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Need for Speed Carbon

No Leopard?

Written by GB from Torrance

Nov 2, 2007

Upgraded to Leopard and there is no video (but I can hear the sound playing). No support from ea.com. Great game under 10.4, but 10.5 its a no-show.

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Need for Speed Carbon

What the? No Widescreen Support!?

Written by JS from New Haven

Sep 16, 2007

The Need for Speed series has always been solid and the Carbon port is no exception. The game play is tight, and responsive. Graphically, its great as well though you will have to play around with the settings. But what really bothers me is the apparent lack of widescreen support. I have a 16:10 MBP, with a wondrous widescreen display and all I could find was 4:3 resolutions. That is just not right... If I am mistaken,let me know and add a star to my score. The game play is great and that is the main reason to play this game.

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Need for Speed Carbon

Excellent Game!

Written by BN from Portland

Feb 16, 2009

I love this game! I have it for my Nintendo Wii and now for my Macbook. The graphics are great, the only problem is that sometimes when i go to exit the program, after I select yes i would like to quit, it freezes. It only happened twice out of 7 times or so but that is the only thing that i would look into. If you like Need for Speed games, then definitely look into buying this one!

98 of 119 people found this useful

Need for Speed Carbon

Speed!

Written by MD from Milano

Dec 14, 2007

Fast and good games. One of the best on Mac now, sure the best for cars.
And it works on Leopard too.

127 of 180 people found this useful

Need for Speed Carbon

no leopard

Written by VW from BERLIN

Nov 24, 2007

not working in leopard

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Need for Speed Carbon

Excellent adrenalin pumping game...

Written by DO from Jamaica

Sep 12, 2007

First off all, the folks claiming that they are getting low framerates, lags and bla bla, either have to be lying or they are doing something wrong.
I have a 17" iMac 2.0ghz C2Duo, 2GB RAM, 128mb Ati X1600 and i couldn't believe how smooth, and i mean smooth and tight this game runs. Installed first day, and i was racing left and right. The cars are so tight and fast, that i get a rush when playing.
This game runs perfect on my system, not one hiccup as the folks below are mentioning. And you absolutely do not need a Mac Pro to run this smoothly, please!! Go get this game !!

116 of 161 people found this useful

Need for Speed Carbon

Awesome

Written by KL from Duluth

May 20, 2009

This is seriously one of the best games for mac. The graphics are pretty amazing, considering it was made in 2006. Also it works with my logitech controller so thats a plus.
For all u people saying it doesn't work with leopard, I don't know what you're doing, because it works just fine on my imac.

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Need for Speed Carbon

Very Fun

Written by LD from Mississauga

Mar 13, 2009

Great, fun game. Lots of so called "missions," places to explore, near countless races to compete in, and plenty of cars and subsequent modifications for said car options. Runs very well (and looks good) on my Mac mini (Early 2009 with Geforce 9400 graphics) once the graphic settings are optimized.

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Need for Speed Carbon

doesn't work with leopard

Written by PB from combs la ville

Nov 6, 2007

on my iMac 20" C2Duo with Ati x1600 128Vram, only the sound!!
On EA support nobody have fix for this issue.

Work fine on mac osX.9

99 of 137 people found this useful

Need for Speed Carbon

After 10.5.5 screen goes to blank

Written by MH from TAMPERE

Sep 19, 2008

Worked very well with 10.5.4 but after 10.5.5 upgrade screen goes to black when games starts. Game runs as "blind"

No support available from Apple or EA. Nice :(

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Need for Speed Carbon

Not worth 30$

Written by FS from San Polo di Piave

Nov 7, 2007

Very disappointed with his port, playing it on my MBP 2.2, 2gb ram, 128mb vram is frustrating. i get every kind of graphical glitch, like some rainbow things goin on, reflections during gameplay are all messy, and it bugs and skip frames, lowering graph settings makes it so dark that's almost unplayable.. and fact is that this game runs flawlessly under bootcamp.

95 of 143 people found this useful

Need for Speed Carbon

Perfect

Written by MC from London

Sep 30, 2007

This game runs awesome on a MacBook Pro. I don't know why people are complaining about crashes and graphic related problems.

I suggest anyone with problems should check their configuration. The MacBook's don't have the top notch graphic cards however you can expect a playable game with the configuration set right.

Already finished the game in two days!

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Need for Speed Carbon

Good Port!

Written by CG from McMinnville

Aug 29, 2007

I have a 2.33 Ghz MBP with ATI x1600 256mb and 2gig ram. The game runs FINE on medium settings with some highs mixed in on 1024 resolution. I have played about four hours so far and it has ran like a champ. I think it runs very well for being a Cider port, and I think it runs very well for running on a laptop. Play with your graphics settings when you get it and it will pay off. Remember the more ram the better for this game.

If you enjoy car racing games I think this is the game for you. It has a corny story-line but is fun to play and try and out run cops! I think the game couldn't have been ported any better, just play with the graphics and have fun!

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Need for Speed Carbon

really good!

Written by VH from Bismarck

Jan 6, 2009

ive been playing need for speed from the ps2 and ps3 and now i have a mac and i bought carbon for it and im really glad i did.

It has all the features of the regular game
controls are easy
loads fast
graphics are also good

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Need for Speed Carbon

if you love racing get this game!!

Written by JF from SOUTH HAMILTON

Nov 16, 2008

EA has come out with many need for speed games but this is the best yet. with hundreds of races to do and lots of cars to choose from, you'll be engaged into the game for hours at a time. plus the short videos in between the races are clearer than ever, its hard to tell if they're real or not. this game is sure to entertain anyone.

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Need for Speed Carbon

Runs Great, People neeed too look at graphic cards!

Written by SP from West Linn

Sep 20, 2007

I have a Mac Pro and this thing screams. People are getting a bunch of ram and really fast processors and don't get me wrong that stuff really helps! But people need to get good graphic cards in there mac's too. You can't expect to get perfect graphics out of a 256Mb card.

I have a NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB and this thing runs perfect on all the highest settings. People can not get the cheapest graphic cards and expect to get the perfect screen play. You need to get everything from processor and ram TO A GOOD GRAPHICS'S CARD.

So don't complain when you get a cheaper card if you want stunning graphics's you will have to pay for it, but IT IS WORTH IT!!!

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Need for Speed Carbon

Don't buy!! Screen goes black on 10.5.5

Written by WV

Sep 25, 2008

No updates found sofar.

85 of 130 people found this useful

Need for Speed Carbon

Waste of money

Written by JR from Valadares

Jan 14, 2008

Always crashing on leopard, slow, choppy, etc. Don`t waste your money with this thing...

194 of 348 people found this useful