Need for Speed Carbon

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  • Summary: What starts in the city is settled in the canyons as Need for Speed Carbon immerses you into the world's most dangerous and adrenaline-filled form of street racing. You and your crew must race in an all-out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals' neighborhoods oneWhat starts in the city is settled in the canyons as Need for Speed Carbon immerses you into the world's most dangerous and adrenaline-filled form of street racing. You and your crew must race in an all-out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals' neighborhoods one block at a time. As the police turn up the heat, the battle ultimately shifts to Carbon Canyon, where territories and reputations can be lost on every perilous curve. Need for Speed Carbon delivers the next generation of customization giving you the power to design and tweak your crew's cars in every way using the ground-breaking new Autosculpt technology. Represent your car class, your crew, and your turf in Need for Speed Carbon, the next revolution in racing games. [Electronic Arts]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK
    90
    It's a blast from start to finish, with arguably the prettiest cut-scenes ever to grace PS2. [Dec 2006, p.86]
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  2. PSM3 Magazine UK
    83
    The minor problems and lack of originality are far outweighed by the game's quality and improvement in gameplay. [Dec 2006, p.72]
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  3. Games Master UK
    79
    Not as gimmicky as you might think but you've lived all these NFS moments before. [Christmas 2006, p.80]
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  4. GameSpot
    74
    Even though the wingman mechanics and canyon races don't quite pan out, it's still a stylish and enjoyable street racer.
  5. PSW Magazine UK
    70
    Carbon is huge and involving, full of neat ideas like crew recruitment and custom bodypart sculpting, but that, yeah, it isn't all that great when it comes to getting behind the wheel. We still need speed from the series, and more importantly, thrills.
  6. VideoGamer
    70
    Regardless of that feeling of déjà vu, Carbon is another solid racer from EA, and the Auto-Sculpt feature is absolutely fantastic, not to mention the impressive car roster and functional online component.
  7. Game Revolution
    42
    In the end, this race is barely a race at all. The 360 is the winner by a mile, and for the price of those wheels, no doubt it should be. The Xbox comes in a distant second with fewer cars and none of the cool online modes. And trailing way behind that is the PS2, a run-down jalopy that probably shouldn’t even be on the road.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. MrJ.
    Nov 19, 2006
    10
    The level of customization in Carbon is far superior to midnight clubs. You can't even compare. Where is canyon run and drift racing in The level of customization in Carbon is far superior to midnight clubs. You can't even compare. Where is canyon run and drift racing in midnight club? It's not there is it... fine drive in streets that look like LA and Tokyo etc.. but I don't think people really care about driving in LA or not. NFS is a racing game... their is a reason why they don't include SUV's like they did on Underground2 etc.. they are not good to race in.. plus there are not 20 cars there are more than 30 and the level of customization is limitless with autosculpt… Expand
  2. F1roksx21
    Dec 28, 2006
    10
    This game is insane! The graphics are crazy, the ways you can customize your vehicle are wonderful. Drifting is the best part of this game. This game is insane! The graphics are crazy, the ways you can customize your vehicle are wonderful. Drifting is the best part of this game. It is ssssoooo frikin addicting!… Expand
  4. Alexb1096
    Jul 24, 2020
    9
    ITALIAN:
    L'ultimo tentativo da parte di Electronic Arts di innovare e portare novità all'interno di questa serie.
    Il gioco presenta una    ITALIAN:
    L'ultimo tentativo da parte di Electronic Arts di innovare e portare novità all'interno di questa serie.
    Il gioco presenta una progressione di gioco interessante che consiste nel conquistare i quartieri della città per poi sconfiggere i boss delle crew rivali. Anche noi faremo parte di una crew, con piloti dotati di particolari abilità che ci aiuteranno durante le corse.
    Se a questo si aggiunge la polizia, le corse a tempo e le corse nei canyon con le protezioni rompibili si capisce quanto il gioco sia adrenalinico e divertente.

    Infine degno di nota anche il lato di personalizzazione dei veicoli, in quanto potremo posizionare a piacimento le aerografie e persino modificare le dimensioni degli elementi della carrozzeria.

    Un gioco davvero completo che però è stato prima oscurato dai leggendari Most Wanted e Underground 2 (usciti nei due anni precedenti) e poi bistrattato a causa dei brutti titoli successivi.

    VOTO: 9/10    … Expand
  5. Blanche
    Jun 23, 2016
    8
    Absolutely solid game. The customisation options in this title was infinitely superior to the previous Most Wanted, but it most certainly hadAbsolutely solid game. The customisation options in this title was infinitely superior to the previous Most Wanted, but it most certainly had a difficult hurdle to get past to even match such an amazing game. The story was surprisingly good and I did enjoy the night life environment of the game. Unfortunately, I felt that the characters didn't quite match up and weren't as memorable as Most Wanted, which dragged the game a little bit down. But, the gameplay was very engaging and fun and the intensity of the canyon runs within story mode were pretty cool too. Graphics were quite good as well albeit sometimes tacky.

    As I've said right at the beginning, an absolutely solid, good game that was certainly good enough as a follow-up from Most Wanted.    … Expand
  6. Soullex
    Nov 15, 2022
    7
    Bence Most Wanted bir tık daha iyi. Başarma hissi oyunun muhtemelen o kadar zor olmamasından ötürü o kadar değil.
  7. Ardho
    Aug 28, 2021
    7
    Less modification, bad stories, bad villain, but great gameplay, love my blue R34
  8. alexandrea
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    I hate this game so much. I like my fair share of racing games but this i just can´t get into it.

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#50 Best PS2 Game of 2006
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#25 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2006
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#54 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2006