#MIDTOWN MADNESS 2 TO PLAY FULL#
#MIDTOWN MADNESS 2 TO PLAY SOFTWARE#

Many of the game’s options also remain largely the same, with MM2 offering the same blend of Checkpoint (try to beat AI opponents by finding the quickest route through checkpoints dotted around the city), Blitz (get through checkpoints as quickly as possible to beat the clock), and Circuit (race round in circles on a cordoned-off section road) modes to keep you entertained.

San Francisco provides numerous opportunities to roll your car and generally smash it up. Referring back to my notes, the phrase “looks shinier” is the only comment on the visuals – and regrettably that’s not a general term for all-round improvement, it’s that things do actually look shinier, with your own car in particular demonstrating an immaculate sheen. After several hours’ play, my highly-trained gamer’s eye could only pick out minor, intangible improvements that could equally be my memory playing tricks on me.

#MIDTOWN MADNESS 2 TO PLAY FULL#

However, alluding to the merits of an oldie on FFG without giving it a fair hearing in a full review (or indeed, playing the damn thing) doesn’t do a great deal for our credibility, and seeing as it’s been a little while since we looked at the original, (not to mention the fact I banned myself from padding out the racing section with any more Need for Speed games during this calendar year), now seemed as good a time as any to revisit the series.Īs a cursory glance at the screenshots will confirm, Midtown Madness 2 does closely resemble its predecessor, with any graphical improvements as difficult to spot while playing the game on a 19-inch widescreen monitor as they are by squinting at the grainy screen grabs on this page. We quite liked it, too, although it has to be said that playing through the swiftly cranked-out sequel wasn’t a desperately particularly pressing priority once we put up the review, with yours truly happy to go along with the majority verdict that MM2 largely offered more of the same.

#MIDTOWN MADNESS 2 TO PLAY SOFTWARE#

Hooray for the Routemaster!ĭespite being saddled with the unfashionable Microsoft name, the original Midtown Madness was an unexpectedly accomplished racer, arriving from nowhere to steal Driver‘s thunder and provide the software behemoth’s games division with a much-needed hit.

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