The Esports World Cup has released a poster celebrating the start of its Rocket League tournament. Twitter/X users, however, quickly clocked the, let’s say, ‘inspiration’ for the poster. You could say they caught it Lightning fast…
🗣️ THIS IS ROCKET LEAGUE!
[August 14-17 at EWC] pic.twitter.com/srEexHz3MR
— EWC Extra (@EWC_Extra) August 13, 2025
The poster, shared on the Esports World Cup’s secondary Twitter/X account. EWC Extra has a striking similarity to the promotional imagery used for the movie Cars 3 2017, which shows Lightning McQueen upside down with the tagline “from this moment on, everything will change.”
The colour of the upside-down car even matches Lightning McQueen’s iconic red and yellow colour combination, with the Rocket League car having red paint and yellow exhaust.
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