Definitely not impossible, but a definite jump in difficulty. You have to beat the events in quadrant 4 to unlock the tier 3 cars/upgrades. All of the sudden I’m up against tier 3 cars and all I have available are tier 2 cars and tier 2 upgrades. I started to feel the hatred when I opened up the fourth quadrant.

While this is something I found annoying more than anything else, it’s not enough to make me hate the game at times. Needless to say, unlocking new cars is hardly balanced. Shortly after, the Lotus Elise, Aston Martin DB9 and Porsche Cayman were unlocked within a 4 event span. At which point I purchased a VW Golf R32 simply because I wanted a change. So much so, that I’ve ended up using my RX-8 (picture above), which was the first car I was given until I reached 60%. Unfortunately, car unlocks are few and far between until you reach about 65%. As you complete races and “take-over” segments, you unlock upgrades and new cars become available for purchase. Each quadrant is controlled by a rival “crew” and has it’s own segments which contain 2-3 events. Some quick background on the basic gameplay structure – There’s a “world map” divided into quadrants. By the time I reached about 50% completion in the single player career, the awesomeness was starting to wear thin and tediousness was creeping in.

For the first couple evenings, I was having an absolute blast! I’ve been uploading lots of screenshots using the in-game Photo Mode and even started a NFS Carbon Flickr Group specifically for them. But when I saw them stocking the shelves at EB with it, I just had to have it. I actually had no intentions of picking this game up until post Emergence Day. If you’re on my Xbox Live friends list or have been following my Flickr activity, you know I’ve been logging some decent hours in Need for Speed Carbon.

Nfs carbon car