Need For Speed: Carbon Challenge Series Walkthrough - Version 1.01 Wii Version Created By: DuelingDinos ============== Table Of Contents ============== I) Version History 1a.) Intro 1b.) What is the Challenge Series? 2a.) Canyon Duel - Bronze 2b.) Canyon Duel - Silver 2c.) Canyon Duel - Gold 3a.) Canyon Race - Bronze 3b.) Canyon Race - Silver 3c.) Canyon Race - Gold 4a.) Checkpoint - Bronze 4b.) Checkpoint - Silver 4c.) Checkpoint - Gold 5a.) Canyon Checkpoint - Bronze 5b.) Canyon Checkpoint - Silver 5c.) Canyon Checkpoint - Gold 6a.) Canyon Drift - Bronze 6b.) Canyon Drift - Silver 6c.) Canyon Drift - Gold 7a.) Pursuit Evasion - Bronze 7b.) Pursuit Evasion - Silver 7c.) Pursuit Evasion - Gold 8a.) Trade Paint - Bronze 8b.) Trade Paint - Silver 8c.) Trade Paint - Gold 9a.) Circuit - Bronze 9b.) Circuit - Silver 9c.) Circuit - Gold 10a.) Sprint - Bronze 10b.) Sprint - Silver 10c.) Sprint - Gold 11a.) Drift - Bronze 11b.) Drift - Silver 11c.) Drift - Gold 12a.) Speedtrap - Bronze 12b.) Speedtrap - Silver 12c.) Speedtrap - Gold 13a.) Circuit - Bronze 13b.) Circuit - Silver 13c.) Circuit - Gold 14.) Tips 15.) Special Thanks 16.) Contact Info ----------------------------- I) Version History V. 1 - 1/16/07 - First finished copy posted. V. 1.01 - 1/17/07 - Added Intro, and sites with permission to post this FAQ ========================= 1a.) Intro This FAQ covers the Challenge Series section of Need For Speed: Carbon. The following sites have permission to post this FAQ: www.gamefaqs.com www.neoseeker.com www.supercheats.com 1.) What is the Challenge Series? The Challenge Series is a set of races, contests, etc. to in a way test your skills as a driver, and a good way to improve your overall skills, as well as unlock some cool stuff at the same time. There are 12 different challenge series covering all of the different racing situations you'll come across in the game. I'm going to detail them all out for you and add some tips on how to make them easier to beat. ========================= -------------------------- 2a.) Canyon Duel - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Canyon Duel - Silver Track: Journeyman's Bane Length: 4.5 Miles Car: Lexus IS300 (Tuner) Description: Defeat an easy opponent in a Canyon Duel on Journeyman's Bane. My Opinion: After taking a try or two to get adjusted to the car's handling and the track itself, it shouldn't take much more than a couple tries before you can beat this one. -------------------------- 2b.) Canyon Duel - Silver Reward: Unlocks Canyon Duel - Gold Track: Gold Valley Duel Length: 2.5 Miles Car: Plymouth Road Runner (Muscle) Description: Defeat an intermediate opponent in a Canyon Duel on Gold Valley. My Opinion: If you've never driven a muscle car yet, getting the hang of the handling may be a bit harder than the challenge itself, but all in all, this one isn't too difficult either. -------------------------- 2c.) Canyon Duel - Gold Reward: Switchblade Spoiler Track: Eternity Pass Length: 3.1 Miles Car: Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (Muscle) Description: Defeat a hard opponent in a Canyon Duel on Eternity Pass. My Opinion: This Challenge will definetly push you, you'll have to balance your acceleration, braking, and turning to get through this one, if you're lucky you'll overtake your opponent in the first leg, but don't expect to, you may have to start and probably finish the second leg. -------------------------- 3a.) Canyon Race - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Canyon Race - Silver Track: Gold Valley Length: 3.4 Miles Car: Mazda RX-8 (Tuner) Description: Win a Canyon Race on Gold Valley against easy opposition. My Opinion: Like the last Bronze challenge, this shouldn't be much trouble for you. Not much else to add about it. -------------------------- 3b.) Canyon Race - Silver Reward: Unlocks Canyon Race - Gold Track: Copper Ridge Length: 2.6 Miles Car: Mitsubishi Eclipse GT (Tuner) Description: Win a Canyon Race on Copper Ridge against intermediate opposition. My Opinion: This race won't be as easy to get into the lead in, but its not that hard either, just take a little time and wait for the right spots to make your moves, you'll be in the lead and winning the race in no time. -------------------------- 3c.) Canyon Race - Gold Reward: NFS Carbon Logo Vinyls Track: Deadfall Junction Length 3.4 Miles Car: Nizzan 350Z (Tuner) Description: Win a Canyon Race on Deadfall Junction against hard opposition. My Opinion: Overall, this one isn't all that difficult, as long as you don't make any huge mistakes, you should be able to win this no problem. -------------------------- 4a.) Checkpoint - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Checkpoint - Silver Track: Eskuri Plaza Length: 5.6 Miles Car: Renault Clio V6 (Tuner) Description: Complete the Eskuri Plaza Checkpoint Challenge in under 3:44 to win. My Opinion: No real challenge here. I smashed into a few walls along the way and still finished with over 40 seconds to spare. As long as you don't wreck too horribly, you'll be fine. -------------------------- 4b.) Checkpoint - Silver Reward: Unlocks Checkpoint - Gold Track: Rabinowitz Drive Length: 5.3 Miles Car: Plymouth Hemi Cuda (Muscle) Description: Complete the Rabinowitz Drive Checkpoint Challenge in under 3:02 to win. My Opinion: On the way to the first two checkpoints, you may find yourself running a little low on time. You'll need to make sure you don't hit too many walls on this one, or you may not finish in time. -------------------------- 4c.) Checkpoint - Gold Reward: Venom Spoiler Track: Blackwell Road Length: 5.8 Miles Car: Porsche 911 GT3 RS (Exotic) Description: Complete the Blackwell Road Checkpoint Challenge in under 3:21 to win. My Opinion: This one is definetly not very easy, but as long as you can hug your corners at good speeds, you should be able to pull this off with few problems. This one may take a few tries. -------------------------- 5a.) Canyon Checkpoint - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Canyon Checkpoint - Silver Track: Lofty Heights Length: 3.3 Miles Car: Chevrolet Camero SS (Muscle) Description: Complete the Lofty Heights Checkpoint Challenge in under 2:39 to win. My Opinion: Not much of a challenge, but if you've been reading this whole thing, you'd notice all of the Bronze Challenges are not very difficult. As long as you don't wreck a lot, you'll be fine. -------------------------- 5b.) Canyon Checkpoint - Silver Reward: Unlocks Canyon Checkpoint - Gold Track: Knife's Edge Length: 2.4 Miles Car: Mazda RX-7 (Tuner) Description: Complete the Knife's Edge Checkpoint Challenge in under 1:25 to win. My Opinion: They do not leave you much room for error on this challenge, thankfully you're in a car that handles beautifully, just hug your corners and watch your speed, you should be fine. -------------------------- 5c.) Canyon Checkpoint - Gold Reward: Pearlescent Paint Track: Desperation Ridge Length: 3.4 Miles Car: BMW M3 GTR (Exotic) Description: Complete the Desperation Ridge Checkpoint Challenge in under 1:55 to win. My Opinion: There is very little room for error on this one, especially before the first checkpoint, this will probably take a few tries before you get this one. -------------------------- 6a.) Canyon Drift - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Canyon Drift - Silver Track: Gold Valley Drift Length: 3.1 Miles Car: Aston Martin DB9 (Exotic) Description: Score over 25,000 PTS on this Canyon Drift to win. My Opinion: Not very hard at all, just build up your speed and glide through the corners, it's not all that hard to get a score as high as 200,000 on this one. -------------------------- 6b.) Canyon Drift - Silver Reward: Unlocks Canyon Drift - Gold Track: Knife's Edge Drift Length: 2.4 Miles Car: Toyota MR2 (Tuner) Description: Score over 100,000 PTS on this Canyon Drift to win. My Opinion: This one is a bit more difficult, there isn't a lot of track on this one, so you have to make each drift count, all you need are a couple of really good ones and you should be all set. -------------------------- 6c.) Canyon Drift - Gold Reward: Sidewinder Spoiler Track: Lookout Point Drift Length: 2.3 Miles Car: Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 (Exotic) Description: Score over 150,000 PTS on this Canyon Drift to win. My Opinion: This may seem a bit of a challenge at first, but don't worry, if you've got the hang of drifting, you can drift almost the whole last half of this course in one combo, getting you around 120,000-160,000 PTS. Just keep your speed up as best you can around those corners. -------------------------- 7a.) Pursuit Evasion - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Pursuit Evasion - Silver Track: Starlight Strip Escape Length: N/A Car: Mazda Mazdaspeed3 (Tuner) Description: Evade the police pursuit after at least 2 minutes to win. My Opinion: Nothing much to watch out for on this one, just drive around for a couple minutes, then after you reach the two minute mark, find a pursuit breaker and use it to disable the cops chasing you, it may take two or three, but you should have this one done in little time. -------------------------- 7b.) Pursuit Evasion - Silver Reward: Unlocks Pursuit Evasion - Gold Track: Beachfront Dodge Length: N/A Car: Dump Truck (Not exactly sure, but probably a class of its own) Description: Evade the police pursuit after at least 5 minutes to win. My Opinion: The poor acceleration and handling make this quite a challenge, just a few things to keep in mind. Don't think that since you're in a dump truck that you can go head to head with an oncoming Rhino, you may still see yourself getting thrown back. Stay to the edge of the roadblocks and just blow through, avoid going through the middle if you can. Pursuit Breakers are essential... keep their numbers as low as you can becuase if you slow down, they can easily start to push you around and corner you. This may end up taking a few tries. -------------------------- 7c.) Pursuit Evasion - Gold Reward: Overdial & Shaker Hoods Track: Route 55 Getaway Length: N/A Car: Nissan Skyline GT-RR34 (Tuner) Description: Evade the police pursuit after at least 12 minutes to win. My Opinion: For those of you who haven't noticed, Cross is actually chasing you at the beginning of this, and in case you were wondering, taking his car out adds 300,000 to your bounty. This is gonna be a long challenge, just watch out for spikes and oncoming rhinos and you should fair well. You can stick to the highway if you want, there is plenty of room to manuver as well as make U-turns. If you think that's boring, you can make your way into the city and let loose with the Pursuit Breakers. Just because you lose your tires doesn't mean you should give up immediately, you can still move around, just not as easily. If you're close to finishing, try and stick it out. -------------------------- 8a.) Trade Paint - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Trade Paint - Silver Track: Hills Borough Hijinks Length: N/A Car: Dodge Charger SRT8 (Muscle) Description: Disable at least 5 police vehicles and evade the pursuit to win. My Opinion: Take out 5 vehicles? Not that hard, right? If you've gotten the hang of everything by now, this one shouldn't take more than a few minutes. -------------------------- 8b.) Trade Paint - Silver Reward: Unlocks Trade Paint - Gold Track: Wyle Canter Crackdown Length: N/A Car: Subaru Impreza WRX STi (Tuner) Description: Disable at least 10 police vehicles and evade the pursuir to win. My Opinion: Just like the last challenge, this one won't be too difficult either its only code 3, so no big Rhinos, or spike strips. Just ram into a couple of roadblocks, use a few pursuit breakers, and you'll be done in no time. -------------------------- 8c.) Trade Paint - Gold Reward: Pearl Window Tint Track: Brimstone A.P.B. Length: N/A Car: Chevrolet Chevelle SS (Muscle) Description: Disable at least 30 police vehicles and evade the pursuit to win. My Opinion: Ok, try to get this done before the pursuit ends up going to condition 5, which takes about 10 minutes. Once those federal pursuit vehicles are on you, it's 10 times harder to get out. This one may take a few tries before you get lucky enough to pull it off in time. Good luck. -------------------------- 9a.) Circuit - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Circuit - Silver Track: Dover Street Length: 7.0 Miles Car: Alfa Romeo Brera (Exotic) Description: Win a Circuit Race on Dover St. against easy opposition. My Opinion: This shouldn't be too hard at all, barely any sharp turns on this course, and you're in a car that handles very well, this won't take much time to beat. -------------------------- 9b.) Circuit - Silver Reward: Unlocks Circuit - Gold Track: Oceanview Length: 7.0 Miles Car: Lamborghini Gallardo (Exotic) Description: Win a Circuit Race on Ocean View against intermediate opposition. My Opinion: This one is a bit more challenging, but as long as you watch out for the corners, you should be all set. Again, this one shouldn't take much time to beat. -------------------------- 9c.) Circuit - Gold Reward: Impact Spoiler Track: Starlight Street Length 6.5 Miles Car: Shelby GT500 (Muscle) Description: Win a Circuit Race on Starlight Street against hard opposition. My Opinion: The key to winning this one is to watch your corners, and take advantage of the shortcuts. It may take a couple tries before you get it. -------------------------- 10a.) Sprint - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Sprint - Silver Track: Condo Row Length: 3.8 Miles Car: Dodge Charger R/T (Muscle) Description: Win a Sprint Race on Condo Row against easy opposition. My Opinion: Not too much to worry about on this challenge, just watch your handling around corners and you should be fine. -------------------------- 10b.) Sprint - Silver Reward: Unlocks Sprint - Gold Track: Kings Park Length: 5.0 Miles Car: Porsche Cayman S (Exotic) Description: Win a Sprint Race on Kings Park against intermediate opposition. My Opinion: This car handles beautifully, this challenge should be no problem. -------------------------- 10c.) Sprint - Gold Reward: Honey Vinyl Track Canmor Road Length 3.3 Miles Car: Mitsubishi Lancer (Tuner) Description: Win a Sprint Race on Canmor Road against hard opposition. My Opinion: This one is not easy, you've got to hug your corners and keep your speed up through the whole race. This one may take a few tries. -------------------------- 11a.) Drift - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Drift - Silver Track: Chinatown Drift Length: 2.7 Miles Car: Lotus Europa S (Exotic) Description: Score over 50,000 PTS on this Drift to win. My Opinion: The only thing you have to worry about here is keeping your speed up high enough to get the points you need. This shouldn't take long to beat at all. -------------------------- 11b.) Drift - Silver Reward: Unlocks Drift - Gold Track: Park Drive Drift Length: 2.8 Miles Car: Toyota Supra (Tuner) Descrption: Score over 140,000 PTS on this Drift to win. My Opinion: As long as you can keep your speed up throughout this Drift, you should be fine. -------------------------- 11c.) Drift - Gold Reward: Tornado Spoiler Track: Main Street Drift Length: 4.3 Miles Car: Cheverolet Corvette Z06 (Muscle) Description: Score over 250,000 PTS on this Drift to win. My Opinion: Again, this one isn't all that hard, just keep your speed and watch your corners. -------------------------- 12a.) Speedtrap - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Speedtrap - Silver Track: Million Dollar Run Length: 4.6 Miles Car: Chrystler 300C Hemi SRT6 (Muscle) Description: Win the Million Dollar Run Speedtrap Race against easy opposition. My Opinion: Not very difficult at all, just watch your handling, and give yourself a good nitrous boost before each speedtrap and you'll be fine. -------------------------- 12b.) Speedtrap - Silver Reward: Unlocks Speedtrap - Gold Track: Infinity Park Length: 3.5 Miles Car: Ford Mustang GT (Muscle) Description: Win a Speedtrap Race on Infinity Park against intermediate opposition. My Opinion: Again, just like the last one, not very difficult, just need to watch your corners, and give yourself a boost before each trap. -------------------------- 12c.) Speedtrap - Gold Reward: Groundmaster Spoiler Track: Eskuri Way Length: 3.7 Miles Car: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren (Exotic) Description: Win a Speedtrap Race on Eskuri Way against hard opposition. My Opinion: This one is a bit of a challenge, but if you keep following the same advice i've been giving you, you should be all set. -------------------------- 13a.) Circuit - Bronze Reward: Unlocks Circuit - Silver Track: Downtown Length: 7.7 Miles Car: Mitsubishi Eclipse (Tuner) Description: Win the Downtown Circuit Race against easy opposition. My Opinion: Another easy bronze challenge, then again they all seemed kinda easy, didnt they? -------------------------- 13b.) Circuit - Silver Reward: Unlocks Circuit - Gold Track: Fortuna Length 14.7 Miles Car: Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG (Exotic) Description: Win the Fortuna Circuit Race against intermediate competition. My Opinion: This is a long race, but its not a difficult one. The car's handling is a bit loose, but its not really too bad. If you end up having any trouble shaking them, you might be able to slow them up with a pursuit breaker. That should keep them away from you. -------------------------- 13c.) Circuit - Gold Reward: Race Flag Vinyls Track: Silverton Length: 9.5 Miles Car: Dodge Challenger Concept (Muscle) Description: Win the Silverton Circuit Race against hard opposition. My Opinion: This one isn't all that hard either, as long as you can take your corners well. There are a couple of shortcuts to take a few seconds off your lap, which never hurts lol. This one shouldn't take too many tries to beat. -------------------------- 14.) Tips Track Drifting - Speed is good, just watch your corners. Hitting the wall results in you getting only half of the points you had for the drift. Canyons - Top speed is bottom priority, focus on accelerating and handling. Speedtraps - Try to get shortcuts that avoid going around turns, that way you can keep your speed, and give yourself a nitrous boost before every trap. Turns in a Muscle car - High in, low out. Start the turn at the outside of the track, brake a little until you start to make the turn, turn and accelerate. -------------------------- 15.) Special Thanks To Mountain Dew - for keeping me awake My Frosted Mug - for keeping my Mountain Dew Cold My Parents - for paying the electricity bill Duracell - for making the rechargable batteries I use for my Wii Remote Nintendo - for making the Wii and licensing this game Electronic Arts Inc. - for making this game eViLrAcEr - whose FAQ I used to refrence which class each car was in You - for reading this, I hope it helped a little. -------------------------- 16.) Contact Info Did I miss something? Make an error? Or maybe you have something you'd like to add? Send me an email: Wakkawakka86@yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright© 2007 DuelingDinos [Greg Crocker] All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------