Need for Speed Carbon demo!

[PT 13]

It almost sucks as much as Most Wanted :\

Didn't like it at all :(

[AionXn_]

Most Wanted seemed to demand more from my computer. In Carbon, I was able to turn it up max and AA and it ran fine :cool:

[mad_onion]

hmm, i got into the race itself but once i restarted the game i have been unable to since then it keeps crashing to desktop. it wasnt really that good anyway, can someone please explain how this is better than most wanted? because it seems the same.

is it possible to get the view from inside the car. you could do it in most wanted :s

Edited October 28, 2006 by mad_onion

[Bassem]

I cant get it to run on vista, even running in compatibility mode. Says game stops responding after the EA logo

You have to run the game as an administrator and change the compatibility mode to Windows 98/ME, works for me.

[noroom]

what is carbon anyway?

:EDIT:

Carbon occurs in all organic life and is the basis of organic chemistry. This nonmetal also has the interesting chemical property of being able to bond with itself and a wide variety of other elements, forming nearly ten million known compounds. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, which is vital to plant growth. When united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons which are essential to industry in the form of fossil fuels. When combined with both oxygen and hydrogen it can form many groups of compounds including fatty acids, which are essential to life, and esters, which give flavor to many fruits. The isotope carbon-14 is commonly used in radioactive dating.

from wikipedia

Dude... Do you live in a cave? :|

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

What a POS, drifting is a joke, the rest of the gameplay is dire :( I'm not an avid fan of EA but this is just pure rubbish

[b0m8er]

I like the game, but I didn't see too much improvement over MW. :rolleyes: Yes it looks better, and I'm gonna buy it, but still - not too much improvement.

[mad_onion]

Dude... Do you live in a cave? :|

yeah, i was waiting for someone to metion that. it is quite disturbing that someone hasnt been told such basic information or even just picked it when someone mentioned it. :s

[Dotdot]

Yeh just wondering myself but how do you change the view? i.e to in car :s

[digitalsoft]

Ok i now think its perfect. Somehow i'm able to get high on all options, when my system sucks and I've perfected drifting, just takes practice. and a 360 PC controller ;)

[StealthMode]

Ok i now think its perfect. Somehow i'm able to get high on all options, when my system sucks and I've perfected drifting, just takes practice. and a 360 PC controller ;)

God, I need one of those! Been meaning to since they came out..... :cry:

[PT 13]

Yeh just wondering myself but how do you change the view? i.e to in car :s

C < I think is this that you mean, change camera?

[S.MULLA]

how on earth do u drift in this game? i get like 60-100 max per drift... the car is just waaay too sensitive and it drives like the handbrake is one continously.. its rediculous... i cant get pass this stage.. i always end up like 20k points behind the leader. :/

[digitalsoft]

i tryed it on keyboard and it sucks drifting, so hard... whereas controller tis so easy with a sensitive touch, im now about to uninstall the game because i cant keep off it and its only a demo :p

[PT 13]

I find it very easy (too easy) to drift in this game, I get total scores of 250 000 and above :\

[StealthMode]

i tryed it on keyboard and it sucks drifting, so hard... whereas controller tis so easy with a sensitive touch, im now about to uninstall the game because i cant keep off it and its only a demo :p

Once I got used to it, it's awesome, and I'm using my kb :whistle: :D

[Dotdot]

Wish it was faster.. feels a wee bit slow, but im guessing the final version will have faster cars and upgrades

[TruckWEB]

I play with Most Wanted and I've installed the Carbon Demo and it's a huge let down. The quality and details of the cars and road is much lower than MW. Can't bring the demo to widescreen mode (1680x1050) by default in the Options tab, will need a hack....

And is it me or all the road feel icy? What ever you do, the car slip and slide all the time. So it IS required that you drift in this game. You can't drive fast and expect to turn a corner without loosing control of your car.

Customizing the cars is another let down from this demo. I much prefer the custom in MW.

Let just hope that all this is only "demo" quality and that the real game will be better. But this is a marketing bomb for EA.

[AionXn_]

I don't think its that bad actually. Turning is fine at fast speeds and road isn't icy to me.

[ozgeek]

After downloading the demo while reading those bad feedback about it, and installed, played it, I am going to have to agree with them :( This game really sucks. What's with the sudden turn of the car in drift mode. No subtitles? That is ****. Not really worth shelling out money for.

*Jason goes back and plays NFS Most Wanted. Ahh much better :D

[Razorwing]

I am a bit disappointed that there were no milestones in it. The NFS:MW demo had a milestone challenge so it's a bit sad it's not in there though it could be in the full game. Other than that, this Demo is quite solid, despite the notable flaws. I give it an 8/10.

Scirwode

There should be milestones in the real game. Like the MW demo, the Carbon demo doesn't show everything for the game.. or else why would you buy the game? Good to hear some postive comments for Carbon. I agree with you.

[Elliot B.]

I don't have the worse of gaming systems (A64 3200+, 2 GB RAM, 7800 GT) and this game doesn't run well at all (FPS-wise) in 1280x1024 and at maximum detail (with no AA).

I turned each setting off one by one and noticed that changing the shader detail to Low boosted to FPS the most (and by a lot). Everything else can be kept at their maximum and I get a good framerate now.

Hope this helps everyone.

[Baptist]

i didnt like it alot.. although the drifting is kidna fun. The handling is just weird and annoying.. like driving a car made of butter or something..

[n3urotic]

6800gt, amd64 here, similar rez. Runs like crap. EA never has had good game engines.

[MiG-]

I don't have the worse of gaming systems (A64 3200+, 2 GB RAM, 7800 GT) and this game doesn't run well at all (FPS-wise) in 1280x1024 and at maximum detail (with no AA).

I turned each setting off one by one and noticed that changing the shader detail to Low boosted to FPS the most (and by a lot). Everything else can be kept at their maximum and I get a good framerate now.

Hope this helps everyone.

must be your CPU, my X2 3800 @ 2.6ghz plays the game like silk with everything on, except motion blur, with 4xAA and 8xAF.

Still coded like crap mind u.