Gamespot's NFS Carbon Hands on

Post by **Bojan** » 28 Sep 2006, 19:13

Gamespot got to play Need for Speed Carbon on Microsoft's X06 event in Barcelona, Spain.
They got to try out both quick races, this time with 19 other cars vying for the checkered flag, and the carreer. About driving they mentioned the car's controls were just as squirrelly as from Most Wanted. Aside from playing the standard game modes, they also got to try out race wars, a new challenge mode found in Carbon which basically pits you against a rival crew. Overall they were quite impressed and if you want to know, just read the whole article.

In addition they added a new Xbox360 gameplay movie which is worth checking out.

tsuchiya · Post by **tsuchiya** » 28 Sep 2006, 19:42

the guy's driving a Alfa, and nearlly fell off the cliff at the beginning .lol

SP4RCO · Post by **SP4RCO** » 28 Sep 2006, 20:53

Barcelona

Hey, the article in the link says 19 cars, and not 9. Damn we will need some good PCs to 'move' that.

the lightning effects are cool btw. There is actual darkness in not enlightened zones.

WonkaVW · Post by **WonkaVW** » 28 Sep 2006, 21:45

Looks pretty but it was also very boring to watch.

Fishwhiz · Post by **Fishwhiz** » 28 Sep 2006, 22:08

it was funny how the guys front of the car fell out, corrected it, and then the back slid off the cliff. too bad he corrected it. i want to see it actually fall off.

nicolasmk2 · Post by **nicolasmk2** » 28 Sep 2006, 22:20

looks nice

BluePhirePB · Post by **BluePhirePB** » 28 Sep 2006, 22:23

SP4RCO wrote:Barcelona

Hey, the article in the link says 19 cars, and not 9. Damn we will need some good PCs to 'move' that.

the lightning effects are cool btw. There is actual darkness in not enlightened zones.

Hmmmm, maybe that's what the 1GB of RAM is for.

Flameking · Post by **Flameking** » 28 Sep 2006, 23:10

BluePhirePB wrote:
SP4RCO wrote:Barcelona

Hey, the article in the link says 19 cars, and not 9. Damn we will need some good PCs to 'move' that.
Hmmmm, maybe that's what the 1GB of RAM is for.

yea. i was thinking that too.

19 x 4 = many tires burning out at the start of each of those specific races LOL.

Good thing that guy didn't know how to drift. We wouldn't know if EA was just messing with us about falling off the cliff thing. the barricades fell off and thats a good thing =D

SP4RCO wrote:the lightning effects are cool btw. There is actual darkness in not enlightened zones.

I remember in underground 2, if you went up or down jackson hill and drove towards the wall/barricades pointing towards the city below, the whole city would light up, meaning it was just a background.

good to see them improve that as well in carbon.

BluePhirePB · Post by **BluePhirePB** » 29 Sep 2006, 00:12

I rememeber it'd get choppy at the start of races because of all the tire smoke so if there are 19 cars this time, there's bound to be lots of choppiness at the start of the race.

xkalibur80 · Post by **xkalibur80** » 29 Sep 2006, 02:21

....19 Cars.......19?.......

get in there

thats where the RAM comes in! Be very choppy to start off tho that's guaranteed. but we'll soon see.

Fishwhiz · Post by **Fishwhiz** » 29 Sep 2006, 02:29

will there be 19 for current gen? or only next gen because i know 8 opponents are for quickrace next gen and 4 for current gen ie ps2.

Zonda_Z · Post by **Zonda_Z** » 29 Sep 2006, 07:36

Happy to see an update , although the video was too long but worth watching . . . . . . . .

SLJ · Post by **SLJ** » 29 Sep 2006, 07:56

the driver was so close of dropping down the cliff
so i wondering if a newbie player drift how many times do he need to restart?

karimin · Post by **karimin** » 29 Sep 2006, 10:35

Hay Guys IGN has posted a new video :

EA has answered a number of questions regarding the game's online functionality. From the included modes to online co-op to leaderboard functionality, this Q&A covers it all

http://streamingmovies.ign.com/ps3/arti ... owwide.wmv

Zonda_Z · Post by **Zonda_Z** » 29 Sep 2006, 11:12

karimin wrote:Hay Guys IGN has posted a new video :

EA has answered a number of questions regarding the game's online functionality. From the included modes to online co-op to leaderboard functionality, this Q&A covers it all

http://streamingmovies.ign.com/ps3/arti ... owwide.wmv

Good , Sweet . . . . . . . .Countinue to find more videos or photos if you could . . . . . .

tsuchiya · Post by **tsuchiya** » 29 Sep 2006, 11:24

the photo mode is HOT HOT HOT~
but will it available to solo mode? or is it a online exclusive feature?

Fishwhiz · Post by **Fishwhiz** » 29 Sep 2006, 12:45

That is so hot!!!!!!!!!! but the physics when you hit roadbocks are pretty gay.
photo mode looks amazing, online looks amazing, the new knockout mode looks amazing. AND OMG! BE THE COP MODE!

SliM_880 · Post by **SliM_880** » 29 Sep 2006, 21:34

i hope all these modes are in the normal version too... i mean in the non-online mode...

krazyammo · Post by **krazyammo** » 29 Sep 2006, 22:11

yeah if those modes were offline mode it'd soooo much fun! chasing your friend in a cop for hours!

xturbo · Post by **xturbo** » 30 Sep 2006, 04:59

all i can say:
OMFG.... O_0

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 30 Sep 2006, 09:19

The skyline looks... SO awesome

SliM_880 · Post by **SliM_880** » 30 Sep 2006, 10:22

t3ice wrote:The skyline looks... SO awesome

i agree

Darth Meatloaf · Post by **Darth Meatloaf** » 01 Oct 2006, 03:10

t3ice wrote:The skyline looks... SO awesome

Now I am really exited .

Can't wait to tune a skyline

2furio · Post by **2furio** » 01 Oct 2006, 03:37

t3ice wrote:The skyline looks... SO awesome

Psh...it has the same ol' wide-bodykit from Underground...I don't need to wait weeks to race with a Skyline (which by the way, is over-rated), when I have UG/UG2...It's gonna take me more than a ricer's wet dream to get me excited about an NFS game...

Darth Meatloaf · Post by **Darth Meatloaf** » 01 Oct 2006, 04:29

Well I can't wait to play online

btw are the online features the same for each console because I have a ps2 and I don't think I will be able to handle it

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