Need for Speed: Carbon
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Developers | |
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EA Black Box | |
macOS (OS X) | TransGaming Inc. |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
EAGL 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 31, 2006 |
macOS (OS X) | August 17, 2007 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
⤏ Go to series page | |
The Need for Speed | 1994 |
Need for Speed II | 1997 |
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (series) | |
Need for Speed: High Stakes | 1999 |
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed | 2000 |
Need for Speed: Underground (series) | |
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (series) | |
Need for Speed: Carbon | 2006 |
Need for Speed: ProStreet | 2007 |
Need for Speed: Undercover | 2008 |
Need for Speed: Shift (series) | |
Need for Speed: World | 2010 |
Need for Speed: The Run | 2011 |
Need for Speed Rivals | 2013 |
Need for Speed (2016) | 2016 |
Need for Speed Payback | 2017 |
Need for Speed: Edge | 2017 |
Need for Speed Heat | 2019 |
Need for Speed Unbound | 2022 |
Need For Speed Mobile | 2024 |
General information
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Demo
Essential improvements
Patches
- Latest patch can be found here. Select the version more suitable to your version.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Skip intro videos[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Need for Speed Carbon\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\NFS Carbon\<user-id>\ |
macOS (OS X) |
Video settings
General video settings.
- ThirteenAG's fix may require the latest patch. See Patches.
Field of view (FOV)
Set custom FOV[citation needed] |
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Input settings
Input settings.
Audio settings
Audio settings #1.
Audio settings #2.
- Though the game not uses EAX, Creative Alchemy still can be used to enhance sound quality. It will just emulate DirectSound and 3D positional audio with OpenAL. Difference can be easily noticeable when music is off. For non-Creative cards users see here or use dsoal. Run in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode to avoid crashing career mode while using Alchemy/dsoal. Sometimes whole career need to be started from the beginning with compatibility mode and Alchemy enabled. The solutions are to avoid disapearing car in career menu and crash after attempt to race. Compatibility mode can cause resetting of the game settings. Please note that attempt of changing details in the game, cause deterioration of audio quality, similar to change of g_AudioMode to 1 in registry (instead of 0 - I recommend set it to 0). Restart the game after setting details to your desired levels.
Subtitles
Enable English subtitles[citation needed] |
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Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | See Subtitles. | |||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Swedish |
Network
Online settings.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | Console versions only.[3] | ||
LAN play | |||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Poor Framerate & Crashes
Install DirectPlay |
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Controller deadzone issues
Fix left stick deadzone[4] |
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Unable to load save game
Fix save game loading crash[citation needed] |
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Stuttering in Windows 10
Fix stuttering once every second[citation needed] |
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Crashes in Challenge Series
Fix crashes during certain races[citation needed] |
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Game can't be uninstalled
-
eauninstall.exe
error: "The program can't start because EAInstall.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."
Fix uninstall error[5] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
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Weather
Force rainy weather[citation needed] |
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Change size of rain drops[6] |
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Mods
- NFSC Extra Options - adds various new settings and fixes vanilla game bugs.
- NFSC Fog Options - This mod gives you full control over the CG fog settings.
- NFSC Wingman - This mod brings you some new crew stuff.
- NFSC Enhanced Visual Treatment - enables an unused graphics option and other tweaks.[7]
- World Filters & Sky for Carbon - This mod ports Visual Treatment filters and Sky Shaders from World to Carbon.
- Need for Speed Carbon HD Edition - includes high resolution textures.
Change physics hertz
- This makes everything in the game smoother, such as, the drift force being applied much smoother to the car.
Custom physics hertz[8] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000 SP4, XP SP2 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4.7 GB (Retail) | 11 GB (Download) |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce3 Series/4 Ti Series ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon 9800 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ NFS Carbon, PC splitscreen | GBAtemp.net - The Independent Video Game Community
- ↑ Need for Speed - Analog sticks deadzone · Issue #165 · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack - last accessed on 2017-04-05
- ↑ (FIX) EAINSTALL.dll problem uninstalling NEED FOR SPEED CARBON - YouTube
- ↑ 2. Configuration · Aero52/NFS-SH-WidescreenFixWiki Wiki
- ↑ Fun Stuff! #2 - [NFSC] Enhanced Visual Treatment + Fog + Clear Sky - YouTube
- ↑ NFSMods - NFSC Physics Framerate Changer (Better Car Physics)
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