Need for Speed Carbon demo!

[Bubbabyte]

I believe It's Singleplayer

that sucks.. the main reason i bought NFS MW was because of the MP demo.

[AJerman]

Woo! I was just looking to see if this was up yet this morning. I can't wait to get home to play with it. It better behave well with my Xbox 360 controller (MW did so I'm sure it will).

[Arckon]

I checked out the screenies, and have a question. There is one screenshot with an icon in the upper left corner of the screen. then in another screenshot, there is a green arrow looking thing next to it. Is this some sort of meter for something? I was trying to get a handle on all of the items on the screen, and the thing in the upper left kinda got me scratching my head.

[tmahmood]

Sorry I am being off-topic

What is the recommended configuration for this game? I have a

AMD64 3200+ with 512 RAM

I am Upgrading my Gfx Card soon. So what AGP should be suitable for this? Don't even ask what my old one is....

[Dotdot]

Grabbing now thnx for the heads up :) Again about 300kb on a 3mb connection using UK gamershell server (and yeh im UK)

[tydev417]

Can you Digg It? :cool:

Thx for the heads up, downloading now!

[BryanChung]

Can we play as police? :)

[gadean]

game looks great!

[Danrarbc]

Doesn't work in Vista. At all.

[Premgenius]

Sweet

[AionXn_]

FINALLY THANK GOD!

[Denis W. Veteran]

Holy crap. Took them long enough to release this.

(Y)

[Dane]

Can we play as police? :)

good question

[Vista]

Wow, this really is the worst Need for Speed game to date.

I had high expectations after watching all of those gameplay videos they released a while ago.

This demo of the game is a complete disaster.

- The gameplay is exactly the same as Most Wanted.

- The new customization options are useless.

- Motion blur is far too blurry.

- Lower detailed levels.

This is another of EA's big rip-offs. Now I know why this game had such a short development period.

It's an amateuristic Most Wanted modification.

[TokyoKiller]

Ok there, what the hell was that...Most Wanted which is a YEAR older has better looking graphics at lower requirements. (I have an ATi Mobility X1400).

I can almost run Most Wanted on HIGH @ 1024*768 with no lag, and I set this game to LOW (everything) @ 1024*768 and it lags like a bitch and the graphics look terrible even at HIGH!

This is the worst NFS game to date as Vista just said in the above post, I'll stick with Most Wanted. Also, all NFS games have had the same development period if you don't know. There is an NFS game released almost EVERY October or November of a year. They usually start right after they release a new game.

This is Need for Speed Underground all over again...

EDIT: I should also add the racing in this game very much like Gran Turismo or something, the cars are too slow.

[Stalk3r]

I will have to disagree with Vista on the gameplay part and agree with TheGriffin, it is nothing like Most Wanted as that was fast; action paced; adrenaline pumping, this is just slow and boring.

And yes it looks terrible even with all the settings maxed out, runs fine on my conroe though.

Oh and its freakin' dark, feels like I'm driving around in a doom3 level or something.

[Ady25]

good question

I agree with you. After making us wait for so long, the gave us this crap. I am so happy I didn't order the game yet. After testing the DEMO, I will definatelly not buy this game at all. One of the worst NFS (if not the worst) series, definatelly. Shame on EA

[Dotdot]

Demo Review

Firstly I have to say Im v.impressed by the Demo. Previous games have lacked that X Factor and for me the last great NFS:U game was the original NSF:U itself. This however I really like and will now continue with the reasons as to why.

Physics wise the game is much much better. The game now has a much lighter feel to the car and its response on the road. Vehicles now lift off the ground and distort mid air as you apply steering. Something i found a little sluggish and un-responsive.

Worringly tho if all the vehicles handle this way then that might count against the release, however for me this is a plus point.

Gameplay wise things arent to different to previous games. With many modes much like there previous counterparts. Drift mode now seems a little more forgiving and has a much nicer feel to it due to the improved physics in the game. Tho some die hard fans may feel its a little too easy.

Canyon races are an interesting addition tho from previous games i would of expected a little more work here as they seem to be little more than a slightly more fleshed out version of the non-integral chase races in NFS:U2

Personally i wasnt too happy that should you fail the 2nd half of these theres no way to continue from the halfway point.

Lastly the autosculp feature is a very very nice addition with a much higher level of car customization available. Tho sadly I feel cheated that the previous games customization options have gone in favour of this.

But overall the game has nice well polished feel to it and does seem to be going back to its roots, be it at a loss of some of the features that made previous games good.

8.5/10

[Denis W. Veteran]

Wow, this really is the worst Need for Speed game to date.

I had high expectations after watching all of those gameplay videos they released a while ago.

This demo of the game is a complete disaster.

- The gameplay is exactly the same as Most Wanted.

- The new customization options are useless.

- Motion blur is far too blurry.

- Lower detailed levels.

This is another of EA's big rip-offs. Now I know why this game had such a short development period.

It's an amateuristic Most Wanted modification.

Ok there, what the hell was that...Most Wanted which is a YEAR older has better looking graphics at lower requirements. (I have an ATi Mobility X1400).

I can almost run Most Wanted on HIGH @ 1024*768 with no lag, and I set this game to LOW (everything) @ 1024*768 and it lags like a bitch and the graphics look terrible even at HIGH!

This is the worst NFS game to date as Vista just said in the above post, I'll stick with Most Wanted. Also, all NFS games have had the same development period if you don't know. There is an NFS game released almost EVERY October or November of a year. They usually start right after they release a new game.

This is Need for Speed Underground all over again...

EDIT: I should also add the racing in this game very much like Gran Turismo or something, the cars are too slow.

Agreed to both of your posts. This demo is utter crap compared to even Most Wanted's demo.

Graphics look pale and blotchy, at graphic settings identical to that of Most Wanted. Initially I thought it was because I had outdated ForceWare drivers (83.60, but these drivers work best for the games I play).

The first circuit race... bleh. Didn't seem as fast paced as races in MW. What's up with 'call crew member' anyway?

The drift was purely WTF when I tried it with the Gallardo. I turn a little bit and the car instantly flies to a 70? in no time, like as if the ground was slippery as hell - just likeUnderground>. :rolleyes::

Can't say much about the canyon race, although it took me nine tries before I switched to the Lancer Evolution... and won the race instantly. :huh:: The facial animation of that driver washorrible> - why couldn't they just render it using CGI video instead of using the in-game engine? They rendered a short 10 second video of the camera hovering over the mountain... couldn't they have just kept it that way? (Although one nice improvement is the racers are no longer the same generic brown-haired guy with a leather jacket behind the wheel.)

The menu system sucks, period. One, I can't adjust any controls until I enter the game. Two, no options to customize HUD (which looks like crap) or change from the imperial to metrical systems. Three... it just feels like a direct port from a console. Any previous NFS game demos before this had UIs appropriate for PC games. I'm hoping this UI is only like this because it's just a demo. And four, no options to shut off that damn soundtrack... yet.

I'll probably take running from cops over this "owning" of territories, thanks. This is as bad as having to dress up your car just to get anywhere in the Underground games.

edit: Come to think of it, even though I wasn't too fond of Underground 2 over Underground 1 because of its forced free roam mode and useless "media attraction" crap, the racing and detail levels were far improved in Underground 2, as well as the overall feel of the cars. I can't say the same for this when comparing it to MW.

Edited October 27, 2006 by rm20010

[idioot]

I really didn't like it either :(

MW was even way better. the handling is just awful..

though canyon racing can be cool I guess, but in circuit the car turns real slow and in drift a slight press of a button makes you go sideways :blink:

[Spookie]

We X360 owners did warn you! :x

[Sethos]

If they had copied Most Wanted, added new cars, mods and a totally new map i would LOVE it.

[Razorwing]

Agreed to both of your posts. This demo is utter crap compared to even Most Wanted's demo.

Graphics look pale and blotchy, at graphic settings identical to that of Most Wanted. Initially I thought it was because I had outdated ForceWare drivers (83.60, but these drivers work best for the games I play).

The first circuit race... bleh. Didn't seem as fast paced as races in MW. What's up with 'call crew member' anyway?

The drift was purely WTF when I tried it with the Gallardo. I turn a little bit and the car instantly flies to a 70? in no time, like as if the ground was slippery as hell - just likeUnderground>. :rolleyes::

Can't say much about the canyon race, although it took me nine tries before I switched to the Lancer Evolution... and won the race instantly. :huh:: The facial animation of that driver washorrible> - why couldn't they just render it using CGI video instead of using the in-game engine? They rendered a short 10 second video of the camera hovering over the mountain... couldn't they have just kept it that way? (Although one nice improvement is the racers are no longer the same generic brown-haired guy with a leather jacket behind the wheel.)

The menu system sucks, period. One, I can't adjust any controls until I enter the game. Two, no options to customize HUD (which looks like crap) or change from the imperial to metrical systems. Three... it just feels like a direct port from a console. Any previous NFS game demos before this had UIs appropriate for PC games. I'm hoping this UI is only like this because it's just a demo. And four, no options to shut off that damn soundtrack... yet.

I'll probably take running from cops over this "owning" of territories, thanks. This is as bad as having to dress up your car just to get anywhere in the Underground games.

edit: Come to think of it, even though I wasn't too fond of Underground 2 over Underground 1 because of its forced free roam mode and useless "media attraction" crap, the racing and detail levels were far improved in Underground 2, as well as the overall feel of the cars. I can't say the same for this when comparing it to MW.

you should read up more on Carbon.

[Sethos]

Read up? He played a Demo and didn't like it ... I doubt his gonna like it when reading about it.

[qdave]

what a disapointment :( just sad really. it is atually worse then most wanted. I cant tell from demo if its boring, but its nothing as fun as MW was with police mode, where you could play countless hours. here you just finish and be done with it :(

the drift mode is terrible! and also the new mode where you score points is lame, and very hard for some reason.

it feels very childish old scool game for some reason...scoring points. bah!!!!

graphicaly it was not bad, but then again i cant judge very well since its night :p and i guess full game wont have day maps.

anyway its not worst nfs...nfs7 was worse :D for you dumies its undeground :) so this is like a mod for already bad game :D