Need For Speed: Carbon PC Release date

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Jun-08-2006

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Vehicle Sim

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Need For Speed: Carbon is available on PC

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What starts in the city is settled in the canyons as Need for Speed Carbon immerses you in the worlds most dangerous and adrenaline-filled form of street racing.
You and your crew must race in an all-out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals neighborhoods one block at a time.
As the police turn up the heat, the battle ultimately shifts to Carbon Canyon, where territories and reputations can be lost on every perilous curve.
With online racing and the most advanced graphics and car customization tools ever, Need for Speed Carbon is the ultimate next generation racing game.

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jowrdy

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played it today. man this game is stil awesome

tzzsmk

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I played a bit today, DRRIIFFTTT :Đ

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carbon was my first NFS to played with, the drift event was so hard at first, but when you've gotten into it, it is very fun to do the drift event ;)

tzzsmk

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exactly exactly exactly :Đ
as getting better, even car doesn't matter, I guess I'll upload video with Firetruck canyon drifting :Đ :Đ

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lol,dont fall of the cliff then :P

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hehe, I can drive on keyboard better than real car :Đ :Đ

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lol, not just better, but safer :P

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it says i should have a little trouble with it.... in reality i can only get playable FPS at the lowest settings,and after a few races i cant even play it anymore :/ WHY ME!!! WHY CANT I GET A CORE i5 and A GTX 670 like anyone else :'(

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hmm you sure we have the same GFX and your CPU is better then mine and i can run this in 10-20 FPS.
i think its time to get an upgrade maybe? or maybe its just the game did you try re-installing the game?

thasan1

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yeah i will upgrade but not untill next year and i did reinstall it but still bad quality.maybe cracked games kill my games performance?

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i dunno but try to close any program that can cause lag like Steam,Origin etc. those can cause lag sometimes.

thasan1

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thx fir the tip. ill see if it works.

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"why cant I get a core i5 and a gtx 670 like anyone else" lol man , you want too much from life :) get a budget pc like me ... I can run any game with at least medium settings and I'm happy with it

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Not everyone has money and if they do i think they have better things to do with it before they upgrade there PC....
I think family first before computer

thasan1

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eh still a core i3 and GTX 660 would have been nice for me.eh ewll your right cant expect too much from life unless ur bill gates :/

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your pc is good , you just need a new gpu

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no i ntend to upgrade my whole rig with a core i3 and a 7790 or 650 ti boost. but thats not untill next year. so buying a cheap GFX like GT 630 would just be a waste for me. thx for the tip though

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nice, I have i3-2130 as desktop, 8GB ram, no separate gfx card yet, but most likely get 7770/650Ti or so :Đ

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can i
what will fps

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High settings :) , if it`s laggy try it on medium :)

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Holy Duck... It lags at 60-80 FPS with no drops for me :S
Med settings.

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| i should be able to max this right? |

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yep

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I m not getting full screen in this game it always appear to be square no matter what resolution i set

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ahah....i understand...and when i put a ****ing resolution is not matter ? Right ? Thanks !

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@Anshul009: The same thing is happening with me. NFS Carbon, NFS:MW, etc. these games are made for 4:3 monitors. So, if you are using a wide (16:9) monitor like me, then the sides of the screen will remain black.

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