Player (Most Wanted & Carbon) (2024)

For the player in the Underground series, see: Player (Underground Series)

The Player, also referred to as "hero"^[2], is an unnamed protagonist players take the role of through the events of the career modes in Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Need for Speed: Carbon.

Games[]

Need for Speed: Most Wanted[]

The player arrives in Rockport in a BMW M3 GTR GT (E46) and gets involved in the racing scene. The player challenges the Blacklist, which contains the most notorious drivers of Rockport, and starts with number 15 - Razor. The player however loses against him due to an engine seizure, which causes the player to lose the race and their ride.

After having been put into custody by Sergeant Cross and released due to a lack of evidence, the player re-attempts to get into the Blacklist but with the help of Mia Townsend and Rog this time. Mia reveals to the player that Razor sabotaged the player's car and has become the number one on the Blacklist.

The player faces Razor at the end and wins their car back. At the same time, Mia reveals her position as an undercover police officer and arrests every Blacklist member with the exception of the player. Unwilling to let Rockport's most wanted racer escape, Cross calls upon the entire Rockport Police Department to chase the player.

Mia helps the player escape from Rockport by giving them directions to an incomplete bridge. The player jumps over the bridge in their BMW M3 GTR GT and evades all police vehicles. As a result, Cross adds the player to the National Most Wanted list, issuing them the "Most Wanted" status.

Cars[]

BMW M3 GTR GT (E46)[]

The player drives a BMW M3 GTR GT (E46) with a blue and white colour livery during the prologue of Need for Speed: Most Wanted. It is returned to the player after they defeat the Blacklist and Razor.

Once unlocked, it can be customised within career mode.

Need for Speed: Carbon[]

The player makes their way to Palmont City and finds themselves remembering why they left Palmont in the first place.

The player participated in a race in Palmont City, where they were racing for Darius against the main crew bosses. The event was ambushed by the PPD, who were able to arrest everyone with the exception of the player. Nikki, who held the cash prize in a bag, managed to hand it to the player but could not be saved by the player.

The player was forced to leave Palmont City and discovered on their way that the bag did not contain their cash prize.^[3]

Whilst distracted from remembering the night they left, they're ambushed by Cross, who now works as a bounty hunter. As the player tries to escape him, they enter a construction site, but they're quickly pinned by a series of steel pipes cascading from the back of a trailer and Cross' Corvette Z06.

Now pinned between the steel pipes and Cross' car, the player is stopped from running away by Cross and is confined to their BMW. Cross prepares to haul the player away and collect the bounty on their warrant for being a member of the national most wanted list, but Darius arrives to pay Cross their bounty and helps the player clear their reputation by helping them form a crew with the help of Nikki.

After defeating each main crew boss, the player gets to hire a former crew member, who also reveals to them more details regarding the race where the player left the city.

Once all main crew bosses are beaten, Darius betrays the player by handing them back to Cross. Nikki saves the player by making a deal with Cross, which obliges her to pay for the player and race with them. Nikki also reveals that Darius staged the race that caused the player to escape and was using them to take over Palmont.

As Nikki defected from Stacked Deck, Darius hires all former crew bosses that were defeated by the player. The player gains the Silverton territory by defeating their former rivals again and Darius in a final canyon duel.

Cars[]

BMW M3 GTR GT (E46)[]

The player's BMW M3 GTR GT (E46) previously featured in Need for Speed: Most Wanted appears during the prologue of Need for Speed: Carbon, although it is totalled after driving into a construction site in an attempt to evade Cross.^[4]

It can be unlocked for use in Quick Race after the player completes its associated reward card.

Toyota Supra Turbo[]

The player drives a modified Toyota Supra Turbo during a flashback cutscene within the prologue of Need for Speed: Carbon.

It was originally owned by Darius, having given the player the keys to race against the rival crew leaders, but he ultimately gives it to the player for them to escape a surprise sting by the PPD.

Audi Le Mans quattro[]

The player receives the keys of Darius' Audi Le Mans quattro during the career mode finale cutscene after defeating his Boss Race events, although it is added to the player's garage, but is made available for use in Quick Race play.

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Trivia[]

• Although intended as a blank slate character for players to take the role of for the career mode, the player's character is depicted as a male in several storyline and busted cutscenes across both games, as well as their face being partially shown in a rear-view mirror during the prologue of Need for Speed: Carbon.
• In Need for Speed: Most Wanted, the actor portraying the player's character in live-action cutscenes is named Paul Walker, but is not Paul William Walker IV known for the role of Brian O'Conner in The Fast and the Furious.^[1]
  • The player's character is portrayed by Craig Sorensen in the live-action cutscenes for Need for Speed: Carbon.
• During the opening sequence of a prologue race in the career mode of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Rog comments on the player's appearance in the Rockport street racing scene as a reference to the previous Underground series games taking place entirely at night time and the proceeding Most Wanted game taking place entirely during daytime.^[5]

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