Need for Speed Carbon

Gameplay

The map available in the game is even larger than previously. The player can freely move through the city. Taking control over a sector is usually available after defeating an enemy team. In order to do it, the player must create and then lead his own crew. It might contain both drivers and engineers or mechanics. Employees hired by the player have specific abilities that in most cases can be used during the race. For example, the player can ask his companions to block selected opponents. Beating all opponents who occupy a sector of the city unlocks access to the main race in which one of the elite drivers participates. These races take place in canyons. The challenges itself have rather uncommon rules. During the first race, the player must follow the car of the opponent. Points are gathered based on distance between the two cars. During the second race the player must remain far ahead of the opponent who will be trying to steal the points given to the player at the start.

The developers of the game created about 60 different vehicles. The cars were divided into three different classes – exotic, muscle and tuner. Differences between classes are significant. For example, muscle cars should participate in races on straight routes. Tuner vehicles can be useful on winding and challenging routes. The player can modify previously bought vehicles (optically and mechanically). Autosculpt module that allows manually modifying some parts of car’s body is worth mentioning. NFS: Carbon for PC, PSP and etc. offers many race types among which one can find drifting that wasn’t present in Most Wanted.

Technical aspects

The differences between various versions of NFS: Carbon can be noticed mostly in the quality of graphics. In addition to that, Wii and PlayStation 3 versions fully utilize the motion-sensing abilities of console’s controllers. The sounds of the game mostly consist of voices of specific car’s engines. Well known actors such as Emmanuelle Vaugier and Shaw Madson can be seen during cutscenes.