Need for Speed: Carbon is a popular project from EA Canada. The game was released in 2006 and became the next part of a major series. The 10th project continues the story of the previous part of Most Wanted. Cardinal changes did not affect the new part. However, many players wanted to immediately try out the passage of NFS Carbon.
Game story
Those who completed NFS Most Wanted probably remember the events that took place around the money bag. The story itself began long before the 9th part of the game.
The protagonist escapes the escape and must go to Palmont. Here the player is shown the memories of the hero. He thinks about the long race that ended with a visit from the police. Then the hero's girlfriend handed over a bag with money, in which counterfeit banknotes were later found.
The passage of NFS Carbon begins with another chase, from which the protagonist is rescued by a former friend - Darius. He says that the hero owes him, so he asks for a favor. The protagonist willconquer the city for Darius. Then Nikki appears and shows the basic principles of the gameplay of the new part.
The player gradually begins to conquer district after district, knocking out power from the leaders-racers. But during the passage, the gamer learns about the betrayal that happened in the old race. It turns out that it was Darius who planted the bag with counterfeit banknotes.
After the team leaders are defeated, the protagonist will be rewarded. He should follow him to Darius. But he again deceives the hero and calls the policeman Cross. Thanks to Nikki's help, the protagonist still manages to escape. Now the hero has a team that will help him capture the antagonist's area.
Graphics in the game
During the passage of NFS Carbon, it is difficult to notice the cardinal changes that would have occurred with the graphics. The protagonist now works in Palmont. The city is drawn well: you can travel along the wide streets and the industrial zone. Go to the canyon and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Cars in the game look beautiful. Before the gamer fashionable racing cars. Depending on the progress, he can get luxury sports cars. Since cars are the main element of the game, the developers did a great job on them.
Carbon Characters
During the passage of the NFS Carbon game, the hero will meet characters that the players have already met before. Nikki is the protagonist's girlfriend. She teaches the gamer the mechanics of the game and helps in passing. Darius is the antagonist of this part, although he used to be justhero's partner.
Cross is a former police officer who decided to work for bandits. Although for the money he is ready to close his eyes to anything. Angie is one of the leaders of the gang. She is very mean and selfish. Kenji is the leader of the Bushido gang. Often taunts the protagonist and likes to humiliate everyone. Wolf is the leader of the gang of the same name. He is a very confident and persistent guy.
Each gang leader drives a special car that will be unlocked for the gamer during the passage of NFS Carbon.
Quests for completing a career
The player can receive the task in the career mode. He chooses one of the three cars. This must be done carefully, as it will affect the subsequent receipt of spare parts, rewards and access to districts.
As the player progresses through the career, the player learns about the gang war. He becomes aware that the city is divided into 4 districts. In each, he receives certain quests that help him gain authority in each location.
There are several locations in each district where you can find 2 to 4 quests. All tasks are related to racing. To capture one of the districts, you need to complete all the quests, as well as fight the leader.
Chasing walkthrough
There are 36 quests to complete in order to complete the full NFS Carbon run in chase mode. The gamer needs to complete quests that involve several types of races.
For the successful completion of the race, the player receives a prize. For example, "Duel in the Canyon" has three typesdifficulty racing. In the "bronze" quest, a certain car and a special task will be available. For example, win a race against a weak opponent. The "Silver" quest will require you to defeat an experienced opponent, and the "Gold" one - a strong opponent.
Quests:
- Canyon sprint.
- Checkpoint.
- Checkpoint - Canyon.
- Canyon drifting.
- Avoiding the chase.
- Destruction of police cars, etc.
Secrets of the game
To make 100% progress in NFS Carbon not so difficult, many people use secrets, or so-called easter eggs. Some of them will be completely useless, while others can diversify the gameplay.
Among the simply interesting facts worth mentioning are the Carbon Canyon and the night city. Both locations have previously met in the film "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift".
You can also look at the moment when Nikki is driving the protagonist in the car. At the moment of turning, it is clear that there is only one person in the cabin. It looks like the protagonist just teleported to the meeting.
Interesting moment with Cross. After the race, a police officer runs up to the car and blocks the exit. Then he goes to talk to Darius, and at this moment you can see how the windshield of the car is broken, although everything was fine before this event.
Despite the fact that almost all vehicles in the game are sports cars, in one quest the gamer will be able to ride a truck.
Mods for Carbon
For the game NFS Carbon mods are easy to install. It is enough to download the files and drop them into the folder of the same name. Among the modifications you can find many interesting versions. For example, a new garage for a car or a certain model of a sports car. There are modifications that affect the gameplay. For example, you can change the arrival time of the police or increase the number of cops. But such mods are more like cheats.
Reviews and player reviews
The new version of NFS - Carbon turned out to be very similar to the previous one. Many players did not notice much difference, so they were unhappy with the almost identical project. Although it is worth remembering that the new part has not become worse. Both games turned out to be interesting and memorable.
In the reviews, gamers noted an interesting plot, a large selection of sports cars, various types of races and graphics. But the disadvantages of the players attributed the fact that the game is always night, and there are no drag races. There were many dissatisfied with the fact that the developers have made almost no changes. And some players were disappointed by the lack of continuation of the story.
As a result, reviews on this part turned out to be so contradictory that many could not decide whether they liked the game or not. Someone called the monotony, but then he spoke about playability and mechanics. Due to the fact that it was difficult to understand from the reviews what the project turned out to be, and the estimates of game resources were average, there were no new fans of the project.
It is worth noting that after this part, the series becamelose their popularity. New projects could not attract new players, and fans were becoming more and more disillusioned with NFS. In November 2017, the next series of Need for Speed: Payback was released.
