Mass Effect 2 Question

[Zydrate]

The ME Wikia states that Spacer adds to Paragon Gain (And in her ME1 playthrough, I was indeed able to get it to max for the first time, I usually play Earthborns), Earthborn adds to Renegade gain, and Colonial gains smaller bonuses to both.

My question is, does this carry over to the second game as well?

 

[Erttheking]

I'm pretty sure that it carries over.

 

[madwarper]

The choice of the biography of your character? Yes, it carries over.

http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Save_File_Transfer#Mass_Effect_.E2.86.92_Mass_Effect_2

Character Personal Attributes

Shepard's first name, gender, background (Colonist, Earthborn, or Spacer), and career history (Sole Survivor, War Hero, or Ruthless) cannot be changed. The player, however, may alter the class of their new character, as well as Shepard's appearance. It is worth noting that if the player opts to change the latter, they must start from scratch to re-design their character's look -- one cannot, for example, simply change the hair color or nose of the previous character. However for the PC version, there is a long string of numbers and letters on the Squad Screen for Shepard. This string can be used during the appearance changing part to "import" your face and adjust it. However, it will require going through the opening scene and pulling up the Squad screen once you've started the first part of the game.

 

[Zydrate]

I'm pretty sure that it carries over.

Not exactly a confirmation :/

Edit: Above post. I meant the respective bonuses, not the choice itself.

 

[Erttheking]

I'm pretty sure that it carries over.

Not exactly a confirmation :/

Ok then how about this, yes it does carry over, I clearly recall it when I loaded a file.

 

[madwarper]

Edit: Above post. I meant the respective bonuses, not the choice itself.

Did you read the article I linked?

Character Stats and Levels

Due to several gameplay changes, your character's level and abilities will not transfer over to Mass Effect 2. However, the game will acknowledge your character's level and morality and adapt it in ways that map across to the new system as well. The higher the level of the imported character, the greater the bonuses granted upon importing.

]A portion of the character's Paragon/Renegade points (up to 190 each, which requires the bar(s) to be 50% full[1]) are transferred over.
Importing a level 1 through level 49 character will grant 1,000 XP (the player starts at level 2), 20,000 credits, and 2,500 of each resource.
Importing a level 50 through level 59 character will grant 2,000 XP (the player starts at level 3), 30,000 credits, and 5,000 of each resource.
Importing a level 60 character will grant 4,000 XP (the player starts at level 5), 50,000 credits, and 10,000 of each resource.
Having the "Rich" achievement from Mass Effect will grant an additional 100,000 credits.
The import bonuses will stack with the Mass Effect 2 completion starting bonuses (200,000 credits and 50,000 of each resource).

 

[Zydrate]

Ah, interesting. Fair enough.