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Game entry

Need for Speed: Carbon

2006 · Racing, Simulation · PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 · Electronic Arts

After 286 duels settled by the community, Need for Speed: Carbon stands no. 559 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,676 ELO points and 50% of wins. The pairing that comes up most often sets it against Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: 12 duels settled, 2 to 10. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 16 out of 135 (2006).

World rank

no. 559

ELO score

1,676

Wins

50%

Duels played

286

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About Need for Speed: Carbon

Need for Speed: Carbon, also known as NFS Carbon or NFSC, is an Electronic Arts video game in the Need for Speed series. It is the tenth installment and was the first game in the series to gain the PEGI rating of 12+. The game is a sequel to 2005's Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,676 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

In the same genre

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Around this spot

The games Need for Speed: Carbon sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 556 Resident Evil 3 1,677
  2. 557 Medieval II: Total War 1,677
  3. 558 Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II 1,677
  4. 559 Need for Speed: Carbon 1,676
  5. 560 Castle Crashers 1,676
  6. 561 Grim Fandango 1,676
  7. 562 Resident Evil 1,675

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The standing

Where Need for Speed: Carbon ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Need for Speed: Carbon stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 16 out of 135 (2006).

Where Need for Speed: Carbon ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 559 5,046
Racing 21 259
2000s 164 1,308
2006 16 135

The community

The debate

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