I've encountered a little bug, I think. On PC (1.4), there's a sprint in Silverton that makes the game crash. I'll report which one after another test.

(My upload speed is veeeeeery low, so don't expect to see my runs before july. Sorry for the delay.)

Let's do this.

And... I'm back. I've modified my first post. It's now clean, and I hope it reflects what we discussed here.

What's the final word about transmission ? Will it be a variable or not ? Because we already have 2 runs on the boards, using automatic.

Thanks for this remarks. So, we need to separate PS2, GCN, Wii and Xbox from the rest, because, as you say, the game is different in difficulty and number of opponents in races.

I will edit my first post tonight to make it more precise and readable.

NFS is a arcade racing series, so I think it make sense to consider that some of us would only drive with automatic transmission. If we were talking about simulation racing games, the manual shifting might be necessary. Personnally, I rarely used manual transmission, only for Achievements.

Thanks for the tip, I'll try it soon.

OK, thanks for the reply Ewil.

2. Yes, it only makes the game playable in windowed mode. Game crashes more often, but that's it. No mods, no cheats. Just a DX9 plugin, and INI file to set On/Off windowed mode.

Hey Grim !

Ow, yes ! Sub-directories depending on car class is missing. A Muscle run would be longer to start than a Tuner or Exotic, so some tricks are needed. That's a good idea. I'll add it to my post.

Transmission is a good point too. I should try playing with Manual transmission...

My bad.. you are right for CE cars. So, what do you think I need to change for this game ? Maybe the only category that need to be separated is Challenge Series, no ?

And yeah, I realize that a AllRewardCards% is a little too much. I'll let it in the optional list for now and we'll see.

EDIT : I just saw Ewil answer in my other thread. Maybe we have to consider it before I edit the CE section.

This thread exposed thoughts about categories for Carbon games.

Update (06/02/2015) : reorganized categories, and some fixes about differences between consoles...

[section=Need for Speed: Carbon (PC, PS2, PS3, GCN, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360)]Categories

• Career any%
• Career any% (segmented)
• Career 100%
• Career 100% (segmented)
• Challenge Series Sub-categories
• Console : PC, PS3, Xbox 360 / PS2, GCN, Wii, Xbox
• Starting Class (?) : Exotic / Muscle / Tuner Variables
• Edition : Standard / Collector
• Version (PC only) : Initial / 1.3 / 1.4
• Transmission (?) : Automatic / Manual [section=Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City (GBA, NDS, PSP, Zeebo)]Categories
• Career any%
• Career 100%
• Game 100% Sub-categories
• Console : GBA, NDS / PSP, Zeebo Variables
• Transmission (?) : Automatic / Manual

OK. I saw you did this on ProStreet with 1.0 and 1.1.

IMO, those patches are OK. They do only fix some launching problems on XP, 2000 and Vista, and added some useful features online multiplayer. And I didn't find anything about glitches they could allow. So I think you don't need to create "versioned" categories.

But I'll let you judge and tell me what you think, when you have time to.

Then, you make think about a new question. You're talking about patches. Are the official 1.3 & 1.4 patches authorized ? They fixed some bugs and online features (completely useless in our case).

That's just to make sure everything is good with my runs.

OK Grim, thanks for the reply.

Well, Challenge Series was a simple idea cause I've seen it on Most Wanted. It only makes sense if we consider pursuit challenges, in which we have to escape as quickly as possible after completing goals. But then, it's not necessary, so no problem.

1. After some researches, I didn't find anything exclusive in Career Mode. So I think the answer is Yes.

Hi there,

I wanna start running NFS series, and I choosed Carbon as a starting point. As a new runner, I have some questions about this game. Here they are :

1. Is Collectors Edition eligible to any categories already existing ?

2. Is Windowed Mode authorized ? See here for details : http://www.nfscars.net/carbon/file/19800/

3. Is a Challenge Series category possible ?