How would things be like if Lightning McQueen never ended up in Radiator Springs in the first place? Like, the forgotten town that changed McQueen for the better! What would become of Cars if we went for this route?

First off before we go into the altered story, let's talk about how it would affect that forgotten town and the residents.

Radiator Springs would be forgotten, and the only reason why it's back on the map is because of Lightning McQueen residing there and having his racing headquarters there. But without that famous race car showing up, the residents of Radiator Springs would eventually go bankrupt and part ways, and Radiator Springs would be erased from existence.

Sarge would move out and become a military leader.

Fillmore would move out and work for an oil company.

I think Ramone and Flo would move to New York and Flo work at a café and Ramone would work at a paint job, though they will still live together.

Luigi and Guido would move back to Italy and become pit crew members.

Red would move out and work for the fire department.

Sheriff would move out and work for the police.

Mater, Sally, Doc, and Lizzie would be the last ones there. Lizzie refuses to leave because of how much work her husband, Stanley has put. Sally and Mater would come up with plans to get Radiator Springs back in its heyday, only for all of them to fail. The landlord eventually comes in and asks them to leave for good, and they all moved to California where Sally used to reside.

Lizzie would move to a retirement home against her will due to her age.

Sally would feel guilty for not succeeding and would fall into depression.

The Fabulous Hudson Hornet would eventually die due to old age, and so would his racing legacy.

And lastly, Mater would eventually get over Radiator Springs and become a celebrity just like in his tall tales.

And now, we tell the altered tale: what would actually become of Lightning McQueen?

So first off, Lightning McQueen's rear tires popped on lap 400 and tied with Chick Hicks and The King all because he refused to get his tires changed. After the race was done, he had to make his personal appearance for Rust-eze, then he and Mack were on their way to California for the Three-Way Tie Breaker Race held in Los Angelas, but on their way there, Mack was getting tired and wanted to take a rest at the truck stop, but McQueen insisted Mack to keep driving because he wanted to get there before Chick did. This caused Mack to start drowsing. The Tuner Cars show up and mess around with Mack, and this is where thing get spicy!

Normally, the souvenirs were bouncing because the Tuners pushed Mack and made him drive through the bumps and one of them landed on that button which caused the door to open and McQueen slowly falls off the trailer, which causes him to get lost.

Now, for my theory about this scenario, the Tuners still show up and mess with Mack, and the souvenir would still fall and open the hatch. However, as McQueen slowly drifts to the edge of the door, he immediately wakes up and starts to panic, and would wake Mack up. This causes the Tuners to quickly drive away before they could get caught. Mack tried apologizing for drowsing and stopped so McQueen could get back on there.

As Mack drove again, McQueen started wondering to himself if he got lost? He tried not to think about that, as he wanted to focus on getting to California before Chick does and win Dinoco.

Tomorrow passed, and they finally arrived at California, and McQueen was so excited to find himself in Los Angelas, and much to his luck, he even made it there first. He decides to wait for Chick to arrive and see the look on his face.

When Chick finally arrived, he was shocked and disappointed to find McQueen hooking up with the Dinoco girls, and McQueen also kept rubbing Dinoco in Chick's face just to annoy him. Chick then threatens to destroy McQueen if he takes the lead. McQueen did start to get a little nervous until he thought of a plan.

Later on, The King finally arrives and the rookie tells the legend about the runner-up's threats and asks if he can stay in front of Chick without letting him get past him. The King did thought about it for a second and agrees because he thought McQueen deserves Dinoco more than Chick does, and he is about to retire anyway.

Finally, we get to the race, and "Mr. One-Man Show" McQueen has no pit crew, and he would have no trouble at all during the beginning of the race since he didn't meet the residents of Radiator Springs, and Chick was stuck at last place behind that old man much to his dismay.

Later on, as Lightning McQueen is about to win the Piston Cup, Chick Hicks decides enough is enough, and legitimately rams The King out of his way, which causes him to have a very bad wreck. However, it's too late, as McQueen had already crossed the finish line, and he was ticked off. He started raging about how he should've won Dinoco and vows to murder McQueen. Everyone heard this and they were shocked.

The security came and arrested Chick Hicks and his career is ruined forever, and so is The King's, since McQueen doesn't even care about saving him. The security later figured out that Chick was also responsible for the Tuners trying to get rid of Lightning McQueen, so they started a search party.

Mack, Rusty, and Dusty would congratulate McQueen for the victory, though they felt sorry for The King. Tex would also congratulate him and would offer him join Dinoco, which he accepted without any hesitation, and Lightning McQueen's wish finally came true. But there's more where that came from.

Lightning McQueen would have nearly everything in his daydream accomplished in real life, such as getting pictures taken and posted on magazines, driving on the red carpet with Mia and Tia, getting his tire printed on the Hollywood Drive of Fame, and would reside in a penthouse in Hollywood. The only thing that's missing is Lightning Storm, but that's for later.

Lightning McQueen would be the only best race car since he would easily win races without Chick or The King getting in his way. And he would be even more greedy than he already was. Though nobody still noticed he's a jerk.

Years later, McQueen discovers the World Grand Prix and decides to go there to prove the world that's he's the best being that drove the face of the Earth. Just as he's about to book the race, a duo of agent cars approached him and explained to him that Professor Z and a band of cars are planning to dominate the universe and since he's super famous, they thought he could be of use.

Lightning McQueen suddenly remembers his past daydream about saving the world, and if he took that path instead of just racing internationally, he would be even more popular that way, so Lightning agrees as the agents introduced themselves as Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell.

Lightning McQueen finally had his missiles and jet installed and they pretty much saved the world from Professor Z, and Lightning McQueen lived on to be the world's most famous car, and Cruz Ramirez would remain as a trainer, and Jackson Storm would take over Dinoco, and that is my opinion on this scenario. If you don't like it or thought it didn't made any sense, I respect your opinions.