Need for Speed™ Carbon PC FAQ/Walkthrough
made by Buica Laurentiu aka mafia2laur
email: mafia2laur@gmail.com
Game Type: Racing
Console: PC/XBOX-360/XBOX/PS2/PS3
WII/Gamecube/MOBILE
Release date: November 1st 2006
Version: 1.0 Final
Updates:
- 3-11-2006: version 0.1 - started this guide
- 18-11-2006: version 0.2 - finished all sections until career mode
- 20-11-2006: started career mode FAQ
- 24-11-2006: version 0.3 is accepted by www.gamefaqs.com
- 4-12-2006: version 0.4 finished the first main territory in career mode
- 5-12-2006: added The City map/info section and The Crews section thanks
to TheeMikester who was kind to allow me to use his to sections
in my FAQ. So all the credit for this goes to TheeMikester.
- 18-12-2006: added career mode: Downtown and Kempton sections
- 22-12-2006: added career mode: Fortuna section. The Faq is halfway complete
- 30-032-2007: finished this FAQ. And upload it. This is my last version; and
no other touches will be made to this FAQ. It's finally over!
To find your way easier through this FAQ I reccomend you to press Ctrl+F
and then type the correspondind content code in the box that shows up:
eg. Table of contents - TOC
2.About myself(AMY)
Hi, NFS addicts. I'm Buica Laurentiu aka mafia2laur, I'm 19 and NFS series
is my best ever game series and the one I like the most. Being In my last
year in highschool I won't be able too update this FAQ all the time but I'm
sure that I could once a week make a new update to this FAQ because I know
that outhere are a lot of NFS fans eager to know how to pass a certain race
or what kind of car you should acquire in order to be the best. I'm sure
I'm not going to dissapoint you guys because I myself found trouble
passing a certain race in the game but with a fresh mind and some broken
keyboards(or not) you'll be able to be the best. Also I found that is best
not to introduce a cheats content because I'm not the adept of cheating,
cheating will always be a last option but you might think again before
resorting to cheats. They'll only spoil you game(for you). Please don't
bother me with any unuseful question about how to get this or how to get
that because the career mode FAQ will specify which parts will be unlocked
and when.
3. About the game(ATG)
This year the EA squad brings a whole new NFS franchise called Need For
Speed Carbon but also they bring us new items combined with classic features
of this wonderful game. If Most Wanted had a base on beeing the most wanted
now things have changed because it's all about gaining territories and
taking on the fiercest rival crews. Yes you heard me well, crews! I know
what your thinking right? NFS Carbon will be another boring uncontrolable
racing game with idiotic crews. You're wrong. NFS Carbon defines the crew
word in a way that even Juiced couldn't do it.
This year EA has overcome themselves making Carbon probably the best
ever racing game. Now your crew members will not act like those stupid
crewmates from Juiced where they couldn't even keep up the pace with you
and you happened to lose the race becasue of them. Now they are divided
in 3 categories: Blocker;Drafter;Scout which i'm sure you know what they
mean plus they each have a special skill as Fixer;Fabricator;Mechanic but
also thsi game focuses less on cop chases an more on Canyon Races.
Canyon races is a new addition to NFS and is a new gimmick found by
the guys at EA threw the underground racing world. This addition is also
more or less inspired by The Fast and The Furious: Tokio Drift which we all
know what a canyon race is. Also the game respected it's tuning features,
this year you'll probably have the most attrative series of tuning abilities
ranging from performance parts all the way to visuals. The fact is that
there are a million posibilities to tune your favourite ride with more than
3 tiers of paint, infinite number of vinyl layers and much more.
As for new thing I must remind the Autosculpt feature where you can
sculpt you're ride to your likes and the intro of 3 car classes with
3 different tiers of cars: Exotics, Muscles and Tuners.
Each car class has differencies from the other but the most important is
that having three sets of cars in each class you won't be able to beat a
Porsche Carrera GT with an Alfa Romeo. Why? Because there's a limit on
where you can tune a car from Tier 1 up to Tier 3.
So enough with this cheap crap let's pass to serious things!
4. Controls(CTS)
forward.
right . you all know what they do in a racing, steer the car
left .
back .
x - speedbreaker
l - lookback
c - change camera
rshift - nitrous(i've changed it to LALT)
ralt - activate crew member( S is way easier to push the ralt)
space - handbrake
m - world map
tab - SMS system
Enter - engage event, jump to safe house, enter car lot etc.
5.Characters(CHT)
1. Nikki - your former girlfriend which was very angry
when you left town.
- interpreted by Emanuelle Vaugier
- she also helps you in career mode being your drafter
2. Darius - your former business associate who double
crosses your whenever he has the chance.
3. Sgt. Cross - our ex aquintance from Rockport now
becaming a bounty hunter just to get you.
4. Kenji - leadear of the BUSHIDO crew
5. Wolf - leadear of T.F.K crew
6. Angie - leadear of 21st Street crew
7. Sal - one of your crewmates joins you after
you conquer 2 territories and acts as a scout.
8. Yumi - another scout that joins you when you
beat Kenji.
9. Neville - a blocker that joins you from the
start.
10. Colin - a drafter that joins your crew after
beating Wolf.
11. Samson - another blocker that joins your crew
when you beat Angie.
6. Car Lot(CLT)
6.1 Presentation(PST)
This game has many cars you can roll on them, but there are divided in
in 3 classes, each of them having 3 subclasses called Tiers. So muscles,
tuners or exotics, good or bad, fast or slow as a snail this cars are
yours to play with them. So let's pass to the presentation of each class.
Exotics are the car class that has the best top speed, a litle bit lower
acceleration and a lower handling.
Tier 1
1. Alfa Romeo Brera($)
2. Mercedes Benz CLK 500($)
Tier 2
1. Lotus Elise 111R($)
2. Porsche Cayman S($)
3. Jaguar XK($)
4. Aston Martin DB9($)
5. Mercedes Benz SL65 AMG($)
6. Lotus Europa S
Tier 3
1. Porsche 911 Turbo
2. Lamborghini Gallard($)
3. Ford GT($)
4. Lamborghini Murcielago($)
5. Porsche Carrera GT($)
6. Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren($)
7. Audi Le Mans Quattro aka Audi R8
8. Koenigsegg CCX
9. Pagani Zonda F
10. Lamborghini Murcielago LP640
11. BMW M3 GTR
12. Porsche 911 GT3 RS
Muscle are very powerfull car, with a high top speed and a very high
acceleration but they have the lowest handling in the game so you must
think twice before buying a muscle car.
Tier 1
1. Chevrolet Camaro SS($)
2. Chrysler 300C SRT8($)
3. Chevrolet Chevelle SS
There are also some bonus cars unlocked but each of you should
discover them and also there are some cars that I simply didn't found a
way to unlocked them. Those cars are supposed to be in the EA Downloader
version of the game which you'll can download it from EA Games not for free
of course.
7.In-game menus(MNS)
1. Career - a) Start a new career
b) Resume career
c) Load
d) Save
2. My Cars - add a car and tune it to your liking without any cash
interdictions.
3. Challenge Series - play all Challenge Series from Bronze to Gold
to unlock cool rewards for your career mode
4. Quick race - play a race whereever you want in Palmont City
You have a few game modes available:
a) Canyon Race - a one on one race with no nitrous, where you
have to score as much points as you can so at the end
of this 2 stage race you can be the winner.
b) Circuit - same as every nfs.
c) Sprint - I) normal sprint from A to B
II) Canyon sprint from the top to bottom
d) Speedtrap - a sprint with radars on course. The winner is the
guy who scores the best added top speed at all radars.
e) Drift - I) on closed circuits( slide with your car threw corners
and burn your tires).
II) Canyon/downhill drift the same as before but if you
go off the edge your race is over.
f) Checkpoint - same as Tollbooth races in Most Wanted. You must
pass threw a checkpoint in time or either your race is
over.
g) Pursuit Tag - only online - you'll start of as a racer and
the others like cops and the one who busts you becomes
the new racer.
h) Pursuit Knockout - only online - every knockedout racer becomes
a cop after being knockedout.
5. Custom Match - play a custom race online
6. Quick Match - play a quick race online
7. Reward Cards - this are certain issues you have too complete so you
can unlock a few rides, rims, unique autosculpt
spoilers etc.
8. Statistics - view your in game stats
9. Options - you have to know what they do by now.
..............................................................................
8.Career mode(CRM)
() In the Beginning
This is Palmont City. The story starts when you're returning from
Rockport and you're thinking at that night when you had to leave Palmont.
In That night you're having a race with 3 other opponents for some huge
bag of $ when the Police shocked your opponets cars and you were left
off with the big red bag with cash. Guess what? You were double crossed
and got the blame for the stolen money. Now you return to Palmont to
clear your rep.
Present day: CARBON CANYON
Driving quietly threw this canyon you're warmed welcomed here by Sgt.
Cross which now is a bounty hunter. After this scene you get control of
your BMW M3 GTR and you have to escape from Cross but you end up bashing
a tanker and another movie...
() Welcome back, kid
You are almost handcuffed by Cross when your old buddy Darius comes and
tells Crogg(He can't say Cross) he can't bounty hunt on his turf and then
he asks Cross what's you're bounty. After that he says to a guy in his crew
to help Mr. Cross out and you're left out in the middle of a conversation
with Darius and he says he bailed you out twice so you now have to pay him
back and now Nikki comes with an angry face, because you left her there but
Darius makes sure to put her work with you. Than you leave with Nikki to
the car lot where she says Darius gave you a choice from 3 cars to play
around with and you meet Neville. end. back to the game.
You car has been totalled and you have to pick a new car. There are 3
choices for you:
Mazda RX-8(Tuner) - has the best handling
Camaro SS(Muscle) - has the best acceleration
Alfa Romeo Brera - has the best top speed
Which of these cars you choose will determine what cars and parts you
unlock, but choose whatever you feel comfortable driving. I myself chosed
the Mazda Rx-8, because I like import tuners and especially the Nissan
Skyline which is on my top 5 most important cars list.
By the way, if you feel insecure about what to choose just grab the
Fast and Furious trilogy and you should make an idea about the handling
of the different car classes or watch any other car tuning movie.
After you choose your ride you'll be taken on the track to be thought
a lesson about crew racing. For all of you n00bs I mean a tutorial about
a member of a crew does.
() 5'Os Encounter
After you've learned how to use your crew, now you'll have to deal with a
police chase cause Neville wants to find some "trouble". Anyway in this NFS
pursuits have the same impact on the game as Randy Orton or Edge do on
RAW fans. You got the picture, right? The chase mode isn't that important
as it was on Most Wanted but the cops are the same and the dangers are also
the same with the exception of Cross Corvette's and the helicopter. Damn I
would've liked a helicopter pursuit in Carbon too or at least that infamous
gig that the SWAT does at the start of the game when they freeze your
opponents cars.
Anyway it's your choice what to do next: either ram the police cars or
try to outrun them. Either way when you evade you'll get a message from
Neville which tells you to come to the garage.
() The City
The city is a battleground, as said in the intro movie of this game.
There are four major crews, as well as many smaller ones. Below is a
quick ASCII art of the map, with crew territories shown as is in the
beginning of the game...
+-----------------+
| L E G E N D |
| |
|STACKED DECK: X |
|BUSHIDO: ^ |
|21st STREET: + |
|TFK: : |
|LOS COLIBRES: - |
|KINGS: | |
|SCORPIOS: ~ |
|INFERNO: ( |
|BLACK HEARTS: ) |
|ROTOR 4: . | S I L V E R T O N
+-----------------+ Control: Stacked Deck
_______ _____
/XXXXXXX\_____/ |XXX\____
/ DIAMOND X|XXXXX| SHADY /\
/XX HILLS XX|STAR-| PINE /XX\___
/XXXXXXXXXXXX|LIGHT|XXXXX/SILVER-\
/XXXXXXXXXXXXX|STRIP|XXXXX\X TON XX\
/XXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXX|XXXXXX\REFINERY\
\XXXXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXX|XXXXX__\________\
\XXXXXXXXXXX/'-,XXXX|XXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXX\
\XXXXXXXXX/XXXX'-,_|___/X INFINITY XX/
\XXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXX PARK XXX/
\XXXXXX\X NEON MILE X|XXXXXXXXXXX/
F O R T U N A \XXXXXX\XXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXX/
Control: TFK \______\XXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXX/
________ \XXXXXX'-----------._______/
/::::::::\ __ \XXXXX CANMOR DOWNS XXXXX/
/::::::::::\___________/::\ \_____ XXXXXXXXXX _____/
/:::PALMONT:::::::/:::::::::\_ \__________/
\:::UNIVERSITY:::/:::HILLS::::X D O W N T O W N _____
\::::::::::::::/::BOROUGH:::/.\ ___Control: Bushido/^^^|^\
\::::::::::::/::::::::::::/../ /^^^^\_____________/^^^^|^^\
\::::::::::/::::::::::::/._/ /^^OLD^^^/||||||||^^^^^^^|^^^\
\::::::::/::::::::::::/..\ /^QUARTER/|MASON|||BILLINGS\^^^\
\______/::::::::::::/....\ /^^^^^^^^^|DISTRICT|DISTRICT/^^^^\
/::::\::::::::::::|......\ /^^^^^^^^^^||||||||||^^^^^^^/^KINGS\
/::::::\::::::::::/FORTUNA.\ /^^^^^^^^^^^^|||||||||^^^^^^^\^PARK^^\
/::::::::\________/..HEIGHTS.\ \^^^^^^^^^^^^|||||||||^^^^^^^^\^^^^^^^\
/OCEAN VIEW|(SOUTH(\........../ /^^^^^^^^^^^^^||||||||^^^^^^^^|^^^^^^^^\
\:::::::::/(FORTUNA(\......../ \-------------||||||||^^^^^^^|^^^^^^^^^/
\:::::::/(((((((((((|....../ \--HISTORIC--|||||||\^^^^^^|^^^^^^^^^/
\__:::/(((_______((|...../ /--CHINATOWN-|||||||||^^^^^|^^^^^^^^/
\_/___/ \_|____/ /----_________|_____|||^^^^^|^^_____/
\___/ \_|_____|_/
K E M P T O N
Control: 21st Street
_________
/+++++++++\ _____
________/++++++++++/\/+++++\
____________/)))))\ESKURI PLAZA/+++++++++\
/~~~~~~~~~~~/)))))))\++++++++++/++NEWPORT++\
/~~~~~~~~~~~/)))THE)))\++++++++/+INDUSTRIAL+/
\~~~~~~~~~~~\)PROJECTS)\++++++/+++++PARK+++/
\~ORGAN~~~\))))))))))'-,__/++++++++++++/
\~~~BEACH~~~\))))_______/++\+++++++++__/
\~~~~~~~~~~~\,-'+++++++++++\+++++++/
\~~~~~~~~~~~\+++KEMPTON++++\+++++/
\~~~~~~~~~~~\++HOLDINGS+++|++++/
\~~~~~~~~~~~\++++++++++++|+++/
\~~~~~~~~~~~\+++++++++++|++/
\~~~~~~~~~~~\+++++++++_|_/
\~~~~~~~~~~~\+++++++/
\~~~~~~~~~~~\+++++/
\~~~~~~~~~~~\___/
\~~~~~~~~~~/
\~~~~~~~~/
\______/
() The Crews
As you know, there are four main crews: Bushido, 21st Street, TFK, and
Stacked Deck. They own a particular area of the city, as shown in the above
section. However, there are also smaller crews, such as Black Hearts and
Los Colibres.These smaller crews often hold only one small area of land at
a time and never own a part of the city. They are just there to bug you and
the other four main crews out there. These guys are the ones who take you
into a defensive race to make sure your area of land stays in your
ownership. If you decide not to race, you lose your land automatically.
A defense race is only worth small change and is already a race you have
beaten before. As with the other main crews, the smaller crews drive a
certain kind of car. All the crews and their cars are listed here...
In the beginning, all the crews hold some type of land. As the game
progresses,the main crew takes over all of the land in their continent
while the smaller crews lose all their land. You are to take over the four
main areas of land.
As stated before, these crews will pop up and force you into a defensive
race or take another crew's territory, so make sure you know what you are
doing.
() At the garage
When you'll reach the garage, Neville Bio Video will pop up, and because
he is the only crewmate available you'll have to keep him active. Remember
there are 3 crew specialities:
() Blocker - he blocks your opponents to give you some room
() Drafter - he's your in-race 2nd nitrous bottle
() Scout - he finds every shortcut on track so you can win easily
And there are also 3 crew special abilities:
() Fixer - he earns you extra cash and can lower your heat
() Fabricator - You can autosculpt everything with them
() Mechanic - he brings you discounts on cars/parts.
Ok, now that your familiar with these things you have to choose a crew
logo(pick from almost 20 or so logos) and you are shown with the territory
tutorial. It's time to race...
() Back to Business
By now you should be familar with the game, but the main idea is to gain
territories so you'll be put in one of these territories:
1. Downtown - If you start with Tuner( Controlled by Bushido)
2. Kempton - If you start with Muscle( Controlled by 21st Street Crew)
3. Fortuna - If you start with Exotic( Controlled by TFK)
Now that I choosed Tuner class I'll write this FAQ in the order that I
completed the territories but if you choose another class the system remains
the same.
1. Downtown ( Controlled by Bushido)
() Mason District
Unlock: Transmission - Tier 1 Street Package
Races:
[1] Type: Speedtrap
Name: Park Drive
Length: 4.4 Kms
Laps: 1 lap
Record: 172 Km/h
Cash: 5000
Unlock: Nitrous & Tires - Tier 1 Street Package
After the first race you'll be greeted in Palmont by Kenji and his crew
and you'll watch a movie with Kenji's Bushido presentation.
[2] Type: Circuit
Name: Main Street
Length: 6.2 Kms
Laps: 2 laps
Record: 2:07.00
Cash: 5000
Unlock: Brakes - Tier 1 Street Package
* Territory acquired!
"Note": After you complete 2 races in a certain territory you'll gain that
territory but you'll still have one race left there so you'll
better win that race too; to unlock customization parts.
[3] Type: Sprint
Name: Lincoln Boulevard
Length: 4.9 Kms
Laps: 1 lap
Record: 1:54.00
Cash: 5000
Unlock: Body Kits - Package 1
() Old Quarter
Unlock: Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
Races:
[1] Type: Canyon Race
Name: Gold Valley Run
Length: 5.4 Kms
Laps: 1 lap
Record: 2:08.00
Cash: 7500
Unlock: Roof Scoops
I. Type: Circuit
Name: North Road
Length: 9.6 Kms
Laps: 2 laps
Record: 3:49.00
Cash: 7500
Unlock: Turbo - Tier 1 Pro Package
II. Movie( Canyon Tutorial )
Type: Canyon Duel
Name: Lookout Point
Length: 4.0 Kms
Laps: 1 lap with 2 passes
Record: 10 000
Cash: 10000
Unlock: Mazda RX - 7
* Movie: Kenji Defeated --> Downtown Conquered
!Note: now You can choose 2 out of 6 pinkslips from Kenji!
* Movie: Yumi joins your crew and she tells you her side of the
story.
+ Race Wars Unlocked
Career Completion: 21 %
A. Type: Race Wars
Name: Sutherden Bell Tower
Length: 12.3 Kms
Laps: 2 laps
Record: 4:04.00
Cash: 10000
! Note: You now have unlocked the other 2 territories. It's your
choice what boss you'll take on next, but You might as well do the 2
bosses simultaneosly.
______________________________________________________________________________
2. Kempton ( Controlled by 21st Street)
() Morgan Beach
Unlock: VW Golf R32
Races:
[1] Type: Checkpoint
Name: Morgan Beach Offramp
Length: 4.3 Kms
Laps: 1 lap
Record: 1:20.00
Cash: 12000
Unlock: Stripe Vinyls
After this race you'll be greeted in by Angie and her crew and you'll
watch a movie with Angie's 21st Street presentation.
* Note! You are now on muscle cars territory and you'll only race
against tier 2 cars.
[2] Type: Sprint
Name: Dover and Lepus
Length: 5.5 Kms
Laps: 1 lap
Record: 2:09.00
Cash: 12000
Unlock: Metallic Paint
* Movie: Nikki comes and warns me about Darius and she tells me about
that night when I took off but an unexpected visitor watches us from the
dark.( Cross)
I. Type: Circuit
Name: Kempton Docks
Length: 11.0 Kms
Laps: 2 laps
Record: 3:44.00
Cash: 15000
Unlock: Turbo - Tier 2 Pro Package
II. Movie
Type: Canyon Duel
Name: Copper Ridge
Length: 3.8 Kms
Laps: 1 lap with 2 passes
Record: 10 000
Cash: 18000
Unlock: Dodge Charger R/T
* Movie: Angie Defeated --> Kempton Conquered
!Note: now You can choose 2 out of 6 pinkslips from Angie!
* Movie: Samson joins your crew and he tells you his side of the
story.
+ Race Wars Unlocked
Career Completion: 44 %
A. Type: Race Wars
Name: Steyne Aqueduct
Length: 15.2 Kms
Laps: 2 laps
Record: 4:46.00
Cash: 10000
I. Type: Circuit
Name: Skyline Avenue
Length: 8.5 Kms
Laps: 2 laps
Record: 3:15.00
Cash: 15000
Unlock: Engine - Tier 2 Pro Package
II. Movie
Type: Canyon Duel
Name: Gold Valley Run
Length: 5.1 Kms
Laps: 1 lap with 2 passes
Record: 10 000
Cash: 18000
Unlock: Aston Martin DB9
* Movie: Wolf Defeated --> Fortuna Conquered
!Note: now You can choose 2 out of 6 pinkslips from Wolf!
* Movie: Colin joins your crew and he tells you his side of the
story.
* Movie: Darius tells me to drop by his place to give me the
payment but the only thing he does is that he double crosses
me, like Razor, Eddie and Caleb did so I end up being cuffed
by Cross and Darius steals my ride and tells Nikki to take my
car to his hideout.
But after Darius leaves Cross let's me go because Nikki
promised him a lot of Benji's and then she tells me that she
remembers everything that happened in that night when I left
and she figured out that Darius was the guy who ran away with
the money and she joins my crew.
+ Race Wars Unlocked
Career Completion: 68 %
A. Type: Race Wars
Name: Library Square
Length: 23.5 Kms
Laps: 2 laps
Record: 8:08.00
Cash: 10000
I. Type: Canyon Sprint
Name: Desperation Rigde
Length: 7.4 Kms
Laps: 1 lap
Record: 3:51.00
Cash: 50000
Unlock: Brakes/Suspension - Tier 3 Pro Package +
continued by another 2 races
II. Movie
Type: Canyon Duel
Name: Eternity Pass
Length: 5.0 Kms
Laps: 1 lap with 2 passes
Record: 10 000
Cash: None
Unlock: Career completed 100% + Ending Movie + Audi Le Mans
Quattro in Quick race + Ending Credits
Challenge series are a series of out of career races races that give you
cool unlocks for the career mode. There are a total of 15 challenges with
3 medals: bronze, silver and gold. Gold will automatically give you the
prize mentioned. The challenges are:
Well, since I'm ending this FAQ once and for all a rewiev of the game
would be nice from me.
The game is not that interesting like Most Wanted in terms of cop chases
but is far better than it's predecessor. The storyline is a little more
thrilling than in previous years, graphics are better, tuning the car
is a lot better. Way better! So even if this isn't the thrillest game I've
ever played I would give NFS Carbon a well deserved 8.8. Until the next one
play it safe and don't try this on the roads.
