Midtown Madness 2 (PC)

Midtown Madness... Why the word town is used in the title is a mystery to me as the two maps are actually based on cities. My mind is getting completely warped these days. I normally wouldn't care two jots what the game was called as long as it played well, looks like I'm losing my marbles at the age of 22. Is that too early or just right? MTM2 is the sequel to a great game that got many hours of use over the last couple of years. I was going to say that it brought the game's graphics kicking and screaming into the new millennium but actually, although an improvement on the original, they are still nothing to get over excited about. ...  Read the complete review

Midtown Madness is a great arcade racing game where you race, usually to checkpoints, as fast as you can. The game calls it self ‘no rules’ racing. This is because you can do anything to win, including ramming your opponents of the track, and taking shortcuts. It is based in a city (Chicago in the original and London and San Francisco in the sequel), and doesn’t have an especially designed track like in most racing games. Midtown Madness 2 adds a lot to the game, unlike some sequels that just have better graphics. The first thing you’ll probably do when you start the game (apart from entering your name!) are the training levels. You ...  Read the complete review

I don't know why I bought it, but I'm glad that I did. Midtown Madness 2 for the PC is probably one of the best PC games I've ever bought. When I say I don't know why I bought, I actually do. It was in a double pack along with Motocross Madness 2, all for just £29.99, cheaper than one of them individually. I've been playing Midnight Club on the PS2 for the last few weeks, and Smugglers Run on PS2 just before that, and have began to love these games where there are no set tracks to follow as you would find in most racing games. This is yet another Microsoft game. Most people would say that Microsoft couldn't make a good game if they tried. ...  Read the complete review

Microsoft brought us the original Midtown Madness game a few years ago now, and it broke the mould for racing games. No more racing around in circles on race tracks, repeating the same manoeuvres lap after, midtown madness broke all the linear rules and allowed you to take your car wherever you felt like in the big city of Chicago as well as making it feel so real you were there. Now the classic game is back with all the great features of the original transferred into the cities of London and San Francisco. OK so there is not that much difference between the original and this version, and at a full game price you do not get very many new features. In fact you ...  Read the complete review

The above title just about sums up this game: It has the ideas of London Racer (formerly known as M25 Racer) and the flair of Driver. When I first demo'd Midtown Madness, I thought it was like the rest of Microsoft's attempts at gaming...bland with a short lifespan. I also thought, after trying out MM2 that it would be more of the same. However, I have to say that Microsoft might have finally got to grips with what the game-buying public actually wants these days. You have sooooo many different choices of what to do in this game: quick races, stunt driving, checkpoint racing etc and a variety of cars to choose from (more can be unlocked as you ...  Read the complete review