This is the NFS title we have all been waiting for
This game is really great. Ill start with one thing that bugged me with all the racers i played on the ds, and its the game controls. Every race game i played on the ds had terrible controls, but no more, in carbon the racing controls are so tight and intuitive its just great, it realy feels like you handle the car like you wonna and there is a great street grip while racing. After playing burnout and asphalt, i was really concerned about how the controls will behave, but finally a title with great controls.
Another great thing about this title is that its not just race tournaments, it has a story line and a great gang / rule the city career mode. The game play is great, if you choose to play in a career mode, you have 66 challenges over all while trying to take over and rule the city. They also added great new features like crew members that can help you in your race (you can read it in the main review, i will not elaborate on this issue) and some cool nitros and back in time.
It is obvious that the dev team put a lot of effort in the graphics department. The game looks great, the environment looks pretty good and there are attentions to little details, like when your car drifts under spot lights in the street, you can see the light changes and reflects on your car, i mention this cause other race games didnt pay a lot of attention to those little things that make your graphics experience much better.
Besides this, theres a lot of customizations from visuals to performance.
The game include 12 licensed cars and 12 tracks, that doesnt sound a lot, but with all the career modes and all the customizations, you want notice it.
The game music is great, although each song is about 30 - 40 sec, there is a long play list. The game sound could be better.
This is the best racing game for the ds, i believe its the one we have been waiting for, i enjoy it a lot, plenty to do, this game will last you for a long time.