Midtown Madness
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| Developer(s) | Angel Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | May 1999 |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| GameRankings | 81.26% |
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| Publication | Score |
| AllGame |   |
| CVG | 5/5 |
| Edge | 8/10 |
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| GamePro | |
| GameSpot | 7.7/10 |
| IGN | 8.4/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 90% |
| PC Zone | 90% |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | |
| Next Generation | |
Midtown Madness (also known as Midtown Madness: Chicago Edition) is a racing game developed for Windows by Angel Studios (now Rockstar San Diego) and published by Microsoft. The demo version was released via download on May 1, 1999 and the completed game was released toward the end of May 1999. Two sequels followed, with Midtown Madness 2 released in September 2000 and Midtown Madness 3 released in June 2003 for the Xbox. The game is set in Chicago and its objective is to win street races and obtain new cars.
Unlike racing games that restrict the player to a race track, Midtown Madness offers an open world recreation of Chicago. This setting was said to provide "an unprecedented degree of freedom to drive around in a virtual city". Players can explore the city via one of several modes, and can determine the weather and traffic conditions for each race. The game supports multiplayer races over a local area network or the Internet. The game received generally positive reviews from gaming websites.
Midtown Madness features 4 single-player modes: Blitz, Circuit, Checkpoint, and Cruise. In Blitz, the player must swing through 3 checkpoints and drive to the finish line within a time limit. The Circuit mode curtains off most of the city to resemble race tracks and pits the player against other cars. The Checkpoint mode combines the features of Blitz and Circuit has the player race against other cars to a destination—but also adds the complication of other traffic, such as police cars and pedestrians. In the Cruise mode, the player can simply explore the city at their own pace. All of these modes except Cruise are divided into missions; completing one unlocks the next. Environmental conditions that traverse all modes include weather (sunny, rainy, cloudy, and snowy), time of day (sunrise, afternoon, sunset, and night-time), and the density of pedestrians, traffic, and police vehicles. The heads-up display includes, alongside information about the race, a detailed map, but this display can be turned off.
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