As you win money from races, you can visit garages and car lots to make improvements to your vehicle.Įnhancements are still unlocked gradually, but the cars have now been divided over different tiers. At the same time, the focus on tuning and sculpting your car remains, as introduced in Need for Speed Underground.
The career mode offers complete freedom in a city with a story mode supported by FMV cutscenes, as featured in Need for Speed: Most Wanted, but now also set in the Carbon Canyon, where racers duel for territory in the city below. The 2006 game in the Need for Speed series is an evolution of the gameplay introduced in the previous games.