For those just tuning in, Most Want ed ended with you recovering your stolen car and bailing out of the city of Rockport while the overzealous, anti-street-racing Sgt. The new gameplay doesn't always improve the experience, but the racing can still be quite intense and still has a pronounced sense of style.Ĭarbon continues the story where Most Wanted left off. Now it's being followed up by Need for Speed Carbon, which downplays the role of the police chases, introduces some simple team-racing mechanics, and occasionally takes the action off the city streets and into the outlying canyons. Last year's Need for Speed Most Wanted, which featured hilariously over-the-top live-action cutscenes and seriously tense police pursuits, proved to be a high watermark for the franchise. Need for Speed: Carbon includes personalization options that let you customize the color and overall look of your menu system, and a way to load MP3s into the game.Īfter rebooting the franchise with Need for Speed Underground, EA has continued to produce some solid street racers under the Need for Speed banner. Four person circuit races are available through an Ad-hoc connection. If you don't have time for the long version, you may jump into 'Quickplay' or 'Multiplayer' mode. To completely take over another group's turf, you must defeat their boss in a race. Start losing races, and the territory is given back to the rival crew. As you begin winning races, you earn territory within the city. The story takes you through 14 territories of such racing events as circuits, sprints, and lap knockouts against rival gangs. Finally, your last task is to decide which of the 29 exotic, American muscle, or tuner cars you want to make your own. Group members come in three different classes - brawler, assassin, and drafters - and each of them have their own unique skill. Picking your crew is important, and throughout the game you will have the opportunity to recruit 17 different characters. Set in a bustling east coast city, you begin the story by picking a tag and colors to use for identifying fellow gang members and territory.

Need for Speed: Carbon is ready to take you to the heart of underground racing.

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