“ | We've got a London Cab entering the race. If they drive on this crazy here as they do in London, I know who I predict is the winner! | ” |
— San Francisco Announcer (US Sportscaster; race openings with the London Cab)
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The London Cab is a standard car introduced in Midtown Madness 2. It is unlocked by default. It is the car used by the player in London Crash Course lessons. It is based on the real-life Austin FX4.
Overview[]
In-Game Description[]
London Cab
"Small enough for the narrow alleys of London, but its limited durability means you gotta avoid the walls!"
Details[]
The London Cab is a black London taxi cab that is unlocked by default in Midtown Madness 2. Although the vehicle itself is intended to be fictional, it is modeled after the real life Austin FX4 from the '50s and '60s. It has only one default paint job, Black. It has another custom paint job that is earned after the player sucessfully completes Midterm 2 of the London Crash Course, which the London Taxi Cab is presented as a default vehicle.
History[]
The Austin FX4 was successor to the Austin FX3 taxi and has been the classic black cab since 1958. It was fitted with a Land Rover 2.2L engine and adopted indicator lights from the Austin 1100 family car. In 1968, there was a minor facelift, but following that, no styling cues were ever changed. Although originally produced by Austin themselves, Carbodies and LTI started producing their own in the early 1980s before the FX4 was replaced by the LTI TX1 in 1997. Since then, the LTI has received two minor updates. The first was in 2002, where it was upgraded to the TXII, and the second was in 2007, when it became the TX4.
Races As An Opponent[]
All races with the London Cab as a computer-generated opponent:
All races with the London Cab in San Francisco:
Race |
Number of Cars (Amateur) |
Number of Cars (Professional) |
---|---|---|
Racing 101 | 0 | 0 |
Deck The Hall | 0 | 0 |
Golden Hour | 0 | 0 |
City Tour | 0 | 0 |
Foggy Memory | 0 | 0 |
Park & Ride | 0 | 0 |
The Hills Are Alive | 0 | 0 |
Lookout! | 0 | 0 |
Wanted! | 0 | 0 |
After Hours | 0 | 0 |
Full Speed Ahead | 0 | 0 |
Panoz Pressure | 0 | 0 |
Color | Featured in Race |
---|---|
Yes | Yes |
No | No |
Race |
Number of Cars (Amateur) |
Number of Cars (Professional) |
---|---|---|
Take It Easy | 0 | 0 |
Hang Time | 0 | 0 |
Gimme SOMA | 0 | 0 |
Wind It Up | 0 | 0 |
Midtown Mayhem | 0 | 0 |
Chinatown | 0 | 0 |
Presidio! | 0 | 0 |
Square Dancing | 0 | 0 |
Circuit Breaker | 0 | 0 |
Floor It! | 0 | 0 |
Color | Featured in Race |
---|---|
Yes | Yes |
No | No |
All races with the London Cab in London:
Race |
Number of Cars (Amateur) |
Number of Cars (Professional) |
---|---|---|
Top Of The Morning | 0 | 0 |
Bridge Bash | 4 | 0 |
Through The Park | 7 | 0 |
V & A Visit | 4 | 0 |
South Bank Brawl | 0 | 0 |
River Thames Run | 0 | 0 |
Circuit Within | 0 | 0 |
Check This! | 0 | 0 |
Splish Splash | 0 | 0 |
Cut It Short | 0 | 0 |
Dizzy Driving | 0 | 0 |
Foggy, Foggy Night | 0 | 0 |
Color | Featured in Race |
---|---|
Yes | Yes |
No | No |
Race |
Number of Cars (Amateur) |
Number of Cars (Professional) |
---|---|---|
Mini Race | 0 | 0 |
Round Westminster | 0 | 0 |
View From Two Bridges | 0 | 0 |
Parks But No Parking | 0 | 0 |
City Circuit | 0 | 0 |
Underground | 0 | 0 |
London Run | 0 | 0 |
Gimme Some Royalties | 0 | 0 |
Soho Mojo | 0 | 0 |
Zany Zigzag | 0 | 0 |
Color | Featured in Race |
---|---|
Yes | Yes |
No | No |
Stats[]
- Top Speed: 127 mph
- Horsepower: 63 bhp
- Mass: 3,675 lbs
- Durability: Medium
Available Colors[]
Black |
Bathtub Floral (unlocked through completion of Midterm 2 of the London Crash Course) |
NialBlack's Color Mod[]
White (made available for MM2 Colors Pack) |
Red (made available for MM2 Colors Pack) |
Blue (made available for MM2 Colors Pack) |
Green (made available for MM2 Colors Pack) |
Silver (made available for MM2 Colors Pack) |
Orange (made available for MM2 Colors Pack) |
Purple (made available for MM2 Colors Pack) |
Pink (made available for MM2 Colors Pack) |
Turquoise (made available for MM2 Colors Pack) |
Light Blue (made available for MM2 Colors Pack) |
Lime Green (made available for MM2 Colors Pack) |
Sounds[]
All in-game sounds for the London Cab:
Sound | Information | Audio File |
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Demonstration | Heard from the Vehicle Selection Screen when the player selects the London Cab. | |
Horn | Horn Sounds | |
Idle | Engine idle, vehicle motionless | |
Engine Sounds | Engine rev sounds | Low:
Medium: High: |
Quotes[]
All in-game commentary pertaining to the London Cab:
All San Francisco quotes that apply to the London Cab, provided by various announcers:
Quote | Heard When | Spoken By | Audio File |
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We've got a London Cab entering the race. If they drive on this crazy here as they do in London, I know who I predict is the winner! | Starting a race with the London Cab | US Sportscaster (San Francisco) | |
How that London Cab got so lost, it ended up here in San Francisco is beyond me, but I'm happy to see it in today's race! | Starting a race with the London Cab | US Sportscaster (San Francisco) | |
You payed to ship that cab all the way from London. The least you can do is win with it! | Starting a race with the London Cab | Urban Guy (San Francisco) | |
You're racing San Francisco in a London Cab, but I've never said you made sense! | Starting a race with the London Cab | Urban Guy (San Francisco) | |
I don't know how you got a London Cab to San Francisco, but it's really tripping me out, dude! | Starting a race with the London Cab | Hippie (San Francisco) | |
Seeing a London Cab in San Francisco is a head trip! Like my head's taking a trip, to London! | Starting a race with the London Cab | Hippie (San Francisco) | |
You're driving a cab, so you've gotta certain reputation you have to live up to! | Starting a race with the London Cab | Woman (San Francisco) |
Oddly, there are no lines for when the player finishes a race with the London Cab in San Francisco. The standard winning lines are used instead.
For unknown reasons, there are no lines for when the player loses a race with the London Cab in San Francisco. The standard losing lines are used instead.
All London quotes that apply to the London Cab, provided by various announcers:
Quote | Heard When | Spoken By | Audio File |
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It takes a special kind of driver to drive the London Cab properly. Let's see how this one handles this city's signature vehicle! | Starting a race with the London Cab | UK Sportscaster (London) | |
I know, I know, you liked to pick up some fares, but you don't have the time, this is a race, you cab driver! | Starting a race with the London Cab | Scottsman (London) | |
I envy you the cab; I tried that East End Cabbie School but got turned down by old cranky cockney instructor, if you can believe that! | Starting a race with the London Cab | Mister (London) | |
When you're finished racing that cab, my dear, do you think you can take me to the theatre? | Starting a race with the London Cab | Woman (London) | |
Aspiring to be a cab driver, are ya? Did you go to that East End Cabbie School yet? | Starting a race with the London Cab | Punk Girl (London) |
Quote | Heard When | Spoken By | Audio File |
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A great bit of driving by the cabbie, possibly a graduate of the East End Cab Driving School! | Winning a race with the London Cab in first place | UK Sportscaster (London) | |
Point A to point B, faster than all the others! You are truly worthy of that black cab you're driving! | Winning a race with the London Cab in first place | Scottsman (London) | |
Good work winning in the London Cab! A bit of a surprise, really, against all those other high performance vehicles! | Winning a race with the London Cab in first place | Mister (London) |
Quote | Heard When | Spoken By | Audio File |
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A truly fair-to-midland performance from the cab driver that time. Eh, pardon the pun. | Losing a race with the London Cab in second place or below | UK Sportscaster (London) | |
Well, you know you could make a living driving in a cab like that, but you won't get too rich doing it! | Losing a race with the London Cab in second place or below | Scottsman (London) | |
Not a bad job! If I'd done that well in the cabbie school, they might not have kicked me out, after all! | Losing a race with the London Cab in second place or below | Mister (London) | |
That cab driver won't get many fares driving like that. A very disappointing finish for the black cab! | Losing a race with the London Cab in second place or below | UK Sportscaster (London) | |
A wee bit of advice for ya: Don't ever try to earn your bred driving a cab! | Losing a race with the London Cab in second place or below | Scottsman (London) | |
Yeah, I used to drive that cab like that as well. It's why they kicked me out of that East End Cabbie School! | Losing a race with the London Cab in second place or below | Mister (London) |
Quote | Heard When | Spoken By | Audio File |
---|---|---|---|
Here's the news, you've just unlocked the London Cab! | When the London Cab was meant to be unlockable. (unused) | Mister (London) | |
Congratulations. You've just unlocked... the London Cab! | When the London Cab was meant to be unlockable. (unused) | Shakespeare (London) | |
You've earned a new paint job for your London Cab! | Unlocking the Bathtub Floral paint job for the London Cab. | London Crash Course Advisor |
Trivia[]
- The Vehicle Showcase screen for this vehicle calls it "London Black Cab," although an unlockable custom paint job for it exists.
- In the alpha version of Midtown Madness 2, this car temporarily reused sound effects from the Panoz GTR-1 as it didn't have its own sound effects yet. This has been noticed in the game's trailer. This also applies to the Double-Decker Bus.
- A low-poly version of this car was used in London as one of the traffic vehicles, but for unknown reasons, they're only seen in the Blitz and Checkpoint race events and the Crash Course events. Fortunately, they've been added to London's cruise mode in MM2 Revisited V5.
Classic Madness[]
The London Cab is the only vehicle not to be replaced by an alternative vehicle in HQTM Team's Classic Madness. Instead, it is literally a high-quality remake of the same car, with clear windows, a clear windshield, and a driver inside, plus it drives faster than the original version. Both its default paint jobs have been remade, along with two bonus colours, Red and White.
MM1 Mod Version[]
The London Cab was converted to Midtown Madness 1's format as a fan-made add-on. It includes the original dashboard and sounds, appropriate tuning, MM1-style headlights (compatible with the MM1 Revisited V3 mod), and the original two paint jobs.
Midnight Club London Taxi Mod[]
The Midnight Club London Taxi mod was released by MysteryDriverX on December 15, 2019 on Midtown Madness 2 eXtreme. It replaces the standard London Cab with a slightly modified version of the London Bonus Black Cab model from Midnight Club: Street Racing. Its performance, dashboard and colors are the same as the standard ones.
Gallery[]
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Austin Motor Company | London Cab | |
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