Need for Speed Carbon

Recently. I have got my hands on the PS3 version of Need for Speed Carbon.
Some of my most fondest memories of the NFS franchise stemmed from this game when i had it on PS2, and it was more than i remembered, and has many new features since it has been ported to the PS3... New online race modes, and a new offline career race known as race wars. I dont remember that being in the PS2 version but i have a crap memory.
Carbon was the first NFS game to introduce 'autosculpt' a revolutionary new way to personalise alot of aspects of your car, while it could be much better, it is certainly better than that of Most Wanted, where i found myself using the same body kit for every car.
overall gameplay is fun, keeping in mind the age of the game.
The soundtrack could be improved however, most of the time i found myself turning the volume down and putting my itunes on.
The amount of cars in the game is wonderful with a wide variety, however the tier system can be confusing at times, as can the unlocks at the end of every race, often you will find yourself unlocking the last package for somethign before you unlock the first, however this can provide you with an advantage if you want to go back and slay that one race you couldnt with your 'street package' engine, having unlocked the 'racing package'.
Many of the races i found myself out manouvering instead of out running opponents, it is quite difficult toward the end when you are driving say a subaru wrx and your competition has a corvette zo6 or a porche carrera gt.

in all, the nostalgia has helped my oppinion of this game, unfortunately i cant say that it was all the game itself.
4/5 is my rating, 2 of that 4 is due to nostalgia. Sadly.