The objective of the study described here is to elucidate the effect of carbon and niobium on the microstructure, precipitation behaviour, and mechanical properties of 0?09C-0?11Ti (%) steel and 0?05C-0?025Nb-0?11Ti (%) steel under ultra fast cooling condition. The strengthening mechanisms are also discussed. The ferrite grains size and the size of precipitates in Ti and Nb-Ti steels were measured respectively. The mechanical properties obtained in Ti steel were similar to Nb-Ti steel with yield stress .700 MPa, elongation .20%, and good low temperature impact toughness. The study underscores that addition of higher carbon content by 0?04% under controlled rolling and ultra fast cooling conditions, we can achieve similar strength in the absence of micro-alloying element, niobium.