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Midtown Madness 2 (sometimes abbreviated as MM2) is a free roam/racing sequel to Midtown Madness, which was released on September 22nd, 2000 in the US and October 6th, 2000 in Europe. It was developed by Angel Studios (now Rockstar San Diego) and published by Microsoft. The game features a range of twenty vehicles which can be driven around San Francisco and London, as well as many others, thanks to a multitude of fan-made mods.

Gameplay[]

Midtown Madness 2 has six unique game modes, each with their own set of rules. Despite this, most races allow the player to modify aspects such as traffic and pedestrian levels, weather conditions, time of day, and the likelihood of running into police vehicles (upon those features being unlocked after races are completed). There are two difficulty settings to choose from when creating a new profile: "Amateur" and "Professional."

Crash Course[]

The Crash Course is the "career" or "story" mode of Midtown Madness 2. It consists of a series of "lessons" and "exams" to help you enter work as surreal forms of a British taxi driver or an American movie stunt driver. Completing a group of three lessons will unlock a Midterm exam. Finishing that will unlock a new paint job for a vehicle, while completing all three will unlock the final exam. Finishing the final exam successfully will unlock an entirely new vehicle.


East End Cab Company School of Driving
Lessons
London Leap · Cutting Corners · The Weaver's Tale
The Knowledge · Round You'll Go · Follow That Car!
Give Me A Brake! · River Dancing · Artful Dodging
Exams Midterm 1 · Midterm 2 · Midterm 3 · Final Exam



Golden Gate Stunt Driving School
Lessons
Frequent Flyer · Hit Or Miss · Turn It Up!
Brake Dancing · The Heat Is On · Bonnie & Collide
Keep It Clean · About Face · Straight, With Chaser
Exams Midterm 1 · Midterm 2 · Midterm 3 · Final Exam


Checkpoint[]

Checkpoint is the main racing discipline in Midtown Madness 2, with 12 races in each city. It involves racing between "checkpoints" against opponents, placed throughout the city, which may be visited via any route, in any order, before a final checkpoint is revealed when the others have been passed. Completing each race will unlock a new one, while completing six will unlock a new car. Victory in all checkpoint events will unlock a special paint job for those cars.

Checkpoint (Midtown Madness 2)
San Francisco Racing 101 · Deck The Hall · Golden Hour · City Tour · Foggy Memory · Park & Ride · The Hills Are Alive · Lookout! · Wanted! · After Hours · Full Speed Ahead · Panoz Pressure
London Top Of The Morning · Bridge Bash · Through The Park · V & A Visit · South Bank Brawl · River Thames Run · Circuit Within · Check This! · Splish Splash · Cut It Short · Dizzy Driving · Foggy, Foggy Night
SF Race Mod Easy Now · Tunnel Terror · It's a Rainy Day · Suuri Seikkailu · City Sprint · Crosstown Swtichback · Perimeter Perils · Golden Way · Beetle Cup · Speed! · City Turnee · Panoz Power
Mods San Francisco Pro Dragracing Mod


Circuit[]

Circuit is a racing discipline in Midtown Madness 2, with 10 races in each city. It involves racing around "circuits" marked out with red/white barriers, against opponents. Completing five races will unlock a new vehicle, while victory in all checkpoint events will unlock a special paint job for those vehicles.


Circuit (Midtown Madness 2)
San Francisco Take It Easy · Hang Time · Gimme SOMA · Wind It Up · Midtown Mayhem · Chinatown · Presidio! · Square Dancing · Circuit Breaker · Floor It!
London Mini Race · Round Westminster · View From Two Bridges · Parks But No Parking · City Circuit · Underground · London Run · Gimme Some Royalties · Soho Mojo · Zany Zigzag
SF Race Mod City Circuit · Golden Gate Park · Circuit Presidio · Uphill, Downhill · Little Circuit · Big City Loop · Driving · Panoz Pressure · Cross Action · Road Racing
Mods London Eye Revolution


Blitz[]

Blitz is a racing discipline in Midtown Madness 2, with 10 races in each city. It involves racing between "checkpoints" against the clock, which may be visited via any route, in any order. Completing five races will unlock a new vehicle, while victory in all checkpoint events will unlock a special paint job for those vehicles.


Blitz (Midtown Madness 2)
San Francisco Ignorance Is Blitz · Hold On Tight · Wrong Way! · Golden Race · Presidio Push · Amazing Grace · Lombard Lunacy · Embarca-dare-o · Telegraph Turnaround · Coit Nightmare
London London's Calling · Embank On It · Tower Tour · Hyde And Go Seek · Going Underground · Battle Of Trafalgar · Crosstown Sprint · Alley Cats · Midnight Mash · Five-Ring Circus
SF Race Mod Jumping · Square Breaker · Silly Smash · Outback Slalom · Don't Miss The Boat · Werwelp Blitz · Park Blitz · SOMA Challenge · North Beach Predator · Big Bus Party


Cruise[]

Cruise is Midtown Madness 2's "free roam" mode, which allows players to explore any city, in any car, in any way. Some players would consider this as the main attraction that the game offers, due to its open, endless nature.

Cops & Robbers[]

Cops & Robbers is the game's only multiplayer-exclusive game mode, which is similar to "capture-the-flag" game-modes seen in other games. In this mode, players must collect the "gold" and return it to their "hideout," aiming to collect more than the other team(s).

Vehicles[]

As with all driving games, vehicles have a big part to play, but Midtown Madness 2 is renowned for its unusual selection of 20 unique vehicles, which very dramatically between each other ten than Midtown Madness 1.

Cut Content[]

Cities[]

While the original Midtown Madness only allowed players to roam around Chicago, Midtown Madness 2 brings players to two different cities: the sun-kissed San Francisco and historic London.

San Francisco[]

The second-largest city in California, USA, San Francisco serves as the main location for Midtown Madness 2. The area depicted sits between the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges and includes multiple boroughs, such as Presidio and Russian Hill, as well as many landmarks, such as the Transamerica Pyramid and Coit Tower.

London[]

As capital of both England and the United Kingdom, London is the second city to appear in Midtown Madness 2. The featured area sits between the Tower and Lambeth Bridges, which covers Westminster, Paddington, Kensington Lambeth, and The City, but still features many landmarks, such as Buckingham Palace and St. Paul's Cathedral.

Announcer[]

The announcer returns for Midtown Madness 2 featuring multiple sportscasters rather than only one featured in Midtown Madness 1, few for London, few for San Francisco, and an advisor to guide the player through Crash Course sessions.

Of course, not all of them are used. See the the article for Midtown Madness 2's unused dialogue on The Cutting Room Floor for more information.

The types of sportscasters are listed below. Click on their audio files to hear a sample.

Crash Course
Advisor Voice Clip
London Advisor
San Francisco Advisor


San Francisco
Commentator Voice Clip
US Sportscaster (Male 1)
Urban Guy (Male 2)
Hippie (Male 3)
Woman (Female 1)


London
Commentator Voice Clip
UK Sportscaster (Male 1)
Scottsman (Male 2)
Mister (Male 3)
Shakespeare (Male 4)
Woman (Female 1)
Punk Girl (Female 2)


Mods[]

As one of the oldest free-roam racing games, while its fun and enjoyability hasn't aged, its graphics and hardware are nowhere near the current industry standard. As a result, Midtown Madness 2 has attracted a huge modding community, aiming to bring the game up to speed and port almost any vehicle imaginable into the game.

This is a list of mods related to Midtown Madness 2:

Installing Mods[]

Although some mods have their own installers, many are simply provided as compressed files, which need to be extracted to be used in the game. Common file extensions are:

  • .zip - designed for Winzip (and is the only type of file the software can open)
  • .rar - designed for WinRAR (which can compress files to a much higher standard and is the most common file type used for MM2)
  • .7z - designed for 7zip (which is capable of opening all three of the above file types)

When you have opened the file, using the relevant software, extract the .ar file(s) inside (files which MM2 can recognize and use) to the Midtown Madness 2 directory.

Often, when multiple complex mods are used, Midtown Madness 2's "heap" may overload and cause game crashes, meaning you may need to remove some or several mods in order to continue play, but remember to never delete the file containing the car you were last driving, otherwise you may never be able to use that game-save again.

Gallery[]

Box Covers[]

Images[]

Videos[]

Trivia[]

  • If you look closely at this game's front cover, you can see this game's predecessor, Midtown Madness, being promoted on the front end of the cable car in San Francisco, alongside the Racing Madness pack, which contains the same Midtown Madness installment, plus Monster Truck Madness 2 and Motocross Madness.
  • The game was released in Japan with almost all commentary and text dubbed and translated in Japanese. This version is extremely rare. However, RacingFreak purchased a copy of this version online and showcased it on his YouTube channel.[1] Additionally, a fan-made translation mod for the game exists, specifically an Italian translation made by SuperSecret that translates almost all text, which is available for download at Midtown Madness 2 eXtreme.

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