Need for Speed Carbon

Cheatplanet Review

Reviewed by alexander8 on January 02, 2007  |  report this review

As the title suggests, your job is to take over an entire town, section by section. You're not doing this to satiate megalomaniacal dreams of conquest; rather, your brother was mysteriously killed in (surprise!) a street race a few months back, and evidently the only way to find whoever is responsible is to battle through all the city's racing crew bosses. Sound like a strange way to track down a murderer? That's what we thought, too.

Regardless, the goals are pretty straightforward - win races to get cash, use that to upgrade your car and buy new ones, then repeat. There's a decent enough selection of souped up real-world cars at your disposal, each with gobs of customizations that become unlocked as you claw your way to the top. Failure to improve your ride will mean getting your butt handed to you regularly, but it's pretty simple and won't require an engineering degree.