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Midnight Club: Street Racing review
Platform: PlayStation 2, Gameboy Advance
Release Year: 2000
Developer: Angel Studios (Rockstar San Diego)
Publishers: Rockstar Games
Genre: Arcade Racer, Open-World
Music:
'Club Step' by Topher Mohe and Alex Elena
'Hey Now' by MK2
'TDB3' by Vibe Tracks
'The Dope Steppa' by MK2
'Vectorman Stage 3/12' by Jon Holland
Gameplay and images from:
Capcom
Electronic Arts
Microsoft Studios
Rockstar Games
Rockstar North
Rockstar San Diego
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Universal Pictures
KZbin videos used:
'Evolution of PlayStation: PlayStation 2' by PlayStation
• Evolution of PlayStati...
'Midtown Madness [Gameplay] Ford Mustang' by Roshan Datar
• Midtown Madness [Gamep...
'PC Longplay [347] Need For Speed Underground (part 2 of 3)' by World of Longplays
• PC Longplay [347] Need...
'Resident Evil 2 N64 Version Gameplay Part 1' by Hunk1979
• Resident Evil 2 N64 Ve...
'Smuggler's Run PS2: Checkpoint Race (Desert)' by ZxSilentKLxZ
• Smuggler's Run PS2: Ch...
'Smuggler's Run PS2: Crooks N' Smugglers (Snow)' by ZxSilentKLxZ
• Smuggler's Run PS2: Cr...

[@HisameSymouri1995]

Sadly midnight club is now dead....thanks to GTA online......I miss playing midnight club 3 dub edition remix on my ps2 online back in 2010.....I wish they would remaster the whole series in one big collection

[@thisemptyworm4677]

And R San Diego developer RDR2

[@Yoshik379]

It was already dead before GTA V even came out... Racing games like this are dated. The series was always a niche so it wasn't worth it to keep it going. They tried to be too much like NFS and that's what killed the series. You have to keep in mind that not even half of your audience are car people when even talking about mainstream games like NFS. Midnight Club was way more complicated and hard so your potential audience already gets cut in half. And keep in mind all the other top racing games right now like Project Cars, Forza, GTS, DriveClub, The Crew,... So a new game would just go up in the masses.

[@xgamerxg1277]

@@Yoshik379 stfu already midnight club never tried to be like nfs infact overrated nfs copied midnight club and your shit if you cannot beat the game its not their fault asshole

[@enoztheprotogenshadeyboii7074]

"I wish they would remaster the whole series in one big collection" Considering how Rockstar tried (and failed) that with the ps2 era GTA games, i don't want them to butcher Midnight Club like that either. Also a big reason for MCs death was god-awful working conditions in Rockstar San Diego, formally known as Angel Studios. Talented game designers were quitting because of overworking, or just straight up laid off, and with enough of all that, the studio eventually collapsed and is now a thing of the past. P.S: that all happened in 2009, only a few months to a year after MCLA's release

[@PainBlame]

This game was really fun at the time. I remember in 2004 playing this and it stole a good percentage of my childhood. Mostly racing my friends on the PS2. GOODTIMES

[@jacolbycraig9510]

Nobody didn't catch the "I can see why you like it from behind very fast joke/line"?!!👀 she said around the 6:20 mark LMAO😂😂😂 very clever Rockstar and I never noticed this playing this as a kid, but now I'm an adult and I understand the hidden joke lol...

[@tolyo96]

I thought it was "I can finally see what you are like from behind - very fat"

[@FOUR-ho3ch]

The first one was wack but after Midnight Club 2, the series took off. MC2 is a classic

[@qtippz]

MC2 was a classic. Don't discredit it. It paved the way for 3!

[@FOUR-ho3ch]

qtippz i know thats what i said. To this day i still play MC2 whenever i hop on my old ps2.

[@PACKERMAN2077]

YBBGM the first one had an awesome atmosphere not as deep as the second one but it was unique in the pre _'Fast and Furious'_ era of street racing. that intro cut with real street racing footage was breathtaking

[@AAPGoku]

PAKTRA_PRODUCTIONS WATCH_DOGS agree and I wish Fast and Furious still have that today but with Liberty Walk, Rocket Bunny, and RWB cars and all of 3 them will get the higher popularity if wasn't for Universal Pictures transformed into a WTF with the Military Equipments and Vehicles.

[@AAPGoku]

Alex K I know and I wish they still continued but in a different city like Miami. Just imagine it in Miami and with customizations from Liberty Walk, Rocket Bunny, RWB and old customizations like AbFlug and Veilside that will be amazing.

[@remic.7947]

8:48 not true Midnight Club 3 sold over 5 million copies and LA sold over 3 million aswell.

[@NerfMaster000]

VenomSX I never got into Midnight Club LA like I did with 2 and 3 for some reason. I guess it’s due to the voiced character who talks way too damn much.

[@HisameSymouri1995]

LA was terrible compared to the other 3 games, it just tried to copy the feel of 3, but failed miserably.....the only cool thing was the paint booth they added

[@KudosMSGP]

Harry Sheldon To me it was better than the first two but not the third.

[@kailomonkey]

I enjoyed all the games but think I found all PS2 additions tough at some point. I liked LA on PS3 for the generation step.

[@GymmyRhys]

@@kailomonkey 'ps2'? you mean '6th gen'?

[@JCglitchmaster]

As a fan of each midnight club from 1-la owning every single one including the portable ones. I can say that MC3 remix was by far the best of every single game and if they remastered it today with the vinyl customization of LA it would be the best racing game on the market.

[@alainborgrave6772]

I found MC3 way too easy, almost laughable. I refrained from taking the first position until the last lap to make it harder.

[@Nicomanism]

Midnight 2 & Midnight Club 3 are the best in the franchise. MC 3 for customization ; MC2 for atmosphere .

[@mrgodspeed]

@@alainborgrave6772 Once I got bored beating the game over and over again, I just tried it in manual-transmission mode. More interesting, and challenging.

[@SONGOKU02]

Did you ever player Midtown Madness 1 and 2?

[@MidnightApex-ml6jc]

​@@alainborgrave6772it wasn't

[@DragonsGemstone]

KZbin algorithm will recommend your channel to me again if you do Midnight Club 2 I bet

[@no_camber8709]

We can all agree that Midnight Club is the Dark Souls of racing games.

[@superdrinkingpepsi]

Oh look, the "Dark Souls of *blank*" mark! As if I haven't seen that before...

[@Christoph5782]

No_Camber Midnight Club wasn't hard, try Trackmainia Turbo if you're looking for a difficult racing game.

[@Asaylum117]

The game, especialy Midnigh Club LA can be one hell of challenge, if you don't upgrade your cars preformance first. I wouldn't say it is as frustrating as Dark Souls, because atleast Midnight Club is a fun game. Not to mention that we had hard games way before Dark Souls was even a thing. Devil May Cry series is a good example of hard games and even older Castlevania games are challenging.

[@Rumblefan]

I find the first game the hardest. The faster the car, the more nervous it gets and the slightest jump could send you doing a front flip into a building. But at the same time, you need the speed or they’ll pull away from you like a Lamborghini racing a Prius.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

I disagree. "The Dark Souls of racing gamea" goes to Stuntman!

[@qtippz]

**DO MIDNIGHT CLUB 2!!!**

[@robertoshigeeda1944]

You forgot to say that this was one of first games that features a sort of a DLC When you had a savegame from Smugglers Run in memory card, you unlock the Dune Buggy in Midnight Club automatically

[@elmark3550]

Sonic adventure is the first one with major dlc

[@nickstarlingch]

​@@elmark3550 These aren't really examples of DLC, and it was done earlier on the PS1 and likely older systems.

[@joaquinmorente6356]

4:50 when your with your ex then your new lover sees

[@BullworthGraduate]

Despite the fact that both _Midnight Club 2_ and _3_ are the objectively best games in the series, I still see this one as my favorite in the series.

[@uccidere1939]

Believe me when I say this, the second one is the absolute best of the series, basic, but so much fun.

[@RetroPlus]

I slept on that for a long time, I might have to pick it up 20 years later

[@KogeyFox]

God PLEASE do Midnight Club 2

[@niismo.]

You know the day is gonna be good when csp uploads a racing game review

[@sayidabyan5828]

Not gonna say you're the best youtuber or anything... But you definitely deserve more subs

[@innoclarke7435]

Wow, I'm early. I like your racing game reviews. Wouldn't mind a few more of them, honestly.

[@tudythegangster]

Why does everybody consider the absence of licensed cars to be a bad thing?

[@alainborgrave6772]

Dog of Wisdom : I agree with you, actually the absence of licensed cars is a good thing. Now games like Forza Horizon 1 & 2 are removed from sale 4 years after launch because Microsoft"s license of car brands has expired.

[@MrUlfdub]

I owned 2 el camino ss's, 2 firebirds and a charger among others. There is NO GREATER KICK than driving cars you owned against other REAL cars you wished you owned.

[@officalwolfrevolution7766]

I agree with you as well considering the damage model can be whatever the developer wamts and not what the car manufacturer wants.

[@EthanBradburyVlogs]

People would rather see real cars and not fake ripoff versions

[@pp3k3jamail]

Because people want real cars in the game duh, what a dumb ass question.

[@bakkali992]

Review Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition Remix

[@straxxi33]

Bakkali that shit was my child hood

[@bakkali992]

Enclave Soldier me too

[@BullworthGraduate]

Your wish will be granted soon.

[@Helviuss]

I remember this being the firsat midnight club title I ever picked up as a kid. And I immediately fell in love with it, even if it was a janky game. Seeing the police SUVs tumble down the street like crazy when you hit them side on still never gets old.

[@ChrisSealy1997]

Did you know that you originally had an option to turn on the police in cruise mode and set how much of them you want in the map

[@alvinnicholas255]

Just like midtown madness, right ?

[@TheFurryInShambles]

Yay you listened to my request! I hope you review all of them!

[@GeneralChrisGaming]

4:50 R.I.P. XD

[@lyhaikudai3]

Don’t let the pretty cover fool you

[@johanblack2384]

please review MC2 & MC3. ur videos are educational for me.

[@FroztiProductions]

You play this game thinking the mechanics are out dated and need to be buried. Then you play the sequel and realize you were very wrong.

[@missingaforest3639]

This! the first game will always have a special place in my heart but time has not been kind to it. Midnight Club 2 and 3 have stood the test of time and are still my favorite racers to this day.

[@PlanetXtreme]

I absolutely LOVE the control of the cars in this game. It's so arcadey! Will always hold a special place in my heart for racing games, especially with the ctf mode.

[@blingking501]

I remember being in game when I was younger and played midnight club 2 on one of those PS2 machines In shops. Loved it and saw it was only 5 quid! Bought it took it home and realised it was midnight club 1 and its hard as fudge!

[@linguinethegenie9363]

My dad didn't let me use his memory cards, so I lived off the default cars and had too much fun

[@blakedmc1989RaveHD]

u 4got 2 mention tha music! and extra unlockables of Taxi

[@SparksX18]

thanks for uploading the mc2 soundtrack

[@prlysis]

I love with this game. I grew up with it, but I was just 4 when when it came out. Something about it's simplicity (though it's difficult to master). Great simple arcade racer with attitude/personality

[@RedLabs]

I wish you got more subs and views bc damn man you're hella underrated. Your channel is so addicting omg. I've been binging for nearly 24 hours. Started w/your GTA videos, then your Gran Turismo ones, now am here.

[@RSx94]

8:47 The GBA version was terrible. I remember picking it up in 2005 or so, and I was very excited to play it, but it was just garbage. Nothing like the PS2 version.

[@KyleBrook]

I had no idea Angel Studios made this!! Midtown Madness 2 is one of my favourite games! I'd love to see you review that! :)

[@rodsk8dude731]

I like your reviews, you do some games we don't often see reviewed by big names. Can't wait to see more reviews of the Midnight Club games, I played them since the second and love them, and Los Angeles is IMO the best street racing game there is, including the ones from this generation. Shame you didn't play it before. I would also like to see reviews of the Need for Speed games, specially the older ones and the more... "infamous".. ones.

[@rodsk8dude731]

Yeah, they're cool. I specially like Hot Pursuit. I don't really consider those "infamous" though, like some do. I was referring to Pro Street and Undercover, although I do also like Pro Street, despite most people's opinion of it.

[@alainborgrave6772]

- I don't care at all about lack of customization. Less customization is better, actually. Too much customization options in MC3 and MC:LA killed the fine-tuned races of MC and MC2, because now the game has to take into account an almost infinite number of cars and upgrades. Developers have only one way left to keep the challenge as the race cannot be fine-tuned to the current fastest car in the game anymore : a universal rubber banding system. - having to keep up with a racer to be able to launch a race is much more immersive that lauching races in a menu. - timed races add a layer of difficulty. You cannot finish the race at your leisure and learn the track when you're last because of the timer. That's why they put it in the game.

[@Hachiae]

fun fact, midnight club was a real car group from japan in the late 80's-90's that would race top speed on highways. police asked them to stop and after a few lethal crashes they agreed to stop.

[@TheresOnly1Stef]

I remember wanting a PS2 JUST for this game when it was relatively new lol

[@Grumbeer95]

Please review Midtown Madness!

[@spikefallyt3350]

i forgot what youtube ads look like..

[@Ji99i3]

Dude what is that song at the end fromma genesis shooter game. I recognize it and it will bug me forever! Great video

[@panterarosa4325]

Back in 2021 finished midnight club 1 for the first time and was my first rockstar game

[@Left-Earth]

With auto captions on @3:12 it says: *Buddy you'd ride a Mormon and a poor wife...* 🤣

[@Mass40KGaming]

I played this game a LOT back in the day. Great memories.

[@DeAndreDixon]

Please review the other ones?

[@evanpeterson7585]

Especially mc3der

[@GUnitSureno]

This series needs to be brought back

[@Exponaut_R-01]

4:20 (ha) The time limit seems to be a preemptive measure from the devs. I recently played through the career and there were a few times (it happened almost exclusively in London) where the one opponent in the head to head races would glitch and get very stuck somewhere. I watched their arrow not move on the map, and laughed, then drove slowly....then the timer beeped and I have 8 seconds to do 19 seconds worth of driving. Easy win at no point, apparently. Also you didn't mention the game breaking bug you can very easily run into where city champs don't spawn if you don't go back to free roam after beating the second set of group races. I went to my cell phone to do the last head to head for the second character and suddenly the champion never appeared. This happened first time around in New York then I got lucky and did it properly by accident only to get the bug again in London. Brutal.

[@PlanetXtreme]

Ok I think this is weird but this is the 4th time I’ve watched this review over the past 2 years. My favorite video of yours. Thank you. This was the first video of yours I watched and made me sub as well lol

[@SirNippletonMcSugarteets]

Midnight Club 3 is probably one of the two greatest games of my childhood. Morrowind is the other greatest game

[@arandompersonontheinternet2923]

I played this game before and I'm getting it back

[@pronto900]

Mnc2 next

[@scp049isnotafurryitsjustab3]

8:51 i do.. many may not agree but i like this one and seems fun all tho i know how to drive well! Also you should do a review about that GBA version

[@Sinbad1999]

I remember when I would go to the children's hospital 6 years ago (I'm 18, 19 this yr) I would ask for the Xbox 360 and I played so much of the midnight club Los Angeles and would purposely get in trouble with the law, trigger pull over cutscene and drive away with the doors open. BTW congrats on almost 9k subs

[@Nicomanism]

Grew up with Midnight Club 1 - 3 & NFS Underground 1, 2 . To me, Midnight Club 1 is hard to go back and play. I even remembered being turned off by not able to keep up the person when you start off as a cabbie just cause your car is super slow. Midnight Club 2 improved so much where its that and MC3 where I still go back to and play .

[@AnonYmous-hu7jo]

You missed mentioning police missions! I love those! Also the Marauder and the Taxi bulldozer were fun af too.

[@dansmoothback9644]

"Somebody get me an ambulance!"

[@enda0man]

Great video! But you left out one thing, since this game came out in 2000, you can actually drive to the twin towers in the New York map as this was pre-9/11. They are a little hard to spot at first since you can’t pan the camera, but they are there, both of them.

[@jackbollingmoore6113]

Midtown Madness, Midtown Madness 2 and Midtown Madness 3 reviews, please ColourShed

[@borla4491]

Check out the film call RedLined (In The Red), from 1999. Besides Racer X,The Fast And The Furious got some stuff from that film. Also, check out blackandgold51's channel, which his channel shows a clip from the film . Plus, there was a gang call the Midnight Club , whom took vehicles with special high performance parts and "tested " them on the Expressways in Tokyo, Japan at high speeds.

[@chris_player2]

4:45 LOL

[@prlysis]

This will always be one of my favorite arcade racers ever.

[@inactive859]

5:07 Lukas that's me

[@officalwolfrevolution7766]

I've noticed no one has talked about the bonus cars in the game, which makes me want to play the game again to see if the bus accelerates fast than the taxi

[@kailomonkey]

I don't know what your viewers asked for as I'm a year late to the party, but I would have liked to see a review of the whole series... Or seeing as you had avoided it, perhaps a review focused on Midnight Club Los Angeles and its origins in this one. Also, seeing as you aren't into the series, I think you should be exposed to the latest and best incarnation of the series... But I'm here and subscribed because I love Rockstar Games and RDR2 is out soon. So basically any more reviews you can give of their games will be welcome, but with smaller reviews like this one and perhaps what we'd get with Body Harvest etc, I reckon it would be better to combine 2 or 3 games into a theme when there's less to be said about each. PS Am happy to see all the GTA games as single videis though as you clearly have a love for them, which is where my own love for Rockstar Games comes from. I love every GTA game!

[@ZFAIRGENTLEMAN]

*4:51* *O o f*

[@PACKERMAN2077]

I grew up with Midnight Club it influenced my taste in cars Urban culture and music in that edgy Sleek late 90s Techno punk atmosphere, pure and clean... I didn't play Need for Speed underground until just recently last year and felt it was a cheap imitation of post '2 Fast 2 Furious' culture. remember midnight club came out when street racing was still Underground in magazines and VHS sizzle tapes, and was not as technically polished as the better produced underground series by EA... until DUB Edition.

[@TheMajorLeagueGinger]

I remember having great fun with Smuggler's run, but mostly from seeing how bad I could damage my vehicle. Oh and Midnight Club 3 is great fun with dat customization

[@lurkerrekrul]

Why does it have a timer? Because timed gameplay was the defacto standard for arcade style games back then, even when it made no sense or was even detrimental to the game.

[@bracartyl5]

MIDNIGHT CLUB 2 IS THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME

[@jstump8768]

7:25 Is that the Day3/Day 12 Vectorman soundtrack? That's definitely not from Midnight Club!

[@zigzagbuttcrack7710]

This was my first and only midnight club game I ever played. It was fun for it's time lol

[@leiflala]

Please review Midnight Club: LA - This is the best most recent street racing game and I really think you will like it!!

[@That_Handle]

ColourShedProductions (or anyone ) , 7:31 : Does capture the flag / colors mode carry over to other PS2 & PS3 titles especially within the context of over LAN \ Network as well as Online multiplayer ?? I'm curious about fullscreen POV multiplayer experience. ~~ All the other PS2 titles in the series are capable of LAN multiplayer and currently have third-party fan-made servers enabling Online multiplayer so it could be quite the full-screen multiplayer proposition ( not to forget the later mode on this release where the player avoids all the police while making it to checkpoints... Nine to Five mode ~ 10th race? )

[@RavenLotz]

I played 1 and 2 so much on my cousins ps2 as a kid. I never got very far cause I wasn’t good at video games as a kid but I had so much fun

[@Understeerking]

Do the 2nd game please.

[@Lucromis]

This was the first ps2 game I played. I was impressed!

[@troypowers750]

Who can forget that intro? Say what you want about the game, but it's still a fun, funny, and ridiculous game.

[@jamesduvall6237]

I always thought it was pretty cool that you had to follow them to the start

[@PlanetXtreme]

watching yet again cuz I love the game. One of my all-time favorites. I'm going to guess this is my 10th time watching this?

[@mattwilson7305]

Yeah, I would put in the GameShark CD and unlock all of the cars. I was also only 10 lol

[@teejrollins1669]

Still waiting for the Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition review

[@Yovry]

I want them to remaster all of these games for phones WITh an online mode to race other players

[@KingMasey]

Nostalgia attack!

[@rshante6583]

What about the hidden cars, I loved looking for them

[@Chiraqvids]

you should do a review on midnight club 2 next, it's only fair!

[@angelovercetti67]

Midnight Club and Midtown Madness are running on the same game engine if you didn't know

[@angelovercetti67]

+Jatjarty yes, true I've heard that while playing :p

[@JorgeLeitner]

''There's a Gameboy version, but who cares about that?''. I do xD I played the heck out of the GBA version, and I loved it.

[@Exponaut_R-01]

Honestly the top down view with no map for checkpoints only having that useless arrow to guide you the wrong way made it probably the most frustrating way to play a Midnight Club game. I hated it when I got it.

[@JorgeLeitner]

@@Exponaut_R-01 I agree that the lack of a map was not a good idea. And the arrow system just didn't work well. But aside from that, I really enjoyed the game, personally.

[@mgiebus1869]

You're supposed to go after the club members in a certain order. Of course a cab won't keep up with an off brand RX7. That's why u were getting smoked

[@RetroPlus]

This was one of my all time favourite ps2 games, but it frustrated me badly with it's janky physics. I recently replayed it and I think I was actually better at it as a kid than as an adult

[@SparksX18]

what song is at the beginning

[@b14k29]

Midnight Club 2 and 3 dub edition remix was better

[@Xenonuke]

Will you ever do the sequels?

[@kolurosu]

Me and my cousin would be hiding the maps and play hide and go seek tag

[@misternani688]

you didn't do a review on midnight club DUB edition ? well you should!

[@cloudair4154]

your channel is poppen breh

[@akikimura4880]

Intro song?

[@BullworthGraduate]

This game is surprisingly my favorite in the series. _Midnight Club 2_ and _3_ were alright, and _Los Angeles_ was just not that memorable at all.

[@TheFurryInShambles]

Midnight Club 2 wasn't a memorable? The bosses were much harder and the races were really technically made.

[@BullworthGraduate]

@@TheFurryInShambles - I said _Los Angeles_ was not memorable. _Midnight Club 2_ is alright.

[@pookie1190]

mc2 wasnt bad but the first one & 3rd one are the best

[@mathewm6294]

Now maybe review the 2nd and 3rd games too😏

[@CarlitoBandido]

You should give la rush a try

[@EstebanGG45]

Review Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition