Need for Speed: Carbon

73 2006-10-31 • Racing, Simulator • EA Black Box

About the game

The player returns to Palmont City, where years earlier a major street race ended in a police ambush and they were blamed for making off with the prize money. Back in the city and hunted by a bounty hunter, the player builds a racing crew and challenges the gangs that control Palmont's neighborhoods, competing for territory while trying to learn who was really behind the setup that forced them to flee.

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Genres
Racing • Simulator
Game Modes
Single player • Multiplayer • Split screen
Player Perspective
First person • Third person
Platforms and release dates

PC • X360

2006-12-21

PS3

2007-03-23

Mac

2007-08-29
Developers
EA Black Box • EA Canada • TransGaming Inc.
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Game Engines
EAGL
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70
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The player returns to Palmont City, where years earlier a major street race ended in a police ambush and they were blamed for making off with the prize money. Back in the city and hunted by a bounty hunter, the player builds a racing crew and challenges the gangs that control Palmont's neighborhoods, competing for territory while trying to learn who was really behind the setup that forced them to flee.

Need for Speed: Carbon is an arcade-style street racing game set in an open-world city. Players compete in illegal night races across different event types, including circuits, sprints, drifting, and canyon duels on winding mountain roads, while evading police pursuits. Cars are drawn from licensed real-world models across tuner, muscle, and exotic classes, and can be heavily tuned and visually customized. A key feature is the crew system, in which players recruit AI wingmen with specialized roles to assist during races and take over rival-controlled territories.

Details

Genres
Racing • Simulator
Game Modes
Single player • Multiplayer • Split screen
Player Perspective
First person • Third person
Platforms and release dates

PC • X360

2006-12-21

PS3

2007-03-23

Mac

2007-08-29
Developers
EA Black Box • EA Canada • TransGaming Inc.
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Game Engines
EAGL