Who still plays Need for Speed Carbon?

[HyperSpeeder]

NFS Heat at night feels a lot like Carbon, which is a major plus!

 

[Aselia]

I prefer to Play on PC, but If someone knows how to run it on PS3 or Xbox one s. I would be great 👍

 

[jskylinegtr]

Carbon was heavily rushed, because of the cut content, and some presets had errors like overlaid bodykits or brake rotors being missing from some preset card, but modding fixed it heavily.

 

[Sage Ages]

Wondering if the broken presets were made before they actually reintroduced seperate bumpers/sideskirts. Either that or someone doesn't know how to use the debug customization stuff properly.

 

[jskylinegtr]

Also, there is a new mod that gives out HD brand logos for EA Black Box's NFS games.

 

[Sonygamer455]

Carbon was heavily rushed, because of the cut content, and some presets had errors like overlaid bodykits or brake rotors being missing from some preset card, but modding fixed it heavily.

Wondering if the broken presets were made before they actually reintroduced seperate bumpers/sideskirts. Either that or something doesn't or how to use the debug customization stuff properly.

It's worth noting I noticed a while back when hex editing in the game is if you apply the body kits by hex, they'll appear to be overlapping like the preset cars do, but if you install them normally through the game itself, they don't do that.

 

[Sage Ages]

Basically what's going on is that widebody kits and bumpers/side skirts are considered to be seperate part slots from each other.

Stock body work is considered to be a bumper/skirts, rather than a single combined body kit like MW, meaning that you can separately apply a body kit over it. Obviously the game doesn't normally allow for this but it can be done via hex or debug tools. IIRC you can also manipulate pop-up headlights in a similar way.

Prostreet/Undercover made it so that each body kit is made of separate pieces, instead of some being seperate bumpers and some being a single combined part.

 

[jskylinegtr]

Yes that is how it is. But because EA forced Black Box to rush the game for November 2006, some presets had overlaid kits. According to Binary, i the AutosculptBumper being at 0 is how they are overlaid, should be NULL. The presets with this problem were mainly the modified Lexus IS300 (JCE10), Collector's Edition Black Lamborghini Murcielago Coupe and Cross' Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6)

Also, cars with 5 kits in MW, had one of their kits deleted to optimize the game for the consoles they would release it on. Thankfully, the Mustang GT (S197)'s deleted Kit 1 was already restored.

 

[ron24]

I wish it was remastered as I would still play it. Carbon was one of my all time favorite NFS games and the most time spent playing a NFS game. I re purchased Carbon many times after as each the next NFS games just didn't give me the NFS fix I needed during the Ps3 erra. Heat came close but just in my opinion couldn't match up to Carbon. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Pro Street, Undercover, The Run, Shift 1&2 , NFS 2015, Payback and Heat.

 

[Sage Ages]

This game was wack.

 

[jskylinegtr]

It is because EA rushed the game, there was a lot of cut content.

 

[Sage Ages]

It is because EA rushed the game, there was a lot of cut content.

Nah, it's just wack. "EA rushed it" isn't the answer to everything.

 

[jskylinegtr]

Instead, this led to NFS Carbon being heavily modded. CBR had a great addon of cars

Also, a mod makes all logos HD.

 

[Snikle]

I played some of it earlier today cause my wi-fi died. It's definitely my favorite NFS game, although I've never played the original MW. Couldn't seem to ever get any cops to spawn in Freeroam though, which is why I played it at all. If I wanted a pursuit I had to do the ones in the Challenge Series.

But damn, the pursuits are fun. Honestly the map is pretty great, just seems to get me trapped going in circles quite a bit (Silverton in particular is hard to find a way out of sometimes). I've been playing Carbon for over 10 years, and few other gaming experiences in my life are as cathartic and enjoyable as the pursuits in this game (And also in MW, I presume)

 

[jskylinegtr]

Well, the game is very good and fun, but was rushed out for Halloween 2006. Played it with mods. it was more fun

 

[Sonygamer455]

I played some of it earlier today cause my wi-fi died. It's definitely my favorite NFS game,

It's been my 2nd favorite NFS game for years now.

Couldn't seem to ever get any cops to spawn in Freeroam though, which is why I played it at all. If I wanted a pursuit I had to do the ones in the Challenge Series.

I haven't played Carbon in years now, but last I remember, it seems like getting the cops attention was kind of difficult at times in Carbon and they pretty much don't chase you as much as they did in MW.

Honestly the map is pretty great, just seems to get me trapped going in circles quite a bit (Silverton in particular is hard to find a way out of sometimes).

Yea I have seen others say something like this about the map as well, but I don't recall having any issues like that. (then again, it's been a long time since I have played it again)

I've been playing Carbon for over 10 years, and few other gaming experiences in my life are as cathartic and enjoyable as the pursuits in this game

If you like Carbon's pursuits, you'll love Most Wanted then because the games career literally requires you get into pursuits constantly to progress and getting into them is super easy as well, you won't have much issue finding trouble in there like you would in Carbon. Judging by this post alone, I really and truly think you'll have a great time with Most Wanted if you had this much fun with Carbon and I highly recommend you check it out if you haven't already.

 

[Sonygamer455]

Well, it's been over 5 years since I last posted here again, and it's been even longer since I spent any quality time playing this game again, but as of recently, I have come back to it! Before I learned how to replay the career on the same save, I made 3 profiles on the PS2 version back in the day, one when I first got the game at Christmas of 2006, and the other 2 were created sometime in 2007, so I could play the career in another car class. My original save has been done and dusted for about 15 years now, but the other 2, however, still had some stuff that needed to be done.

That said, I came back to the game just last week with the intent of finishing my other 2 profiles, and so far, I have knocked out one since there wasn't much that needed to be done. Right now, I am on my last one, which I think is much newer than the other 2 since I don't have nearly as much done. I've made a lot of progress on it in the past couple of days, but I am having to replay the career again to get the 20 defensive races done. I am hoping in doing so will allow me to get $1,000,000 and to accumulate the $50,000 fine a bit easier. Once those are out of the way, I’ll just have to worry about the Challenge Series and quick races and apart from some random stuff, that should be it for my 19 year old profiles.

I am getting it done because I am planning on replaying all of my favorite NFS titles on PS2 again from start to finish. Starting with Underground and stopping at Undercover and this game will naturally be a part of that.

I plan to play it again soon now that i have the PS3 version.

And I realize it’s been 13 years since I said this and I have yet to even do it! If memory serves me right, I think I was wanting to finish my PS2 saves before I played the PS3 version. Since that’s finally happening now, I will eventually give this version a go.

 

[Sonygamer455]

So I finally wrapped up on this game yesterday, and now both of my 19-year-old profiles are done and dusted. That said, I have some tips I want to provide for this game.
1. If you're looking to get $1,000,000 to get the Reward Card for the Chevelle, my advice would be to choose the muscle class when starting the career since you'll face Angie first and get Samson after, who will give you extra money for every race you win. Have both Neville and Samson hired to get the most out of every race. Also, be very mindful of how you spend your money on upgrades; only do it when you absolutely have to, and if you have Yumi, hire her temporarily so you get a discount on upgrades. Most importantly, make sure you get the bosses' rides and sell them, and if you miss your chance, restart the game and keep going until you get them. Selling their rides makes this process a lot easier.
2. If you're going to go for $1,000,000, make sure you do it the first time because if you decide to get all your cars impounded and start the career over on the same save, you won't be able to choose the bosses' markers again to get their rides. Can it still be done? Yes, but the process becomes a bit harder since you can't win their rides and sell them for cash.
3. When it comes to getting the 20 defensive races, do every single one that comes up and don't skip them, because every single one matters. Be aware, there's a good chance you may not even get 20 of them done before the career is over, something that's happened to me multiple times since I got the game. Fortunately, I recently learned that if you keep doing the same races you've already done over and over again before you've beaten them all, they'll keep coming. Which means you can keep doing this until you've done 20 of them. Just make sure you still have some uncompleted races left on the map because if you've already beaten them all, it won't work. If you have done all the races already and don't have the reward card, just get all your cars impounded and start again, but don't worry, the number of defense races you've already done won't reset. From there, it's just a matter of doing them again until you have that Reward Card done.
4. As far as getting the 50 Free Roam Challenges goes, these can be done in Free Roam by just waiting a minute or 2 for a car to come, and then you'll get a prompt to challenge them. Do this in between every race so you'll not only get extra cash along the way, but it takes some of the tedium away from getting the Reward Card. I don't recommend doing this immediately after a race, though, because I found the AI is a bit weird about when it wants to spawn. So I recommend jumping to the Safe House and then going back to Free Roam and waiting for them to come.
5. Get into at least one cop chase every race or so; that way you can contribute to the 50,000 fine overtime.
6. If you're going to ram 100 vehicles in a single pursuit in Career Mode, I think I recommend using a tuner, namely the Nissan Skyline, to do it. I haven't used it in this case in recent times, but having driven one in the Challenge Series, I found its nimble handling works well in pursuits. When tuning, I recommend setting the transmission to the acceleration setting, the engine to torque, and nitrous to velocity because if you get boxed, you need to be able to get out quickly. I should note I have only done this to the Corvette Z06, but it could be useful for the Skyline as well.
7. Do at least one or more quick races every time you start the game so that you'll play 50 of them over time, as one of the Reward Cards requires.