Need For Speed: Carbon FAQ done by TheeMikester Version 0.95 TheeMikester[at]AOL[dot]com ___ __ _____ _____ _____ _____ ______ _____ _____ _____ / | / // ___// ___// __ \ __ __ __ / ___// __ // ___// ___// __ \ / . | / // /__ / /__ / / | / /_ / / /_/ / /__ / /_/ // /__ / /__ / / | / / /| |/ // ___// ___// / / / / /_/ / \ /__ // ____// ___// ___// / / / / / | ' // /__ / /__ / /__/ /_______________/ // / / /__ / /__ / /__/ / /_/ |___//____//____//_____,'/________________//_/ /____//____//_____,' _________ ______ ________ _______ ________ __ _ ,' | ,' ___ ', | _____ ', | _____ ', ,' ____ ', | \ | | | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | | | | | ____' | | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ,' '. | | \ | | | | | ¯¯¯ | | ||__ ,' | _____ ', | |__ | | | |\ \ | | | | | |¯¯¯| | |_| ',', | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ''*-' | | | \ \| | | |,,,---''| |_.| '-* ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯'''*---' -.| \,__| ',_,,,---'' Need For Speed: Carbon is another installation to the series. The game includes the famed tuner cars, such as the Skyline, RX7, Lancer Evolution VIII, and the Supra, as well as famed exotics, which include the Gallardo, the GT, the SLR McLaren, and many more. There is also inclusion of muscle cars, including the Challenger, the Challenger concept, the Camaro, the concept Camaro, and many more. *NOTE: THIS GAME ONLY COVERS THE STANDARD VERSION, NOT THE COLLECTOR EDITION.* TABLE OF CONTENTS: +------------------------------------------------+ |NOTE TO READER: If you want to find a section | 1.) Cold Hard Facts |fast, hit ctrl+f, type in the section name, and | 2.) Introduction |click find. If your search is too broad, search | 3.) Controls |the section with a dash next to it for clarity. | a. Dualshock 2 |If you are searching a section with a number and| b. Logitech Driving Force Pro|a dot ONLY, search the name with spaces | 4.) Gameplay |inbetweeneach letter, and two spaces where a | a. Cars |space should be. | 1. Classes and Tiers +------------------------------------------------+ 2. Quick Lists 3. Detailed List 4. My Suggestions b. The City c. The Crews d. Your Crew e. Racing 1. Circuit 2. Sprint 3. Drift 4. Checkpoint 5. Speedtrap 6. Canyon 7. Random Encounters f. Upgrades 1. Performance 2. Autosculpt 3. Aftermarket 4. Visuals 5.) Thanks and Ending NOTE: Possible cops section coming up soon! ________________________________________________________________________________ _________ ______ ________ _______ ________ __ _ ,' | ,' ___ ', | _____ ', | _____ ', ,' ____ ', | \ | | | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | | | | | ____' | | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ,' '. | | \ | | | | | ¯¯¯ | | ||__ ,' | _____ ', | |__ | | | |\ \ | | | | | |¯¯¯| | |_| ',', | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ''*-' | | | \ \| | | |,,,---''| |_.| '-* ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯'''*---' -.| \, | ',_,,,---'' '' -----------------------------COLD HARD FACTS------------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________________________ / \ | GAME NAME: Need For Speed: Carbon | \______________________________________________________________________________/ / \ | GAME TYPE: Racing | \______________________________________________________________________________/ / \ | OTHER GAMES IN SERIES: Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Need For Speed Hot | | Pursuit, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 3, Need | | For Speed Underground, Need For Speed Underground 2, etc. | \______________________________________________________________________________/ / \ | DISTRIBUTOR: EA Games | \______________________________________________________________________________/ / \ | COMPATABLE CONSOLES: XBOX, XBOX360, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, PC, Wii, | | GameCube | \______________________________________________________________________________/ / \ | RATING: E 10+ for Violence | \______________________________________________________________________________/ / \ | GAME SHAPE: Disc | \______________________________________________________________________________/ / \ | WEBSITE: NeedForSpeed.com | \______________________________________________________________________________/ ________________________________________________________________________________ _________ ______ ________ _______ ________ __ _ ,' | ,' ___ ', | _____ ', | _____ ', ,' ____ ', | \ | | | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | | | | | ____' | | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ,' '. | | \ | | | | | ¯¯¯ | | ||__ ,' | _____ ', | |__ | | | |\ \ | | | | | |¯¯¯| | |_| ',', | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ''*-' | | | \ \| | | |,,,---''| |_.| '-* ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯'''*---' -.| \, | ',_,,,---'' '' ------------------------------INTRODUCTION-------------------------------------- Another installment to the Need For Speed Series. There are many new cars in this game, including concepts like the Dodge Challenger and the Audi Le Mans Quattro. Along with standard parts there is an autosculpt feature that allows you to customize the size, height, and look of spoilers, body kits, and more! You start off in a race a long time ago that gets busted by cops. You manage to get away safe and sound. After your adventure in Rockport (depicted in Need For Speed: Most Wanted), you come back. Not everyone likes you. You have to make it up to the top with your crew and become the number one racer yet again. Enjoy. ________________________________________________________________________________ _________ ______ ________ _______ ________ __ _ ,' | ,' ___ ', | _____ ', | _____ ', ,' ____ ', | \ | | | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | | | | | ____' | | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ,' '. | | \ | | | | | ¯¯¯ | | ||__ ,' | _____ ', | |__ | | | |\ \ | | | | | |¯¯¯| | |_| ',', | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ''*-' | | | \ \| | | |,,,---''| |_.| '-* ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯'''*---' -.| \, | ',_,,,---'' '' --------------------------------Controls---------------------------------------- (---DUALSHOCK 2----------------------------------------------------------------) | | _,.--.,_ | | _,.--.,_ 15 |13_____ | | | | _____14| 16 |-' `'.____________|_|___________,'` `-| ,' __ `. ,' .,. `. / |5 | \ SONY / (/_\)10 \ ! __ \/ __ | ! ,-. `-' ,-. | | |__8> <6__| !__|SRT|1 2|SEL|__| ([ ])9 ( O ) ! ! /\ ___`-. ,-' `-' ,-. `-'11| |\ |7_| ,' `. \ANALOG/ ,' `. ( X ) /| | `. / 3 \ | 17 | / 4 \ 12`-' ,' | | `-.____,-. \ 17 / |____| \ 18 / ,-.____,-' | | ,'\ `.___,' / \ `.___,' /`. | | / `-.___,-' `-.___,-' \ | \ / \ / \ / \ / `.__,-' `-.__,' 1. START Pause 2. SELECT Reset Car 3. LEFT ANALOG Steer 4. RIGHT ANALOG Nothing 5. UP DIRECTIONAL Enter shop/enter race 6. RIGHT DIRECTIONAL BUTTON Brings up SMS 7. DOWN DIRECTIONAL Nothing 8. LEFT DIRECTIONAL Display world map 9. SQUARE Brake 10. X Accelerate 11. CIRCLE Look Back 12. TRIANGLE Activate crew member 13. L1 Nitrous 14. R1 Handbrake 15. L2 Shift down 16. R2 Shift up 17. L3 Nothing 18. R3 Speedbraker 19. Analog Mode Button (---LOGITECH DRIVING FORCE PRO-------------------------------------------------) ,,,--------,,, 1 ,,--'' ,,,------,,, ''--,, _____/ ,-' ,,--'' ''--,, '-, | ,' ,-' '-, ', | ' ,' ', ' ' ' 12 13 ' ' | | \ ,,,,----''''----,,,, / | | | |,,,---''' __ ,--, __ '''---,,,| | | | 5,-, |10| ,' ', |11| 6() | | | | 4| + |2 ¯¯ | | ¯¯ 7() 9() | | | | '-'3 ', ,' 8() | | | |---------, '--' ,---------| | | | ', ,' | | | | , __ __ , | | | | , |14| |15| , | | , , | ¯¯ ¯¯ | , , , ', | ___ ___ | ,' , ', '-, | |1 6||1 7| | ,-' ,' '-, ''--,| ¯¯¯ ¯¯¯ |,--'' ,-' ''--,, '''------''' ,,--'' '''--------''' 1. Steer 2. UP DIRECTIONAL Enter shop/enter race 3. RIGHT DIRECTIONAL BUTTON Brings up SMS 4. DOWN DIRECTIONAL Nothing 5. LEFT DIRECTIONAL Display world map 6. TRIANGLE Activate crew member 7. SQUARE Brake 8. X Accelerate 9. CIRCLE Look Back 10. L1 Shift down 11. R1 Shift up 12. L2 Nitrous 13. R2 Speedbreaker 14. L3 Nothing 15. R3 Change camera view 16. Reset Car 17. Pause ________________________________________________________________________________ _________ ______ ________ _______ ________ __ _ ,' | ,' ___ ', | _____ ', | _____ ', ,' ____ ', | \ | | | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | | | | | ____' | | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ,' '. | | \ | | | | | ¯¯¯ | | ||__ ,' | _____ ', | |__ | | | |\ \ | | | | | |¯¯¯| | |_| ',', | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ''*-' | | | \ \| | | |,,,---''| |_.| '-* ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯'''*---' -.| \, | ',_,,,---'' '' ---------------------------------Gameplay--------------------------------------- (---Cars-----------------------------------------------------------------------) - - - C l a s s e s a n d t i e r s - - - Cars are organized by class and tier. Class is the type of car, sorted by either... MUSCLE - Cars that are fairly expensive with blindingly fast acceleration but poor handling and fairly poor top speed for some of them. TUNER - Cars with slower acceleration and top speed but with incredible handling at a cheaper price. EXOTIC - The ultimate car that has the best stats for handling, top speed, and acceleration; however, these stats come with one hell of a price. Cars are also organized by tier. The higher the tier, the better performing and more expensive the car. A tier 1 tuner, for example, only costs 20 to 40 grand, but an exotic from tier 3 may cost as much as 200 grand plus, not to mention the increased price of upgrades. Also, a tier 1 set of upgrades will not work on a tier 3 car. - - - Q u i c k l i s t s - - - CAR BRANDS (alphabetical) Alfa Romeo Aston Martin Audi BMW Chevy Chrysler Dodge Ford Lamborghini Lexus Lotus Infiniti Mazda Mercedes Mitsubishi Nissan Plymouth Pontiac Porsche Renault Shelby Subaru Toyota Vauxhall Volkswagon CARS (alphabetical) Alfa Romeo Brera Aston Martin DB9 Audi R8 LE MANS Quattro BMW M3 GTR Chevy Camaro SS Chevy Camaro Concept Chevy Chevelle SS 454 Chevy Corvette Chrysler 300C SRT-8 Dodge Challenger Concept Dodge Challenger R/T Dodge Challenger SRT-8 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Ford GT Ford Mustang Lamborghini Gallardo Lamborghini Murcielago Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Lexus IS300 Lotus Elise 111R Lotus Europa Infiniti G35 Mazda Mazdaspeed3 Mazda RX-7 Mazda RX-8 Mercedes CLK500 Mercedes SL65AMG Mercedes SLR Mclaren Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX Mitsubishi Eclipse GT Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MR Nissan 240SX Nissan 350Z Nissan Skyline R34 Pontiac GTO Porsche Carrera GT Porsche Cayman S Porsche 911 GT3 RS Porsche 911 Turbo S Renault Clio V6 Shelby GT500 '07 Shelby GT500 '67 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Toyota Corolla GT-S (AE86) Toyota MR2 Toyota Supra Vauxhall Monero VXR Volkswagon Golf R32 - - - D e t a i l e d L i s t - - - EXOTIC ¯¯¯¯¯¯ TOP SPEED Alfa Romeo Brera |............. Aston Martin DB9 |...................... Audi R8 LE MANS Quattro |.................................................. BMW M3 GTR |??? Ford GT |................................... Lamborghini Gallardo |................................. Lamborghini Murcielago |....................................... Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 |??? Lotus Elise 111R |................... Lotus Europa |??? Mercedes CLK500 |............. Mercedes SL65AMG |......................... Mercedes SLR Mclaren |...................................... Porsche Carrera GT |...................................... Porsche Cayman S |...................... Porsche 911 GT3 RS |??? Porsche 911 Turbo S |??? ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ACCELERATION Alfa Romeo Brera |............. Aston Martin DB9 |.......................... Audi R8 LE MANS Quattro |................................................ BMW M3 GTR |??? Ford GT |.................................. Lamborghini Gallardo |.................................. Lamborghini Murcielago |...................................... Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 |??? Lotus Elise 111R |.......................... Lotus Europa |??? Mercedes CLK500 |................. Mercedes SL65AMG |............................ Mercedes SLR Mclaren |................................... Porsche Carrera GT |............................... Porsche Cayman S |........................... Porsche 911 GT3 RS |??? Porsche 911 Turbo S |??? ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ HANDLING Alfa Romeo Brera |................ Aston Martin DB9 |............................... Audi R8 LE MANS Quattro |.............................................. BMW M3 GTR |??? Ford GT |........................................... Lamborghini Gallardo |............................................. Lamborghini Murcielago |........................................... Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 |??? Lotus Elise 111R |............................... Lotus Europa |??? Mercedes CLK500 |.............. Mercedes SL65AMG |........................... Mercedes SLR Mclaren |............................................ Porsche Carrera GT |........................................... Porsche Cayman S |.............................. Porsche 911 GT3 RS |??? Porsche 911 Turbo S |??? ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ MUSCLE ¯¯¯¯¯¯ TOP SPEED Chevy Camaro SS |............ Chevy Camaro Concept |??? Chevy Chevelle SS 454 |??? Chevy Corvette Z-06 |............................ Chrysler 300C SRT-8 |.............. Dodge Challenger Concept |......................... Dodge Charger R/T |................... Dodge Charger SRT-8 |................. Dodge Viper SRT-10 |.......................... Ford Mustang GT |................ Plymouth Barracuda Hemi |........................... Plymouth RoadRunner |??? Pontiac GTO |............. Shelby GT500 '07 |??? Shelby GT500 '67 |.......................... Vauxhall Monero VXR |............. ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ACCELERATION Chevy Camaro SS |.................... Chevy Camaro Concept |??? Chevy Chevelle SS 454 |??? Chevy Corvette Z-06 |.............................................. Chrysler 300C SRT-8 |....................... Dodge Challenger Concept |........................................... Dodge Charger R/T |................................... Dodge Charger SRT-8 |............................. Dodge Viper SRT-10 |............................................... Ford Mustang GT |......................... Plymouth Barracuda Hemi |......................................... Plymouth RoadRunner |??? Pontiac GTO |........................... Shelby GT500 '07 |??? Shelby GT500 '67 |........................................ Vauxhall Monero VXR |........................... ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ HANDLING Chevy Camaro SS |........... Chevy Camaro Concept |??? Chevy Chevelle SS 454 |??? Chevy Corvette Z-06 |....................... Chrysler 300C SRT-8 |............ Dodge Challenger Concept |....................... Dodge Charger R/T |............. Dodge Charger SRT-8 |.................. Dodge Viper SRT-10 |...................... Ford Mustang GT |................. Plymouth Barracuda Hemi |...................... Plymouth RoadRunner |??? Pontiac GTO |................ Shelby GT500 '07 |??? Shelby GT500 '67 |..................... Vauxhall Monero VXR |................ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ TUNER ¯¯¯¯¯ TOP SPEED Lexus IS300 |??? Infiniti G35 |??? Mazda Mazdaspeed3 |.............. Mazda RX-7 |.................. Mazda RX-8 |............. Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX |??? Mitsubishi Eclipse GT |.............. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MR |.......................... Nissan 240SX |??? Nissan 350Z |....................... Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R |.......................... Renault Clio V6 |................. Subaru Impreza WRX STi |........................ Toyota Corolla GT-S (AE86) |??? Toyota MR2 |??? Toyota Supra |......................... Volkswagon Golf R32 |............... ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ACCELERATION Lexus IS300 |??? Infiniti G35 |??? Mazda Mazdaspeed3 |.................. Mazda RX-7 |........................ Mazda RX-8 |............ Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX |??? Mitsubishi Eclipse GT |............. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MR |............................ Nissan 240SX |??? Nissan 350Z |........................ Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R |............................. Renault Clio V6 |............... Subaru Impreza WRX STi |.......................... Toyota Corolla GT-S (AE86) |??? Toyota MR2 |??? Toyota Supra |........................... Volkswagon Golf R32 |.............. ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ HANDLING Lexus IS300 |??? Infiniti G35 |??? Mazda Mazdaspeed3 |................ Mazda RX-7 |.............................. Mazda RX-8 |.................. Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX |??? Mitsubishi Eclipse GT |.............................. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MR |................................................ Nissan 240SX |??? Nissan 350Z |.............................................. Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R |................................................ Renault Clio V6 |................................ Subaru Impreza WRX STi |................................................ Toyota Corolla GT-S (AE86) |??? Toyota MR2 |??? Toyota Supra |............................................ Volkswagon Golf R32 |................................ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ - - - M Y S U G G E S T I O N S - - - Coming from a person who is on their third career, I decided to give you some advice as to picking cars. •Don't pick Muscle as your first car for your first career. It often slides uncontrollably through turns, and is just a pain in the butt for new players. While the acceleration stat may appeal to you, pick the Tuner or Exotic catagory so you can control your car. •When upgrading a tier, make sure you have some available upgrades for that tier of cars. While everyone else may be driving a higher tier, a stock tier 2 car will most likely perform worse than your tuned Tier 1 car. Just keep your car until you are sure you can get a better one. •Don't buy a car that is worth all your money. You have no money to tune it with otherwise. If you want to get a 200 grand car when you only have 205 grand, that leaves you with 5 grand for upgrades, and that isn't even worth a race package Turbo (for tier 3 vehicles). If you guys have any more tips or advice to give to me reguarding cars in this game, E-mail me at TheeMikester[at]AOL[dot]com, and I will take a look. (---THE CITY-------------------------------------------------------------------) The city is a battleground, as said in the intro movie of this game. There are four major crews, as well as many smaller ones. Below is a quick ASCII art of the map, with crew territories shown as is in the beginning of the game... +-----------------+ | L E G E N D | | | |STACKED DECK: X | |BUSHIDO: ^ | |21st STREET: + | |TFK: : | |LOS COLIBRES: - | |KINGS: | | |SCORPIOS: ~ | |INFERNO: ( | |BLACK HEARTS: ) | |ROTOR 4: . | S I L V E R T O N +-----------------+ Control: Stacked Deck _______ _____ /XXXXXXX\_____/ |XXX\____ / DIAMOND X|XXXXX| SHADY /\ /XX HILLS XX|STAR-| PINE /XX\___ /XXXXXXXXXXXX|LIGHT|XXXXX/SILVER-\ /XXXXXXXXXXXXX|STRIP|XXXXX\X TON XX\ /XXXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXX|XXXXXX\REFINERY\ \XXXXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXX|XXXXX__\________\ \XXXXXXXXXXX/'-,XXXX|XXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXX\ \XXXXXXXXX/XXXX'-,_|___/X INFINITY XX/ \XXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXX|XXX PARK XXX/ \XXXXXX\X NEON MILE X|XXXXXXXXXXX/ F O R T U N A \XXXXXX\XXXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXXX/ Control: TFK \______\XXXXXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXXX/ ________ \XXXXXX'-----------._______/ /::::::::\ __ \XXXXX CANMOR DOWNS XXXXX/ /::::::::::\___________/::\ \_____ XXXXXXXXXX _____/ /:::PALMONT:::::::/:::::::::\_ \__________/ \:::UNIVERSITY:::/:::HILLS::::X D O W N T O W N _____ \::::::::::::::/::BOROUGH:::/.\ ___Control: Bushido/^^^|^\ \::::::::::::/::::::::::::/../ /^^^^\_____________/^^^^|^^\ \::::::::::/::::::::::::/._/ /^^OLD^^^/||||||||^^^^^^^|^^^\ \::::::::/::::::::::::/..\ /^QUARTER/|MASON|||BILLINGS\^^^\ \______/::::::::::::/....\ /^^^^^^^^^|DISTRICT|DISTRICT/^^^^\ /::::\::::::::::::|......\ /^^^^^^^^^^||||||||||^^^^^^^/^KINGS\ /::::::\::::::::::/FORTUNA.\ /^^^^^^^^^^^^|||||||||^^^^^^^\^PARK^^\ /::::::::\________/..HEIGHTS.\ \^^^^^^^^^^^^|||||||||^^^^^^^^\^^^^^^^\ /OCEAN VIEW|(SOUTH(\........../ /^^^^^^^^^^^^^||||||||^^^^^^^^|^^^^^^^^\ \:::::::::/(FORTUNA(\......../ \-------------||||||||^^^^^^^|^^^^^^^^^/ \:::::::/(((((((((((|....../ \--HISTORIC--|||||||\^^^^^^|^^^^^^^^^/ \__:::/(((_______((|...../ /--CHINATOWN-|||||||||^^^^^|^^^^^^^^/ \_/___/ \_|____/ /----_________|_____|||^^^^^|^^_____/ \___/ \_|_____|_/ K E M P T O N Control: 21st Street _________ /+++++++++\ _____ ________/++++++++++/\/+++++\ ____________/)))))\ESKURI PLAZA/+++++++++\ /~~~~~~~~~~~/)))))))\++++++++++/++NEWPORT++\ /~~~~~~~~~~~/)))THE)))\++++++++/+INDUSTRIAL+/ \~~~~~~~~~~~\)PROJECTS)\++++++/+++++PARK+++/ \~~MORGAN~~~\))))))))))'-,__/++++++++++++/ \~~~BEACH~~~\))))_______/++\+++++++++__/ \~~~~~~~~~~~\,-'+++++++++++\+++++++/ \~~~~~~~~~~~\+++KEMPTON++++\+++++/ \~~~~~~~~~~~\++HOLDINGS+++|++++/ \~~~~~~~~~~~\++++++++++++|+++/ \~~~~~~~~~~~\+++++++++++|++/ \~~~~~~~~~~~\+++++++++_|_/ \~~~~~~~~~~~\+++++++/ \~~~~~~~~~~~\+++++/ \~~~~~~~~~~~\___/ \~~~~~~~~~~/ \~~~~~~~~/ \______/ Notice how you have no territory. The four main areas are owned by either Stacked Deck, Bushido, 21st Street, or TFK. All the other crews only have one area of territory that they soon lose to the other person that owns a part of the city, but they do fight to get it back. You have to win 2 of the races that are presented in a small area to own that area. Once you own all of the small areas within the part of the city, the crew leader who owns the area will come looking for you. You challenge him to a city race and then race him in the canyon. If you succeed in beating him in the canyon, then you own his territory, which means no more random encounters if you are driving in that territory. Fortuna residents use Exotics, Kempton residents use Muscles, and Downtown residents use Tuners. Depending on the car you choose in the beginning, you will start your career in a different territory. You will not start in Silverton, because that is where you go at the end of the game. All the lower territory bosses use Tier 2 cars, and Silverton uses Tier 3 cars. There is also the aspect of Zone Heat, which increases in a certain area depending on how often you race in it. Zone heat is a measurement of how often the cops will show while you are racing in an area. (---THE CREWS------------------------------------------------------------------) As you know, there are four main crews: Bushido, 21st Street, TFK, and Stacked Deck. They own a particular area of the city, as shown in the above section. However, there are also smaller crews, such as Black Hearts and Los Colibres. These smaller crews often hold only one small area of land at a time and never own a part of the city. They are just there to bug you and the other four main crews out there. These guys are the ones who take you into a defensive race to make sure your area of land stays in your ownership. If you decide not to race, you lose your land automatically. A defense race is only worth small change and is already a race you have beaten before. As with the other main crews, the smaller crews drive a certain kind of car. All the crews and their cars are listed here... __________________________ _______________________________ / | \ | | | | CREW | CAR TYPE | | | | \__________________________|_______________________________/ / | \ | BUSHIDO | TUNER | \__________________________|_______________________________/ / | \ | 21st STREET | MUSCLE | \__________________________|_______________________________/ / | \ | TFK | EXOTIC | \__________________________|_______________________________/ / | \ | STACKED DECK | MIXED | \__________________________|_______________________________/ / | \ | LOS COLIBRES | MUSCLE | \__________________________|_______________________________/ / | \ | SCORPIOS | TUNER | \__________________________|_______________________________/ / | \ | INFERNO | MUSCLE | \__________________________|_______________________________/ / | \ | KINGS | MIXED | \__________________________|_______________________________/ / | \ | ROTOR 4 | TUNER | \__________________________|_______________________________/ / | \ | BLACK HEARTS | EXOTIC | \__________________________|_______________________________/ In the beginning, all the crews hold some type of land. As the game progresses, the main crew takes over all of the land in their continent while the smaller crews lose all their land. You are to take over the four main areas of land. As stated before, these crews will pop up and force you into a defensive race or take another crew's territory, so make sure you know what you are doing. '' (---YOUR CREW------------------------------------------------------------------) While all these other crews may make you feel jealous, you will have a crew just as big, maybe even bigger. There are six total people who will want to join your crew, and each has a special ability. There are crew members in the race who are either called Scouts, Drafters, or Blockers. Scouts look around the road to look for shortcuts and tell you ahead of time where they are. Blockers do anything to stop a car, from spinning it out to stopping it by slamming the brakes. Drafters allow you to follow them to gain a boost of speed, and you can take corners alot faster if you stay in their slipstream. There are also different catagories that involve your career, which include Fixers, Mechanics, and Fabricators. Mechanics get you parts for less cash. Fixers lower car heat and get you extra bonus money for winning a race. Fabricators are people that unlock Autosculpt parts for you. As I said before, there are six people for your crew, and they include these.... ______________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ / | | \ | | | | | MEMBER | RACING BENEFITS | CAREER BENEFITS | | | | | \______________________|___________________________|___________________________/ / | | \ | NEVILLE | BLOCKER, ZONE HEAT DOES | FIXER, 200$ MORE PER WIN | | | NOT INCREASE AFTER A RACE | | \______________________|___________________________|___________________________/ / | | \ | SAL | SCOUT, ZONE HEAT GOES | FABRICATOR, UNLOCKS | | | DOWN AFTER A RACE | AUTOSCULPT HOODS, BODY | | | | KITS, AND ROOF SCOOPS | \______________________|___________________________|___________________________/ / | | \ | | DRAFTER, A LARGER AREA | FABRICATOR, UNLOCKS | | COLIN | BEHIND THE CREW MEMBER | AUTOSCULPT WHEELS, CHOP | | | FOR DRAFTING | TOP, SPOILERS AND EXHAUST | \______________________|___________________________|___________________________/ / | | \ | SAMSON | BLOCKER, 10% MONEY BONUS | FIXER, ZONES YOU CONTROL | | | PER WIN | DRAW LESS COP ATTENTION | \______________________|___________________________|___________________________/ / | | \ | YUMI | SCOUT, 25% BOOST TO NOS | MECHANIC, 10% PERFORMANCE | | | | PARTS DISCOUNT | \______________________|___________________________|___________________________/ / | | \ | NIKKI | DRAFTER, 50% BOOST TO | 10% OFF ALL CAR PURCHASES | | | SPEEDBREAKER AND NITROUS | | \______________________|___________________________|___________________________/ (---RACING---------------------------------------------------------------------) This is the entire reason the game was made. To race. Without racing you would just customize the cars. This game would be boring, as is this string of sentances. Well, here are the races. - - - C I R C U I T - - - Circuit is when you race a certain course for a certain number of laps (in this game, the circuit races in career mode always have two laps), and the first one with all the laps finished across the finish line is declared the winner. Here, a scout is great to use because they leave that greenish-yellow dotted line to show you where the shortcuts are, and you don't have to suddenly slam on the brakes, hit speedbreaker, and slam into a wall just to take a shortcut. You can actually be prepared. Also, if you hit a certain Pursuit Breaker, you can leave it there for your opponents to hit. Remember where it is, though! - - - S P R I N T - - - Sprint is where you race from point A to point B, and the first one to cross the finish line wins. You can tell how far you have gotten in the sprint by looking in the upper left corner of your screen, your progress shown in percentage. A drafter is good here because you can get through the course quick enough and take the turns more quickly, because there isn't as much room for error in a sprint than in a circuit. - - - D R I F T - - - Drift is where you slide your car, avoiding the walls and or falling off the cliff, and get points relative to how you drift, how fast you drift, how long you drift, how many drifts you have connected together, and the angle you drift at. You always drift alone, and you drift in two settings. You can drift in an enclosed circuit with two laps, which gauges your multiplier by how many drifts you connected in a row, and also includes a bonus zone lining the wall to increase points. Downhill drift is where you drift in the canyon with no bonus zones, no laps, and the chance you could fall off the cliff and lose. The multiplier is gauged by how many "sections" you have drifted through without hitting a wall. Don't be too reckless in Downhill drift, or else. - - - C H E C K P O I N T - - - Checkpoint is where you race alone in the city. There are predetermined markings on the course that you have to pass by in a limited amount of time. If you don't make it in time, you lose. All checkpoints are sprints. Here, just try to memorize the course through replays if needed, to find any areas you could cut through without losing too much speed and also finding shortcuts, since you do race alone, which means no drafter or scout. - - - S P E E D T R A P - - - Here, there are traps in the road. You go past them, and they take how fast you were going (in a numerical value) and add it to your score. The player with the highest total MPH or KM/H in the end wins. A blocker might be a nice touch to slow someone to a halt right before the speedtrap, but a drafter is better because you can accelerate faster, take corners faster, and have a higher top speed, but only for a short time. - - - C A N Y O N - - - Canyon is a unique type of racing that takes place in two parts. The first is where you follow the opponent and stay on them as close as you can, gaining points depending on how close you follow. On part two, the opponent follows you and the closer they follow, the more points you lose. If you make it to the bottom and still have some points left, you win. You can also win by passing the opponent and staying ahead in the first part, getting really far ahead of the opponent for ten seconds in the second part, or if the opponent falls off the cliff. Note that you can also lose in these ways. And yes, you heard me right, you can fall off a cliff and lose the race. Just take certain turns in which you can fall off the cliff carefully, and be aggresive to try to lose your opponent or gain on him at the safer parts. If you can get a clear shot to knock your opponent off the cliff before you fall off, do so. - - - R A N D O M E N C O U N T E R S - - - If you are racing in someone else's territory, chances are they will see you and start to follow you. If they challenge you and you accept, you choose a finish line, and from where you are, you race to that finish line, trying to beat your opponent. You don't get too much money for these races, but they can be fast and they do net you reward cards if you do enough of them. (---UPGRADES-------------------------------------------------------------------) This is where you can get creative. Take your choice from many body kits, rims, spoilers, you name it. You can also AUTOSCULPT your parts, meaning you can decide how low your roof is, how wide your grille is on your bumper, etc. - - - P E R F O R M A N C E - - - Engine- Change how fast your car accelerates (Torque) or increase top speed (HP) -Street -Pro -Racing Transmission- Change acceleration rate (Accel) or increase top speed (Top Speed) -Street -Pro -Racing Suspension- Change to prevent Drift (Understeer) or to let it slide (Oversteer) -Street -Pro -Racing Nitrous- Change how long your NOS lasts (Duration) or its power level (Velocity) -Street -Pro -Racing Tires- Change to let your car slide (Drift) or to keep it on the ground (Grip) -Street -Pro -Racing Brakes- Change to let braking power to the front or rear axle -Street -Pro -Racing Turbo- Change to let the turbo release its power at low or high RPM -Street -Pro -Racing - - - A U T O S C U L P T - - - WHEELS Carbon M05 Carbon HEX Carbon REDLINE Carbon GLITZ Carbon ST-8 Carbon MULTI Carbon SF15 Carbon RAZOR Carbon ST-5 FRONT BUMPER Stag Sweeper Borralo Shadow Arashi Chicane Classic REAR BUMPER Stag Sweeper Borralo Shadow Arashi Chicane Classic SKIRT Stag Sweeper Borralo Shadow Arashi Chicane Classic HOOD Dual-Stage Blown Over Splitside Snyper Charged Contender Shaker Formula ROOF SCOOP Northwest Jetstream Headwind Riptide Windtunnel Blastback Airstream Cyclone Tempest Blastback SPOILER Jorgen Rocker 5 Airforce Arrow Barracuda Wildfire Ripper Reaper Borra Ghost Dragon Scarab Tandem Lynx Banshee Mystic Specter Slingshot Tornado Venom Switchblade Sidewinder Impact Groundmaster Fishtail Viper EXHAUST TIPS Backlash Livia Ace Vortex Frenzy Blast Rumble Thunderbolt Rocket Sonic Supernova Blitz Speed Sport CHOP TOP - - - A F T E R M A R K E T - - - BODY KIT BODY 1 BODY 2 BODY 3 BODY 4 HOOD Beast Double-V Tri-Slot Speed G-Force Overdial Trident Speedline ROOF SCOOP Northwest Jetstream Headwind Riptide Windtunnel Blastback Airstream Cyclone Tempest Backdraft Typhoon Northwest Dual Jetstream Dual Headwind Dual Riptide Dual Windtunnel Dual Blastback Dual Airstream Dual Cyclone Dual Tempest Dual Backdraft Dual Typhoon Dual SPOILERS Jorgen Rocker 5 Airforce Arrow Barracuda Wildfire Ripper Reaper Borra Ghost Dragon Scarab Tandem Lynx Banshee Mystic Specter Slingshot Tornado Venom Switchblade Sidewinder Impact Groundmaster Fishtail Viper WHEELS 5Zigen - SuperSix - 5ZR - GN+ ADR - Adrenaline - Empire - GT-Sport - M-Sport American Racing - Torque Thrust II - Torque Thrust SST Lowenhart - XJR - BR5 - LDR - LC1 O.Z. - Superleggera - Superleggera III - Leonardo Racinghart - Multi C4 - CX - CP - CR Ro_Ja - Formula 1 - Formula 7 - Formula 2 Giovanna - Brake - Gello - Aparat HRE - 943R - 541R - 549R IForged - Aero - Evolution - Marquis Konig - Blatant - Imagine - Theory BBS - GT - RS GT - RK Center Line - Dagger - Indy - Viking Enkei - NT03+M - J Speed 3 - ES-Tarmac TSW - Mondello - Rocket 5 - Lagunda Work - VS SS - VS-KF - Euroline FE - - - V I S U A L S - - - PAINT Gloss Metallic Matte Pearlescent Iridiscent Candy Chrome VINYLS Flames Tribal Stripes Race Flags National Flags Numbers Shapes Body Flame Body Stripe Body Tribal Body Two Tone Manufacturer Aftermarket Logo Bonus WHEEL PAINT Metallic Chrome Matte WINDOW TINT LIGHT Black LIGHT Silver LIGHT Red LIGHT Yellow LIGHT Green LIGHT Blue LIGHT Indigo LIGHT Violet DARK Black DARK Silver DARK Red DARK Yellow DARK Green DARK Blue DARK Indigo DARK Violet PEARL Black PEARL Silver PEARL Red PEARL Yellow PEARL Green PEARL Blue PEARL Indigo PEARL Violet RIDE HEIGHT ________________________________________________________________________________ _________ ______ ________ _______ ________ __ _ ,' | ,' ___ ', | _____ ', | _____ ', ,' ____ ', | \ | | | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | | | | | ____' | | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ,' '. | | \ | | | | | ¯¯¯ | | ||__ ,' | _____ ', | |__ | | | |\ \ | | | | | |¯¯¯| | |_| ',', | ¯¯¯¯¯ ,' | ''*-' | | | \ \| | | |,,,---''| |_.| '-* ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯'''*---' -.| \, | ',_,,,---'' '' ----------------------------THANKS AND ENDING----------------------------------- CJayC- Accepting my guide You- Reading this EA- Making the game in the first place Osrevad- "Need For Speed" logo at title ASCII and Dualshock 2 Controller. VERSION HISTORY: 0.95- Mostly finished the guide. A few of the cars need stats yet. If you plan to E-mail me, please send me a decent E-mail. Spell check it, type it with proper capitalization, punctuation, and line breaks, and make it relevant to the game. Not saying that I will toss every piece of mail, but I do have the right to throw any non-sensical or completely irrelevant mails in the trash. Copyright TheeMikester 2006. This guide may not be redistributed or reposted on any other web page without permission of the writer. This guide may not be distributed in real life for any reason. If you would like to host this guide on your site, please E-mail for permission. All graphics, vehicles, aftermarket brands, and any other item involved in this game is copyrighted by their owner. END