To everyone asking about the music, the tracks are in order from start to finish: Blast From The Past by Jeremy Black One Time by Jeremy Black West Bad by Jeremy Black

It is a horrifically underrated game. Even to this day I feel the arcade racing game mechanics were perfected with MCLA. It's baffling that the same company makes GTA with it's dog water matchbox car mechanics.

Also, midnight club LA lived such a long life because it released just when arcade games started becoming trash. Why do you think Burnout paradise and NFS 2010 still have active player communities and remasters? People were hanging on to the last strands of quality in a dying genre

I cant be the only one who thinks Midnight club LA is one of the prettiest games released in the modern era. Like seriously it looks like a dream city

This was awesome to watch. I will forever miss the Midnight series games. The customization they had still is unmatched. What's crazy is, MC:LAs world feels more alive than NFS Heat, and the cars don't stop in the middle of intersections when you're racing. Rockstar truly did arcade racing right.

6:28 On a side note with the cops, I believe you can gently hold the accelerate trigger to keep right within the speed limit so they don’t get aggravated in free mode. However, if they receive a 911 call about you, they will automatically recognize you as a street racer if they come across you- so don’t bother hiding in plain sight in that case. It’s also worth noting that if the police just want you to pull over and pay your fines, you could do so and a cutscene will play out showing the cop giving you your ticket… or you pulling away and leaving them in the dust if you accelerate during the cutscene. That was a detail that really stuck out to me, and made police chases more entertaining at the beginning (though I agree on how annoying they are in LA). I’m glad MC:LA is backwards compatible on the Xbox series- it’s still a blast to this day, thanks to the fact it was made while Rockstar was still the paragon of the gaming industry. It’s just a shame we’ll never get a new title again- especially with Grand Theft Auto taking over these days…

Midnight club was made by LEGENDS. They truly had the most unique car game in it's time. I wish that continued to innovate this franchise.

LA is one of my most favorite games I've ever played. The third game might be mechanically better, but it was the first time with LA that a Midnight Club game had AAA polish in it, due to it being so high detailed. It aged so well graphically

I kinda wish Midnight Club made a comeback and yeah you have Forza, Gran Turismo, F1 and many other racing games are around but man I think if Rockstar wanted to they can bring it back maybe in a London or Tokyo setting

criminally underrated. especially at night, with all the lights and the traffic and pedestrians. the city feels so damn alive when ur flying 200 kph +

theres one street u can park on and if u park close enough to the house u can hear a couple arguing for like 30 mins in the game. sucha cool piece of detail

Went out and hunted this down a few years ago on disk, can confirm still works on X/S/X with a G920 as well. Still one of my favorites by rockstar.

Not only is it still a great game but its a time capsule to my childhood

I loved how you could make a design on one car, store it, than apply to any other car. It didn't always line up right, but a quick edit and it was fixed. Even designs from cars bought from Rate-My-Ride could have the design stored and edited. No other game has done that, Forza and Gran Turismo even purposely lock designs.

The nostalgia is mad crazy 😩

this is the best customization in any modern racing game its a crime rockstar hasnt remastered or made a new midnight club.

It’s kinda hard to imagine to was released in 2008 😭😭. Dam time flies

This is a great game that held up pretty well but I think MC3 Dub Remix still wins for me, since there are multiple maps and the physics are more fun to mess around with.

My first time going to LA to see my sister, I brought my MC:LA map with me because the first place I told her I wanted to eat was at Carney’s. We did. Great food there too!

I turned 18 in 2008. After teenage years without a console, I was able to buy my first one by myself, which was an Xbox 360 60go edition, which offered 720p resolution, it was crazy at the time. I ordered Midnight Club LA without any hesitation, having played the 2nd opus at my friends house when I was younger, and being totally crazy about westcoast culture and Hip-hop. I remember my homie who introduced me to the MC series telling me about the graphics: "it's so well done it doesn't even look like a game". The customization possibilities, crazy LA details, epic soundtrack, the spirit of rivalry never seen in a racing game, the terribly hard and frustrating collisions, the GPS interface of the map, the headlight system to provoke a rival on the road, the phone, everything was extraordinary. The beauty of Santa Monica beach, the sunsets and sunrises, the road shining with orange reflections, the small roads of the hills, the Jordan sponsoring, the LA River, the possibility to bet your car and find the machine you invested your fortune in on the roof of a building and racing in the hands of a steeet race gang member (before disabling the automatic save forever 🤣), the varied game modes, the possibility to try all the vehicles, the damage management... Really I have only good memories of this game, way too huge and complete for me to have finished it. I remember how fascinated I was by the South Central DLC which expanded the city and offered lowriders... Much later I scratched my original cd by moving my console on (bad idea). I immediately ordered the complete edition which was very cheap second hand. I sometimes play it again on Xbox One, continuing my career, and it will be the same on Series X. 14 years later, the difficulty of zigzagging between vehicles, cops and buildings still gives me this joy that makes me celebrate my 1st places as if I had scored a 3 point at the buzzer. You're right, this game is unstoppable. Thank you for bringing back these memories so well.

Midnight Club L.A was such a great game, despite that i played the PSP Remix version more when younger but still it was a great experience. It's a shame that we haven't gotten another MC entry in over a decade and Rockstar doesn't seem to care about the franchise anymore by the looks of it.

What I love about this game is how each car has their own realistic interior it's also one of the only games that I didn't enjoy at first because I was used to the arcade mechanics from midnight club 3 but over time I realized that I could just adjust vehicle controls to my liking and enjoyed it, the only flaw is that if you fully upgrade a group 3 car then the game will put you up against exotics

I really wish they made a PC version cause I’d play the crap out of this….

Such a great game! This series seriously needs to come back! 😊👍

One of my favorite games of all time no question I wish GTA5 had a livery system like midnight club LA Can you imagine I think Rockstar really missed an opportunity there in my opinion

This game played a huge part of my childhood and my now love for cars and older games. Spent many many hours on my PS3 playing this and loved every single second of it.

Of course it’s still an outstanding game. This game is exactly GTA V before GTA V, and GTA V hasn’t changed in the past 10 years. By Rockstar standards, this game is still brand new.

Still playing till this day no other racing game comes close to this masterpiece imo and Xbox online is still pretty active

I only had one issue with this game at the time, if you had a fully upgraded car that was better than other cars and you put it on the hardest difficulty the A.I. cars played so aggressive and were super fast even with a fully upgraded car that you were able to beat the same cars on easier difficulties. It made it feel like upgraded didn't matter at all. Overall I loved this game, the map was great, the customization was awesome too!

I came home at 4 p.m. from school I turned on the PS3 and I launched this game every day ❤️❤️

14 years later and this game still looks amazing. I remember when it's got released, I was blown away by the amount of detail and atmosphere. l still am and I miss it more than any other game :(

Rockstar really needs to make another one of these game's. Or at least remake the older one's.

I was born in 1998. Im so glad i got to grew up with midnight club & NFS golden era

Maaaan... Yeah I remember the cops being ruthless in this game. They should've done what they did in GTA IV where you just have to get out of their "circle." The car models ARE bonkers for 2008. It was such a step up from something like Test Drive Unlimited. While I don't think it's the best in the series, it is still a fun game for sure, I was just never determined to beat this one for some reason. Great video! You're getting consistently better at this, and I think this one is gonna be another banger once it goes live!

Man I used to be sooooo addicted to this game. One of my all time favorites for sure.

Bought this game recently to bring back the nostalgia of playing one of my favorite arcade racing games I’ve played

An absolutely amazing game, I played the absolute hell out of this game as a kid and love to pick it up and play it now

I love this game so much what a wave of nostalgia. Awesome video got my sub, like and comment!

Midnight Club best racing game series. Nothing come close... the vibe and feel unmatched

I got this game in 2011 and have loved it ever since! A very well done game with so many unique things to offer. My favorite cars in the game were the police car and the Grand National.

An awesome game I still play today. One thing this game has that few games do is a very dynamic, realistic city filled with life. The soundtrack is incredible as well: unique, very fit for races and fresh even after more than a decade later.

Test drive unlimited 2 was such an amazing competitor, I mean the endless amount of roads on Ibiza and Hawaii the scenery cars housing and everything just ahead of its time. A remastered TDU2 ( tdu sc is new but 🤷🏽‍♂️ ) and a new Midnight club would be amazing

I wish we could have Midnight Club 3 cities and cars with all of the gameplay mechanics and features of MCLA. This game for me was so much more enjoyable then 3 because things aren’t always moving at Mach 2 with shit just flying at you while you bounce off walls, traffic, trains and burst off building into the air like a missile. Cars feel distinguished and weighty, drifting was optional rather then forced, and although it’s arcady, it isn’t ridiculous. MCLA lacks a lot in the car department though, and even in 08 there are some glaring omissions that were popular at that time. Alot of the best cars are the crap convertible versions.

The memories are back 😭 mercury soundtracks + Chevrolet Camaro dreams man thanks for this video love it man

I remember playing this when it came out, truly one of my favorite games of all time

The last game my car was in. God I miss these days. Feels exactly how it did through the ps3 controller when I was a kid😂😂

Definitely one of my favorite racers. I pick up the game every couple years and it still gives that sense of thrill. Dope video!

the thing about MCLA is that it felt more like GTA than Midtown Madness.

Midnight club was the first game I played when I was 3 and made me have a huge love for car today

It's funny that this became recommended as I was thinking of reinstalling this game after so many years always loved that game

I've never found all of the yellow cans in mcla never had the opportunity to play online there but without online it was truly a great game, also remember that I did the usb thing for the songs and made a kind of a glitch if I remember correctly on the game where I could buy whatever car I wanted but would go on negative debt

Thanks for your video. I rebought the game and already enjoying it like never before. It was and still really a great game.

I looove Midnight Club with a passion. It’s my favorite game series from Rockstar. It seems like a blessing MCLA is backwards compatible in Xbox One/ Series S/X. This game has pink slips, and wagers, something which NFS has yet to bring. I admire Midnight Club and I will always remember that series for as long as I live. LONG LIVE MIDNIGHT CLUB 2000-2009 Also, we can drive cop cars in MCLA’s career mode, it’s so fun! 😂

man this game takes me back, was like seven or eight when i got to play it on ps3 with my dad and although i was shit at the game, previewing bikes and driving as fast as i could on the highway untill i crashed and fell of was something else

NFS Carbon featured the Challenger and Camaro concepts before MCLA in 2006.

I'm glad you mentioned the gamestop bit cause I was gonna comment about that. We made a joke about still selling at least one new copy of that game a week and getting at least one call about it a week.

Coming home from school and losing your car in a pink slip to Lester is peak nostalgia. Taught you how to be a man a take a loss.

I played this when I was a kid and let me tell that I loved it so much.

The highway system was designed so well. I remember just driving around like an npc stopping at lights and listening to music. Good times.

Midnight Club LA definitely brings backs memories. I need to get a new PS3 and play it again 💯

This GAme is still Ballin... play still today ❤️❤️

One thing awesome was how you could bring single player vehicles to multiplayer. When the MC:LA first released I seriously underestimated the multiplayer element to the game, I gave it a go initially, thought it was 'cool' then never really bothered with it again. It wasn't until a little later in the year, my friends got into MC:LA, we were playing this game every night, showing off our cars our progress in the game and just racing and hanging out. Such a great title, miss the Midnight Club series. The way the multiplayer worked was leagues above any other 'arcade', or just street racer in general. The ability to set up events on the fly, in public games, race randoms, join random races with other players, seemlessly switch out of lobbies to a new one and join in the races and events going on there. Seriously cool.

Great video!

I borrowed this game from my gf's little brother during my senior year of HS. I remember it being a lot of fun but hated that my dream car, the Audi R8, was locked behind some weird Rockstar account achievements. I ended up downloading a second save file on my PS3 that had it unlocked. I also remember starting out a new save always felt like such a drag with how slow everything was at first and the grind it took to get somewhere. They definitely could have used some more trucks/SUVs but having free upgrades after completing the story is one of the best thing they could have done.

IMO This and the first GRID game were the last of the legendary racing games. Both added really cool niche ideas and features that games today can't or won't add into theirs. Hopefully one day we will get another racing game with the same level of love and passion as this one had put into it.

I grew up playing MC3 Dub Edition on the PS2 in like 2009/2010 and it was arguably my favorite game (this or Gran Turismo 4). I happened to find my copy of MCLA last year and it turns out I never played it. Anyway so I went on like a 3 week playthrough and completed the game and even in 2022, it was the most fun I had on a racing game in a long time. Really brought back memories from MC3 and the vehicles are special even today. What a game!

Literally just bought the game and will be posting the walkthrough on my channel soon I played this game for hours as a kid love every minute of it can’t wait to dive back into it

I recently picked up a few games I always wanted as a kid but couldn't get at my local used games store and Midnight Club LA was one of them. This era of gaming is one of my favorites and am kinda sad I couldn't experience much of it in it's prime.

I raced and drifted competitively for years on mcla the scene started to die around 2015 there were hundreds of crews and teams playing and was the most organized competition scene I’ve ever seen all controlled by the respected higher ups there were also Teams with 2/300 members they had management accounts for their crews since the 360 only allowed 100 friends I still see people on my friends list playing to this day

My favorite driving club of all time ! I cant wait to have a remaster or sequel of this game !

One of the best street racer arcade games I've played. Loved the customization.

Dude the Dub Edition Remix was absolutely amazing :,)

Great content. Subbed

This game had such an active and dedicated community. Online sessions were always packed with players and people actually playing game modes. It’s sad this era of games are long gone.

Man, I loved both MC2 & 3 as a kid, along with most of the other classic racing games of the era (NFS U2 & Most Wanted, GT4, Burnout, etc) -- but for some reason I totally skipped this one when it was current and have never really seen any footage of it. A shame, it looks much better than what I remember hearing about it. I'm going to have to pick myself up a copy and give it a go.

I remember I use to be very competitive and had a racing clan. We use to do alot of clan racing. Was super fun especially taking turns in 2 wheels cause it was faster. and also up shifting and down shifting to gain more speed lol only real ogs remember ❤️😩😔❤️

When I first played this game around 2014/2015 it quickly becmae my favourite racing game. I recently played it again on current gen and it's still my favourite racing game

this is giving me so much nostalgia

First time view of your videos! MCLA is top tier customization for car games. Definitely subbing cus i love these typa videos but we def need a 45+ min video

My first introduction to Midnight Club was on the GBA... that was fun to just drive around and crash into everything as a kid.

Loved the video man, and have been binging some of your other vids too. I totally think you should check out the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series I feel like you'd probably enjoy it if you've never played any of them before!

Remember playing Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition on a PSP from a Friends Brother, for the 1st Time back in my Kindergarden Days Mid 2000s. I loved it, then few years later got a PSP myself & few random Games in it i didn't know before i opening the box. I wished this Game is one of them in my ❤️. I open the box & 1st game i see Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition...❤️ Miss these Days. Later i got it on my PS2,i played this until 2015/16. Got my PS2 from 2009-2017

I think this is the only game were I really like the physics and feeling of driving a bike, once you master how to do it is an amazing adrenaline rush to drive them.

one of the things that i really like about MCLA are the npc racers, I really like that they have some dumb quip or insult in the beginning of a race and how they will call out to you when you hit their car and will also call you out if you're in first or last place, they'll even say something to you if you get in a really bad accident. havent seen it in many other games and it just adds to the many details that MCLA didn't have to have.

here's my idea for my ultimate street racing game: midnight club LA's character friendships/banter, a character creator like in juiced 2 but way more in depth, sponsorship clothing brands like in NFS heat but more like nike, reebok, puma, DC shoes, vans, nixon, DVS, matix, circa, zoo york, ecko, etc, open ended races like midnight club as well as closed track races like need for speed, NFS heat cop's personality and aggression, the car list of any forza game, more options for body kit customization like in juiced 2, juiced 2's gambling, races actually have a buy in so you're not just rewarded money, you might actually lose some of your own

Nice video!

My cousins played it when it came out but I never ended up buying it till last year and it ended up being a blast. I got a few different cars but ended up going right back to my 240sx I miss how old games handled progression because now it feels like most car games only after a few hours you have a multi million dollar collection of some of the fastest hypercars that you didn’t even have to really work for

Wow great video. I still have my copy. It's going to always be in my PS3 collection.

Fantastic review! You earned my sub

For some reason this is the first video of yours thats shown up in my subs for months

I wasn't having a chance to play MCLA until my aunt gave me her Playstation 3 in August 2021. MCLA since is one of the most favorite racing games of mine despite 30FPS and frame dips on PS3 FAT

Man I wish I had a chance to play this when I was younger 😩 I would love to see your analysis of Split/Second 👀👀

Man I love this game! Remember being like 11 and playing this for hours.

I literally downloaded this again a week ago to complete it again then KZfaq recommends me this video😂😂

This was actually my FAVORITE game while I was a kid, played it for hours a day for years

Recently played it again from start on a last of the generation, xbox one x, and it was so much fun

My most favorite special ability was "bumper car" other vehicles. I find them extremely useful on 2 wheels.

Awesome review. 12:45 And yeah, I definitely drove like my life depended on it whenever Indestructable came on. This game probably was the gateway that got me into Disturbed, lol.

About Concepts of Camaro and Challenger, NFS did it earlier, in 2006 with NFS Carbon. Challenger Concept was used by Angie Boss(Leader of 21st Street Crew) and Camaro was Collector Edition Bonus Car, but devs allowed us to test it in one race of challenge series.

Man I miss this game, I had a lot of fun with it. My absolute favorite thing about it was the way you could customize the wheels, you can make them exactly how you want. That's not something you can do in most games it seems. In midnight club LA, I can give my car extremely tiny wheels and tires, and it was hilarious. I miss it.