Disney Speedstorm fans have discovered that new artwork for Lightning McQueen shows the character with the wrong number. The Disney kart racer developed by Gameloft features a wide variety of the media juggernaut's most beloved characters from many different movies and series. Everyone from Disney princesses like Snow White and Cinderella to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit are playable within Disney Speedstormwhere many of the included films also get their own track. Now, a Pixar racing series is one of the newest IPs to make it to the Disney crossover.
The launch of Disney SpeedstormSeason 18 officially introduced Cars franchise to the racing game. The Piston Cup season debuted three brand new characters, with the addition of Lightning McQueen, Mater and Cruz Ramirez to the playable roster. Radiator Springs was also brought into the game as a brand new course, allowing players to race past some of the most iconic locations from Cars and its sequels. But the debut of Lightning McQueen to Disney Speedstorms playable cast attracted some unexpected controversy.
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Disney Speedstorm makes a big mistake on Lightning McQueen
The strange bug was pointed out on the Steam subreddit by Reddit user rawmarius, showcasing official art for Disney Speedstorm. The post points out several strange errors in the artwork, specifically referring to where Lightning and Mater meet, suggesting that Gameloft may have used AI to fill in gaps. The mistake came with a major error on the Piston Cup star's number, which showed the number 94 on the driver's side door instead of Lightning McQueen's usual 95. While the user later retracted their stance that the artwork was created entirely with AI, they still questioned the game's position with Steam's policy of disclosing in-game AI art on the market.
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The apparent error involving one of Disney's most beloved characters was met with much criticism and backlash from fans. Many expressed their disappointment Disney Speedstorm so as not to catch such an obvious mistake. Many fans echoed the sentiment that the artwork was likely not created with AI, potentially caused by the image being altered with editing software such as Photoshop instead. One fan even shared that a corrected version of the artwork could be found when searching for the game on Google, although Steam's version still shows the wrong number.
Lightning McQueen and friends weren't the only characters added Disney Speedstorm in recent months. January introduced two new characters from The Emperor's New Groovewith Kuzco joining the roster on January 8 and Yzma on January 29. December also saw the addition of two new franchises to the Disney crossover racing game, with ZootopiaJudy Hopps, Nick Wilde and Flash along with Carl and Russell from Up.
Disney SpeedstormThe Piston Cup season also teased two brand new characters that will come with mid-season updates. Pixar is on the way Hoppers will be getting a playable character in the game to celebrate the film's release, with main character Mabel being added to the game in March. Disney Speedstorm will roll out one Big Hero 6-Theme update in Season 18, with Go Go Tomago joining the playable cast, along with the addition of a new Fransokyo-based track to the game. Disney Speedstorms new Piston Cup season looks to be off to an exciting start for fans, even amid some unexpected hiccups.
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September 28, 2023
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E for everyone due to mild fantasy violence, buy in game
