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Need for Speed: Carbon
File:Carbon Box.jpg
Developer(s)EA Black Box
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Platform(s)PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Wii, GameCube, Nintendo DS, GBA, Xbox 360, Xbox, Mobile
ReleasePC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360:

United States November 1, 2006
United Kingdom November 3, 2006
European Union November 9, 2006
Australia November 16, 2006
PS3:
United States November 20, 2006
Wii:
United States November 19, 2006
Australia December 7, 2006
European Union Inc UK December 8, 2006

Japan December 31, 2006
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Need for Speed: Carbon is the latest installment in the Need for Speed series. It was first shown in EA's montage at Sony's E³ 2006 conference and was the cover story in Game Informer magazine of July 2006. Carbon will be the the first in the Need for Speed series to be released for all next-generation consoles. Carbon features a selection of cars from its predecessors, as well as many new additions including the Audi Le Mans Quattro, Shelby GT500, and the Chevrolet Chevelle SS. Carbon features actress and model Emmanuelle Vaugier.

Gameplay

Carbon bases its ideas on real life racing clubs. One can pick specific people to be in one's crew, such as a scout who can help one find shortcuts throughout the track, a blocker who races beside one in the race and can target cars during the race and knock them off the course, and a drafter who can help one find the slipstream in the race. Also, each crew member will also have a second specialty, such as fabricators, who can modify certain parts of your car and enable AutoSculpt (a tool which allows the player to customize the modifications), mechanics, and "fixers", who can reduce your wanted level or get truckers out of your way. Also the player is able to win territories, which has benefits from certain car part stores to important people. The game also features drift racing, a mode that had been included in Need For Speed: Underground, but omitted from Most Wanted, and canyon racing, a two-part race where the one part involves you gaining points depending on how close you follow your opponent down a mountain trail and the other part involving you losing points depending on how close the opponent is following you.

There is also the ability to upload one's car's picture to the Need for Speed website, complete with stats and modifications. Also, the PC version features an online "Be the Cop" mode.

A Collectors Edition of the game is also available offering 3 exclusive cars, 10 pre-tuned cars, 6 new races, 3 unique challenge events, 10 unique vinyls and a Bonus DVD. The Collectors Edition also features alternate packaging with alternate cover art and metallic finish packaging.

Need For Speed: Carbon shot straight to the top of the UK Multi-Format chart as compiled by Chart-Track, for the week ending 4th November 2006, knocking highly anticipated football sim Pro Evolution Soccer 6 from the number 1 position.

Environment

According to the July 2006 Game Informer issue, Carbon's city Palmont is located on the West Coast of the United States, most likely California. The city is divided into different sections, each controlled by different bosses. Several real-world cities that apparently influenced the designs of this city are Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and Vancouver. Within each district there are 5-7 neighborhoods, and one goal in the game is to win as many of these neighborhoods as possible to gain turf from various bosses and find better shops and teams. As you gain territories you will gain access to other team members, shops, and cars.

Plot outline

Template:Spoiler In the game, the player starts out by driving down Carbon Canyon in his BMW M3 GTR, which he retrieved from Razor (the antagonist in Need For Speed Most Wanted) and subsequently left Rockport with. A recap of his last race in Palmont City (with Kenji, Angie, and Wolf) is then shown. As the race comes to an end, police use EMP to disable all the racers' cars except for the player's. Nikki comes to drop off a bag inside the player's car, and the player is able to escape, while the other racers are arrested. The recap ends, and Cross (a returning character from Most Wanted) begins to chase the player down the canyon. The player reaches a dead end and hits a truck, where he is cornered by Cross. At this point, he meets Darius and Nikki. There, he is brought up to speed on the changes to Palmont City in the 5 years since his departure, mainly concerning the loss of territory to rival gangs. Darius recruits the player in order to gain back this territory. The player's BMW M3 GTR is totaled, therefore, Nikki offers the player a choice between an exotic, muscle, or tuner car as a starter to help him fix his reputation. As the player wins races, he gains new territory and eventually challenges the bosses in a street and canyon race to win complete control over their territory. As the story progresses, the player learns that Nikki left a bag in the player's car before he escaped which was supposed to contain money, but was switched by Darius prior to the player's escape, leaving the player with an empty bag. Once the player defeats the three bosses, he is told to meet Darius who at this point tells the player that he was just using him to gain teritory and the player is then arrested by Cross, at this point Darius leaves and Nikki comes with keys to your car which she hands back to the player as Cross lets the player go, after this the player is allowed to race in Silverton which is Darius's main area of teritory. as the player begin their first race there Darius is informed and he recruits the 3 major bosses that you defeated to help him. once you take over Silverton Darius challenges the player to a street race in a red Audi Le Mans Quattro, then a canyon race. After losing both, Darius hands over the Audi Le Mans Quattro's keys to the player and leaves the city.

    • Need For Speed Carbon: Own the City: This version is available on the PSP, Nintendo DS, and the Game Boy Advance. The PSP version uses 2/3 of the map from last year's game.

Template:Endspoiler

Characters

There are several main characters that the player encounters during the game:

Name Casted by Voice by Car(s) Boss of Description
Nikki Emmanuelle Vaugier Emmanuelle Vaugier Ford GT - The player's girlfriend. She is later a selectable crew member.
Darius Tahmoh Penikett Tahmoh Penikett Audi Le Mans Quattro Stacked Deck Helps the player escape in the beginning, but ends up betraying the player.
Cross Dean McKenzie Dean McKenzie Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - Since losing his job as a sergeant, Cross now works as a bounty hunter who blames the player for his failure and tries to complicate the player's life.
Angie Danielle Kremeniuk Danielle Kremeniuk 1969 Dodge Charger R/T
2006 Dodge Challenger Concept 		21st Street Gang located in Kempton, prefers muscle cars
Kenji Ken Kirby Ken Kirby
Archie Kao 		Mazda RX-7
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 		Bushido Gang located in Downtown Palmont, prefers tuner cars
Wolf Shaw Madson Shaw Madson Aston Martin DB9
Lamborghini Murcielago 		tFk Gang located in Fortuna, prefers exotic cars


As the game progresses, the player can select the following people to be a crew member:

Name Casted by Voice by Skills
Colin Steve Lawlor Steve Lawlor Drafter/Fabricator
Neville Chris Gauthier Chris Gauthier
Brian Scolaro 		Blocker/Fixer
Nikki Emmanuelle Vaugier Emmanuelle Vaugier Drafter/Mechanic
Sal Elias Toufexis Elias Toufexis
Josh Keaton 		Scout/Fabricator
Samson Noah Danby Noah Danby
Joe May 		Blocker/Fixer
Yumi Melody Melody
Kim Mai Guest 		Scout/Mechanic


Other miscellaneous people include:

Name Casted by
Stunt Nikki Silje Halvorsen
David David Footman
Flag Girls Cheryl Dee Chung
Heather Johnson

Official cars

File:Nfscarbon.jpg
A Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX and a Lamborghini Gallardo, two cars featured in Carbon.

Cars featured in the game:

*Exclusive to EA Downloader NFS: Carbon Collectors Edition
**Exclusive to NFS: Carbon Collectors Edition

The official site only lists 46 vehicles, 3 of those being special police cars.

Source - Official Need for Speed website: Link Source - Official Need for Speed Car Library: Link

Soundtrack

File:Carbon - screen of the demo.png
A Lamborghini Gallardo during a circuit race in Carbon.
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