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Need for Speed: Carbon (2006)
Basically just Most Wanted at night
Basically, if you didn't like Underground 2 or Most Wanted, and are hoping that Carbon will bring you back to the series... it won't, it looks and feels identical to Need for Speed: Most Wanted, except the game takes place almost entirely at night (giving it a very Underground feel) Pros: 1. More customization options than you can shake a stick at. You can make a car any way you want, and use AutoSculpt to tweak it to make it unique.
2. Large selection of cars, from exotics, imports, and tuners.
3. New "Territory" system lets you control territory and pick and choose your race events. If you aren't a fan of Sprints, don't do em... you can still progress the storyline and unlock things.
Cons:
1. Unlocking decent cars takes... hours. Don't expect to have your dream car and trick it out early on. This means that you'll be driving a crappy selection of cars until the good stuff opens up. The way the cars are set up, a Tier 1 car will never be as fast as a Tier 2 car... so if you like your old Camaro SS... you can't use it on the Career mode, because even with every upgrade it will be slower than any Tier 2 car.
2. Game tends to crash the longer you play it, which is awesome when you're doing a boss race.
3. Mountain racing is over-hyped, and often times will make you want to tear out your eyes and eat them.
4. The computer AI either borderline cheats or is broken. It hugs the road like it's on a track, never making a mistake. If you make one mistake, you usually have to restart as it's impossible to catch up. Other times the AI (especially your Wingman) will get in your way, crash into you, get stuck in corners.... it's ridiculous
2. Large selection of cars, from exotics, imports, and tuners.
3. New "Territory" system lets you control territory and pick and choose your race events. If you aren't a fan of Sprints, don't do em... you can still progress the storyline and unlock things.
Cons:
1. Unlocking decent cars takes... hours. Don't expect to have your dream car and trick it out early on. This means that you'll be driving a crappy selection of cars until the good stuff opens up. The way the cars are set up, a Tier 1 car will never be as fast as a Tier 2 car... so if you like your old Camaro SS... you can't use it on the Career mode, because even with every upgrade it will be slower than any Tier 2 car.
2. Game tends to crash the longer you play it, which is awesome when you're doing a boss race.
3. Mountain racing is over-hyped, and often times will make you want to tear out your eyes and eat them.
4. The computer AI either borderline cheats or is broken. It hugs the road like it's on a track, never making a mistake. If you make one mistake, you usually have to restart as it's impossible to catch up. Other times the AI (especially your Wingman) will get in your way, crash into you, get stuck in corners.... it's ridiculous