The other staple of Midnight Club: Los Angeles for some time is the music. The DUB brand is back, but as one-of-many rather than the dominant name. Browsing the list of hot posted vehicles, it is apparent that dedicated fans are already well underway with their tweaking of rides in the game. There are even community boards that will "Rate My Ride" through Rockstar's online Social Club feature. Through some skilled racing, you can unlock upgrades and vehicles unavailable at first. Branded parts and Rockstar's signature creations are available for each ride, although not everything can be accessed in the beginning. The options for tweaking your ride are immense. One camera angle puts you in the driver's seat and shows off all the customization you can do inside the vehicle. The true racing fans know that pulled-in-tight is the only camera angle worth using, but if you can't stop looking at your car there are plenty of other views. Destructible environments add to the realism as you drive through bus stops, overturn magazine stands, and watch pedestrians scramble to get out of your way. is mapped out in loving detail and recreated here, not just for exploration but for interaction. The imagination and desire that lots of us had back then has been fully realized in games like Midnight Club: Los Angeles. Driving wasn't in the cards yet, this being set during my early teens, and the hot driving game at the time was Spy Hunter. Very little in the game formula has changed, but the scale and scope that impressed us way back then has only grown bigger and better.Īnother memory I have is a waking dream, a daydream, that involved me imagining a game where I would drive around and everything would look real. It seems like forever ago that we reviewed the original Midnight Club at the launch of PS2, but the emotions that game stirred are alive and well in Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
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