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Need for Speed: Carbon (2006)

EA Black Box, EA Canada, TransGaming Inc.

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

3.48 from 1452 ratings

2810 members have it in their collection · 35 playing now · 193 backlogged · 149 wish listed

How long? Main story 8h · with extras 19h · 100% 20h (from 5 logged playthroughs)

Need for Speed: Carbon, also known as NFS Carbon or NFSC, is an Electronic Arts video game in the Need for Speed series. It is the tenth installment and was the first game in the series to gain the PEGI rating of 12+. The game is a sequel to 2005's Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
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Details

Developers
EA Black Box, EA Canada, TransGaming Inc.
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Genres
Racing, Simulator
Themes
Open world
Franchises
Need for Speed
Series
Need for Speed
Events
Sony E3 2008 Press Conference, Sony E3 2006 Press Conference

Release dates

  • Oct 31, 2006 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
  • Nov 03, 2006 (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
  • Nov 16, 2006 (Australia) PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
  • Nov 17, 2006 (North_America) PlayStation 3
  • Dec 21, 2006 (Japan) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Mar 22, 2007 (Australia) PlayStation 3
  • Mar 23, 2007 (Europe) PlayStation 3
  • Aug 17, 2007 (North_America) Mac
  • Aug 21, 2007 (Worldwide) Mac
  • Aug 29, 2007 (Europe) Mac

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Rating distribution

5 stars
231
4 stars
463
3 stars
552
2 stars
181
1 star
25
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daredany

Status daredany Jan 8, 2026

they ruin graphics and movement of the car , it feel bad and aint' right ut just slides and glued to the floor , what they did to my boy (

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Strawhat

Status Strawhat Sep 10, 2024

Either I suck at racing games, or Darius is the god of canyon racing. Everything before this was doable, but there's such a huge difficulty spike with the final boss

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histidia

Status histidia Nov 21, 2019

Can't say this was a prefect sequel, in fact, I feel like Most Wanted didn't even need a sequel. If not the first a couple of scenes, I'd really look at this game a stand alone game. The story is exquisite, not only do you feel like investigating but you also learn about the story from many different points of …

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Can't say this was a prefect sequel, in fact, I feel like Most Wanted didn't even need a sequel. If not the first a couple of scenes, I'd really look at this game a stand alone game. The story is exquisite, not only do you feel like investigating but you also learn about the story from many different points of view of different characters. Just like the previous game, this one did many things well, handling, team racing system and graphics which was a huge advancement over the previous game.

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