If you haven't played Most Wanted, then you should definitely go for this. Awesome game and Highly addictive.
User Rating: 8.5 | Need for Speed: Carbon PC
I don't know why Carbon is getting such low marks on reviews but in my opinion its quite good actually. Back when NFS:UG2 was released I was totally excited about it and it met all my expectations. It was a comparatively long, story driven game. Then came Most Wanted. I was excited about this too. But somehow it wasn't satisfying to me. I mean there were some cool new additions, like bringing the police back and all, but you usually associate illegal street racing with night time right? So the mid-day mode didn't suite the game at all (my opinion). And also I didn't find the game addictive. Sure I was excited in the beginning, when I recieved the game, but gradually the excitement just thinned away. Overall it didn't let me down but neither did it live up to the image I was hoping for. And, now, Need For Speed : Carbon has arrived. When I first looked at the ratings, I couldn't believe my eyes, 6.7! How can a need for speed game get such a low score? I mean after all the development of these games were going so well. I couldnt belive it. I had to experience the game myself. So I bought the game and let me tell you the ratings don't do justice to the game, believe me. The game is highly addictive and immersive (despite the cheesy lines by the actors). Its really an enjoyable game. The game picks up where Most Wanted ended (which I wouldnt know as I didnt complete the game) but even for the players who haven't played Most Wanted its easy to pick up the story (atleast it was so with me). The night-time mode is back which really creates a great atmosphere for the street races. This time around you've got partners to help you out in the races. The great thing is that its not necessary for you to win each and every race, if your partner wins you win. And the partners aren't bad either they have their own strenghts. You probably already know the details of the partners so I will just skip on. Its not necessary for you travel all the way from one end of the city to another to start in a race, you can just open up the world map select a racing event and just jump to the racing event (without having to travelling all the way to participate). The game is easy to pick up and play and it shouldnt take long for you to adjust to the driving settings. The graphics are stunning (as expected) and the new canyon races are an excellent addition (althought it can get a bit irritaing sometimes). I found drafting race types to be very hard this time around. This time around we have to capture territories which can be done by just winning 2 races out of the available 3 of a particular part of the the terrirtory and thus allowing us to gain territories. There are still other neat features about which I haven't discussed yet but will do so later on but overall this game deserves a game rating of atleast 8.0 to do it justice. For me it loses points for not utilizing the police chases as extensively as they should have and on the fact that it felt too short (also the soundtracks weren't good at all). So for those of you who haven't tried out Most Wanted yet then just directly go for this package, it will be much more staisfying. 
