Cars 2 (Wii)

Cars 2

Developer: Avalanche Software
Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
Platform: Wii
Released in US: June 20, 2011
Released in EU: June 23, 2011

This game has hidden development-related text.
This game has unused music.
This game has regional differences.
This game has anti-piracy features.

This game's online features are no longer supported.
While this game's online features were once accessible, they are (as of May 20, 2014) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content.

Cars 2 is a game based on the Disney/Pixar film with the same name. Surprisingly, this video game adaptation was a good one not just trying to copy Mario Kart!

Development Files

Compilation Log?

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<<A HREF="file://D:/dev-cars/Main/Octane

CodeWarrior Projects

To do:
Please check other regions in case they are different.

The root of the disc has two projects from CodeWarrior for building a debug build and an optimized build.

Download Cars 2 CodeWarrior Projects

File: Cars2_Wii_CodeWarriorProjects.zip (6.10 KB) (info)

Possible Lotcheck Spreadsheet

To do:
Please check other regions of the game for their lotcheck sheets if possible. US was checked already.

The root of the US disc has Cars DataTitleInputFormat_US.xls, being used likely when sending the game to Nintendo for lotchecking.

Download Cars 2 Possible Lotcheck Spreadsheet

File: Cars2_Wii_US_PossibleLotcheckSpreadsheet.zip (284 KB) (info)

Uncompiled Octane File

Texture =
{
	FilePathName = "C:\depot\Octane\main\Content\Game\Frontend\fonts\sample.dds"
	ExportTextures_NumFrames = 1
	ExportTextures_TextureHasAlpha = 1
	ExportTextures_TextureHas8BitAlpha = 1
	ExportTextures_TextureWidth = 256
	ExportTextures_TextureHeight = 256
	ExportTextures_TextureFormat = "A8R8G8B8"
	ExportTextures_ActualFilePath = "c:\depot\octane\main\content\game\frontend\fonts\sample.dds"
	ExportTextures_DummyImage = 0
	ExportTextures_TextureSize = 262144
}
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		#SourceFileName = c:\depot\octane\main\content\game\frontend\fonts\sample.dds
		#Size = 262272 Format = A8R8G8B8, Width = 256, Height = 256, Depth = 0, MipLevels = 1, ResourceType = 2d
		FileName = "sample_0.tbuf"
	}
}

Most Octane Engine files in the game were compiled but fonts.zip/sample.oct was not compiled and left compilation information.

Unused Music

Tokyo_Spy

In the files of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, there is an FSB file named IMUSIC_STR which has a WAV file named Tokyo_Spy. Despite them both having the same names, they are 2 different tracks, and one of them isn't even related to the Tokyo levels' music.

Xbox 360

Appears to be a higher quality version of Race (1) from the DS version of the game, which is a different mix of Oil Rig (Race).

PS3

Appears to be a higher quality version of Spy (3) from the DS version of the game, which is a different mix of Tokyo (Hunter).

Unused Text

Cmdline.var Comments

AI takes over control of player car right away (from Spencer)
AI always takes hint (note that AI will NOT take a drive-to-target hint if he’s driving backwards, or turboing, or in the air, etc)
tokyo c, before tunnel with hopovers
All Wiimotes must be awake for this to work.
Worlds.db is ignored now, default is 3

cmdline.var has some developer comments.

They're probably referring to Spencer Parkin, who is the associate programmer at Avalanche Software.

Data.zip

Filelist.txt

The "permanent" section is the place to put files that should only be loaded once, and they stay memory-resistent permantly after that.
this guy needs to be loaded first before geoms are loaded

In assets/data.zip, there's a file named filelist.txt.

Soundocc.txt

Sound occlusion table
material= volume factor; pan factor;
if the material is missing, it is 100; 100
 	(no volume reduction, no panreduction)

In assets/data.zip, there's a file named soundocc.txt.

File Path Strings

data_wii/sound/DIALOGRU/dialog_str.lst has a list to a ton of sound effects.

Regional Differences

The German version of the game removes the Gatling Gun sequence and an explosion from the intro. The explosion sound effect still plays however, making it seem more like a normal car crash sound.

Anti-Dolphin Code

During gameplay, Cars 2 attempts to write garbage data to lower MEM1, where important data is stored. However, it writes just enough that the data is never actually written to RAM and instead is only written to the CPU cache, which the game requests to be cleared right after. Because Dolphin does not emulate the CPU cache and instead makes all writes go immediately to RAM, the game proceeds to crash due to important data being overwritten with garbage. Dolphin's development team suspects that this behavior was purposefully implemented to target Dolphin, and implemented a hack to prevent the game from attempting to trash its own memory.

(Source: Dolphin Emulator)

Internal Project Name

The game's internal title is simply Cars.

v · t · e The Cars series
Windows	Cars • Mater-National Championship • Fast As Lightning
Game Boy Advance	Cars • Mater-National Championship
Nintendo DS	Cars • Mater-National Championship • Cars 2
Wii	Mater-National Championship • Cars 2 • Race-O-Rama
PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube	Cars (Prototype)
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Race-O-Rama
Arcade	Cars
Plug & Play	Cars 2
iOS, Android	Fast As Lightning • Hotshot Racing

Cars 2 (Wii)

Contents

Development Files

Compilation Log?

CodeWarrior Projects

Possible Lotcheck Spreadsheet

Uncompiled Octane File

Unused Music

Tokyo_Spy

Unused Text

Cmdline.var Comments

Data.zip

Filelist.txt

Soundocc.txt

File Path Strings

Regional Differences

Anti-Dolphin Code

Internal Project Name

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