Need For Speed: Carbon

[Turbo Lag]

I got nfs Carbon on my psp today, and guess what? the psp version freezes aswell and it has terrible glitches, so..............................

I REFUSE TO BUY ANOTHER EA GAME UNTIL THEY FIX NFS CARBON

Add it to your sig..

AND you may notice i dont post here as often; i got an xbox and am now playing Forza It dosent freeze .In fact the whole month i got it, it NEVER froze. . Im not blaming PS2 but it shows how much effort EA put in to making NFS:C. And im also thinking of making a thread for only critisism about EA games Actually ill just change the name of a thread which never got used....

 

[godzilla_GTR]

lol they don't make em like thay used to, take a look at HP:2 never froze once and had just as good graphics as UG:2 and nearly even carbon in-game

 

[Turbo Lag]

lol they don't make em like thay used to, take a look at HP:2 never froze once and had just as good graphics as UG:2 and nearly even carbon in-game

Yes true

 

[GT4_Rule]

I got nfs Carbon on my psp today, and guess what? the psp version freezes aswell and it has terrible glitches, so..............................

I REFUSE TO BUY ANOTHER EA GAME UNTIL THEY FIX NFS CARBON

Seriously?

 

[Turbo Lag]

Does anyone have the XBOX version?

 

[Thiele]

I have a question, is there any difference between the normal Carbon, and OTC? I noticed the OTC version are only on psp and DS, and the normal version only on ps2 and Xbox, am i right?

 

[Turbo Lag]

I have a question, is there any difference between the normal Carbon, and OTC? I noticed the OTC version are only on psp and DS, and the normal version only on ps2 and Xbox, am i right?

Ive played the DS version. Its really crap and its got bout 3/4 of the cars in the ps2 version and got no free roam and got weird set of physics. But of-course i dont know about the freezes; maybe my friend will beat my record of 23 freezes.....


Oh yeah and all this is IMHO.

 

[Thiele]

Yeah, but the psp version has 29 cars and it does have free roam, the physics are pretty much the same as nfsu2 on the ps2, but a bit less responsive.

Edit: I just looked at the link in your sig and the ps2 version has a Monaro? DAMN!!! At least i have the Mercilego

Here's the cars in Carbon:

MazdaSpeed 3
Nissan 240SX
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX (Evo 9)
Chevrolet Cobalt SS
VW Golf GTI
Pontiac Solstice
Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
Pontiac Firebird
Toyota MR2
1967 Ford Mustang
Mazda RX8
Toyota Supra
Audi TT 3.2 Quattro
Chrysler 300C SRT 8
Pontiac GTO
Lotus Elise
Ford Mustang GT
Mazda RX7
1999 Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R
Subaru WRX STI
Nissan 350Z
Aston Martin DB9
Porsche 911 Carrera S
Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG
Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Ford GT
Porsche Carrera GT
Lambrorghini Gallardo
Lambrorghini Murcilago

It said 4 psp exclusives, which ones aren't on the ps2 version?

DAMN!!! No Viper!!! No Cuda No Challenger ARGH!!!! No Monaro

 

[Evolution.]

The PC version seems to work fine for me (besides the facts my system sucks and can't run it worth a damn).

 

[Turbo Lag]

Yeah, but the psp version has 29 cars and it does have free roam, the physics are pretty much the same as nfsu2 on the ps2, but a bit less responsive.

Edit: I just looked at the link in your sig and the ps2 version has a Monaro? DAMN!!! At least i have the Mercilego

Here's the cars in Carbon:

MazdaSpeed 3
Nissan 240SX
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX (Evo 9)
Chevrolet Cobalt SS Exclusive
VW Golf GTI
Pontiac Solstice Exclusive
Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
Pontiac Firebird Exclusive
Toyota MR2 only in challenge mode. Exclusive
1967 Ford Mustang only if your not talking about the GT500. Exclusive
Mazda RX8
Toyota Supra
Audi TT 3.2 Quattro Exclusive
Chrysler 300C SRT 8
Pontiac GTO A replacement for the Monaro. Exclusive
Lotus Elise
Ford Mustang GT
Mazda RX7
1999 Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R
Subaru WRX STI
Nissan 350Z
Aston Martin DB9
Porsche 911 Carrera S
Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG
Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Ford GT
Porsche Carrera GT
Lambrorghini Gallardo
Lambrorghini Murcilago

It said 4 psp exclusives, which ones aren't on the ps2 version?

DAMN!!! No Viper!!! No Cuda No Challenger ARGH!!!! No Monaro

The underlined cars are what your looking for. And the Monaro is a Vauxhaul (sp?), not Holden .

And are you talkin about my sig?

 

[3-Wheel Drive]

Man, I was considering getting Carbon for PS2, but from what I hear, I may just pass on it. Does anyone know how well the PS3 version works?

 

[Turbo Lag]

Man, I was considering getting Carbon for PS2, but from what I hear, I may just pass on it. Does anyone know how well the PS3 version works?

OK im just going to jot down some pros and cons: (all in MY opinion)

Pros:
-Good selection of cars
-A kinda good story line
-Gameplay is OK (except for freezes)
-Good cumztomization
Cons:
-FREEZES!!!!
-VERY short career mode
-A few odd glitchs eg. crashing in to certain walls might bring your car to a complete stop
-Boring Tracks
-Missing content

Overall:
Graphics-maybe 7 of 10
Sound-about 5 out of 10
Gameplay-0 out of 10 cause of the freezes
Overall-7 out of 10

 

[godzilla_GTR]

id say
graphics - about6 out of 10
sound - 8 out of 10
gameplay- 5 out of 10(first time through otherwise about a 3 of 10)
overall - low 7 out of 10

 

[Turbo Lag]

I gave gameplay a meazly 0 becuase the first day i played it it freezed about 3 times and i think first impression is always important.

 

[Thiele]

It freezed twice in 10 minutes today on my psp

Screw this i'm getting it on ps2, the psp version sucks (Not talking about the freezing)

 

[Turbo Lag]

It freezed twice in 10 minutes today on my psp

Screw this i'm getting it on ps2, the psp version sucks (Not talking about the freezing)

the ps2 versions just as bad considering the freezers.

 

[godzilla_GTR]

the only good thing about it is the G25 support, but even that gets ruined as you still encountr the auto brakes below 30km

 

[skaterava]

so we can all safely say Carbon is a bit of a let-down.

tha game freezes, which is annoying.

the soundtrack is poor.

the racing (with exception to the canyon racing and drifting) is too similar to Most Wanted.

the car line up, although improved with muscle cars, is annoying thanks to EA's sly idea to put the CCX in CE and the Zonda only available through a download.

some of the autosculpt parts, like the rear bumpers, are horrific to look at and include one fat exhaust sticking out in the middle, which i dont like.

the reward card system is too difficult to complete without losing all your hard earned money.

the storyline, although quite interesting, is FAR too short. i was actually surprised when i realised that after about 10 races, i was already 23% into the game.

and Finally, the Audi Le Mans Quattro, which seems to be given to you in the final movie by Darius (i.e he throws the keys to you), isnt given to you at all, and you can only drive it in quick race mode.


i think thats just too many bad points from a game that had created so much hype before its launch, and it didnt live up to its predeccesors expectations.

 

[Turbo Lag]

so we can all safely say Carbon is a bit of a let-down.

A BIT?!?!

 

[skaterava]

hah. ok a BIG let down. i suppose i still had some politeness for EA there

 

[Turbo Lag]

hah. ok a BIG let down. i suppose i still had some politeness for EA there

politeness? (at EA not you)

 

[TopHat]

politeness? (at EA not you)

Stop spamming. Its really pointless.

 

[Evolution.]

Turbo: Quit bitching about the game freezing. You've made your point how many times now? Let it GO already.

Monte: Your post was a bit ironic.

 

[Vonie]

The most annoying thing is the inability to use all the cars in career mode, total poop. The nice thing, though is that you can get the Cop cars.

 

[djblackmon]

These are downsides to me.

1. No 900 degree steering
2. Autobrakes ~20mph
3. Only 5 cars in Career
4. Reward Cards seem to be a little hard
5. Career mode is too short
6. All the tire spin off the line, even on a stock AWD STi... I mean come-on, its AWD!!

 

[godzilla_GTR]

and the fact that if you watch the DVD that comes the collecters edition it shows you the MR2, trueno, infini, 911 turbo, GT3 and meny more awsome cars that you cant get in the game AT ALLL let alone carrer mode. And even worse is the fact that i bought this game for the MR2, Trueno and 911

 

[Turbo Lag]

These are downsides to me.

1. No 900 degree steering
2. Autobrakes ~20mph
3. Only 5 cars in Career
4. Reward Cards seem to be a little hard
5. Career mode is too short
6. All the tire spin off the line, even on a stock AWD STi... I mean come-on, its AWD!!

Didnt NFS MW let you have about 15 odd cars? I have it but i really cant be bothered plugging in my PS2 again.

 

[djblackmon]

Didnt NFS MW let you have about 15 odd cars? I have it but i really cant be bothered plugging in my PS2 again.

Most wanted let you buy 10 cars, then get all the pink slip cars, so at most you can get 25 if you're really lucky, or a cheater...

In Carbon, you only get 5, and no pink slips

 

[skaterava]

yes pink slips dont work on Carbon because theres only three, plus now theres four question mark slips, so the odds of getting a pink slip are less.

AND theres no unique junkman parts as on previous NFS.
twas the junkman parts that made peoples cars that little bit better

what i do like on Carbon is that when you go over a spike strip, you dont unrealistically immediately stop like on MW though. (the gold police time pursuit in challenge series is impossible though. lasted 26 minutes, half the time with four popped tyres!)

so yeah EA flopped on this one

 

[Turbo Lag]

yes pink slips dont work on Carbon because theres only three, plus now theres four question mark slips, so the odds of getting a pink slip are less.

AND theres no unique junkman parts as on previous NFS.
twas the junkman parts that made peoples cars that little bit better

what i do like on Carbon is that when you go over a spike strip, you dont unrealistically immediately stop like on MW though. (the gold police time pursuit in challenge series is impossible though. lasted 26 minutes, half the time with four popped tyres!)

so yeah EA flopped on this one

Your right about the spike strips. I did the same thing as you;lasted like 25 min on blown tires.