Need For Speed: Carbon (New XBOX 360 screens up!)

[3-Wheel Drive]

Oh brother. "As long as it's fake damage, that's good enough."

Okay, let me rephrase that.
As long as their is at least superficial damage, I won't be dissapointed. (as most NFS games have only had such damage, so any less than there already is would be a downer). I don't necessarily want my car frying after one crash, but I would like to really know I been hitting stuff, so superficial damge is fine. Besides, as relentless as cops are in the NFS games (especially MW), it would make pursuits an absolute nightmare. Add that to commonly driving 140+ around traffic, full, realistic damage wouldn't get you very far in the game, as one crash could annihilate your car beyond repair.

 

[Jeremy Ricci]

Burnout revenge had the best damage system of any acrade racer ever.

It's balanced and fun.

 

[GT Pro]

I don't necessarily want my car frying after one crash, but I would like to really know I been hitting stuff, so superficial damge is fine. Besides, as relentless as cops are in the NFS games (especially MW), it would make pursuits an absolute nightmare. Add that to commonly driving 140+ around traffic, full, realistic damage wouldn't get you very far in the game, as one crash could annihilate your car beyond repair.

Meh, it's realistic...

...And the police from Most Wanted weren't exactly the greatest I've ever seen.

 

[DuckRacer]

Meh, it's realistic...

...And the police from Most Wanted weren't exactly the greatest I've ever seen.

Okay then, give us an example of better cops (other than real life ).

 

[DuckRacer]

New video of the drifting.

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/826/826965/vids_1.html

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

EDIT: Oops I meant to reply in the 360 thread.

 

[GT Pro]

Okay then, give us an example of better cops (other than real life ).

Other than real life, the police in Most Wanted DO probably prove toughest. Oh wait a sec... in GTA San Andreas when you've attained six stars, the police do tend to bring in some heavy artillery...

 

[DuckRacer]

The Koenigsegg CCX and the Nissan 240SX are confirmed.

 

[DuckRacer]

Okay, so according to EA, there's supposed to be more than 50 cars in Carbon, compared to 35 in Most Wanted. From nfscars.net:

Well after the EA community day, we have a good idea of some or most of the cars in Need for Speed: Carbon. According to EA there are going to be over 50 cars. Below you can find the current list. This is an unofficial list.

Once I am back home I will be posting alot more information on Need for Speed: Carbon.

01 - Alfa Romeo Brera
02 - Audi Le Mans Quattro
03 - Aston Martin DB9
04 - BMW M3 GTR
05 - Chevrolet Camaro SS
06 - Chrysler 300C SRT-8
07 - Dodge Challenger Concept
08 - Dodge Charger SRT-8
09 - Dodge Viper SRT10
10 - Ford Mustang GT
11 - Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
12 - Koenigsegg CCX
13 - Lamborghini Gallardo
14 - Lamborghini Murcielago
15 - Lexus IS300
16 - Lotus Elise 111R
17 - Lotus Europa S
18 - Mazda 3
19 - Mazda RX7 (FD3S)
20 - Mazda RX8
21 - McLaren (yet unknown)
22 - Mercedes-Benz CLK 500
23 - Mitsubishi Eclipse
24 - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR Edition
25 - Nissan 350Z Fairlady Z
26 - Pagani Zonda F
28 - Porsche 911 Carrera
29 - Porsche Carrera GT
30 - Porsche Cayman S
31 - Renault (yet unknown)
32 - Subaru Impreza WRX STi
33 - Toyota MR2
34 - Toyota Corolla (Trueno AE86)
35 - Toyota Supra
36 - Vauxhall Monaro
37 - Volkswagen Golf R32

Seeing a McLaren on there makes me drool.

It also makes me puke.

 

[Gen.]

Burnout revenge had the best damage system of any acrade racer ever.

It's balanced and fun.

You haven't heard of Flatout have you

 

[TS]

Okay, so according to EA, there's supposed to be more than 50 cars in Carbon, compared to 35 in Most Wanted. From nfscars.net:


Seeing a McLaren on there makes me drool.

It also makes me puke.

The nfscars list is kinda outdated, here's one that's from my site and that is regularly updated.

[SIZE=4][color=red][b]Updated carlist:[/b][/SIZE][/color]

01 - Alfa Romeo Brera
02 - Audi Le Mans Quattro
[color=blue]PSP - Audi TT[/color]
03 - Aston Martin DB9
04 - BMW M3 GTR
05 - Chevrolet Camaro SS
[color=blue]PSP - Chevrolet Cobalt SS[/color]
[b]06 - Chevrolet Corvette Z06[/b]
[b]07 - Chevrolet Chevelle SS[/b]
08 - Chrysler 300C SRT-8 
09 - Dodge Challenger Concept
10 - Dodge Charger SRT-8
[b]11 - '69 Dodge Charger R/T[/b]
12 - Dodge Viper SRT10
13 - Ford Mustang GT
[b]14 - Ford GT[/b]
15 - Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
[b]16 - '67 Shelby GT500E[/b]
17 - Koenigsegg CCX
18 - Lamborghini Gallardo
19 - Lamborghini Murcielago
20 - Lexus IS300
21 - Lotus Elise 111R
22 - Lotus Europa S
23 - Mazda 3
24 - Mazda RX7 (FD3S)
25 - Mazda RX8 
[b]26 - Mercedes SLR McLaren[/b]
27 - Mercedes-Benz CLK500
[b]28 - Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG[/b]
[b]29 - Mitsubishi Eclipse (Gen. 2)[/b]
[b]30 - Mitsubish Eclipse (Gen. 4)[/b]
31 - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR Edition
32 - Nissan 350Z
[color=blue]PSP - Nissan 240ZX[/color]
[b]33 - Nissan Skyline GTR (R34)[/b]
34 - Pagani Zonda F
[color=blue]PSP - Pontiac Firebird T/A[/color]
35 - Porsche 911 Carrera
36 - Porsche Carrera GT
37 - Porsche Cayman S
[b]38 - '70 Plymouth Cuda Six-Pack[/b]
[b]39 - Renault Clio[/b]
40 - Subaru Impreza WRX STi
41 - Toyota MR2
42 - Toyota Corolla (Trueno AE86)
43 - Toyota Supra 
44 - Vauxhall Monaro VXR
45 - Volkswagen Golf R32

[SIZE=4]Key:[/SIZE]
Cars that are in [b]bold[/b] are new/updated.
Cars that are in [color=blue]blue[/color] and have "PSP" before the name are exlusive to the PSP version of Carbon.

Click [URL=http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/826/826965/imgs_1.html]here[/URL] for screenies of the new cars.

Click [URL=http://psp.ign.com/objects/831/831935.html]here[/URL] for PSP screenies.

If you plan to buy carbon for PC, here are the system RQ's

OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2 (only 32-bit Version),
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
CPU: 1.7 GHz or faster
1GB RAM
8x or faster DVD drive *
3 GB or more hard disk space
Video: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Controller: Keyboard, Mouse, Dual Analog Gamepad or Steering Wheel

Supported Steering Wheels:
Logitech Rumblepad
Logitech Dual Action
Xbox 360 Wired Controller
Logitech Momo Racing Wheel
Logitech G25 Racing Wheel

Graphic Cards with 64 MB or more memory and one of these chipsets:
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti-4200
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti-4400
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti-4600
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti-4800
NVIDIA GeForce FX Series
NVIDIA GeForce 6200
NVIDIA GeForce 6600
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
NVIDIA GeForce 7300
NVIDIA GeForce 7600
NVIDIA GeForce 7800
NVIDIA GeForce 7900
ATI Radeon 8500
ATI Radeon 9000
ATI Radeon 9100
ATI Radeon 9200
ATI Radeon 9500
ATI Radeon 9550
ATI Radeon 9600
ATI Radeon 9700
ATI Radeon 9800
ATI Radeon X300
ATI Radeon X550
ATI Radeon X600
ATI Radeon X700
ATI Radeon X800
ATI Radeon X850
ATI Radeon X1300
ATI Radeon X1600
ATI Radeon X1800
ATI Radeon X1900
Suggested resolutions: 640x480 / 800x600 / 1024x768 / 1280x1024 / 1600x1200

Note: Notebook versions of these chipsets can work but won't be supported. NVIDIA GeForce MX-series is not supported.

 

[TS]

Sorry for the double post (mods, merge if needed) but I saw this little bit on the Online features of carbon.

NFS C: Online Features Saturday, 30.09.2006
Electronic Arts finally published some infos about the onlinemode of Need for Speed Carbon over the onlinemagazine IGN:

Can you give us a quick synopsis of what direction you are taking online features this year? What is the biggest difference between this year and last year?
Carbon's online feature set is much broader and deeper than anything we've done before on a Need for Speed game. For Most Wanted last year we had 3 online multiplayer modes. This year we've added to that and included a great deal more .

In or out of the main career all of our race modes can be played online. There are 4 game modes that you can compete in online multiplayer racing: Circuit, Sprint, Speedtrap and Canyon Duel. Those races that aren't multiplayer will track your best times and scores on the Online Leaderboards.

We are tracking and displaying your statistics for every race, track, game mode and free roam event you participate in during the game. We've added Online Co-operative Challenge Series events where you can race with up to 3 friends in any of 4 challenges and complete the Challenge together.

What can you tell us about the new race modes?
We also have two, very cool, online exclusive multiplayer modes that I can't wait to talk about. But, we'll have to save those for next time.

How are you taking advantage of leader boards this year?
Every track and race mode has its own leaderboard that reflects both multiplayer and single player results. If you are connected to online while playing, your best results are being recorded to the boards. Better yet, we filter the results to show you how you rank against all of your friends on each board.

What is Shadow Mode?
We've built Need for Speed's first Shadow mode. You can record your own shadow on any ranked track and if you play online, you can download the current leader's Shadow for a specific track and race mode. If you can do better, your Shadow takes over the top spot for others to try to beat.

We heard there was a photo mode? What is that?
We have developed a Photo Mode this year. You can take a photo of your car in either the pause menu of a solo race, or the front end and upload it to NeedforSpeed.com for you and your friends to share. Each photo includes detailed data on your car including your modifications, visual upgrades and car statistics

What are virus achievements?
There are four special unlocks you can earn this year by playing others online. Three of the unlocks are earned by playing an "infected" player in specific multiplayer modes. Once you've played together, you are now infected, gain the unlock, and can infect others by playing with them in that mode. If you can contract all three viruses you'll earn an additional piece of content for the achievement.

NFS:C Online features article.
NFS:C Online features video.

 

[Jeremy Ricci]

You haven't heard of Flatout have you

Burnout Revenge is far better than Flatout, at least in my opinion. Flatout was just too...boring.

THe sense of speed wasn't the same, you couldn't just jump in and race like you can with burnout, and frankly, the whole "driver coming through the windshield" was cool like, the first two times...


As for NFS: Carbon, I watched some more vids, and I'm still very underwhelmed...what can I say.

 

[KENJIusa]

I don't like the fact that most of the races will be at night, You know, it's kinda boring not to be able to enjoy scenary, all you do is press left, right, break, gas, boost, while STARING at the minimap.
It's only my HO though

 

[GT Pro]

Yer, I'd say an in-game weather changer should be an option, changing from morning to noon, dusk to night but they are focusing more on their 'Underground' series where street racing was always done at night.

As for the car list, It's good to see that the Alfa Romeo Brera and Evo 9 appearing, as well as the 350Z and R34 GTR making a return.
Though, they need to introduce the Holden Monaro, tis so much better.
And did I dare see a Pagani Zonda or a Koenigsegg CCX? 💡

Good to see the Audi R8 hitting the Need For Speed series.

 

[TS]

More news!

Our affiliate NFSUnlimited recently interviewed the producers of Need for Speed Carbon and mentioned some interesting facts about the game. Here's a short extract:


NFSUnlimited.net: Features like 'catch-up' and performance matching in recent games have gamers crying foul. Does this philosophy continue in Carbon?

Kristian von Fersen: We've spent a lot of time this year balancing the AI and tuning the various car classes and tiers within them. Overall, I think that players will notice a much more realistic experience based on the different performance levels of the cars. For instance, it makes sense that a car such as the Mazda RX8 can't keep up with a car like a Lamborghini Murciélago and vice versa. As players progress through the game, they'll reach certain points where the car they're driving just can't quite compete with the competition and they'll have to head to the car lot to make a step up in performance. I think this is a key difference from Most Wanted where you could, through the use of upgrades, make a low end car that could compete with some of the fastest cars in the game.

NFSPlanet Article
NFS C: Q&A @ NFSUnlimited.net

 

[godzilla_GTR]

are the keonigsegg and 240 in the 360 version? Acording to the list they are PSP only? Oh and is there an S15 aswel?

 

[GT Pro]

More news!

Our affiliate NFSUnlimited recently interviewed the producers of Need for Speed Carbon and mentioned some interesting facts about the game. Here's a short extract:


NFSUnlimited.net: Features like 'catch-up' and performance matching in recent games have gamers crying foul. Does this philosophy continue in Carbon?

Kristian von Fersen: We've spent a lot of time this year balancing the AI and tuning the various car classes and tiers within them. Overall, I think that players will notice a much more realistic experience based on the different performance levels of the cars. For instance, it makes sense that a car such as the Mazda RX8 can't keep up with a car like a Lamborghini Murciélago and vice versa. As players progress through the game, they'll reach certain points where the car they're driving just can't quite compete with the competition and they'll have to head to the car lot to make a step up in performance. I think this is a key difference from Most Wanted where you could, through the use of upgrades, make a low end car that could compete with some of the fastest cars in the game.

NFSPlanet Article
NFS C: Q&A @ NFSUnlimited.net

Finally, realism.

 

[TS]

are the keonigsegg and 240 in the 360 version? Acording to the list they are PSP only? Oh and is there an S15 aswel?

The Koenigsegg will be in all versions. I've heard also that the 240 will be in all versions as well, but it isn't confirmed yet. No S15.

 

[TS]

Sorry again for the double post but there's boatloads of news today!

For you XBOX360 guys, the XBOX360 demo of carbon is now out!
Click Here to get it.

More Videos

Dean McKenzie (Sgt. Cross) interview

 

[DuckRacer]

Thanks for the info, I'll give you my thoughts when the demo is finished downloading.

 

[TS]

For those of you guys that want a PS2 demo of carbon, click here.

 

[TS]

Sorry (again) for the double post, but guess what? More news!

As already stated here there is something more to tell you about the onlinemode of Need for Speed Carbon. There will be two new modes for online racing, called Pursuit Tag and Pursuit Knockout:

In "Pursuit Tag" the player has to escape from up to seven police cars. If you escape within one minute, you get the maximum points and change your role from the hunted to the hunter. This mode takes place in the free roaming world.

"Pursuit Knockout" is a mode which is quite similar to the K.O.-mode of NFS Most Wanted. The gaming concept guarantees quite some action: Up to eight players can participate on one race. The last one gets knocked out each round and turns automatically to a police car and can pursuit the other drivers and have to damage them as much as possible. Each round the number of police cars gets higher until only one driver is left, who has to escape from the police two more rounds until he's declared as the winner.

Good knowledge of the tracks is the A and O in the game, because the players who are acting as the police can block the roads with their cars. The normal players can only use the regular track, but the cop cars can use shortcuts and drive through track areas which are closed to the others.
Which one of the three police cars you get (Rhino, Cruiser or Corvette) depends on the level of your own car.


Sounds nice, doesn't it?

And more videos!
PSP Trailer @ Worthplaying
Blocker Trailer @ Worthplaying
Scout Trailer @ Worthplaying
Drafter Trailer @ Worthplaying
NFS C Movie Package @ Gameswelt (German)

 

[TS]

I feel alone posting in this thread... Anyway more news!!!
NFS C: Hands-On @ Game Informer
NFS C: Videos @ Game Informer
NFS C Demo Impressions @ IGN
NFS C: PSP Developer Blog @ IGN

 

[DuckRacer]

I feel alone posting in this thread...

Well, it's probably because most people thought the demo sucked and so they don't care about it.

 

[TS]

Well, it's probably because most people thought the demo sucked and so they don't care about it.

Ask Revolution, he told me he loved the demo.

 

[DuckRacer]

Ask Revolution, he told me he loved the demo.

I said "most people".

 

[TS]

I said "most people".

Heh, I was reading at IGN about the demo and they said they hated the drifting, but they loved that autosculpt.

 

[DuckRacer]

Heh, I was reading at IGN about the demo and they said they hated the drifting, but they loved that autosculpt.

I don't think the drifting sucks, but when there's tons of framerate drops it just ruins it.

 

[Gen.]

I don't think the drifting sucks, but when there's tons of framerate drops it just ruins it.

Oh so it wasn't only me who looked at the slideshow races and thought that was horrible.