Would you like Carbon?
Same with the graphics, it improves but its small improvements.
Gameplay is nearly identical, except a few new stuff here and there which some people may not like, and others will like. Take the crew feature for example. You are not alone out there anymore, cuz you can get a team under your belt now. You get to hire a max of 3 crews at one time, and each have their own ability that may help or hinder you when racing. Theres only one crew member available to activate during some races, and sometimes they are helpful because they can take out a racer ahead of you like the "Blocker" (depending on the member's charge bar if its sufficient), and other times some members are not that helpful during races. Personally, its an "ok" new feature added but I doubt the next NFS title will include this option.
They do have a nice race type called the Canyon battle, usually its available when you have nearly beat all the races in the current territory you are in. At other times, its a boss race. Basically, the battle pits you and the "boss" one on one, through a canyon race where you take turns trying to play cat and mouse to eachother. If you fall to far behind, you start to lose points and you dont want that. There are also sharp turns that could cause you to crash if you run over it.....it makes sense since this is a track on the cliffs. The camera angles during those turns are neat, it makes you feel like your on the edge....but it also affects your steering a bit because of the sudden camera shift. The cars in this game is decent for selections, they have them all almost.....from Muscle cars to Tuners to Exotics.
Customization is still there, but its not a realistic game where you can tune every little parts, however, they still give users some control. To end the talk, ......I didnt get impressed with the demo, but I did get impressed with the full version. Its much better and even though its good, I still liked the Most Wanted better. Well, try out the game first, or play the HD 360 one in retail stores, see what you think about Carbon then.