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Need for Speed Carbon PlayStation 3
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75 out of 100

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6.7 out of 10

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  • Summary: What starts in the city is settled in the canyons as Need for Speed Carbon immerses you into the world's most dangerous and adrenaline-filled form of street racing. You and your crew must race in an all-out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals' neighborhoods one block at a time. As the police turn up the heat, the battle ultimately shifts to Carbon Canyon, where territories and reputations can be lost on every perilous curve. Need for Speed Carbon delivers the next generation of customization giving you the power to design and tweak your crew's cars in every way using the ground-breaking new Autosculpt technology. Represent your car class, your crew, and your turf in Need for Speed Carbon, the next revolution in racing games. [Electronic Arts]… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. PGNx Media
    87
    It's a shame that EA decided to drop the intense cop chases from Most Wanted. Carbon is still a very addicting game even though the drift races don't work quite as well as they should.
  2. Cheat Code Central
    86
    Though not a "graphical" enhancement in the truest sense, EA's Autosculpting mode is the Tiger Woods "Gameface" of racing games. By allowing gamers to adjust nearly everything on their car, from the width of the spoiler to the height of the blower on that '69 Charger, Carbon allows gamers to truly make their ride their own.
  3. GameSpot
    74
    Even though the wingman mechanics and canyon races don't quite pan out, it's still a stylish and enjoyable street racer.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 3 out of 9
  1. usslaver
    10
    Amazing game. Probably the only racing game ever created worth playing. It had great handling and a great backstory behind the game. The cars were great, customization was unreal. All around amazing game.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  2. [Anonymous]
    10
    This is the best Need for Speed game in the series in my opinion. Superb graphics, superb gameplay.
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. Andyman
    4
    Maybe EA called this 'Carbon' because it's very much a carbon copy of Underground 2... only it's not a good copy at all. They were on to something with Most Wanted, but for some odd reason decided to ditch it in favor of regressing 5 years. Here's hoping next year will bring a worthy NFS sequel. Oh, and disregard the 'review' below, the only 10 this game will ever see is its $10 bargain bin pricetag, very soon.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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