Customer Reviews

Midtown Madness 2

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3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Even though I'm a big racing sim fan who's into real-world physics and whatnots, I've logged my hours with Midtown Madness and Midtown Madness 2 than with any other racing games. Sure, NASCAR 4 has much better driving physics; the latest Need for Speed has better graphics; but nothing comes close to being as fun as the Midtown Madness games.

This second installment of the series (O how I eagerly await the third one) takes the gamer to two lovely cities, San Francisco and London. I had just returned for a trip to London when I played this game last year, and was more than thrilled to be cruising and racing down the same streets I had set my foot on not so long before. While not 100% accurate, the representations of the cities are remarkable and very fun to explore.

The driving, as has been pointed out many times by others, is rather arcade-like, which means two things: 1) it's easier than driving in the real world, and 2) it's more exciting than serious racing sims. You can ram the other cars on the road as well as scare pedestrians (but not, as in Armageddon, kill them). The cars, modeled after real-life roadsters, come in all shapes and powers, but are responsive and drivable even on a keyboard. (I use driving wheels, which is a bit of an overkill for an arcade game like this, but does make you feel more in control.)

In summary, Midtown Madness 2 is by far the most playable racing game I've ever played. It beats out Armageddon, Grand Theft Auto, Need for Speed, not so much in graphics but in the limitless ways you can have fun.

Midtown Madness 2 is possibly the best game I have ever played in my life! I could tell it was going to be the best game ever by the main menu! You can do a blitz, Checkpoint race, multiplayer, crise, and hers the new one, Driving School. In the Driving School you can do San Fransisco Stunt Driving, and London Cab Driver School. Suppose you select cruise, another menu follows that and you select a city, London, Or San Fransisco. Now I bet all of you are saying, "Ow man, there's only 2 tracks??" But what you dont realize is that these "two tracks" are fully modeled and detailed full size cities. Aftre you get past the location menu you can select 1 of 25 cars including the Audi TT, Mini Cooper, Aston Martin DB7 Vantage, London Cab, Freightliner Fire Truck, even a double decker bus, Hummer, Beetle RSI, Beetle Dune, plus all of the cars from the original Midtown Madness. In the outcome, I would give this game 10 stars (If I could!) Please buy this game. You will be pleasently suprised!

Midtown Madness 2 is the follow up to Microsoft's first attempt; Midtown Madness. The first was troubled by bugs, and horrible physics and damage modeling ruined the game. Midtown 2 features two towns, San Fran and London. They are both excellently modeled, and are true to their real-life counterparts. The graphics are wonderful, and portray the cities nicely. They are a little too happy and colorful, but they still are top of the line. Twenty cars are availible, and many more over the internet (make sure to download the Moon Rover). The game comes with many modes of racing, included the favorite "Cruise". This is where you are free to roam about the city, causing as much mayhem as you want. Other race modes are availible, and the computer AI is a worthy oppoinent. Some races though are really hard, leaving one frustrated and mad (ex. London Crash Course Final). It's a great accomplishment when you complete them though. All in all, MM2 is a great step past the first game, and also a excellent game. Enjoy this one!

Midtown Madness 2 is an excellent followup to Midtown Madness. It has twice the cars, and literally twice the cities. The cities are very well laid out, with all the important landmarks and places to see, as in the first one. There is a wide range of new cars in MM2, including all of the cars from the first one. The damage textures have been improved, with parts that fall off your car, such as a rear spoiler or a bumper. And there is always the awesome internet play, as with the first one. As good as it may seem, there are some drawbacks. Midtown Madness 2 isn't really that different from the original. Microsoft just added new cars and cities, and that was it. I was hoping for different types of gameplay from the first one. Ii is a great game, but if you have the original Midtown Madness, stick with that. But if you're looking for a new racing game, this is it.

This game is so much fun. It is not only fun, but sometimes very funny. Pedestrians jumping out of your way, other drivers shouting things like "Where did you learn how to drive?!" when you ram them. It has 5 single player games, Cruise, Blitz, Checkpoint, and Circuit and a new mode called Crash Course. In Multiplayer games there is no Crash Course, but there is Cops and Robbers. There are 60 races in all. 2 Cities: San Francisco and London. Let me tell you something, in August, I went to San Francisco, and it is not street for street, but almost the same and in this game it is VERY detailed. If you beat all the races, it is still fun playing cruise, or trying new things. Play it online and you can make friends, play Cops and Robbers, and have fun too. It has 20 cars, such as: City Bus, Audi TT, Ford Mustang GT, Cop car, Panoz GTR-1, LTV, and Ford F-350 to name a few. If you get sick of something, this game has many 3rd party cars, cities, mods, and other stuff you can download. Graphics don't look real on my computer but my computer is a laptop but better the PC, better the graphics and sound. However the cars are detailed very nicely. I heard a real Mustang GT and it sounded like in the game. There are many cars and paint jobs to unlock so this is a lot of fun. If this helped you, then say so below.

Midtown Madness 2 is a great sequel to the original Midtown Madness with 20 cars including the ones from the original. The original cars has been retuned with more realistic sound, graphics, and performance. The new cars include the Audi TT, Aston Martin, Mini Cooper, London Cab, fire truck, and the double decker bus with a few more. Graphics are excellent if you are on a powerful machine of about 500 MHz or higher with a 16 mb or higher video memory but a lower system will do the job pretty well. I have a 733 MHz machine with 32 mb of video memory and it works just fine. As the ... article say, it is hard to unlock some vehicles, but you can download the unlock for it at various download sites. Playing alone may become boring, and if you have a connection above 28.8 kbps, there is a great multiplayer site ... where you can race, cruise or play "cops and robbers". One of the two cons is that when you hit something at certain places very very very hard at like 200 mph, you may end up underground and will not be able to get out, but that's not likely. I enjoy the game very much and I hope you will too. Have fun!

What could be better than the origional midtown madness?? Two cities including London and San Fransisco, twice the cars, and twice the fun. This game has all the fun of the origional game including blitz, circuit, and checkpoint races, as well as a new crash course feature set up like a school of driving. This game is both challenging and fun. The textures and graphics are done well and the new engine relieves the quirks of the old engine from the first game. Overall, a great game that has every car from a mini cooper classic, to new vamped up VW bugs and a Aston Martin DB7 Vatange.

Midtown Madness 2,a good driving game for people who love cars.This game is not for people who have never played a racing game before.Its missions are quite difficult.Mostly for the preteens.It features awesome graphics.This game features 20 different vehicles including the Ford Mustang Fastback,Audi TT,Mini Couper,double Decker Bus,and much more.The missions on this game are full of stunts,flips,chases,explosions,and all kinds of action.In which you are able to chose from being a Stunt Driver or a Cab Driver.The stunt driver missions take place in San Francisco where you'll have to do quite a bit of law breaking.The cab driver missions take place in London,not exactly your normal cab ride you would want to take.....I would recommend people being 9 and older to play this game.Enjoy,and don't get busted!

i got this game a while back, played it a little, then forgot about it. sure, its fun to destroy the crap out of everything, but you can only do that so much. a couple months ago, i stumbled on it again. i was looking at the box and saw it had online gameplay, something i had overlooked before. i started playing it and got online. a whole new world was opened! this is much more fun online, so if you have it go online i wanna play you if you dont have it go get it and play online. my nickname for the msn gaming zone is El_Bub.

This game is fun to run over a network with friends and family. We get bored with it fast if we are playing alone. My younger kids like it much more than me (they think its great). It's a pain that they make you do some mind numbing tasks to unlock cars. I would give it a 3 my kids give it a 5 so we settled on a 4 star rating. Don't buy this software. Lookup Racing Madness and you can get this with Motocross Madness 2 as well for the same price. (ASIN B00005N9AA)