There are few sure things in life, but one of them is that if Microsoft puts out a racing game with Madness in the title, you might as well grab it as soon as it hits store shelves.It doesnt matter whether youre a hard-core simulation fan or you simply crave speed, destruction, and mayhem in your games if you want to play a very fun racing game, then Midtown Madness 2 is for you.
In fact, it seems as though it could have used a couple more weeks in testing. ![]() Your only true braking option is the hand brake, which tends to cause unpredictable slides when all you really want to do is slow down in a hurry. Also, at the beginning of one race, my car was positioned facing in the opposite direction of the other cars, and stepping on the gas sent me hurtling backward along with them even though I was in first gear. Fortunately, none of these problems were persistent or detrimental to how enjoyable the game turns out to be. You can actually work your way around most of these issues, and in fact you might never experience a game crash yourself. But theres no getting past the games rather pathetic engine noises. When you see a 68 Mustang Fastback tearing through downtown San Francisco, you want to hear a mighty rumbling sound thatll make bystanders think the big earthquakes finally happening. Instead, the cars in Midtown Madness 2 give off a little purr that barely changes in tone even when youre redlining the tachometer. Even in an arcade-style racing game such as this, its good to be able to hear when you should change gears, rather than constantly have to check the tachometer. Fortunately, unlocking the first few isnt too tough when you play on the amateur difficulty setting for instance, to get the Audi TT, you just have to finish in the top three of half of the San Francisco checkpoint races. Still, it can be frustrating to have to unlock all those hidden cars. Although its minimum system requirements are fairly low, youll probably need a fast Pentium III and a cutting-edge 3D video card to play Midtown Madness 2 in higher resolutions with all the graphical bells and whistles turned on. But the action itself is so fast and brutal that you likely wont mind one bit that you have to give up some visual extras in order to get a smooth frame rate. ![]()
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