Need for Speed: Carbon

OS: Windows 2000/XP
CPU: 1.7 GHz
RAM: 512 MB
Graphics card: 128 MB
Memory requirements ( HDD): 4.7 GB

Mac OS X 10.4.9

CPU: 1.83 GHz
RAM: 512 MB
Graphics card: 128 MB
Memory requirements ( HDD): 6 GB

Need for Speed: Carbon ( NFSC short ) is the tenth part of the published by Electronic Arts Need for Speed series and was released on 9 November 2006 for Windows, the stationary consoles, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox and Xbox 360, as well as for portable consoles PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. On 6 December 2006, the version was released for the Wii, the version for the PlayStation 3 was finally released on March 22, 2007. There are four different versions of the game: The Collector's Edition for PS2, PSP, GBA, Windows and Nintendo DS, the Own the City Edition and the regular version. In the collector's edition four additional vehicles, two new vinyls, six new events and six new tracks are included, but is available only with German and English language edition.

Action

The story of the game includes in the action of Need for Speed: Most Wanted on. After you've successfully escaped at the end of the police, one returns after some time in another city in the scene back where it meets again Sergeant Cross, who now passes as a bounty hunter Raser to the police. Right at the beginning of the previous part of hard-won BMW is destroyed.

In the game, you have to first decide on a new car of the three directions Muscle, Exotic or Tuner, each handling, speed and acceleration are superior to others. Then you play first free three neighborhoods, where you drive cars of stages 1 and 2, but not very different from each other. During this time, you will always be addressed by an unidentified driver in an Audi Le Mans Quattro, which always encouraged to continue on a.

After you have defeated the three sub- bosses Angie, Kenji and Wolf in a freely selectable order, the unknown rider represents as Darius, boss of a hitherto non-selectable on the map, locked fourth district, which it applies to defeat and the three sub- bosses hires a new crew after one of his team members volunteered the player is connected.

From this point you have access to cars at Level 3, which clearly surpass the speed and control establishes the predecessor of the other stages. There is also in this part of the series again have the opportunity to improve his car technically and visually, in the optical range introduced the ability to make even their own modifications to the vehicle to a certain extent, while the performance tuning the properties of the parts its technical advantages can adapt. So you can for example adjust for the drift race the car so that he heavily overdriven and choose tires with little grip, while it is advisable for the Canyon race a tightly controlling cars with lots of grip. These settings are on the purchase of spare parts available and can be changed later, even after installation.

Gameplay

The gameplay of the game is a further development of the game concept of Need for Speed: Most Wanted Represents the aim of the game of Need for Speed: Carbon is to obtain supremacy in the fictional town of Palm Bay Heights. This is achieved, the player primarily by race wins. The biggest new feature of the game compared to previous parts are the Canyon races, where a driver down a mountain takes a different. However, one must not be too strongly collide with the barriers, otherwise they will be broken. Another new feature compared to Most Wanted are drift racing. In addition, it is supported in some races of an arbitrary member of your own speeder crew, which has one of three special abilities. Another new feature is the so-called autosculpt with the can the forms of, for example, air intakes change freely.

Carlist

Need for Speed : Carbon includes the following cars:

Alfa Romeo Brera (2006)
Aston Martin DB9 (2004)
Audi R8/Le Mans Quattro (2007)
BMW M3 GTR (2003)
Chevrolet Camaro Concept (2006)
Chevrolet Camaro SS (1967 )
Chevrolet Camaro SS 454 (1970)
Chevrolet Chevelle SS (1970 )
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT (2006)
Chrysler 300C SRT -8 ( 2006)
Dodge Challenger (1971 )
Dodge Challenger Concept (2008)
Dodge Charger R / T ( 1969)
Dodge Charger SRT8 (2006)

Dodge Viper SRT -10 ( 2006)
Ford GT (2005)
Ford Mustang GT (2006)
Ford Shelby GT500 (1967 )
Ford Shelby GT500 (2007)
Infiniti G35 (2004)
Jaguar XK ( 2007)
Koenigsegg CCX (2006)
Lamborghini Gallardo (2006)
Lamborghini Murcielago (2004)
Lexus IS300 (2004)
Lotus Elise ( 2004)
Lotus Europa S ( 2006)
Mazda RX -7 ( 1999)

Mazda RX -8 ( 2003)
Mazdaspeed 3 (2007)
Mercedes CLK500 (2005)
Mercedes -Benz SL65 AMG (2005)
Mercedes -Benz SLR McLaren (2004)
Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX (1999)
Mitsubishi Eclipse GT (2006)
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR ( 2006)
Nissan SX 240 (1992)
Nissan 350Z (2006)
Nissan Skyline GT -R R34 (1999)
Plymouth Hemi Cuda (1970 )
Plymouth Road Runner ( 1970)

Police Civic Cruiser
Police Interceptor
Pontiac GTO (2006)
Porsche 997 GT3 RS ( 2006)
Porsche 911 Turbo S (2006)
Porsche Carrera GT (2004)
Porsche Cayman S ( 2006)
Renault Clio V6 ( 2005)
Subaru Impreza WRX STI ( 2004)
Toyota Corolla GTS AE86 (1987 )
Toyota MR2 (1992 )
Toyota Supra ( 1998)
Vauxhall Monaro VXR (2005)
VW Golf R32 (2006)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack, which is played during the race, was composed by Canadian Trevor Morris, who is also in the later titles Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars participated and Army of Two. This soundtrack includes pieces of various genres, such as rock, pop and hip-hop. Particularly interesting are the songs that are played in -game menus and in the garages. You are solely represent electronics and pieces composed by Ekstrak.

The following table lists all music tracks with artist and title.

Reception

The game was added somewhat restrained in the trade press. So it reaches on the side of metacritic.com 75-78 of 100 points for stationary consoles and Windows. Praise here is the introduction of a speeder crew that supports at the races. Be criticized for the lack of sense of speed, the result of the underground boring predecessor expectant night setting, as well as the slow start of the game, as it only fairly is really fast cars at the end of the game.

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