Need for Speed Carbon Announced and Screens

[bapenguin]

Electronic Arts (http://www.ea.com) announced the next iteration in their Need for Speed franchise entitled Need for Speed: Carbon.Need for Speed Carbon delivers the next generation of adrenaline-filled street racing and will challenge players to face the ultimate test of driving skill on treacherous canyon roads.

What starts in the city is settled in the canyons as Need for Speed Carbon immerses you into the world's most dangerous and adrenaline-filled form of street racing. You and your crew must race in an all-out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals' neighbourhoods one block at a time. As the police turn up the heat, the battle ultimately shifts to Carbon Canyon, where territories and reputations can be lost on every perilous curve. Need for Speed Carbon delivers the next generation of customization giving you the power to design and tweak your crew's cars in every way using the ground-breaking new AutosculptTM technology. Represent your car class, your crew, and your turf in Need for Speed Carbon, the next revolution in racing games.

The game is coming out pretty much on every system known to man short of the Turbo Graphx-16 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_graphics).

Screenshots can be seen Here (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14237).

http://www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/nfscarbon/thumb.Master_000013.jpg (http://www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/image.php?image=www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/nfscarbon/Master_000013.jpg)

I still gotta get back into Most Wanted...there's some achievement points that need achieving!

[phantomhitman]

finally, closer to the original. gimme more exotics....

[TrackZero]

The game is coming out pretty much on every system known to man short of the Turbo Graphics 16 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_graphics).


Fuck. So those of us with just a TG-16 are SOL? Goddamnit.

[Vesuvius]

I'm with TrackZero, no TG16 support on this is a deal-breaker for me. Way to screw over the customer again EA!

[MrMeatshake]

I still gotta get back into Most Wanted...there's some achievement points that need achieving!

lol. those achievements won't achieve themselves you know!

you'll finish those achievements before you have any dessert, young man. etc.

[camberiu]

NFS Carbon.....Keeping the tradition of carbon copies versions across the NFS franchise line.

[Mortis]

NFS:MW was alright, I found it annoying how "rubberbandish" the AI was though. In fact after I got the achievement for defeating Razor I shut the game off without finishing it and didn't bother to see the ending.

[Wyrm]

I really wanted to finish MW, but I'm on my second playthrough because I've had to wipe my harddrive twice. Fun games though. The hot persuit portion was always my favorite. Especially the part later in MW where you get your original car back and you're on the run from like a million cops. Fun stuff.

[net7runner]

Oh man, I'd hybridize those orbitals. Just look at the resonance structure!

Seriusly, carbon? Just acknowledge the stink and call it Methane...

[Atorak]

I agree with Wyrm. The last 10-20 minutes of the game were AWESOME. Bring on the next version!

Male Cop: "Get me every-one."
Female Cop: "Everyone?"
Male Cop: "E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E!!!!!"

*queue most adrenaline-filled portion of the game*

[mulligan]

Please Please Please no more urban shit, no more body kits, no more decals, no more neon, no more attitude, just give me Japanese Machines, Exotic Supercars and American
muscle, let me choose day and night, give me Gran Turismo style mods, give me a dyno, bring back the Car Showcase, BURN EA TRAX TO THE GROUND, avoid live action cut scenes... sighs... What am I thinking? of course it will be a pice of shit like Underground...

[Orz]

The game is coming out pretty much on every system known to man short of the Turbo Graphics 16 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_graphics).


It's Turbo GRAFX-16...

[absolut taco]

Please Please Please no more urban shit, no more body kits, no more decals, no more neon, no more attitude, just give me Japanese Machines, Exotic Supercars and American
muscle, let me choose day and night, give me Gran Turismo style mods, give me a dyno, bring back the Car Showcase, BURN EA TRAX TO THE GROUND, avoid live action cut scenes... sighs... What am I thinking? of course it will be a pice of shit like Underground...
I agree, but that Carrera GT in the screens has suffered some serious pimpin', so the chances of this being like the old school NFS games is null.

Also, why even have different cars if they are all comparativly fast? In Underground, a stock Civic easily beat a stock Supra. WTF??? Here, a New Challenger agains a Gallardo, and then against a Carrera GT? Again, WTF???

[niakori]

/lick

Damn I love being able to enjoy things.

[bapenguin]

It's Turbo GRAFX-16...

I thought so but the Wiki entry didn't have it like that. Ah well.

[camberiu]

TurboExpress was an amazing portable for its time.....

[Kefkataran]

Carbon is a messed up title for this. All I have to contribute really.

[phantomhitman]

Oh man, I'd hybridize those orbitals. Just look at the resonance structure!

Seriusly, carbon? Just acknowledge the stink and call it Methane...

carrboro huh....I used to live really close to there.

[LilEvilFish]

I agree that they should return to their roots with the exotics, it was the whole reason to play the game, driving cars you would never be able to. Although I suppose that would be stepping on PGR3 and Test Drive's toes.

This looks interesting, and you could always just not purchase any of the bodykits or vinyls and shit things. Except when you need to make one of their stupid looking 5/7/10 star cars.

[Atorak]

*shrugs* I happened to like the "car pimping" part of NFS: Most Wanted. Hell, I wished I could go even further into the modification process. I want to see car lowering / raising options, different exhausts (with appropriate exhaust note changes), more color painting / decal options, more aerodynamic kits (with pieces from one kit able to be interchanged with other kits), etc.


Keep in mind, I've never "pimped" out any car I own. Doing it in game keeps the money in my wallet, and keeps the obsession at bay. :)

[Orz]

I thought so but the Wiki entry didn't have it like that. Ah well.

Sure it does. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbografx

And I added the caps solely for emphasis. It's TurboGrafx-16, officially. For whatever little that information is worth.

[EGO]

Bitch ... bitch ... bitch... is that ALL people do any more!?!? I swear forums are nothing but bitter people who do nothing but pirate software or bitter software developers, lurking to take snipes at competitive product.

It's just sad...

Go back to exotics-only?!? Why? Just because a HANDFULL of people bitch, when 8 million others don't? I don't think so!

This game looks great, but I tell you, if I can mod my car, then NO SALE!

You want unmodifiable exotics, day and night time? Buy PGR3!

[Demo_Boy]

GTO shot is photoshopped.
Nice headlight flares.
Otherwise, this is just Underground repeated again. "Carbon copy" is about right.

[Bumbuliuz]

I own Nfs: Most wanted, and I have hated every minute of trying to get this game finished. Stupid balance in game and in the points. This is the last Nfs game I ever buy.

[Mr. Lake]

For a change, can they get some more AMERICAN aftermarket parts? You know, like FUSE or something? If I have to put shitty BBS or RO_JA wheels on a '68 I'll be very insulted.

[Thenetcase]

GTO shot is photoshopped.
Nice headlight flares.
Otherwise, this is just Underground repeated again. "Carbon copy" is about right.

Anyone else notice how fucking huge the cars are again?

NFS: Most Wanted has a HUUUUUGE GTO (the car is bigger than the Mustang and MUCH heavier)... which is totally unrealistic. This game looks exactly the same. Porsches are supposed to be small. GTOs are about the same size. WTF people.

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