Need For Speed Carbon: First Look

Автор: DarrenFerris on пятница, 24 июля 2009 г. / Ярлыки:

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On Wednesday I got a chance to check out EA Games’ Chicago studio during a special open house. The EA folks had a number of their games available to play on Xbox 360 and the yet-to-be-released PlayStation 3. For our readers, the most anticipated title on hand was Need For Speed Carbon. The Need For Speed franchise has always been about customizing cars and usually featured an import-biased lineup. Not so this Carbon. Car enthusiasts might be surprised at what they’ll be able to take on the highly sculpted roads.

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First I checked out “Pursuit Mode,” where you try to evade the police. This is one of those things you shouldn’t attempt in real life, but outracing the cops in a Mazdaspeed3 was interesting. The driving dynamics have been upgraded to be more true-to-life, meaning the game’s Mazdaspeed3 is supposed to handle like the real thing. Because I recently drove a Mazdaspeed3, I can tell you it’s still a videogame; I couldn’t discern any “reality” in the experience. When I took an Aston Martin DB9 through the drifting mode, its rear-end was extremely difficult to wrangle, as any exotic British car’s should be.

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The game graphics on the PS3 are almost equivalent to the Xbox 360. Game developers haven’t had time yet to take advantage of the PS3’s extra muscle, so Xbox 360 owners won’t have an inferiority complex when the game hits shelves next Wednesday. All the racing modes take place between dusk and dawn, so the graphics shine in the night-time reflections on the car panels. The Mazdaspeed3 I drove was black, and streetlights reflected in an appropriate blur of speed. Even the chrome wheels dazzled with correct movement and reflection.

As for the cars I most enjoyed driving an Alfa Romeo Brera, one of the most gorgeous non-exotic production cars in the world, and one I don’t get to test as an American automotive journalist. That was fun. Overall, I was impressed with the variety of cars for the game, and the company’s willingness to stray away from the Mitsubishi Evos of the world. Of course, there’s still an Evo in there, and you can pick from three classes of cars: Tuner, Muscle and Exotic. You can check out a gallery of available cars here.

Like every game in the franchise, almost anyone can pick up a controller and steer a car accurately in Need For Speed Carbon. It’s just this time there are a lot more cars you’ll want to drive.



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