holy shit, i found a mc2 fan. theres like 10 of us

What I like the most about Midnight Club II is how alive it feels for a racing game. The places seem like a believable microcosm of its own

Since this is the only Midnight Club game released on PC, it makes it the only game in the series that has a somewhat thriving modding community

Midnight club 2 was the dark souls of racing games, the soundtrack was just amazing

I played the shit out of this game on my dad's PS2. So much, I burnt the green outline of the minimap into my old Hitachi TV. Childhoods really do fly by.

The Soundtracks of Midnight Club 2 are truly and purely Masterpieces, so many unique and diverse genres... bangers after bangers...🎶☯️🎶 #NostalgicVibes #Childhood #Memories ☯️

There's something to a very difficult racing game with a fine selection of trance and techno that just fits. Like a table top machine in a bar with rock n roll music playing in the background. It's exciting and calming at the same time since you really can get into a state of trance and play for hours without noticing. That's something only those fast and straight forward arcade racers like mc2 and the Wipeout series could achieve. The only modern game that comes close is ballistic ng

She will always be my favourite midnight club. Mc2 was difficult for me back in the day like around 2009. Now im back way better than before and im defeating every including kenichi, savo and my fovourite out of all bosses, Makoto. They are so many things that happen possitively of me gaming racing over the year that lead me now to become one of the greatest car racing racer gamers in life. I need to get camera gear so i can show people guides and tips of becoming great at not only mc2 but other racing games.

U should definitely check out the BRAINs music, from 1-43.

The beginning of the video is just pure goosebumps. Thank u for making this video, i love to see people shedding some light on this game

Also driving in manual is a lot of fun

MC2 LETS GOOOO, vibe will never be matched

Such a unique wonderful game. A timeless gem which is still quite under appreciated. Absolutely LOVE the atmosphere, music, races, uniqueness of each over the top character, and learning curve of the wicked variety of the races. Great tribute fella, evident appreciation. Truly love this game, and I relate to what you say about the main menu theme. It's a character on its own and immerses you into the vibe of the game perfectly 😊🥰

This game blew my mind back in the day, loved to drive around the city smashing into other cars and all. Thank you for unlocking one of my core memories

PLayed this game ALOT. But mainly multiplayer! Joined the best and biggest clan, learned to fishtail and just messed around. What a time!

Very well-made video! MCII is also one of my most favorite video games of all time, I started playing it around 2004 or 2005 and never really stopped playing. I 100% the game at least once a year, it's just such a unique vibe and combination of cool ideas that it's giving me pretty much everything I could ever ask for in a racing game. It plays well, the soundtrack is absolutely perfect and unmatched, the gameplay is phenomenal and even the graphics have aged well (light effects look beautiful) and thanks to the Steam version even higher resolutions are supported. I'm very happy to see that others also care deeply about that game, it's a true gem!

Difficult..Yes !! Amazing ? Absolutely bloody yes..!! The atmosphere in this game with the map design, cut-scenes etc, was fantastic. and then you get the soundtrack... !!!

im so glad i got this game a couple years ago when it was still available on steam, this is one of my childhood classics, i remember playing it when i was 8 years old on the original xbox, it has so much meaning to me and once in a while i'll still get on it just to revive the experiences

Always appreciated how MC2 gave you distinct characters with cutscenes that were in your face & a bunch of voicelines for most situations. It had personality. MC3 was lacking in that department.

_Smell the rubber burnout, watch out._

I just started playing again after setting up on pcsx2 and I just reached Tokyo , man this game seems harder than when I was growing up phewww!!😅

@1:16 fun fact, the handling felt different on PC vs console (analog vs digital) @6:50 career mode was very tough from what I remember, in some races even if you crashed just once you might as well just restart the race since you knew it would be a loss @8:13 fun fact, half of Daft Punk did music for MC2 as well @9:16 I do have a lot to say about online play(mostly related to PS2 specifically). At MC2's peak online play (at least on PS22) was basically divided between people who mainly Cruised, Raced, or played Capture the Flag (CTF). CTF was my preferred choice, and I believe it was the most popular overall. You could also play with Power Ups (think Mario Kart power ups) which was always interesting. I feel like a lot of the time we played without power ups. MC2 was one of the first PS2 games to even have online capability that I remember. Playing online back then was not nearly as popular as it is now. You had to buy a separate Network adapter and keyboard. I remember clan wars being a regular thing for online CTF as well. I noticed you didn't have any online footage. When the servers for PS2 online play were being shutdown, a group of us got back online one last time to play. I recorded those last days and you can see the footage here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pNCPq6eAyLvUj4k.html It is important to note there is a pretty big difference between console online play and PC online play. Another fun topic is Cheat Codes. MC2 had cheat codes for rockets and machine guns, for improved weight transfer, and a few others. Some cheat codes worked online, and some didn't. For Example, improved weight transfer (carcrobatics - i still remember it after all these years) did work online. Machine guns and rockets did not work online UNLESS you had PS2 gameshark. They would work but the guns and rockets would be invisible to anybody but yourself (yes massively overpowered) I also don't think you mentioned it in the video, but even though the cars were not licensed - all cars are based off of a car IRL. This video is incredibly well done, and everything is 100% true. Good job

it was perfect... Perfect… Everything, down to the last minute details…

I love this game so much! Glad to see there are people who still play it to this day! I'm now into modding it.

fantastic job! I really enjoyed your video so far. Can’t wait to see what else you put out. Would love to see you make some from soft content! Either way, keep dishing out. I’ll keep watching them. Great progress!

I wish they'd put it back on steam. Really good video and I appreciate the effort put in. My personal favorite is midnight club 3 but i can see why you would be so fond of this game. I definitely ought to replay it soon

Midnight club 2 was my favorite racing game I miss being able to race people for their cars to get a better car every character had their own screen time and the game was ahead of its time a huge step up from midnight club 1

Thank you for this! Easily my favorite racing game of all time.

Mc2 soundtrack is too 🔥

im so glad another youtuber has came across this masterpiece of a game ❤

A doing a playthrough of the game right now and its a real nostalgia trip. and everything said in this video is correct

5:43 "Let me die." - Savo

I didn't know I needed this video. This was amazing man. I just started a new playthrough 2 days ago and I also have a lot of songs from the soundtrack in my favourites list. This game is such a vibe, i swear.

Great vid. Btw Thomas bangalter has a couple songs in this game too (he is the silver guy from daft punk)

I have two words to describe Midnight Club 2 Game "Simply Amazing!"

Another thing about PC is the Instant Steering with Keyboard, it´s troublesome for cars (for me) but wonderful for bikes and the only way to tailfish

hard as fuck

Ive started a new story every summer for the past 20 years.

This was my first game on disc; my mother bought me a disc in 2006. I've been playing this game for days. I still love this game, the melancholic atmosphere in it. Greetings from Russia :) Thank you for the video!

Nice overview, I'd love to see all the players nostalgic about MC2 come together, there seems to be plenty 😊

Nitrous and SST combo is goated idek you could do that, gonna link this vid in my MC2 bike guide on steam cause you perfectly summed up what they're like to use in game imo (plus you really well demonstrated the curb physics which I mention in the guide too) and your career transition slide goes hard. Great video brother.

For me the Game lived from the Atmosphere. The Places,Songs and the Arcade Racer Concept was just a perfect Combination.👌

I am at the 3rd Minute but i do really Like the "intros" you designed to go from one topic to another one and the song choice is really nice. So are the clips you used.

Great video man, you summed it up pretty damn good. What an amazing game this is.. truly one like no other. Besides San Andreas Multiplayer, MC2 is the only game being a solid part of my childhood ;`) subb'd

Funny I got this recommended just days after playing an online session over Insignia, 8 player CTF is the most fun

belleza de juego lo amo

My personal favorite. It was my entry into the series serving as an alternative to playing GTA SA on the PS2. My brother and I spent countless hours as kids on this game driving around, racing, shooting and blowing stuff up using cheats on 2 player mode. Lots of fun. It would always be dark by the time we stop playing. lol

This is and will always be one of my favorite games too.

Always agreed with this sentiment. The handling, the soundtrack and also the difficulty is what keeps us coming back to this classic. Its rewarding beating Savo, something i haven't felt in many other racing games. (Also whats the song in the background @ 1:00-2:45 lol)

I love this game 😍‼️

GOATED GAME

*PTSD intensifies* - This .... and Hotline Miami... please.. someone...anynbody.... HEEEEELPPP!!!

MC2! It's my favorite racing game of all time and my #4 favorite game of all time (#3 Stellar Blade, #2 FF16, #Kena Bridge of Spirits) The ambience and feeling of this game is unmatched. One of the few racing games that made street racing feel actually dangerous.

My favorite game of all time. Till this day!!!

There just hasn't been a racing game quite like MC2 before and after

great video

It's 2024 and every cars featured in MC2 are all tastefully built.

Surprisingly no words about fishtailing? You definitely should check what is it ;) After this, MC2 will play different colors to you!

100th sub 💯

I think those FPS bugs persist at 60fps, so 30 is the way to go there on PC, I haven't observed these bugs on the FPS bugs on the Xbox version, which does run at 60, though the widescreen support isn't as nice since it's anamorphic

Once my PS2 dies I'll buy the key or I should buy the key now and hope I don't have to use it

what's the song at 0:59 by the way, as I dont recognize it from the game, although it is funny to hear of someone using the bikes in this as I never touched them, I did the first drives with them but I thought the trade off was just too much

Fun Fact: The game on Steam used a cracked .exe file, that not even Rockstar itself did. The cracked file was done by the Razor1911 group

fantastic video.

Id be happy with another midnight club game without official license cars. They could use all the GTA universe car brands but add alot more customization and better handling/tunning.

Anyone know how to play online? I have it on steam.

When tf will this be backwards compatible on ps5 and Xbox series X

Shame that this game hasn't got car customization!

:)

Good video, but you could do better.