Need for Speed: Carbon The Need for Speed: Carbon offers the next generation of high octane street racing with a difference. Rather than racing through differing environments and terrains you are in charge of a "crew" intent on taking over the neighbourhood, to rid the city of gang warfare. The battle starts in the city, moving block by block as you attempt to put down your "crew's" footprint. As the battle progresses and the police become involved, it soon moves to Carbon Canyon where street warfare is the only life available. The twists and turns of the area represent great danger, and while you are able to adjust your car characteristics with a revolutionary new software plug-in, it will be a battle to the end.