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Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Carbon

Need for Speed: Carbon

Nov 16, 2006

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7.2

573 User Ratings

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About

Need for Speed: Carbon is an arcade-style street racing game set in an open-world city. Players compete in illegal night races across different event types, including circuits, sprints, drifting, and canyon duels on winding mountain roads, while evading police pursuits. Cars are drawn from licensed real-world models across tuner, muscle, and exotic classes, and can be heavily tuned and visually customized. A key feature is the crew system, in which players recruit AI wingmen with specialized roles to assist during races and take over rival-controlled territories.

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PC System Requirements

Minimum

OSWindows 2000 SP4, XP SP2
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz
Memory512 MB
Storage4.7 GB (Retail)
GraphicsNvidia GeForce3 Series/4 Ti Series or ATI Radeon 8500
DirectX9.0

Recommended

ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Memory1 GB
Storage11 GB (Download)
GraphicsNvidia GeForce 6800 or ATI Radeon 9800
DirectX9.0c

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Language Supports

LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
English--

Game Series

Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City
Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City
Need for Speed Unbound: Palace Edition
Need for Speed Unbound: Palace Edition
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: Edge
Need for Speed: Edge
Need for Speed: V-Rally
Need for Speed: V-Rally
Need for Speed: Rivals
Need for Speed: Rivals
Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City
Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City
Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Need for Speed Rivals: Complete Edition
Need for Speed Rivals: Complete Edition
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed Most Wanted U
Need for Speed Most Wanted U
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: Nitro
Need for Speed: Nitro
Need for Speed: Top Speed
Need for Speed: Top Speed
Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0
Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0
Need for Speed: World
Need for Speed: World
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Terminal Velocity Pack
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Terminal Velocity Pack
Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: The Run
Need for Speed: The Run
Need for Speed: Nitro
Need for Speed: Nitro
Need for Speed: The Run
Need for Speed: The Run
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed II: Special Edition
Need for Speed II: Special Edition
Need for Speed: The Run
Need for Speed: The Run
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed
Need for Speed
Need for Speed: Most Wanted NFS Heroes Pack
Need for Speed: Most Wanted NFS Heroes Pack
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
The Need for Speed Collection
The Need for Speed Collection
Need for Speed: Payback
Need for Speed: Payback
Need for Speed: Nitro-X
Need for Speed: Nitro-X
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed
Need for Speed: Collector's Series
Need for Speed: Collector's Series
Need for Speed: Payback - Speedcross Story
Need for Speed: Payback - Speedcross Story
Need for Speed: Unbound
Need for Speed: Unbound
Need for Speed: No Limits
Need for Speed: No Limits
Need for Speed GT
Need for Speed GT
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Ultimate Speed Pack
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Ultimate Speed Pack
Need for Speed: Heat
Need for Speed: Heat
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: Payback - Deluxe Edition
Need for Speed: Payback - Deluxe Edition
Need for Speed: Heat - Red Bull Nissan 370Z
Need for Speed: Heat - Red Bull Nissan 370Z
Need for Speed: Heat - McLaren F1 Black Market Delivery
Need for Speed: Heat - McLaren F1 Black Market Delivery
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed II
Need for Speed II
The Need for Speed
The Need for Speed
Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Limited Edition
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Limited Edition
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Remastered
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Remastered
Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Demo
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Demo
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for speed: Mobile
Need for speed: Mobile
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Need for Speed: Underground
Need for Speed: Underground
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Need for Speed: Underground 2

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Developer
EA Black Box, EA Canada, TransGaming Inc.
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Genres
RacingSimulator
Game Modes
Single playerMultiplayerSplit screen
Game Engines
EAGL

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