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Need for Speed: Carbon

Need for Speed: Carbon is an arcade-style street racing game set in an open-world city. Players compete in illegal night races across different event types, including circuits, sprints, drifting, and canyon…

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Need for Speed: Carbon is a racing developed by EA Black Box, released 31 October 2006 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 19 cheat codes for it.

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What Need for Speed: Carbon is

Need for Speed: Carbon is a racing game developed by EA Black Box and released in 2006. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on EAGL.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The player returns to Palmont City, where years earlier a major street race ended in a police ambush and they were blamed for making off with the prize money. Back in the city and hunted by a bounty hunter, the player builds a racing crew and challenges the gangs that control Palmont's neighborhoods, competing for territory while trying to learn who was really behind the setup that forced them to flee.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Need for Speed series

Need for Speed: Carbon is the 28th of 84 entries we hold in the Need for Speed series. The next entry was Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City in 2006. Its critic score of 71 is 3 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Limited Edition at 92.

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How it was received

Need for Speed: Carbon holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 52% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 6 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 568 votes.

What it launched against

Need for Speed: Carbon launched on 31 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Bully, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.

Cheats and codes

We have tested and published 19 cheat entries for Need for Speed: Carbon — 19 cheat codes. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.

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Need for Speed: Carbon cheat codes

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Unlock all tracks

Opens every track.

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Unlimited nitrous

Nitrous stops running out.

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Unlimited SpeedBreaker

SpeedBreaker stops running out.

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Unlimited crew charge

The crew charge ability stops running out.

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Quick answers

Need for Speed: Carbon — frequently asked questions

When did Need for Speed: Carbon come out?
Need for Speed: Carbon was released on 31 October 2006 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
Are there cheat codes for Need for Speed: Carbon?
Yes. We list 19 cheat codes and console command for Need for Speed: Carbon, grouped by platform, with the exact button combination or command for each.

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