Here is a walkthrough of a Midtown Madness series game. This is Midtown Madness 2, developed by Angel Studios and released by Microsoft in 2000. This is another one of my favorite non-HE games of all time. There are twenty vehicles to drive: the 1999 Ford Mustang GT, the Ford Mustang Fastback, the Ford F-350, the Freightliner Century, the Cadillac Eldorado, the American LaFrance Fire Truck, the Panoz GTR-1, the Aston Martin DB7 Vantage, etc. You get to drive on two real-world locations: San Francisco and London. This game was to be played online via the MSN Gaming Zone, but its support was discontinued in 2006 because online support for the classic and CD-ROM games were completely discontinued at that time. Now for the level-by-level comments: Crash Course: This is the mode where you practice some driving skills in a London Cab (London) and a Ford Mustang Fastback (San Francisco). The missions aren't too complex (except a few), but on some lessons it took several attempts to complete them. I think the rest of this mode speaks for itself. Blitz: In this mode, it's up to the player to reach the final checkpoint before the clock strikes zero. To make sure that I fully manage to complete the races, I made sure that the vehicles I was driving had the right amount of horsepower and speed. There isn't much else to say about this race mode. Checkpoint: This mode is like a series of one-way races. Even with the mistakes I made, everything mostly went well. Circuit: The final race mode. You get to race around a circuit track for a number of laps (three, four, etc.). I think this mode is very fun. In San Francisco, "Floor It!" that seemed to be the hardest of all the circuit races, but I managed to finish it in one attempt. Cruise: In this mode, you do nothing but explore around the cities. I drove all twenty vehicles which I unlocked, and also showcased their custom paint jobs that were also unlocked. For the lessons and races where I made several attempts, I had to have them cut out in Sony Vegas because it was for viewing pleasure. Though I forgot to cut out a few scenes from this walkthrough (like how I had to get the announcers the way I wanted in a few races). Going back to talking about the gameplay itself, I should say, depending on how long you play this game, it takes approximately three and a half hours to complete it at 100%. I did my best to make this a 100% walkthrough. Including the time I spent on Cruise, this walkthrough is up to nearly six hours (whoa!). So, this is my first walkthrough to last longer than two hours. Because I was playing through this game in Professional mode, I wanted to start off with the London races because you get to unlock the Panoz GTR-1, the fastest car in the entire game, in one of the checkpoint races. So, if you want to save stress in Professional mode, I would suggest starting off with the London races. Believe me, it will work. Then you can do the San Francisco races. Notably there are different outcomes in both Amatuer and Professional modes, so I played in Professional mode because I wanted this walkthrough to feature a complex level. This is personally my favorite Midtown Madness series game because the music, the gameplay, and the choices of vehicles are great. Because of that, I have a preference for this one, but I should say that Midtown Madness 1 and Midtown Madness 3 (only for the original Xbox) are fantastic as well. There are beta versions of this game that can still be played, but I will make gameplay videos of them sometime later. With that being said, please enjoy! Fun fact: I have a photo of me driving the Ford Mustang GT in San Francisco in this game. I had this game since 2004.

• published: 24 Jun 2015
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