New Impressions: 9-27-2000 dropped by today to give us a look at its nearly completed version of for PlayStation 2, which is currently going through the approval process with Sony Computer Entertainment America and could be approved as early as tonight. The game is looking fantastic and it has definitely come a long way since its initial showing that took place about a month before E3.The biggest improvement with the game has to do with its framerate, which has been locked at 30-plus frames per second. According to the game's lead producer, the game runs at over 30 frames per second and will not ever drop below 30. And based on what we saw of the game today, his statement is completely true. Even with the number of pedestrians and ambient vehicles set to the max, we didn't see the game slowdown at any point during the game.

Midnight Club: Street Racing is a racing game developed by Angel Studios and published by Rockstar Games. The game focuses on competitive street racing and the import scene. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance platforms, the former being a launch title for the platform. Midnight Club is an arcade-style racing game - so while the physics have a realistic feel to them, they've been exaggerated for more impressive skids, jumps, and crashes. On wet streets, some of.

This includes cases were there are multiple cars on screen and plenty of general action. Given that the game would come to a crawl on simple turns with no cars on screen in the past, this is a significant improvement.Now that there aren't any more significant problems with the game's visuals, it's allowed us to enjoy more of the game's features and gameplay modes and we must admit that this is one enjoyable game to play. Midnight Club is well on pace for an October 26, 2000 release and it looks like it could be one of the system's top launch games. We'll have more detailed impressions of the game in the coming weeks.Updated Impressions: 9-14-200 It's kind of funny how much one's perception of a game can change when it's framerate is changed. Before today, we had very low expectations for ' upcoming city-based driving game because every version of the game that we've played beforehand suffered from a horrific framerate that made the game almost completely unplayable. However, things are looking up for Midnight Club because the game's framerate is no longer a major problem.While it's definitely not a blistering 60 frames per second and it still appear to drop below 30 at some points in the game, the majority of the time the game runs pretty smoothly and the framerate is never a problem to the player. What's more, now that it's actually possible to play the game without being sickened by the choppiness of the movement, we've come to realize that there's actually a lot of fun to be had here.We've only played a few of the game's missions, which mostly consisted of racing in the city streets against others in the 'Midnight Club,' but it's proving to be quite a bit of fun.

The gameplay is fast-paced and the racing action is pretty intense. In the early races, since you start out with a cab and generally less powered-up automobiles, you have to out drive your opponents because they'll generally have the faster automobile. The game also has quite a bit of attitude as the opposing driver will talk smack to you throughout the race, and if you find yourself behind you better be ready for some negative comments about your mother and your ride.Before you go start getting overly excited about the game, we must go ahead and point out that there are still some problems with the game. The game still has some very plain textures for the buildings and the rest of the background objects. The cars are decently modeled and the streets actually look really nice, but there's not too much detail with the buildings and other 3D objects in the backgrounds.Still, the game's looking a lot better than it had been and we're starting to get really excited about this title for the first time.

Midnight Club looks well on its way to becoming a very strong fall title for PlayStation 2.- Dave ZdyrkoPreview Information When Rockstar said it was going to create PlayStation 2 games, we were pretty sure the company had plans to bring its biggest franchises onto the powerful 128-bit PlayStation 2. Grand Theft Auto. Kiss Psycho Circus. Railroad Tycoon.

Established, already known entities. To our surprise and delight, the company is taking a bold, fresh look at racing, with Rockstar's own signature style woven into the game's core.Rockstar's first of two announced PlayStation 2 games is, a concept that makes me think of the movie Fight Club, but for racing fans. Centered on the coming-of-age bad boys' competition of racing souped up cars on public streets for bragging rights, Midnight Club brings racing fans into an underground racing cult of sorts.

That's not far from the truth. The game is arcade-style racing, not reliant on rigid sim qualities.

Midnight Club is an ultra fast-paced racer in which gamers whip through traffic-heavy streets in which buildings, shipyards, and mauls all have secret passages and shortcuts to serve your purpose of winning the midnight race.In the core mode, players pick their cars and race through city streets in the hopes of attracting a member of the mysterious Midnight Club, in hopes of picking up a race and showing what they're made of. The act of racing on public streets is illegal, a concept that Rockstar likes a lot, at least in its games. Once you engage in a race, you and said opponent rev into high gear while racing against and through traffic. The stakes are high, and civilian drivers not only get in the way, they could ruin the race.Players can choose from several tricked out street machines, all of which can be modified. It seems that the development team is focused on enabling players to pick their favorite car and then tune and improve it in lots of little ways. You can pick from 17 different vehicles in all.Set in realistic, highly detailed, 3D universe, Midnight Club's cities are re-created using models from famous cities all over the world.

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The first city we saw, New York, was a nearly identical replica of the city itself. Familiar shops and landmarks identify each section of town, including the long-time docked ship, the Intrepid, which can actually be reached via a massive jump.Midnight Club features single players modes, as well as a few multiplayer modes. At the point of development we saw the game, NY was filled with traffic, but it wad only one-player.Midnight Club was also quite a surprise. The cars drive at really spectacular speeds, and players have a great sense of control. Acceleration and braking is all standard, but what looked like the most fun was storming across the urban landscape and using the emergency brake, which provided an sharp, high-velocity powerslide around any turn. And, this game is f.&^%king fast! We're looking forward to getting hold on our own, soon!- Douglass Perry and Dave Zdyrko.