Need for Speed Carbon
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Based on 56 reviews
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Need for Speed Carbon
Slow and Choppy
Written by KC from Los Angeles
Jun 26, 2008
This game was a bit of a disappointment. After I installed this behemoth of a game (about 5+ gigs) on my brand new Macbook Pro, I began racing immediately using the game's modest default settings. I expected the gameplay to be fluid and responsive, what with the 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and the NVidia 8600M GT supplying the power, but to my disappointment, no, it was still sluggish and even choppy at times.
The default settings were 640x480 resolution and low detail. Should be nothing for my Macbook Pro, right? Wrong. My Macbook Pro still struggled. And as expected, raising the graphics settings yielded poorer performance.
I guess I'll have to wait until Feral Interactive's Total Immersion Racing becomes Universal Binary before I can race again. By the way, I'm running Leopard 10.5.3 with 2GB RAM.
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Need for Speed Carbon
Not worth it.
Written by MH from Laurel
Oct 3, 2007
On my new 24" iMac this game is really buggy, It never exits properly, I always have to force a restart. This game's graphics really don't look like anything amazing, and the controls are awkward. The game's content itself is also just plain annoying, at least in the beginning of career mode there are at least 30 minutes of useless movies that really don't need to be half as long as they are. This game really has nothing that makes it worth the money (or any money at that). This game was also definitely not worth the hype or wait that its announcement at the keynote generated.
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Need for Speed Carbon
Fun game but it "needs more speed"
Written by KH from Charlotte
Aug 30, 2007
I'm using a 2.33 gigahertz 24" imac with 2 gigs ram and a Geforce 7600. I have been playing the game for a week and enjoy it but am disappointed with the fact that I'm getting such low framerates. The game runs ok with mid level graphics settings. Maybee it runs smoother on the Mac Pro.
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Need for Speed Carbon
System requirements a little misleading...
Written by MS from Pittsburgh
Aug 28, 2007
On a 20" iMac (2GHz Core Duo) with 2GB RAM and a 256MB Radeon x1600, this game will often momentarily pause or hitch up visually when new scenery appears on screen or when more than a few cars are on screen at the same time. It may run fine on a newer/better machine but I'm very disappointed in the game's performance on my system given that it exceeds the published system requirements. The game itself seems pretty cool and would probably rate four stars but I'm knocking two off for the performance issues. Hopefully, EA will address this problem at some point but for now, those just meeting or exceeding the requirements should probably steer clear.
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Need for Speed Carbon
The Graphics
Written by PB from Berrien Springs
Aug 24, 2007
I was so excited when I saw that Need for Speed Carbon was going to run natively on the Intel Mac! I bought a copy right away, and to my dismay it ran absolutely horribly. The graphics were very grainy, and it definitely wasn't running at full speed. If you think its because I was running it with the minimum possible system requirements you are unfortunately wrong... I was running it on a Mac Pro 3ghz Core Duo with 256Mb Video memory and 2Gb of Memory. I was viewing it on a beautiful 23" Apple Display. If any system should have been able to handle this game, its this one. I wouldn't waste your time with it. I have run Need For Speed Most Wanted through Windows via Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro and it ran awesome. I am very sad that I have to send this game back. Some things are just to good to be true...
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