Need for Speed: Carbon

I thought overall the game was just a bit better than most wanted. The customization was better, allowing ride height to be changed and more performance customization details. Autosculpt was a great feature and also you can move the vinyls, skew, rotate, and change colors. I was disappointed though that many things in the game had to be unlocked by completing challenge series or reward cards, where in most wanted you had to beat bosses. Also, most wanted had a bigger focus on police pursuits which i thought was much better than carbon, where you didn't even need to engage in a single pursuit to finish the game (although sometimes you had no choice; they sometimes show up in the middle of races). The ending was rather weak, but I won't give it away.

The game is good - Tons of things u can fix with your car to maximize the performance for your likings, like auto-sculpting every part of your vehicle, and it's about 7 zones on each autosculpt. Fun races, and nice online-game play. What I hate about the career mode is the fact that it is was too short, if you're a decent racer you can complete your career in 4 hours.

What EA has to work on when releasing the next NFS is to make sure the game lasts, it's way too easy as well, so I really hope they'll increase the level of difficulty, maybe make an option when beginning career that asks for difficulty level.

But overall, great game and I recommend it. 8.0

This is the best one as far as story and gameplay and I love the crew racing. My favorite rival was Angie. The crew remarks were quite entertaining and they made racing more fun. Like I said with "NFS Most Wanted," this should also have the choice of a female driver and to see a female arrested in the police video shots in the game. For a female player, the roles of Darius and Nikki could be swapped.

I was so disappointed in the continual decreasing in the number of vinyls for the car and no contest was held this time. EA is becoming lazy, I believe.

Why was it in Tier 3, all the muscle car opponents had no Mustangs? They all had Challengers, Vipers, and Corvettes. I do like all these cars, but I also like Mustangs.

I would like to see future NFS games add Saleen and Roush Mustangs for players to have. It would be fun to race Cross.

I would, no matter, like to see NFS return to this. "NFS The Run" was no more than a "Grand Theft Auto" knock-off and awful; and I want this back. I want my own name, not Jack (so over-used in games and movies and TV) and not Player (NFS Undercover). I want my name.

The NFS games are probably the best street racing games around. Over the years they have grown from basic racer to genre defining games...until this version.

EA are removing gameplay ideas and options, not adding them for the next generation. (Also see FIFA) You have less cars, less races, less bosses, less customisations and overall a lesser game from the previous game in the series...yet they charge more for it.

I really would not even bother with this unless you find it in a bargain bin somewhere for less than 10 notes.

If you have NFS: Most Wanted, stick with that, it a FAR better game. If you don't, buy it instead of this version. You can thank me later.

Need for speed Carbon is among the best of the street racing games. The customization is highly realistic. Player can edit virtually everything on their car.

The only problem I have with the game is the drifting, its very unrealistic, its almost like trying to drift from the backseat, leaning with the car to turn.

Microsoft is getting ridiculous with the concept of buying car parts from the marketplace, same thing with the in game money concept, just plain stupid.

I swore that I would never turn to the dark side(PS3) but with some of these stupid concepts and game of the year worthy games on the PS3, I just may have too.

Check out my other reviews on Dead Rising and Fight Night Round 3.