The wingers | THE WINGERS NFS Carbon Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

In NFS: Carbon for the first time we can use the possibility to build and manager a team, which will race alongside us - as our wingers. It will contain the NPC-s, which we will unlock with our progress during the game. Their choose is important for few reasons. At first, during the face we will be able to use only ONE winger's help. Also all of them have unique combinations of skills. The skills themselves are split into two categories. The primary describes the role a driver is playing during a race and the secondary one tells us about his additional skills. Generally, when it comes to race we can choose between four types of wingers:

1. Blockers. For me, the most useful crew members. Their task is to block the most aggressive opponents, which is very helpful in smooth and easy winning.
2. Scout. The only one crew member, which doesn't have to be activated. He drives across the track and shows us all available shortcuts on the map. Useful, when you want to practice a track to the maximum.
3. Drafters. They often drive the most powerful cars and their main role is to make an aerodynamic tunnel before our car, so we can be able of reaching higher speeds. It's easy to realise that they are mainly useful during the Speedtrap races.
4. Fixer. That means that the guy has special contacts with the police. It can be seen in many different ways, such as reducing cops' interest in our district. In fact, when you take a closer look on the level of danger from the cops, you will realise that this skill is not very useful.
5. Fabricator. Something for tuning fans. The fabricators allow us to use one of the most interesting options in NFS: Carbon - the Autosculpt. It's good to have at least of them in the crew.
6. Mechanic. It's also tuning, but mechanical. This class of wingers allows us to influent on few different parameters of our car which can effect in giving it some extra power. When comes to that, take a closer look on Nikki.

The second divide is based on the secondary skills. Some of them are very useful, other not, but it's worth to know what the people in our team are capable of.

Throughout of the campaign I used mostly the blockers - Neville and Samson, replacing them in a few races with Colin or Nikki. It's important to remember that our wingers match their car's level with ours. The only exception is Nikki, which is always driving her Ford GT. Also watch out for the wingers during the race. Their AI is not the best thought and if they will make it passing us, they will block our way ahead until we give them a command. And it can be annoying. But enough of this whine, here is the list of available wingers.

Neville

Class: Blocker / Fixer

Additional skills: the pursuit level doesn't increase after races, +200 to winnings

Car: various

Neville is a funny fat guy, which is in our team from the very beginning. He hasn't had one predefined car, his ride is dependant from our choice (always the same class and tier). Very good and useful blocker, which also fills our pocket with additional cash - that's very important in the start.

Sal

Class: Scout / Fabricator

Additional skills: winning decreases police interesting, enables Autosculpt (body, hoods, roof scoops)

Cars: various

From the movie on which we meet Sal we will know that he is our great fan. You can easy spot that by watching his first steps in our garage. But on the track he is very solid crew member and is useful also because of the Autosculpt he unlocks. Same like Neville, he depends his car choice on ours.

Yumi

Class: Scout / Mechanic

Additional skills: 25% better nitrous, 10% part discount

Cars: Mazda RX-8 / Mitsubishi Eclipse GT / Subaru Impreza WRX STi

This blue haired lady is so plastic that she can cause toothache. I really think that EA guys went a little bit too far with creating this character. Also the actress that is playing Yumi deserves the Plastic Raspberry for sure. The 25% more nitrous power may not be enough to hire her.

Samson

Class: Blocker / Fixer

Additional skills: rewards 10% higher, less police interest on our territory

Cars: Chevrolet Camaro SS / Dodge Charger RT / Plymouth Hemi Cuda

If I had to choose my favourite winger, I would pick Samson. He is a huge, dangerous guy driving a muscle car as big as himself. He has basically similar skills to Neville, so he can be his replacement due to his additional are a little better than Neville's.

Colin

Class: Drafter / Fabricant

Additional skills: better aerodynamic tunnel, enables Autosculpt (wheels, exhaust tips, spoilers and roof elevation)

Cars: Alfa Romeo Brera / Porsche Cayman S / Porsche Carrera GT

Same as Sal, Colin enables the Autosculpt and the range of his skills will be a tasty part especially for muscle car fans - because the roof elevation option. He uses hell fast Porsche Carrera GT, which is especially important, because the crew can also win the races for us.

Nikki

Class: Drafter / Mechanic

Additional skills: 50% better nitrous, 10% car shop discount

Car: Ford GT

Our ex girlfriend joins us, when Darius' dirty tricks are revealed. I suggest to hire her immediately - 50% better nitrous is a huge bonus, which surely will help us more than once. Besides, be honest - which one of you don't want to drive alongside Emmanuelle Vaugier dressed in a short skirt? :)

OK., when you know who is who then it's time to think about making a team from these people. Remember that at one time you can have only three of them in the crew and also only one will race with you. So this only winger will assist you with its full skills. At the end of the game it's worth to choose Nikki. Her 50% more nitrous power is with no doubt a great bonus. As for the other two, I propose Samson and someone from the duo Sal/Colin, depends on which part of your car you wish to sculpt and if you whether want or don't want to use Scout. You don't have to care about the police, so Neville's skills won't be useful at the end of the game. Also remember, that you can tune your crew's cars absolutely FREE, so don't hesitate to doing it. Faster winger is better winger.