Midtown Madness (Series)

Midtown Madness: Racing Games

A series of racing video games developed by Angel Studios, published by Microsoft for Windows, set in open city environments with various vehicle options, including Chicago and London.

What is Midtown Madness (Series)?

Midtown Madness is a series of racing video games developed by Angel Studios and published by Microsoft for Windows. The first game in the series, simply titled Midtown Madness, was released in 1999 and allowed players to race around an open world recreation of Chicago in a variety of vehicles including sports cars, a city bus, and a Ford Mustang. The game focused on arcade-style racing action rather than realistic driving physics.

A sequel called Midtown Madness 2 was released in 2000, adding a recreation of London and Paris to race around in along with new vehicles, race modes, and graphics. The game also introduced online multiplayer racing allowing up to 8 players to compete over LAN or internet connections.

In 2003, a third entry in the series called Midtown Madness 3 was released, returning to Chicago with updated graphics, physics, and more detailed city environments. It added features like car customization with parts and paint jobs and introduced SUVs and emergency vehicles to the selection of playable cars.

Overall, the Midtown Madness series provided a fun, arcade-style open world racing experience focused on exploring city environments and wreckless driving rather than serious racing simulation gameplay. The games were well received for their impressive open world environments which were uncommon in racing games at the time.

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