Every Car Is a Pinto: Even the bus if you're mad enough.Fortunately, you get new paint jobs, and if you get through the final test, you unlock a new reward. Driving Test: Crash Courses, from the second game, and as you pass, the courses will get harder.Don't Try This at Home: Wise advice from one of the announcers from Midtown Madness 2.One caption says "It's like a square, only it's not." Dissimile: In Midtown Madness 3, each loading screen shows the race map and a caption.Destination Defenestration: If you thought streets were the only place to go think again, some buildings are accessible too to drive thru, you only need to create some shattered glass to open de door.In one of the races, a single computer car takes a very different route than the rest, meaning that in order to win you must be very lucky to have it crash during the parts of the race when it ends up being near you. Except that if they ever leave your immediate surroundings and end up in a part of the city of Chicago that isn't currently being "simulated," they go into cruise mode and move quickly and safely wherever they are meant to go next. The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: Some racing modes involve competing against computer-controlled cars, and since you are always in danger of smashing into vehicles or obstacles, it helps greatly that they are too (not to mention that it's gratifying to see them smash head-on into oncoming traffic or miss a critical turn).Console Cameo: In Midtown Madness 3, certain pedestrians can be seen carrying boxes branded with the original Xbox logo.Then you got the fastest: A Panoz Esperante GTR-1 in the first 2 games, and a Koenigsegg CC in the third. Collision Damage: The first sequel has 2 crash courses in special, either you drive in London or San Francisco and you only have to remember one single little thing.If your looking for a racing game with realistic physics, graphics, and gameplay then I suggest you make a search for Gran Turismo. If your looking for a racing game that provides a fast and furious pace that defies the law’s of physics but still has good graphics and great gameplay then continue reading. Before I begin with the review though I want to tell you why I’m writing it in the first place. Its for the purely selfish reason that I want you buy this game so Microsoft will green-light another. If even one of you buys this game because of this review I will have made my contribution to the Midtown Madness franchise. Following its predecessors this Midtown Madness also takes place in two cities: Paris, and Washington D.C. The maps are pretty well to scale with their respective landmarks where they should be. Objects along the streets such as street lamps, benches, bus stops, traffic cones and the like can be run over with the suitable sound attached. There is also pedestrians which all escape being run over miraculously at the last second to retain the “E“ for everyone rating, traffic, and cops that chase you if you make any traffic violations which is almost impossible not to do. In all, the cities feel, and look like real ones. The physics of the game are unbelievably unrealistic. A Mini-Cooper for instance can knock over a vehicle three times its size if its traveling fast enough. You’ll also have no problem whipping around corners, and almost never have to break at any time. Still if you knock into cars or crash into buildings your vehicle will soon show signs of damage, and eventually damage out completely only to be replaced by a new one within seconds. Overall the physics, and handling of the game is overwhelmingly on the side of arcade-like fun over simulation. The graphics of the game aren’t the greatest, but their solid in rendering city streets and auto racing. The details on the buildings aren’t very high, but you rarely notice them while burning through the city at 150 mph. The landmarks are detailed, and life-like. So to there is a good sense of speed in the game with a steady frame rate. There is also seasons, and even precipitation in the form of rain and snow represented. For an arcade game like this you can’t ask for much more. In the sound department you’ll hear what you’d expect to hear from a game of this nature: a lot of tire screeching, and engine sounds all done to good effect. The voice-overs aren’t that bad, and can actually be hilarious in parts. As for the soundtrack it gets old pretty quickly but thankfully you have the option to make a custom soundtrack. The single-player aspect of the game can become mind numbingly boring. In “Work Undercover” your involved in a rather flimsy crime caper. You drive limo’s, pizza delivery cars, armored-cars, and so-on. The missions largely consist of driving from point A to point B within a set limit while an AI controlled vehicle tries to beat you to the checkpoints.
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