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Endless fun and laughter.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best racing games out there. Instead of being landlocked in a certain racing circuit, as in other games, you get to goof around in the cities of London and San Francisco. It is just one of the most fun things in the world to smash the living cheese out out of the traffic and the cops. I could do it for days; it is just so hilarious. But if you think the game is pointless, there are racing modes with CPUs. You can do all this in 25 cars (some need to be unlocked). It is also possible to download cars off the internet, including exotic Ferraris and Lamborghinis. Endow all this goodness with online LAN capability, and that makes Midtown Madness II a classic.

Midtown Madness 2 meeds my standards of a good game but can improve

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For a racing game its pretty good but the game lags alot if you go really fast and the graphics could use an update. There is a good variety of cars and two nice maps(Sanfansico and London) although you will probably like San Fransico better. You might enjoy Midtown Madness 1 more since you can actually destroy the police cars and for the weather, you can make it snow. Also the races aren't as challenging as Midtown Madness1 but just more qauntity.I perfer challenging races than alot of easier races.They also have a Sf stunt school and a London Cabbie which are somewhat challenging. Also, some of cars might have difficulty going on sidewalks or traveling through dirt.The game is good overall and could be worth buying depending on the person. For these reason I think it deserves a rating of a 4.

Hands down one of the most enjoyable LAN games ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Me and my friends love racing LAN games together and midtown madness 2 is perfect. Free roaming the city's playing in the cops and robbers mode is just so fun. And now one of the greatest LAN games and racecar games ever. We've come to midtown madness to from need for speed high-stakes, and we love it.

The game itself in non-LAN mode is fun to, but if you want a LAN racing game for you and your buddies. This is the one to beat.

Have some fun and get it done

Great, in depth, semi-accurate game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Midtown Maddness 2 is just about the most fun racing game I've ever played! Contray to some more negative reviews, I think microsoft did a great job on this game. First of all, the statistics:this game boasts a grand total of 88 races, not to mention that 64 of those become more difficult if you choose the "professinol" level of racing, as apposed to the "ameatur". There are 10 blitz races(races against the clock), 12 checkpoint races(races against several computer cars), and circut races(similar to checkpoint, except there are a certain amount of laps that you most complete), in each city. Also, there are 13 London cabbie and 13 SF Stunt Driver "crash cources", which include 3 midtermes that you must take, and 1 final exam. Now to run these many races, there are 20 differant vehicles to choose from:everything from the racecar that can do around 205 mph, to the city bus which does 0-60 in 1 hour as I like to say. Now on to the reasons why this game is fun to play!

Midtown Maddness 2 is a great, classic arcade game. In the game, you can ram into as many cars as you want, and still keep going! Yes, you will see smoke start to some out of the engine, but eventually the computer will restart your car so you can keep on road ragin! Another thing is that the cops never get out of there cars, so the game is never delayed by them trying to acually arrest you like in the Grand Theft Autos. Don't get me wrong, thats a fun game, just a little too realistic for me. So anyway, the cops will still chase you and try to stop you, even to the point where the wheels go flying or rolling off their cars! Next, both maps are so emensly big that I've had the game for almost a year and a half now, and I think I finally saw absolutly everything there is to see.

The only unrealistic part of the game that has always stuck in my mind is the "underground" or subway in London. I've been to London 3 times now, and the only thing realistic about this is that the stations are fairly accurate in apperance, not nessacerily in location. The tunnels are about 3 times as wide as they need to be, and the trains are doing about 90 or 95 mph in the game, when in reality, they really only do about 30 mph. So if the game could have just one improment, I would say to have the "underground" more accurate. It was a good idea, but needed a little more attention then it was apparently given.

Overall, I strongly recommened this game to anyone, from beginers to pros, that are a fan of street racing. If you are questioning the game, I would say go for it, you won't regret it!

Okkkkkkk.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The game is great. One question though, why does the green paint job for the fire truck never come unlocked?

An Outstanding Racing Program

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Overall:
Microsoft Midtown Madness 2 is an excellent racing game. I consists of detailed scenery and a wide variety of cars. There are specific landmarks in both London and San Francisco. I definately reccomend buying this software.

City Scenery:
Midtown Madness 2 has specific landmarks form both London and San Francisco. You can drive through the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco or around Trafalger Square in London.

Commentary:
It is interesting to hear the Midtown Madness 2 commentary. Some of the commentary voices are against urban racing. They feel like it disturbes the city. Other voices, though, are enthusiastic with urban racing.

Physics Realism:
The physics in Midtown Madness 2 are not realistic. You can drive up to the top of one of San Francisco's tall buildings, and then drive off. You will only have light damage. You can flip other cars upside down and not hurt them at all. But it is fun, you can do things you could never do in the real-world!

Car Selection:
In Midtown Madness 2, there are a wide variety of cars you can drive. It ranges from a London Double Decker Bus to a Panoz GTR-1! There are three Volkswagon New Beetles, two Mini Coopers, a fire truck, and a city bus, and a Cadalac Eldorado along with a lot of other cars. There are creative paint jobs, such as a Bathtup Floural London Cab, which is yellow with flowers and a smile!

Compatability:
Midtown Madness 2 works on almost any computer above the standard Windows 95. A 3d accelerater card will improve its performance, but a non-accelerater card works great too. The software also works good if your computer is right on the minimum requirements.

Conclusion:
Midtown Madness is not very fast paced, but its creativity makes up for it and does what many racing games do not do.

Fun but.........

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

WARNING: do not dowload any cars or else you will be very sorry.I did this and the game stoped working and i can only play it by startung it up through the trail vershion. So evry thing in the London is untextured and messed up. Also the cops have no textures. This game is fun but listen to my warning do not dowload anything for this game because it screws up somthing called an AR file. This file textures ALL of the cars of the game plus London. Over all i would by this game because it is fun to smash through the traffic cars. All though they look like boxes on wheels.

Great fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

We bought this for our 7 year old son for Christmas last year and he loved it! In fact, it's so much fun that my husband and I have played it and really had some good laughs and a good time. Definitely a must if you're looking for a good racing game.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is one awesome game. It is realistic and very easy to get the hang of. The races arent easy but they arent hard either. You can either cruise around or race other cars. I would definitely recommend this game to anyone who is looking for a game with cars in it.

A break from reality

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you are looking for a game with realistic driving and top grapics, then sit down and wait for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for PC coming soon, but if you want unrealistic game play but amazingly fun and addictive play then get this game, ..., I was not very impressed with the races and the two jobs but you have to to unlock most of the cars, the one thing I love plsying is the Cruise mode I just drive around as long as I want and evade cops. This is true Microsoft, fun and greatly done.

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