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not so bad

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm a novice racer and I find this game pretty interesting. I'm a hard-core soccer game and a race or two after each FIFA match is relaxing.

About the realistic part: I'd say it can't be better (though there are some flaws such as repeated map, corners): You have Crew members (they're absolutely usefull if you know how to use them. A blocker can bust the opponent leader and ensure your victory. A drafter can be a life-saver when you're near the finish line and need a boost (sling-shot) to win the leader by a percentage of a second. Etc. The short video clips are also well-made. Nice collection of soundtrack, also.

Though, I found the Canyon racing (or boss-mode) is both so frustrating and interesting. At first, it's like impossible to capture the lead of the boss or knock him out to the cliff since NOS is disable. And it's impossible to score high-enough point when following him to ensure victory at the 2nd race without slow-motion "speedbreaker". Now, it's interesting because after restarting a couple of times (I think I've restarted the boss-mode races like 20 times), you'll find a corner or stuffs like that where you can "make a move" and pass the boss. And it's not even easy to keep the lead for just 10 seconds.

On a side note,I understand low-scoring reviews. The game is too easy. Even a newbie racer like me can easily win every race (except for the boss-mode). Just keep in mind that it can't be uber perfect. If memory serves, EA also screws up in FIFA along time to release such a good game like FIFA 07.

Good Game could have been better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a good Game, Amazing Graphic sequences, the characters are really good, the animation of the characters is excelent, i guess you cannot expect less from EA...

But while you play the game you see, there are couple things, the game gets really really hard in some races, and you gotta make the game hard for the player so is not boring but not that hard that i break my gamepad. Also the game is kind of short, need for speed most wanted had a perfect balance between longness and dificulty, but this game is not that long to enjoy it. Another thing, would be better if they had included all the cars in the single player mode, they didnt do it, the koenigsegg CCX was a good example, another example is the Audi Lemans Quattro...

Sumarizing is a good game, but i expected more from EA

an interesting challenge

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My review is basically the same as the others so i'll save the page space
i do have one retorical question though... the racing is taking place at night, soooo why the heck are there so many cars on the road!?!?!?

Very, very good.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I can't see why the average rating (at the time of writing) is 2.5/5 stars.

I found this to be an excellent game, very similar to Need For Speed: Most Wanted, but less linear, and less time spent in police chases (which is great).

Lots of awesome cars to choose from, tons of great races, even decent cutscenes. Also, no problems installing or running it, and I did it on my XP-Mac, which is highly unstable, so that says a lot.

This is just a great game.

coulda been better... much

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

OK, so the game was definitely a step down from previous games. I agree that the police pursuits provided no adrenaline rush/intensity to the game at all. I'd have to say Hot Pursuit 2 was much better in that category. The racing aspect was nothing to gloat over, very similar to the previous games. For everything the game was supposed to have over previous games in the NFS series, I can't really say I was overly impressed. For all the variety it claimed to have it seemed very restrictive compared to Underground 1 + 2. I can't compare it to Most Wanted as I have yet to get it. The other thing I hold against this game, which could just be a personal issue with my laptop although it was brand new, was that when I got to a certain point in the game it would say that it stopped working (the game) and closed itself. I have yet to experience that problem with any other game/application that has been installed on it so I'm assuming it's a game issue but that aside I'm not overly excited by the features that were included in this game.

carbon rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Great graphics,lots of action. Customization of cars endless. All around high end game. Only think i wasn't aware of is that it all takes place at night.In which after i've been playing the game i realize thats what this version is all about.

down right racy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I hadn't played a computer racing game since POD of Ubisoft came out in 1997. I ran it on a 12 megabyte Voodoo 2, and anyone who knows what I'm talking about knows that any racing game to come has a lot to live up to. I was looking for a POD replacement, something futuristic like it was. Not a today-car in the cities of today driving "simulator." Sterile word, simulator--I wanted an experience. Then I realized I was in an electronics store in the year 2008. Look around, people talking on picture phones! It is the future. Need for Speed would probably deliver after all. I'd recommend a good graphics card, and doing some Googling on widescreen support, if it applies to you. The graphics are pretty fantastic, and the feel of the speeds you reach, heart-pounding. Little things like motion blur, broken windows, exhaust flames, skid marks, sparks flying, overheating--everything short of running out of gas are covered. As well as this, each car handles differently, if not accurately to its make, which I cannot say, because I would not know; wish I did. Cars are customizable, if that's giving a spoiler... Ha ha! I haven't yet played the game. Well, I've raced on a variety of tracks with several cars, but there's a plot to be reckoned with eventually. I'm practicing up on my power slides. It's pretty easy to crash and fall behind, but I really enjoy the focus driving well gives. I find myself leaning into the monitor and more poised over the keyboard. In my part of the United States, there is what's called "black ice" covering most of the roadways, at the moment. I'd be driving like an idiot out there, too. If Mario Cart is what you like, then disagree with me, here. But, I wouldn't be writing this if I, an experienced gamer, wasn't very much taken by the game. And, if there's one thing I hate seeing in driving games it's having to operate a gun at the same time. No guns in the game, in case that's a selling point for anyone else. There's this silly public service message about safe driving in the intro that's entertaining, too.

Awesome game......can't stop playing it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

there's not much to say about this but awesome awesome awesome....love eveything abou it from the cars to the graphics to the racing locations...everything

No way an Audi R8 is faster than a Koenigsegg

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game kept my attention, but that is about all I can say. The driving is quite unrealistic. The Audi R8 is faster than a Koenigsegg, and a dump truck has a quicker acceleration than a Porsche Carrera GT. The last boss race was so incredibly difficult that I had to play it on the highest resolution and best quality, slowing my laptop down so much that I could play the game frame by frame. If you are a NFS fan, then go ahead and get it, but I think I am a Test Drive Unlimited fan, and this did not satisfy my needs.

need for speed carbon

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I wanted it to be more like under ground and under ground II

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