Midnight Club is a series of racing games developed by Rockstar San Diego. The game focuses on competitive street racing & the import scene. As of March 26, 2008, the Midnight Club franchise has sold over 12 million copies according to Take-Two Interactive. Midnight Club: Street Racing is the first in the series, developed by Angel Studios (now is Rockstar San Diego) and published by Rockstar Games. The game is available for the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance platforms, the former being a launch title for the platform. Players race through London and New York cities. The player begins with a relatively unmodified and slow vehicle. Through a series of races, each with different goals, they defeat other racers and win faster and more expensive vehicles.
In 2003 Rockstar came out with Midnight Club II published for Xbox, PC & Playstation 2. The first sequel for Midnight Club: Street Racing. Players race through recreations of the cities of Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo. For this installment, more realistic detail was added to ensure a higher likeness to the models of the real things. The game also features an online multiplayer component. Dry, hilly suburbs and congested interstates can be found throughout Los Angeles, and just like Midnight Club: Street Racing, the city contains many landmarks, as well as numerous shortcuts and jumps. Paris is the home to cobblestone alleyways, monumental roundabouts, and the Paris Catacombs. Tokyo is a city of neon-glittering avenues and tight alleyways, and contains an equal array of tourist sights and attractions. The vehicles in Midnight Club II all resemble real life vehicles, such as the Victory, which resembles an Aston
Martin Vanquish, the Jersey XS, which resembles a Dodge Viper, and the Veloci, which resembles a Saleen S7. In 2005 Rockstar came out with new series Midnight Club 3:
Dub Edition. It is also the first game in the series that allows the player to customize his/her cars and bikes with engine upgrades, body kits, custom paint jobs among other things. The name derived from a partnership between Rockstar and
DUB Magazine, which features heavily in the game in the form of
DUB-sponsored races and
DUB-customized vehicles as prizes. Players race through San Diego, Atlanta, and Detroit. Unlike previous installments, Midnight Club 3:
DUB Edition features licensed, real life vehicles. This game series won alot of awards for being 1 of the best top-selling racing game. In 2006 Rockstar came out with re-released version of Midnight Club 3 it was called Midnight Club
Dub Edition Remix. It is available as a Greatest Hits release on PlayStation 2 and a Platinum Hits release on Xbox. The game features all of the cities, vehicles, and
music from Midnight Club 3:
DUB Edition. The following features were added in the re-release; 24 new vehicles, Tokyo, as a new city, new licensed
music, new races, battle maps and online gameplay and then finally in 2008 Rockstar came out with the most impressive Midnight Club Series ever. Midnight Club Los Angelas. It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on
October 21, 2008 in North America and
October 24, 2008 in Europe. As the name suggests, the game is based in Los Angeles, featuring Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Hollywood Hills, and Downtown LA. Xbox Live playability and downloadable content is expected as will Playstation Network. Real-Life cars will return including new models and brands such as
Ford and Mazda who were absent in Midnight Club 3. This port is developed by Rockstar San Diego. This game has been now a top rated, best selling racing ever. Just like Midnight Club 3:
Dub Edition, Rockstar came out with Midnight Club L.A. Remix for Playstation Portable. This game is 1 of the best racing game ever to be made. It has everything that other racing game don't have. Awesome Soundtracks, Realistic Graphics, Over 1000 Cars, Thousand Mods & Alot more. This game is 1 of the recommended racing game for people out there. Midnight Club: Street Racing, Midnight Club II, Midnight Club
Dub Edition and Midnight Club Los Angelas.
