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ReCarbonby RetroNativealpha
ALPHA docs. ReCarbon has no public release yet: these pages describe the current development build. Known issues

Release status

What a release will contain

Section titled “What a release will contain”
  • ReCarbon.app, the native app for Apple Silicon (bundle ID org.retronative.recarbon).
  • The license notices and texts of every component it ships (Licenses), and the source offer for its LGPL parts (FFmpeg, libmspack).
  • No game files. You install the game from your own disc image: see Installation.

What you will need

Section titled “What you will need”
  • An Apple Silicon Mac. See Supported hardware for what has been measured.
  • macOS 27 or newer: the release target (an M8 decision). The app’s libraries are built from source for it.
  • Your own Xbox 360 disc of Need for Speed: Carbon, as a disc image (.iso) or an extracted folder.
  • About 5.3 GB of disk space for the installed game (78 files in the install check).

Developer builds

Section titled “Developer builds”

You can build ReCarbon from source today: see Developers. A developer build links Homebrew’s libraries and runs only on the macOS it was built on, or newer.

A RetroNative project.

ReCarbon is an unofficial fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Electronic Arts Inc. or the Need for Speed brand. Need for Speed and Carbon are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. and are used here only to describe the game. No game files are included or distributed: you need your own legally obtained copy of the Xbox 360 disc.