Tiers

Tiers are the main way of separating the cars into groups in Need for Speed Carbon. There are 3 Tiers, Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3. Tier 1 has the slowest cars, while Tier 3 has the fastest cars.

Tier 1
Tier 1 generally has the slowest cars in the game. There are 9 Tier 1 cars in the game, they are:
 * Mazda RX-8
 * Mazda Mazdaspeed 3
 * Nissan 240SX
 * Lexus IS300
 * Chevrolet Camaro SS
 * Chrysler 300C
 * Chevrolet Chevelle SS
 * Alfa Romeo Brera
 * Mercedes-Benz CLK 500

Tier 2
Tier 2 mixes sports cars with low-end supercars and low-end muscle cars. There are 21 Tier 2 cars, they are:
 * Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
 * VW Golf R32
 * Mazda RX-7
 * Renault Clio V6
 * Toyota Corolla GT-S AE86
 * Toyota MR2
 * Mitsubishi Eclipse (1999)
 * Ford Mustang GT
 * Dodge Charger SRT8 Superbee
 * Dodge Charger R/T
 * Vauxhall Monaro
 * Pontiac GTO
 * Dodge Challenger R/T
 * Plymouth Road Runner
 * Police Rhino
 * Lotus Elise
 * Porsche Cayman S
 * Mercedes-Benz SL65
 * Aston Martin DB9
 * Lotus Europa S
 * Jaguar XK

Tier 3
Tier 3 generally have the highest performing tuners, muscles and exotics. There are 27 Tier 3 cars, and these are:
 * Nissan 350Z
 * Toyota Supra
 * Subaru Impreza WRX STI
 * Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR Edition
 * Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
 * Infiniti G35
 * Police Civic Cruiser
 * Plymouth Hemi Cuda
 * Shelby GT500
 * Dodge Challenger Concept
 * Dodge Viper SRT10
 * Chevrolet Corvette Z06
 * Shelby GT500 (2007)
 * Chevrolet Camaro Concpet
 * Police Corvette Z06
 * Lamborghini Gallardo
 * Ford GT
 * Porsche 911 Turbo
 * Lamborghini Murcielago
 * Porsche Carrera GT
 * Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
 * BMW M3 GTR
 * Audi Le Mans Quattro
 * Lamborghini Murcielago LP640
 * Koenigsegg CCX
 * Pagani Zonda F
 * Porsche 911 GT3 RS

Tier 0
There is also a misc Tier, Tier 0. The only 2 cars which belong to this Tier are:
 * Dumptruck
 * Firetruck

The Dumptruck races with Tier 1 cars while the Firetruck races with Tier 2 cars.