A 70s Sedan tourist.
The Tourists are characters in many of the Cars Video Games that greet Lightning in Exploration Mode and holograms of which appear as fans in Stadium and Piston Cup Races. There are nine different kinds.
Types
Minivans
Minivans normally appear around Tailfin Pass.
70s Sedans
70s Sedans normally appear around Tailfin Pass.
Station Wagons
Station Wagons normally appear around Radiator Springs. After you beat Story Mode, they will stop appearing. However, they will still appear in some levels of Luigi to the Rescue.
SUVs
SUVs normally appear around Ornament Valley. Two of them also appear in the second cutscene of Sarge's Boot Camp, where they are unable to drive up a hill on Sarge's obstacle course.
Hatchbacks
Hatchbacks normally appear around Radiator Springs.
Modern Sedans
Modern Sedans normally appear around Radiator Springs.
RVs
RVs normally appear around Ornament Valley.
Pickup Trucks
Pickup Trucks are only seen in Cars: Race-O-Rama.
Buses
Buses are only seen in Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures.
Roles
Cars: The Video Game
Tourists appear in Exploration Mode, driving around aimlessly on either Radiator Springs, Ornament Valley or Tailfin Pass. They also appear as race fans in all five Piston Cup Races.
In the High Speed Heist and Lightning Strikes Back minigames, along with the Vs. Mode of Sheriff's Hot Pursuit, tourists appear as obstacles that players must avoid.
Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures
Tourists are seen as background characters in most cutscenes, and also appear as obstacles in the minigame Drive-In And Out. A new type of tourist is introduced, the Bus.
Cars: Mater-National Championship
Minivans and 70s Sedans appear in both Radiator Springs and Ornament Valley, while Hatchbacks and SUVs appear in Tailfin Pass. A Modern Sedan also appears, but only as a cameo in the final cutscene. Unlike the other games, they don't play a role other than being part of Exploration Mode.
Cars: Race-O-Rama
Tourists appear as obstacles in the Tokyo Mater event, along with their usual role in Exploration Mode. Some tourists allow the player to play the Photo Op event, but only the ones with a camera attached to them. A new type of tourist is introduced, the Pickup Truck.
Cars 2: The Video Game
The tourists appear as race fans on various tracks, cheering on the competitors.
Cars 3: Driven to Win
The tourists appear as race fans on various tracks, cheering on the competitors.
Gallery
Voice Actors
- Modern Sedan and Pickup Truck - Nolan North
- Hatchback and Station Wagon - Jennifer Hale
- Minivan - Lou Romano
- SUV - Joel McCrary
- 70s Sedan and Bus - Jerry DeCapua
- RV - E.J. Holowicki
Trivia
- They always appear wearing colors, which are actually fake. The game simply wraps their default white texture in another color. The SUVs in the second cutscene of Sarge's Boot Camp are notably white and the game's developers forgot to apply this in Luigi to the Rescue, causing all of them to appear having a white paint job in that minigame. If they were playable, they would not have paint jobs, and none can be found for them in their textures folders in the files.
- According to game files, the RV is called "Motorhome Notch".
- The StoryData.txt file seems to suggest that Tourists were also intended to appear as obstacles in single-player Sheriff's Hot Pursuit, but did not end up appearing in them in the final game.