The time has come for the fans of Need for Speed to smell the burned rubber once again. With the new release from EA Black Box - Need for Speed - Carbon: Own the City, the fans will be delighted to know that the present release has some cool, new features. NFS-Carbon: Own the City is totaly different from the rest of Carbon releases on other consoles or the PC. The strongest point of the game is the plot: You are a young driver that spent six months in the hospital because of a serios accident while you were racing against your brother Mick (the crew lider of Lucky 7 and top racer) who died in the crash. When you get out of the hospital you have partial amnesia but Carter, your brother devoted and loyal wingman is helping you get back behind the wheel and find who was in the 3rd car that rammed your into you causing brother's death.

Wingmans

At the introduction the main wingmans are presented:

Carter is a Brawler - Same as a Blocker (from PC version) trigger his move and he'll lay some smack down on a rival race car.

Then there is Sara (which was Mick's girlfriend), she is a Drafter - and if you ride in her wake she will build up your acceleration

Another type of wingman is the Assasin - s/he will lay a spike strip that blows the tires of any cars that go over it. Watch out! If you hit the strip, you'll blow your tires too!

You can have up to 2 wingmans helping you in races and every time you race and win they receive skill points increasing their level... so they can block better, put more acurate spike traps or increase your speed quicker.

Some wingmans have a sub-class called Fixer or Mechanic. Having a Fixer as a wingman means that he can fix the race so you'll get a little extra cash every time you win while the Mechanic gives you a little extra horsepower during the race.

After basic wingmans are introduces and you see their moves it's time to pick your car. There are no more types of cars like the PC version (muscle, exotic,tuner) but still there are plenty of cars to choose from. You must also pick a crew tag and the crew name. Your crew has a respect level. That's the total of every driver's skill. Their skill goes up the more you race and win. As you slowly take over the city the rival racers will want to join your crew. If you don't have enough respect, new recruits won't want to roll with you.

In Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City there are 6 types of races:

Circuit is a lap based race. You must finish the last lap first to win

Sprint is a point to point race - the first to cross the finish line wins

Lap Knockout eliminates the races in last place after every lap. The last car racing is the winner. First place wins as usual. Don't get caught in the back of the pack or your race will get cut short.

Escape from the enemy crew - get out of their territory before the time runs out. The rival crew doesn't want you around. They're after you and will do whatever it takes to make sure you don't make your getaway in time.

Deliver the package before anyone else to win. It's first or nothing. Think yourself as a courier

Takedown enemy crew members before the time runs out. The harder you hit a car, the more damage they take. Once enemy cars start to smoke, they are 1 hit away from being taken out. Chase these bad dudes down and smack them around to knock them out of action.

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