Need for Speed: Carbon was the second Need for Speed title in the series to be released on the Xbox 360.
It was also the first to be released on the PlayStation 3, although it didn't feature any Trophies as the title was released before Trophies became mandatory.
Players are awarded an individual award for completing certain tasks, targets, goals or collection quantities.
| Icon | Award | Value |
 |
Complete Career - Complete Career Mode Defeat Darius. |
50
|
 |
Conqueror - Complete Career Mode and own every race Defeat Darius and own all races at the same time in career mode. |
70
|
 |
Crusher - Ram 100 police vehicles in a single pursuit while in Career Freeroam Trade paint with 100 PPD units during a single pursuit in career mode. |
25
|
 |
12 Minute Exit - Escape after a 12 minute police pursuit in Career Freeroam Initiate a pursuit with the PPD and successfully evade after exceeding a 12 minute pursuit length in career mode. |
5
|
 |
Perfect Canyon Duel - Win a Canyon Duel with no collisions Win a Canyon Duel event without colliding with any walls, opponents, or items. |
5
|
 |
Drift King - Score 500,000 points in a Drift event Reach a scored total of 500,000 points during a single Drift event. |
10
|
 |
Career Mogul - Earn 1,000,000 cash in Career Mode Have 1,000,000 cash in career mode. |
10
|
 |
Bronze Challenge Series - Beat all Bronze Challenge Series Events Complete all bronze tier Challenge Series events. |
10
|
 |
Silver Challenge Series - Beat all Silver Challenge Series Events Complete all silver tier Challenge Series events. |
20
|
 |
Gold Challenge Series - Beat all Gold Challenge Series Events Complete all gold tier Challenge Series events. |
30
|
 |
Fast Wheels - Cause 200,000 Cost to State in a single pursuit while in Career Freeroam Reach a total of 200,000 cost to state during a single pursuit in career mode. |
20
|
 |
Need for Speed - Hit 230 Mph in a Speedtrap Trigger a speedtrap during a Speedtrap event that scores a 230 mph (370 km/h) or higher speed. |
20
|
 |
Public Enemy No. 1 - Disable 50 police vehicles while in Career Freeroam Disable 50 PPD units during a single pursuit in career mode. |
10
|
 |
Wheels of Steel - Avoid 5 spike strips in a police pursuit while in Career Freeroam Avoid 5 Spike Strip roadblocks during a single pursuit in career mode. |
5
|
 |
Big Game Hunter - Immobilise a police Rhino while in Career Freeroam Disable a PPD Rhino unit during a pursuit in career mode. |
10
|
 |
Urban Battle - Win 50 Free Roam Challenges in Career Mode Win 50 separate Rival Crew Challenges in career mode. This achievement can not be unlocked. |
10
|
 |
Car Collector - Unlock 36 Cars Unlock any 36 cars on a single game save. |
15
|
 |
Muscle Head - Fill your Career Garage with only Muscle Cars Own 6 muscle class cars at once in career mode. |
25
|
 |
Tuner Addict - Fill your Career Garage with only Tuner Cars Own 6 tuner class cars at once in career mode. |
25
|
 |
Exotic Aficionado - Fill your Career Garage with only Exotic Cars Own 6 exotic class cars at once in career mode. |
25
|
 |
Reward Card Hustler - Complete every Offline and Online Reward Cards Complete all 140 reward card tasks. |
100
|
 |
Head Start - Check NeedforSpeed.com to learn how to get this Achievement Win an online race on York Road after giving all opponents a 10 second head start. |
25
|
 |
Race Week - Finish an Online race during a Race Week Complete an online ranked event during a community week or complete any online ranked event after April 3, 2012. |
15
|
 |
Online Lieutenant - Play 50 games Online Complete any 50 online events. |
15
|
 |
Online General - Play 100 games Online Complete any 100 online events. |
25
|
 |
Lucky Break - Get a 3 game winning streak in Ranked Online games Win 3 online ranked events in a row. |
10
|
 |
Rock Solid - Get a 5 game winning streak in Ranked Online games Win 5 online ranked events in a row. |
20
|
 |
Online Challenge Contender - Beat 5 Challenge Series Events Online Complete 5 online Challenge Series events. |
5
|
 |
Online Challenge Champ - Beat 15 Challenge Series Events Online Complete 10 online Challenge Series events. |
10
|
 |
Showboat - Cross the finish line in reverse to win a ranked Sprint race Win an online ranked Sprint event by crossing the finish line in reverse. |
25
|
 |
Hotstreak - Get a 4 game winning streak in Ranked Online games Win 4 online ranked events in a row. |
10
|
 |
Iron Man - Get a 6 game winning streak in Ranked Online games Win 6 online ranked events in a row. |
30
|
 |
First Steps - Finish an Online Ranked race or Online Challenge Series race Complete either an online ranked event or an online Challenge Series event. |
10
|
 |
Moderator Challenge - Beat an EA Moderator in an Online game Win an online ranked event against an Electronic Arts moderator. |
30
|
 |
Knockout Fever - Catch Knockout Fever Complete an online Pursuit Knockout event with a player with this achievement. |
10
|
 |
Canyon Craze - Catch Canyon Craze Complete an online Canyon Duel event against a player with this achievement. |
10
|
 |
Pursuit Pandemic - Catch the Pursuit Pandemic Complete an online Pursuit Tag event against a player with this achievement. |
10
|
 |
Carbon Plague - Catch the Carbon Plague Unlock the Knockout Fever, Canyon Craze, and Pursuit Pandemic achievements. |
20
|
 |
Online XP 1 - Reach Online XP Level 1 Earn a total of 50 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
5
|
 |
Online XP 2 - Reach Online XP Level 2 Earn a total of 111 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
5
|
 |
Online XP 4 - Reach Online XP Level 4 Earn a total of 266 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
5
|
 |
Online XP 6 - Reach Online XP Level 6 Earn a total of 465 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
10
|
 |
Online XP 9 - Reach Online XP Level 9 Earn a total of 846 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
10
|
 |
Online XP 13 - Reach Online XP Level 13 Earn a total of 1,508 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
10
|
 |
Online XP 18 - Reach Online XP Level 18 Earn a total of 2,583 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
15
|
 |
Online XP 23 - Reach Online XP Level 23 Earn a total of 3,933 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
15
|
 |
Online XP 29 - Reach Online XP Level 29 Earn a total of 5,916 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
20
|
 |
Online XP 35 - Reach Online XP Level 35 Earn a total of 8,295 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
30
|
 |
Online XP 43 - Reach Online XP Level 43 Earn a total of 12,083 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
40
|
 |
Online XP 50 - Reach Online XP Level 50 Earn a total of 15,975 experience points from ranked or matched online events. |
60
|