


The only way you can achieve your former glory-and control of the city-is to race against them in a variety of events and win, avoiding cops, other drivers and all manners of objects like telephone poles and concrete barriers in the process. If not, here’s the executive summary: You’re a street racer who’s returned to the city after an extended absence, only to discover that the town is now controlled by several rival gangs who have taken over different neighborhoods. If you’ve played any of the recent Need for Speed games available for the PC or video game consoles, you’ll have a basic idea of what to expect. So now that Need for Speed: Carbon is available on the Mac, how does it fare?

That was in stark contrast to the other titles making up EA’s revived Mac efforts-notably Madden NFL-which had been on the platform before in one form or another. When Electronic Arts (EA) announced in mid-2007 plans to publish games for the Mac, it surprised many gamers by including one game series that hasn’t raised its head on the Mac before-the venerable Need for Speed series of street racing games.
