Need for Speed Carbon is a fast and furious racing game that features both city and canyon racing environments. However, be warned that the download is huge and you'll need a good 5 minutes to let the installation take its course but after you do, you'll think it well worth it.

In this Need for Speed Carbon demo, you can adapt three main cars - a Chevy Camaro SS, Lamborghini Gallardo and a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX. Once you are strapped in, you race with three other team mates against 4 Scorpion cars. There is a huge amount of G-Force placed on the cars as they take the bend and you'll find yourself drifting an awful lot. However, this is exactly how you earn points in Need for Speed Carbon - the more drift, the more points. It is however, almost impossible to beat the lead Scorpion car - they're just too damn quick and one mistake sees you out of the game for good.

A great racing game that has definitely been improved although Need for Speed Carbon's gameplay can be so challenging, you may want to give up easily.

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The game features incredibly realistic cars based on real models and depicted with lots of detail. They look so real that you will feel bad if you get the lightest scratch on them. In fact, this is another new feature: the improved realism in Need for Speed races means that scratches, dents and crash are also more realistic and you can end out of race because you just destroyed your brand new BMW.

Need for Speed ProStreet lets you choose between three difficulty levels, which makes it a game suitable for all ages. On the downside, racing can get a bit repetitive, because these new tracks lack all the excitement and adrenaline found in "real" street racing, like in the previous NFS titles.

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After hunting for about three years, the new BMW M3 looks like it might finally fit the bill for me. I'd heard rave reviews about the gorgeous Coupé and was keen to see how it handled.

Rather than take a real life test drive and run the risk of ending up either side of a brick wall, I simply installed the M3 Challenge, which puts you in the driving seat of BMW's new carriage.

The action takes place at the famous Nürburgring track, which has also been faithfully reproduced for the game. The sound is also amazing, and the roar of the M3's engine makes you feel like you're actually in the vehicle.

However, it's very rare that you find a free driving game as accomplished as this one, and with extra features such as ABS and traction control, and a multiplayer mode, it may even keep me amused long enough to save up for a real M3.

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This amazing game lets you join different racing events in several locations across three continents, always challenging you in various ways: drifting along the streets of a Japanese urban cirtuit, taking part in the DTM series or racing in the Daytona track with a powerful NASCAR vehicle, just to mention the three possibilities made available in the game's demo.

No matter which option you choose, you'll get a glimpse of the game's breath-taking graphics. Cars are designed with such an impressive level of detail that I'm starting to wonder if there's any room left for further improvements in this field. The physics are also faithful to reality, so you better learn fast how to control your car if you don't want to eat all the curves in the track.

Race Drive: GRID includes several camera modes, including one from the inside of the car that shows up loads of details and even changes all the sounds of the game. Another amazing option is the possibility to go back to race after smashing your car by replaying your last few movements before the crash and trying to correct your path.

The Race Drive: GRID demo features the three aforementioned races plus a multiplayer option, which I had some problems to test but finally managed to make it work. My advice though is that you get a bit of training before you try your luck on multiplayer races: it's all full of master players out there.

Though a bit difficult to control at first, Race Drive: GRID is a highly realistic racing game with an interesting multiplayer option that's going to please all motor fans for sure.

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I've always preferred Sega Rally to other rally games like the Colin McRae series or even Gran Turismo because I find it much easier to pick up and play. You don't need to wade through loads of options, spend time configuring your car, or perform endless tests and training. No, you just pick up the controller, hit accelerate and feel the burn. It's as fast as lightning and you'll find it easy to soar past your rivals at the start. Like all good games, once you're hooked on that winning feeling, things start to get a bit harder and the inclusion of three different championships to progress through makes this one that you'll be playing for a long time.

I always remember Sega Rally being the game that everyone in the arcades stands and watches for ages, and I reckon this was always down to its eye-catching graphics. Visually, Revo is the most stunning version of the game to date and the graphics engine means you feel every bump in the tarmac, blade of grass or sand dune. The motion is slick and the tracks and backgrounds make you feel like you're actually there. I was a bit disappointed that there are only three courses for each terrain (backwards and forwards) but they're so much fun that you can't help go back for more.

This is quite simply the best version of Sega Rally in history. It's quick, challenging, looks great, and a whole lot of fun. I defy you not to enjoy it.

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We couldn't get the competition mode to connect - it has an online element, but the other two worked fine.

There are lots of difficulty settings, so it can be as realistic as you want it to be. Even on the easiest settings it's a tough game to win, though.

It plays like a simulation, and although you can set your opponents abilities, the only thing that they do poorly is recover from spins. Knock an opponent into a spin, and you won't hear from them for some time!

The idea behind Juiced 2 is to take part in races and contests all over the world, winning prizes and improving your reputation in order to earn money and use it to customize your car with new pieces, painting, decals and so on. The full game includes up to 350 pieces that can end up completely changing your car's look.

The game is easy to control, which makes it fun for those who aren't that fond of racing games, but may be boring for expert drivers who are probably expecting some more realism. In any case, the game's graphics in depicting cars and racing environments - Roma, Paris, London, San Francisco and other important cities - are simply breath-taking.

Customize your car to the extreme and take part in exciting races all over the world.

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Despite these minor flaws, Real Race is a fun game. There's a wide variety of cars and tracks to choose from, the majority of which are locked at the beginning of the game. It's also very easy to play, in fact, sometimes it feels it's just too easy.

Besides trying to win the race, the bonus items spread along the track spice it up a bit. However, we missed the possibility to play against other human opponents, either sharing the PC or over the Internet.

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The Need for Speed: ProStreet Porsche Edition demo puts you behind the wheel of a genuine Porsche sports car and challenges you to race against other pilots in the Porsche's testing track in Leipzig. You can choose between two models (GT2 and GT3RS) and select between different levels of difficulty, which makes the game suitable even for the driving-challenged.

Graphics are as spectacular as you expect them to be in the NFS series. The extraordinary level of detail in cars enables you to see images reflected on their shiny bodywork. Physics are faithfully reproduced, both in the car's movements and in object reaction when hitting against any obstacle on the road – not that I'm a bad driver, it was just for testing purposes.

Though the demo may feel too short (only the two aforementioned cars in two different tracks) the game is quite enjoyable, thanks to a realistic speed sensation and the constant desire to be the fastest pilot on track.

With Need for Speed: ProStreet Porsche Edition you can experience all the sensations produced by driving a Porsche at top speed – only for a short period of time, though.

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European Street Racing is mainly aimed at all those car tuning fans who dream of disputing dangerous high-speed races along city streets and roads. Well, this game makes your dream come true without hurting anybody, nor ending up in jail. You'll be able to race against one or more competitors, controlled either by AI or by other players around the world in the multiplayer mode, while enjoying a highly detailed scenario set in London, Madrid, Paris or Berlin, to name a few. As you progress through the game, you'll earn money to pimp up your car or maybe buy a new one.

The speed sensation is very realistic too, but at the same time the car is easy to control. Bear in mind that besides trying to win the race, you must avoid all sorts of obstacles, including other people's cars on your way. This only makes the game more challenging and fun, especially when trying to pass by obstacles as closely as possible. On the downside, I didn't have the opportunity to test multiplayer races, as there were no Internet servers online.

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