The career mode is centered around the fictional Palmont City setting, which is made up of four distinctive districts and the surrounding canyons. Main article: Player (Most Wanted & Carbon) Progression Online services were shut down on August 31, 2021. Similar to Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0, a handheld spin-off title - entitled Need for Speed: Carbon - Own The City - for the GameBoy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, and Zeebo platforms was released. In the following year, it was also made available for Macintosh. Need for Speed: Carbon was first released in autumn 2006 for the PC, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox platforms, as well as for the newer PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 platforms. It continues the plot from Need for Speed: Most Wanted but takes place in a night-only setting. Need for Speed: Carbon reimports a high number of gameplay assets from Need for Speed: Most Wanted but also introduced several features new to the franchise, including the ability of creating crews, canyon duel racing and Autosculpt customisation. It was developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. Need for Speed: Carbon is a multiplatform racing video game and the tenth title in the Need for Speed series.
