Midnight Club II

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Midnight Club II is the sequel to Midnight Club, published for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. Players race through cities inspired by Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo, respectively. Midnight Club II features an online component.

Dry, hilly suburbs and congested interstates can be found throughout Los Angeles, and just like the previous Midnight Club game, the city is littered with landmarks, as well as many shortcuts and jumps to be used in the races. The same goes for Paris, home to cobblestone alleyways and monumental roundabouts. Tokyo is personafied as a city of neon-glittering avenues and tight alleyways, and in return contains tourist sights. A complimenting logo from the Midnight Club series, each city is injected full of their gracious landmarks. For the second installment, realistic detail was added to ensure lifelike models of the real things.

The vehicles in this game all resemble real world vehicles, such as the Jersey XS, which resembles a Dodge Viper, the Victory, which resembles an Aston Martin Vanquish, and the Veloci, which resembles a Saleen S7. The actual Saleen S7 was used in Midnight Club 3 as a real car.

This installment of the series was heavily criticised for using many derogatory stereotypes for the racers in the game that were almost to the point of being borderline racist. Another problem surrounding the game was that there were many cheat codes that were also usuable in online gameplay, hindering the balance and fairness of gameplay. The game also did not offer customization since the cars are already modified. The last problem, was the ability to quickly change your online user name, thus being able to join in a race and ruin it for everyone, and not being able to ban the user for his or her activities.

Car list- Real Life names

• Cocotte- Ford Escort
• Citi- 1995 Honda Civic
• Emu- Volkswagen Jetta
• Torrida- 1999 Acura Integra
• 1971 Bestia- Pontiac GTO
• Interna- Honda S2000
• Cohete- Unknown
• Citi Turbo-Honda Civic Si
• Monstruo- Mazda RX-7
• Jersey XS- Dodge Viper SRT-10 GTS-R Concept
• L.A. Cop Car- Ford Crown Victoria
• Boost - Unknown
• Bryanston V - Unknown
• Schneller V8- BMW 7-Series
• Alarde- Lotus Elise
• Fripon X- Volkswagen Golf
• Monsoni- Unknown
• Stadt- Renault Clio Sport
• Victory- Aston Martin Vanquish
• Modo Prego- Porsche 911 Turbo
• Paris Cop Car
• Lusso XT- Lexus GS300/Toyota Aristo
• RSMC 15- Nissan 350Z
• Vortex 5- Toyota MR2
• Saikou- Toyota Supra
• Knight- Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VII
• Nousagi- Kawasaki Ninja ZX 12R
• Saikou XS- Toyota Supra RZ
• Torque JX- Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R
• Veloci- Saleen S7
• Tokyo Cop Car- Nissan 300ZX/Nissan Fairlady Z
• SLF450X- Prototype Jet Car

Expansion

[Here you can download Midnight club 2 MODern edition, an add-on for MC II]