. You can decide either Giovanni or Luigi because Luigi has a very slow acceleration.

About Gudmund in arcade races.

Gudmund is a rally car. He was a rally champion racer from Sweeden. He's acts soo serious but he's incredibly fast that he can go up to 200MPH within a really good straight aways. He's overpowered but nobody pick this character because all cars can go up to 180MPH. But with this Gudmund, he's the only one of the fastest racer in this game!

Any % Route (The Best Route So Far)

1. Radiator Springs Circuit (REQUIRED FIRST!!!)
2. Big and Strong Again  (to unlock Stadium 1) (turn back to regular Lightning after you go back to Luigi's; regular Lightning's faster)
3. I Wanna Be a Monster Too (to unlock Stadium 1)
4. Relay Race 1
5. Filmore's Nature Preserve
6. North Willy's Butte
7. Stadium Race 1 (Radiator Springs DONE!)
8. Rustbucket 1-4
9. Ornament Valley Airport
10. Inside the Turkey
11. Relay 2
12. Rustbucket Grand Prix
13. Stadium 2 (Ornament Valley DONE!)
14. Wheel Well Circuit
15. The Upper Mine
16. Relay 3
17. Canyon Run (warp to Upper Mine after Relay 3)
18. Stadium 3 (Tailfin Pass DONE!)
19. Relay 4 (REQUIRED LAST!!!)

Cars: Mater-National General Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU6Razculjk&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0DQRtQPFaM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kTGCwdo9iU

Characters tier list for relays

https://i.imgur.com/nEF5QB2.png (S are the must use characters)

How to Use Abilities Efficiently

Your abilities are some of the most essential things you will need to go fast in this game. You have three abilities that help you the most: your powerslide (which helps your turns more), your tilt (used to take really tight corners in conjunction with the powerslide), and your boost (pretty self-explanatory). One of the first things I started doing was using short bursts of speed with the boost, thinking each small burst gave you more speed that holding it, but that is not the case. Your boost is meant to be held, so hold it! The only time you would really want to use short bursts would be if you wanted to save some for a long straightaway but also wanted to use some small amounts before. And as for your powerslide and tilt, first comes the powerslide, and then you want to use tilts in case just the powerslide wouldn't be enough for the turn (there are a couple of cases of that in the run). Hold powerslide and then use tilts during the powerslide. And that's how you use your abilities well!

Image of required events route

I made this mainly for myself as I take frequent breaks from the game and forget the route. Can also be useful for people that are trying to get into the game

all images in one - https://imgur.com/yn2pp6D

radiator springs - https://imgur.com/qgkeWFO

ornament valley - https://imgur.com/b8Zkl42

tailfin pass - https://imgur.com/rBsoJof

Movement Guide 2021

Basic Movement 

powersliding- this is a type of turn that helps you take coners more tightly than usual and it gives you a slight 
boost to maintain some of the speed you had while and before the turn.

tilting- this is used for more tighter turns or just trying to realign with a poor angle or turn.

jumping- pressing your crouch and raise key you can jump, this is used to jump over some fenses and gaps during the run and it is used for another trick in the game. 

boosting/maintaining boost- in the game you get a boost tank that you can use thtoughout the entire run, to keep boost and regerate boost faster, use just barely the tank and it will regerate your boost faster than normal. if you hear the sound que that you ran out of boost then you messed it up.

Tech and more Advanced movement 
Break Boosting- Using your brake/reverse button when started to accelorate, you will get a slight burst in speed which is faster then just driving.

Powerslide boosting- This gives you the speed lightning would not normal be able to obtain normally and all is a way to accelorate faster for other characters played in the run such as Mate and Flo. You do this by powersliding in one direction for a small period of time, let go of the powerslide button for half a second, turn the other way and powerslide again and use your boost during it. 
https://youtu.be/o9tFVZlpjdY 
https://youtu.be/tf9k4XiWKHo video example of keyboard and controller (controller video by TessyBluez)
Update: https://youtu.be/KoO3T0v3gOE 

Powerslide Maintianing- this is used for wider turns in the run you want to do something similar to powerslide boosting but it has to do with you going right or left. you want to powerslide in what direction you need to go in and then let go of the button, hit the other direction for a very small amount of time, then go the way you were going before. 

Getting less height on steap ramps- Before going onto the ramp you want to jump so the front of the car which this will lose speed but have less height in return helping you maintain speed.

Air realigning- while in the air you can realign yourself in the air by powersliding in the air, this is useful for a few turns in the game and you cannot powerslide boost in the air.

Powerslide boost

Im sure if it works on any console so this tutorial video helps you understand! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dondcbuve3Y

Race Track Shortcuts

Radiator Springs Circuit:
1. Jump the fence at the break and drive past end of fence
2. Turn offtrack, hit other side of sponsorship wall attached to red building, then turn onto Main Street
Filmore's Nature Preserve
1. On the second-to-last turn, go through the barrels and try to go between the wall and the tree
2. On the last turn, just cut through the barrels
North Willy's Butte
1. After you finish the area in the canyon, find the next area of barrels and go straight (theoretically could work well with all abilities)
2. Similar to RSC, either jump the fence (theoretically better here) or drive past end and jump at most optimal time over the fence

The 2021 Required Events Route (2023 updated)

Before starting you have to know one thing that saves a lot of time, you can quit out of every race you do and YOU MUST WIN 1ST PLACE EVERY RACE!!!
1. Radiator Springs Circuit 
2. Big and Strong  
3. Transport back to Radiator Springs Circuit after collecting the parts for Monster McQueen then enter Luigi's again
4. Filmore's Nature Preserve 
5. I Want To be a Monster Truck Too 
6. use the metal detector to acquire the first 2 parts
7. Quit the game and reenter the game
8. get the third part and transport to Radiator Springs Circuit 
9. Relay Race 1 
10. collect the next 2 parts using the metal detector 
11.  North Willys Butte 
12. collect the last metal detector part
13. use the map to enter I Want To be a Monster Truck Too after all of the part are collected. 
14. Stadium 1
15. enter Ornament Valley 
16. quit and re enter the game
17. Rustbucket 1-2 
18. Ornament Valley Airport
19. enter rustbucket 3 through the map
20. relay race 2 
21. inside the turkey 
22. enter rustbucket 4 through the map
23, rustbucekt grand prix
24. enter stadium 2 through the map
25. enter tailfin pass 
26. quit and re enter the game
27.  wheel well circuit
28. the upper mine
29. relay race 3
30. canyon run
31.  enter stadium 3 through the map
32. beat the game at relay race 4 and time ends when you cross the finish line.

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Cars: Mater-National Championship

Rustbucket Race 2

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Best lap

As of today, I will be permitting the use of PCSX2 emulation **only for levels** for the sake of testing and gathering further input on the topic. I have been using PCSX2 and I do believe it should be allowed with the luxuries that come with Retroarchievements. This allows a timer during levels, and

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100 % Route (The Best Route So Far With No Optional Warp Setups)	Jak8 7 years ago
About Giovanni and Luigi in arcade races	Lycanroc_YT 4 years ago
About Gudmund in arcade races.	Lycanroc_YT 4 years ago
Any % Route (The Best Route So Far)	Jak8 7 years ago
Cars: Mater-National General Tutorial	Jak8 5 years ago
Characters tier list for relays	Christopuff 3 years ago
How to Use Abilities Efficiently	Jak8 7 years ago
Image of required events route	Koalaz 4 years ago
Movement Guide 2021	Christopuff 1 year ago
Powerslide boost	Lycanroc_YT 4 years ago
Race Track Shortcuts	Jak8 7 years ago
The 2021 Required Events Route (2023 updated)	Christopuff 1 year ago