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Can't Wait

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: May 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I already saw the trailers and all the movie clips and it looks good.I also actually played it on my friend's PS2 and it was so fun.The graphics were better than any other racing games that I know of.If you want a racing game you should get Midnight Club 2,The Italian Job,or maybe Need fo Speed Hot Pursuit 2.I can't wait for Midnight Club 2 to come out for PC.

This Game is the Ultimate Racing Game for Computer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome! You need a good computer to play this and space on your hard drive. This game takes 1.50 to 1.67 GB! This game is a lot more fun if you have a controller for your PC.
You need a good online connection for online play and you can only use the cars you unlocked for online play. The career mode is more fun when you unlock more cars. This game is long. Each race is about 1.0% to 2.0% of the game (It tells you percentage completed). This game is a lot like The Fast and the Furious or 2 Fast 2 Furious with the NOS (nitro) and cops trying to get you for illegal street racing.

WOOHOO

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: July 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game could be better but midnight club racing is one of my favorite games so this game rocks

A Game To Change The Genre?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: July 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

"Not so good" pretty much sums it up. I have a high performance, new computer and it still does not perform well. The graphics are, at best, sub-par, especially in comparison to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City or even to GTAIII. Either of these would be a much better buy for anyone interested in exciting computer games. It was quite smart and a nice feature to have motorcycles and nitrto boosts and the whole idea of the game is quite good especially after the "Fast and the Furious" movies. However, this game simply does not live up to Rockstar's reputation or previous games. Buy your son/daughter/self a diffrent game (e.g. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Soldier of Fortune II, Battlefield 1942, or something else!)

-Max

Lots of attitude, but no game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: July 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Midnight Club 2 has decent graphics if you have the hardware, but it's a complete failure as a racing game. All of your computer opponents fly past you even on straight stretches with the throttle maxed. The damage to your car and others is completely unrealistic, and there's no difference in the way any of these cars drive and handle. I was disappointed with the driving physics in EA's NFS Hot Pursuit, but this game makes it look like a racing simulation in comparison. It's not even good enough to be considered an arcade racer as the keyboard controls are overly sensitive and there's no way to adjust the settings.

The PS2 version got a lot of positive reviews, but something was lost in the translation to the PC. If you're looking for a racing game with good graphics and driving physics, NFS Porsche Unleashed is the one to beat. This game doesn't come close.

Controls are horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you use the mouse is pretty much impossible to play this game. So I attempted to use the keyboard to steer. When I tap left or right, I go about 90 degress the direction I turned, crashing into whatever is to the left or right of me. Everything else if fine, but everything else is impossible to experience when I can't race because I'm always hitting building and trees because of the super sensitive controls.

PC version is really lacking...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: July 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The game itself is a lot of fun - it is extremely fast and wild. It is certainly not realistic - you can crash over and over again at high speeds without getting damaged, but it is an arcarde game and not a simulation. The main complaints I have are with the graphics and the controls. I have a very good graphics card (GeForce 5900), but there are no video options for this game! I'm stuck at a low resolution, and it looks terrible by todays standards. Also, there is no way to adjust brightness or contrast, and in a game that takes place primarily in the dark it is often impossible for me to see where I'm going. I don't appreciate having to adjust the displays on my monitor just for this one game. For the controls, I have a force feedback steering wheel, but for some reason I can't configure the use of the gas or brake pedal! Overall, a very disappointing game.

Here's an idea -- get a cheap gamepad!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I thought these controls were awful too until I dug out my old Gravis Gamepad Pro and voila -- perfectly easy to control. This game is a blast. The enemy characters are annoying so you really want to beat them, and when you do, you feel a huge sense of accomplishment. As for the physics, it's an arcade game, so they feel perfect to me. You're doing 90-degree turns at 120 mph, so it better be a little forgiving. The music is pretty good too, though the same songs get old after a while. I thought from the commercial that the soundtrack would be mostly trance, but there's quite a bit of hip-hop. It fits, though. Great game!

unrealistic fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is very similar to another game in the past called Road Rash. It is extremely fast and wild, and a lot of fun. The courses are very challenging, and it typically takes several attempts to beat a particular map. The only penalty for crashing is that you lose time. If you like extreme speed, this is a great game.

This game kicks butt ( Don't listen to the other guys)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is really cool it has great graphics and the buildings look really neat. The control is not that hard once u learn how to use a handbrake and the brake itself. These guys did not know how to use a brake so they gave it a bad rating. Maybe there just dumb. The cars are sweat and are completly maxed out to the fullest. I had no problem using the arrow keys on my keyboard again you have to master the art of BRAKING your car to complete the races. Aslo, you can adjust the resolution. Try looking at everything in the game. ( To the guy who said you can't adjust the resolution. )

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