Midnight Club: Street Racing
Furious action is the name of the game as urban street racers known as the Midnight Club gather secretly around the world
The main premise of Midnight Club Street Racing is that you and your pals take to the streets each night to race hot rods around town. Along the way, you'll terrorize those pedestrians who are crazy enough to be outdoors at night, and generally crash into anything that's vertical. It goes without saying that then you'll spend most of your daytime hours pounding out the dents from the previous night's misadventures. Midnight Club Street Racing plays like a combination of the high-res street shenanigans of the Dreamcast's Tokyo Extreme Racing and the mission-based mayhem of the PS One's Driver. You've got two fantastic urban vistas in which to roam around--New York and London--and a jacked-up little runabout in which to do it. The game isn't just about racing, but about racing from point to point, too, or playing follow the leader. Graphically appealing (if more than a little flat, but that doesn't detract) and speedy, this game might not tax the PlayStation2 hardware, but it might tax your skills as a gamer if you don't keep up. Maps to the city are available whenever you need them, and make it rather difficult to get lost. It's advisable to try, however--there are tons of miniroutes to traverse. No route is sacrosanct--you can bash through plate-glass windows, barrel through underground parking structures, meander across parks, and even pogo from roof to roof. In this way, the game has a bit of that good ole Driver feel; although, the further in you play, the night skies and somber tone of the city dispel some of this feel. Midnight Club Street Racing is a great game, and yet another reason for new PlayStation2 owners to smile. While it's not terribly groundbreaking, it's one game that's loads of fun to play. --Todd Mowatt Pros: - Solid and fun race mechanics
- Sprawling cityscapes, with multiple routes
- Two-player games add replayability
Cons:- City objects lack definition
- Only two cities in which to race
Midnight Club: Street Racing Accessories
 Midnight Club Street Racing 2
Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition
Grand Theft Auto III
Gran Turismo 3 A-spec
Need for Speed Underground
ATV Offroad Fury, Greatest Hits
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
PlayStation 2 Memory Card (8MB)
Need for Speed Underground 2
PlayStation 2 Dualshock Controller Black
Midnight Club: Street Racing Reviews
This is the 1st racing game ive ever played. The only game ive seen with free roam is Grand Theft Auto. People who were saying that the graphics were horrible relax. I bought this game around 2001 or so and this game was sweet.
Its good but not great. The cars are ok in the game. Like when you unlock the "Manhattan city bus" and go into the Highway, the bus is so big that it acutally goes through the ceiling. Best of all i loved the Free Roam option.
6 years before the PS3 was invented. Theres some glitches in the game. This game was relesed on 2000 what do you expect. The year before 9/11. the year when the PS2 was invented.
Think about that when you get Midnight club 4. Anyway this game is awesome. Theres some more but I forgot. Actually alot. People who buy it now would think its crap because they want PS3 graphics.
This is what started the triligy of the midnight club series. This has pretty good graphics for 2000. Theres no racing game like this.
Head to Head and Waypoint are boring because they're way too short and get repetitive very quickly. The second main option is Career. You can choose to race in New York or London, how many opponents you have, what car you drive, the weather, the amount of traffic, among other things. The first is Arcade, second is Career, and the third is Extra Goodies (which basically is the options menu as well as credits, etc). Unfortunately, as a whole, this game fell short. This game mixes the Arcade games and a very dull storyline.
First, I'll talk about the positives. And what's not to like. The other two are Head to Head and Waypoint. If you're thinking about buying this game simply for the Capture the Flag game, I'd wait until it goes on sale to buy it. If you're looking for a good racing game, stay away from this one. After watching my cousins play this game during a gettogether, I decided to buy it for myself.
Cruise is boring because if you play the other games, there's nothing new to see. In these two games, you race other cars while driving to checkpoints. Out of these 4 games, the only entertaining one is Capture the Flag. This particular game is frustrating yet completely fun. Another positive of Midnight Club: Street Racing is the selection of options.
I had only watched them play the "Capture the Flag" game so I was pleased to see that this game also had several other games besides that particular game. Once you deliver a flag, a new flag and a new spot to deliver it is placed randomly on the map. In this game, you race against other cars (you can choose how many you want to race against) collecting flags. With obstacles such as other cars, street lights, and the cars you're racing against, it's easy to drop the flag and have the flag stolen from you. The only difference between these two games is that Head to Head has you racing one car while Waypoint has you racing more than one car. As I already mentioned, Capture the Flag is one of them. And if the storyline was more evolved rather than a line here and there about what you're doing, I may have given this game 4 stars.
Another is Cruise where you basically drive around freely. If the Arcade games were more fun, the Career mode would probably be entertaining. There are three main options. When you collect a flag, you must then "deliver" it. As I said above, the Capture the Flag game is really fun. Under the Arcade option, you can choose from 4 games.
BUY THIS GAME, i got it for $20 AU it is worth it and of course mc II and dub edition are going to be better. granted, it was relesed in 2000 but whats wrong with the graphics, sure its no gran turismo 4 but it still rocks.
i would recommend NFS over this game. it kept me entertained for a few hours but when i learned the map, the techniques of the computer driver, and the shortcuts, the game became very repetative. it was just blah. this game is very fun in the beginning when you are trying to get better cars and beat faster people.
this was my first ps2 game and for some reason i had a hard time getting rid of it. it is a good racing game for younger kids it was very unrealistic but it was very fun. i finally put it up on amazon for sale.
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