![]() Car modification is back in a big way and EA continue to prove they can be consistent with game aspects they have gotten right. Completing challenges will unlock you car mods including spoilers, body kits, engines, suspension and those much-needed vinyls to dress up your hot ride. Usually it takes two or three races to take a chunk of the city as your own, as long as you finish first. Securing rival territory requires you to complete challenges scattered across the map. ![]() Additionally, rival territory that you have conquered will often come under threat as well as the odd Rival Challenge that will meet you as you cruise the streets of Palmont. Tired of racing, show off your drifting skills and then take down a rival racer on the canyon. This really adds variety to the game and never allows for a dull moment. The modes include Drifting, back from Underground 2 fame, Sprints where the first one to the finish line wins, Circuit in which you race around a closed off track over a lap or two, Checkpoint where you have to reach each target within a set time and Speedtrap that has you belting the fastest speed possible to rack up the highest accumulated score. While an analogue stick allows for pixel perfection, the Wiimote carters more for realism but the good news is it is still a heap of fun. Racing is essential to catching the eye of the rival racers and possibly a heated one on one canyon drag which, while one of the key aspects of this game, is somewhat difficult with the hardly precise controls. Races take place across the open city of Palmont, giving you more freedom than you could imagine. Darius says its time for you to repay your debt and in order to do this you have to take back the city from three rival racers. As you wonder just how bad a driver you are, an old friend, Darius pays a visit as well as a very pissed off Nikki. While it seems you get away, your car drives right into a truck, completely totalling your ride. A certain man named Cross seems so certain of this he chases you down a canyon in the opening sequence of the game. ![]() Your then girlfriend Nikki managed to pass you a bag loaded with the prize money before you fled away, so, now that youve returned, there is a lot of accusation going around that you stole the cash. So how exactly has this game converted a once Need For Speed loather to a now appreciative fan? We’ll get to that shortly.Ĭarbon takes place in Palmont City sometime after a race went terribly wrong and everyone except for yourself were arrested. Carbon, much like its predecessor Most Wanted takes place in an enormous city where the locations are unique, the modes are plentiful and the speed truly is intense. The ill conceived Need For Speed: Underground only had one level that was mirrored, shortened and slightly adjusted for the races, throwing my interest off the bandwagon a long time ago. However the speed has never quite matched expectations and level design has always felt lacking at best. Need for Speed is a long running series from developers EA, where the aim is to race fast, come first and avoid the cops. Forget the fact this game is on the more powerful console beasts, the Wii version has made me a believer all thanks to those lovely controls. Arcade racers like Mario Kart and Burnout had me hooked but there was something about Need For Speed that always seemed to lack a certain edge. ![]() The earlier games seemed slow and sluggish at times and really lacked any excitement for me as a gamer. Out of the launch window games available on the Wii, Need For Speed: Carbon was not one on my radar.
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