It really does. The races really give you an adrenaline rush, something most racing games nowadays just can't replicate for me. The music was top notch. The character introductions were unique, their personalities were quirky and likable for the most part. It was cool how they talked to you while racing. The story wasn't over the top, seeing as there hardly was one, though it fit the game perfectly. It was generally a really fun game, I still play it once in a while. I really wish this series would make a return, preferably with the themes and stylistic choices that the first two games had. It felt really underground and dark.
@@roviH speaking of playing the game, I think you should try replaying the game but with different cars if you haven't. there is a Motorcycle only career, veloci only career, and one I found recently, mirror match , where you race as the same car your racing against. it's really fun.
This game just had an odd atmosphere, it was beautiful yet slightly creepy and desolate. The best arcade racer of all time, how all racing games should be, oh and my favourite game of all time too 😍
Fun fact: The Midnight Club 2 title screen was composed and arranged by David Helpling, otherwise known as DHM Music Design. DHM was also known for creating the menu tracks in the Original Xbox game Project Gotham Racing 2.
This game had ambiance mystery excitement and fun at the same time I get the feeling we will never see games like these ever again.A product of its time I guess I miss the early 2000s 😕
Mysterious atmosphere, your right about that, i wole up once, popped the game in just to hear the menu music, in the night, and i was like 10 back then. Still, a lump in my throat, i admit im a lot older now but that 'sense' of the unknown making itself known in the music, yeah, i fucking can die with this
it's 2023 and you're right we'll never see games like this again unless they made a remaster but even if they did I doupt it will be of any good as we've seen with the GTA Trilogy Remaster ....
_Look at this little shrimp. Who does he think he is kidding, posing like that? Think he can race me in THAT car? Still I must try to be nice, yo._ *"Hey bro, follow me."*
20 years later I'm still left speechless at these soundtracks. The nostalgia with this game is a different type of feeling no ordinary gamer can understand. A timeless creation
Masterpiece when i played it. I went to Elementary School at this time and my parents allowed me to play it on my brothers Xbox. I just drove freely around and into the Gasstations all the time.
me too. I miss this game. The music sounds creepy tho, but best gameplay ever, like MC3. I give everything for a new MC5, like MC3 or MC2 (the scary and cool game). Man, wish the MC workers will get back to Rockstar, they were just the main base of Rockstar before that GTA shit.
And still do have best music, but Companies don't give music a chance. if Rockstar wanted to do a MC5, they can do it like MC2 or like MC3, old but gold.
When ever I'm feeling depressed I come to this video and stick my earphones in and I listen to this music, because it brings back so many good memories...
Jamie Dooley seriously bro it reminds me, so much of when i was younger n everything was fine , i was about 12 when i played this game, im now 22 , unbelievable how time flew by.......
I love seeing all these comments. I thought I was one of the few who had a huge connection to this game. It formed my childhood!! Every day after school, and weekend, I'd play it. Just for a couple seconds because I %100 it. I remember when I was so pumped for MC3 and MCLA but they never captured this. And it never will. One of a kind.
Whirrlinq SAME!!! I was gonna get GTA 5 as my next game for PC, but now I want this. My dad showed me this game when I was 4. I WAS A FUCKIN BEAST AT IT! Without this game, I wouldn't have been a gamer today.
This game was Prove you don’t need extreme realism 4k, 229 fps, 6 consoles , 6D+ audio , 5,000$ pc, 3,000$ gaming chair to have a good time with some basic mechanisms in game ❤
It's amazing in 4k though! I'm currently playing it through PCSX2 with knock off ps2 style USB controller. Plays just as well as I remember on the PS2 but it's super immersive on a large screen in first person view. Plus you can get that shit LOUD and turn on Nix when you need to win. I'm about to hop back on right now so I can beat Zen for the final bike and win the game with iI. Pretty sure I saw a post about a fan working on a remastered version of this game, but I for the life of me can't find it. If you have a PC, it's worth it. Emulator and the game can be found free online easily. Doesn't need to be an amazing rig. Just enough to play it smoothly. 🏴☠️
I remember something magical happening when I put this game into my console.. unprepared, I pressed start then this music played; I was confused about the influx of emotions. Something strange captivated me, hinged onto my mind. I remember laying in bed that night before going to sleep -- the soft melodies of this track played in my head as I thought about the surreal moment of entering the menu screen, imagining the streets and their orange glow. I wanted to live in that world.
@@StormofTH-cam You put things in perspective for me, kinda blew my mind with how long it’s been. Thanks for bringing me back to this track. I’ve missed it’s magic.
@@NightfallAgent for real. when i was playing this game back in 2008-2010, i cant even comprehend that the game was still fairly new then, what like 5-6 years old at the time? some people still play GTA V!!
This game is simply UNPARALLELED...! The characters, the theme, the cars, the cinematic... I know, you can't upgrade or customize cars... But that 'simplicity' is what I love...!!! Gosh, I just wish I could beat that SAVO...! I've beaten all but that darn "@rse Wipe"...
Practice makes perfect... In this case, LOTS AND LOTS of practice...!!! BTW, have you tried The Nausagi...? Early races are mostly straights, and The superbike can really dust those Saleen S7s...!!!
You know, I just wish Haley had that "Dodge Viper" that belonged to LA's Champ, Dice... I mean, imagine... Her character would've been SO MUCH HOTTER then...! An American chick in Tokyo with God like skills and a bloody Viper...!!! Woah...!
Now if someone could do all the fans a favor, and recreate all six cities (Update them a little), and mix the cars from all four games. So, you begin in New York City, and then it follows. Actually, begin in San Diego, then the rest follow (Los Angeles, Detroit, Atlanta, New York City, London, Paris, and Tokyo), add maybe four extra cities (Madrid, Moscow, Dubai, and Sydney).
It will be hard and with our "little" community (compared to other new games) we can't really find someone who is really good at programming. And we need sounds textures and others. It is hard indeed But I don't say it's impossible, just very difficult
this is possibly my favorite game i have ever played and the last good game in the midnight club series. Rockstar should really make a HD remake of this game.
They're stuck with gta now. Maybe they'll remake mc2 a few years after, but I don't know...they had time to remake the game and if they didn't do it until now it's a lost hope
Thrillingly fulfilling dark vibes come from this music to me. I never played, I would be playing on the computer and hear my brothers playing and knew what he was playing when this song came on. I always loved it and sought it out on TH-cam. THRILLED it exists cause it was hard to find.
@@dvdbox360 I listened to that and no just no. That song sounds way more generic and doesn't even compare to this music right here. This music right here is more dark and mysterious in my opinion. Also it doesn't sound like porn music at all. I have no idea how you came to that conclusion.
Imagine a remake of this, some more backstory on the world, where crimerate is on its peak, more detailed and larger cities, dark night atmosphere as in the original, and a bit of a realism, like you can run over peds but its gory and slows down your car, yet the big jumps and the arcade controls stays the same, same trance musics, and same opponent characters. Would be awesome!
15 years ago, this was posted in 2008, cant believe its been 15 years man hope you're alive. and now 20 years since the games been out and still one of thee best racing games ever made.
I'm so glad I played this game. Back in '05 I asked my dad to buy me MC3 when it just came out and instead he got me MC2 but after playing it I loved it ( I eventually did get MC3 for psp in '06) haven't played my MC2 since '06 b/c my Xbox was stolen :/ when I get a job that's the first thing I'm buying so I can play it again and relive my childhood
it actually does, I noticed that too which is weird but it does actually work on windows 7 as I have windows 7, don't know if it works on vista though, theres many forums on the internet regarding why it says that it doesn't work on windows 7 when it does, maybe a mistake of Rockstars and a bad mistake of theirs too as this will decrease their sales, add me on Steam 'JohnShepardN7ME' and get MC2 and I will play with you :D
ConPlays It does,I got it for free when rockstart was giving it on steam and it worked on win7 64 just fine and with no tweaks necessary,same with win7 32.
It would be great of a motion picture film of this video game. Brings back the good old days. So hyped up! Much love guys, be safe, and God Bless. 🥰❤️🙏🏻
19 years ago I was 9, I played this game completely till Savo, but this song reminds me that I’d fall asleep to the main menu and wake up back to it in the middle of the night. At that moment I just wondered what my future would be like? Today I wonder if I was more happier back then.
Summer of 03, I was 11 years old, just finished 6th grade, and little did I know the impact this game would leave on me. I still come back to listen to classic soundtrack this game had. And right now I’m contemplating buying a ps2 and this game just so I can relive my childhood
But the damn thumbnail fits perfectly. The color change just even set the mood even bigger. Feels like a film. Something games these days don’t really have.
god I would do anything to go back in time and relive the old past. 2004 playing this game was the best. I really hate the future also. Games just aren't the same as they use to be. The music. Everything about this game was incredible. Kids nowadays really missed out. This era of the early 2000's was golden and would sell my soul just to go back in relive it.
@A real bisexual petrol-head and your ignorance is why today's future is screwed up. Because of people like you. At least back then people had lives and didn't have time to waste on trolling people on the internet.
@A real bisexual petrol-head You have no content on your channel (neither do I), but stooping this low because of a comment is below immaturity! Get a life, unless you enjoy trolling, if so, please prepare to be reported.
AHHH. What good times were those when i played midnight club 2 . although it was a little difficult game but the story and the cities were great . PARIS, TOKYO and LOS ANGELES
This racer is one of the best ones I've ever played during the good ol' early sixth generation era of gaming. Three cities around the world to screw around in, challenging races, vehicles that have their own feel to them, and a cool soundtrack, this game had enough things I could ask for, then came Midnight Club 3 which is even better.
Lembro de quando eu acordava no sábado de manhã ainda,ligava meu ps2 e jogava esse jogo por horas no modo arcade Sdds de jogar essa obra prima,um jogo que nenhum outro conseguiu trazer a sensação que ele trouxe
Where are you now Gina, why you missing. Please Rockstar bring this character in midnight club again.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I love midnight club franchise. Seriously man. #midnightclubcomeback
If you never know this game, you'll think Midnight Club 3 is Best But once y'know this game and played it till end, this game definitely ahead of it's time The underrated benchmark of street racing games
Never did a long play on this game but the soundtrack is absolutely ahead of its time but again if it would release again people would definitely sleep on it. Just like the JSRF soundtrack
You won't get a soundtrack as great as this again. It's in part, due to the decade it was released in. The era of Trance and experimental samples was in full swing, which is like a dopamine boost every time you listen. Just listen to, 'The Art of Trance - Breathe (Original Mix)' which didn't make the final game but really should of. Everything back then or most things, were exciting, technology and design's actually looked what I imagined the future to look like, a very alien, Y2K, spaceship looking future and then of course, we were all lied to in infomercials by big corporations, everything is going to look like this or that but in fact, fast forward to now, everything is generic, minimalistic, corporate garbage. Minimalism is like a disease, infecting the whole world, just look at company logo's now compared to the late 90's to the early 2000's, there's no comparison, everything is a lot faker, a lot more garbage and I now have existential dread from the current era we live in. Sad times, man, sad times.
@cloudst1472 The gta games that took place in Liberty City also have that similar theme with the music n atmosphere, I remember speeding through cities with trance music playing as a kid 😂
Till this day I think this was the best street racing game ever. It was simple racing to get the better car, it made it so competitive and fun the music awesome should of been played on the radio. This was and still is my favorite street racing game of all time shout out to Rockstar Games.
The entire soundtrack in this game is incredible, you can be proud to be a part of it. I don't know how much it contributed to me turning out to be a musician, but it definitely did something.
Man, this track just screams late 90s to early 2000's. It has that sort of dark and mysterious atmosphere that really dominated the tail end of the 90s all the way into the 2000s. David Helpling is a genius. I would like to see, I think it was, three other versions he sent to Rockstar as alternatives mixes but it's doubtful they still exist. I would also love to see this track released, standalone in 5.1 surround, would sound amazing. It's a shame all the game versions use 2.0 Stereo and weren't mixed into 5.1 Surround. 0:25 has that sort of mix of hopefulness and the dangerous reality that is street racing. There is only one path, there is only one definitive outcome and that is to be number one. At 1:05 when the female voice sample comes through, it's as though she's telling you it's now or never and there's no going back. 1:51 onward and 2:26 onward to 2:35 is like the end has come but with much loss and the passing away of several racers due to high speed crashes but this is the way of the racer and it's not for everyone and thus, the Midnight Club, continues. I really don't think Rockstar will ever make any sort of new entry in the series and even if they did, it wouldn't be the same. II is quite possibly the great in the series because of how different it is to other mainline entries in the series like how Tekken 4 stands out to all that came before and after it. Another thing, the atmosphere that was prevalent in the second entry and throughout the music scene and other media at the end of the 90s into the 2000's no longer exists like it did, it just wouldn't work and nothing will most likely, ever come close to this sort of deep layering of everything that makes the game work like it did into one single packag, ever again. Very tragic. The past is dead and the future isn't bright like how the turn of the millennium promised but, at least we have reminders of the greatness that once existed and is never returning.
What a fitting tune for such a classic game :D At 1:05 I always imagined the signaling girl would cal out to all the racers on the starting line. One of the racers would then react to her by simply reving up the engine in a way that the exhaust blasts would match the music x)
As a kid I could never beat Dice, so I was always stuck in LA, despite that I still had so much fun, even using cheat codes and playing from the beginning to try the cars I couldn't ever get to. Now that I'm replaying it right now I can confidently say, even still to this day, my favorite cars are the Jersey XS and the Saikou XS. Listening to this song and Gina's themes bring tears to my eyes of nostalgia as cringe as that sounds. Lmao
Remember playing the demo online constantly in 2003-2004 :D. Loved the game and played the full for some time in 2008-2009. The game was so awesome and remember falling under the map by the tunnel near the sea :D. Then there was the Asset D modders/hackers with unlimited boost, was amazed by them! Gee how I miss being 12/13.
I remember staying up late at night playing alone in the dark. Man this game used to scare the shit out of me. Never got that feeling from any racing game again.
![Midnight Club II - Savo [Final Race]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/U2ycSlZb4Jo/mqdefault.jpg)
this game has a feel like no other.......
Came at the right time. (Username relevant?)
It really does. The races really give you an adrenaline rush, something most racing games nowadays just can't replicate for me. The music was top notch. The character introductions were unique, their personalities were quirky and likable for the most part. It was cool how they talked to you while racing. The story wasn't over the top, seeing as there hardly was one, though it fit the game perfectly. It was generally a really fun game, I still play it once in a while. I really wish this series would make a return, preferably with the themes and stylistic choices that the first two games had. It felt really underground and dark.
Vincent Harding man that was spot on
@@roviH speaking of playing the game, I think you should try replaying the game but with different cars if you haven't. there is a Motorcycle only career, veloci only career, and one I found recently, mirror match , where you race as the same car your racing against. it's really fun.
@@roviH and I agree with you
This game just had an odd atmosphere, it was beautiful yet slightly creepy and desolate. The best arcade racer of all time, how all racing games should be, oh and my favourite game of all time too 😍
Be careful. The Tokyo cop car 🚔 wants you dead. He ain't playing around 🤣
Tokyo cop car is fast as lightning also
Only way I could describe it when I was a kid is the game felt cold, like physically cold I dunno
Makotos time trial would scare me because of how fast those Tokyo cop cars were. I would be very paranoid when I hear that Tokyo siren lol
Ikr definitely had an odd atmosphere but it was perfect
Rockstar Games, for the love of God, Remaster this game in HD for Next Gen Consoles!!!
They have problems with gta 6..fucking hell I like gta but midnight club was beast. they need to remaster mc2 and mc3 as well.
or at least make a new game with the special mc2 feel (you know it ;)
MC2 needs a remaster, MC3 i don't think needs one, the game is already good. But it would be cool. (they could release mc3 for ps4 and xbox one)
Christian Chodura wouldn't say remastered like modern warfare remastered
DanteLicious nah mc3 was better
Moses is probably still on that broccoli and cheese diet.
Lol me too
NFS Beast beef and broccoli, yo
lmao
Who’s got this game
Big Smonk and Moses the *b i g b o n e d* duo.
Fun fact: The Midnight Club 2 title screen was composed and arranged by David Helpling, otherwise known as DHM Music Design. DHM was also known for creating the menu tracks in the Original Xbox game Project Gotham Racing 2.
That is outrageous, I've been listening to his ambient music for a few years now and never knew this
No wonder the menu tracks in PGR2 sound so good! Such a nostalgia trip for me.
@@thetexanhusky 100 percent agreed.
This game had ambiance mystery excitement and fun at the same time I get the feeling we will never see games like these ever again.A product of its time I guess I miss the early 2000s 😕
Mysterious atmosphere, your right about that, i wole up once, popped the game in just to hear the menu music, in the night, and i was like 10 back then. Still, a lump in my throat, i admit im a lot older now but that 'sense' of the unknown making itself known in the music, yeah, i fucking can die with this
early 2000s were some of the coolest times ever
That's when I was born
it's 2023 and you're right we'll never see games like this again unless they made a remaster but even if they did I doupt it will be of any good as we've seen with the GTA Trilogy Remaster ....
@@JulioRodriguezDeAngeles i lietrally did the same thing haahhaa
_Look at this little shrimp. Who does he think he is kidding, posing like that? Think he can race me in THAT car? Still I must try to be nice, yo._ *"Hey bro, follow me."*
Is Moses still mackin' on the ladies?
I wonder is Moses still wants to eat us for breakfast
John I thought he was ok that broccoli and cheese Diet :(
Moses is a man of God now. He is gonna split the sea in half lol
Core memorie unlocked
20 years later I'm still left speechless at these soundtracks. The nostalgia with this game is a different type of feeling no ordinary gamer can understand. A timeless creation
Masterpiece when i played it. I went to Elementary School at this time and my parents allowed me to play it on my brothers Xbox. I just drove freely around and into the Gasstations all the time.
I don't think I've ever had nostalgia hit me this hard.
Fr my childhood. Thank you dad for introducing me to racing games
I have only played the first, and the hit hard!
I played this yesterday on my orginal PS2.
That Menu music is incredible. Racing games had the best Music back then.
me too. I miss this game. The music sounds creepy tho, but best gameplay ever, like MC3. I give everything for a new MC5, like MC3 or MC2 (the scary and cool game). Man, wish the MC workers will get back to Rockstar, they were just the main base of Rockstar before that GTA shit.
And still do have best music, but Companies don't give music a chance. if Rockstar wanted to do a MC5, they can do it like MC2 or like MC3, old but gold.
+Pepe i agree man
that was fucked
what they did
:/
Hakeem Elamin Yep.
There is a Chance MC5 will come out this year.
When ever I'm feeling depressed I come to this video and stick my earphones in and I listen to this music, because it brings back so many good memories...
Jamie Dooley seriously bro it reminds me, so much of when i was younger n everything was fine , i was about 12 when i played this game, im now 22 , unbelievable how time flew by.......
@@Manuelgomez-yx6vp lol i was 5 :D
same here yaaa
@@csonor1 same
I wish I was in the game
Easily one of my favorites. Dark room, summer night, PS2 on with this game and this song fills the room. Takes me back.
I love seeing all these comments. I thought I was one of the few who had a huge connection to this game. It formed my childhood!! Every day after school, and weekend, I'd play it. Just for a couple seconds because I %100 it. I remember when I was so pumped for MC3 and MCLA but they never captured this. And it never will. One of a kind.
***** Sadly, I never experienced online but I bet it was fun
+Chappeh55 The official servers are offline sadly, but there is a way to get it working again unofficially.
+Quinten Kock How is that? Is the community big enough to even play?
xDylan25x
I tried the Europe version, and couldn't find any servers. Didn't try the US version though.
Whirrlinq SAME!!! I was gonna get GTA 5 as my next game for PC, but now I want this. My dad showed me this game when I was 4. I WAS A FUCKIN BEAST AT IT! Without this game, I wouldn't have been a gamer today.
When You childhood Say hello to you
You play This game
When You childhood say bye bye
You listen This music
Arthur Gustavo my childhood was all of theme i lost my games so had to upgrade to ps4 and threw my ps 3 ps2 away
Poetic intellect right here man. I'm bout to cry....
Facts
It was such a vibe playing this on late night Saturdays.
2:30 this feels so nostalgic to me 😢 I remember coming back from school without a worry in the world and playing this game
😞😢 good times
same
online gaming, such a cool people were met...
and now we are all grown up and have the worst worries that you would never have dreamed of as a little rug rat, but yeah, that's life.
You and me both brother
This game is aged like fine wine
It really puts on a good race when doing the story mode
This game was Prove you don’t need extreme realism 4k, 229 fps, 6 consoles , 6D+ audio , 5,000$ pc, 3,000$ gaming chair to have a good time with some basic mechanisms in game ❤
I got the game working on my Windows 11 PC
It's amazing in 4k though! I'm currently playing it through PCSX2 with knock off ps2 style USB controller. Plays just as well as I remember on the PS2 but it's super immersive on a large screen in first person view. Plus you can get that shit LOUD and turn on Nix when you need to win. I'm about to hop back on right now so I can beat Zen for the final bike and win the game with iI.
Pretty sure I saw a post about a fan working on a remastered version of this game, but I for the life of me can't find it.
If you have a PC, it's worth it. Emulator and the game can be found free online easily. Doesn't need to be an amazing rig. Just enough to play it smoothly.
🏴☠️
"are you ready to race?"
That voice reminds me of Gina talking on the radio. The best girl and the best hero of the games. ❤Gina❤
Gina was my first girl crush, always loved her
@@TheHonorlord Gina is hot😏 I would give u 100% credit for that
@@TheHonorlord after all you did become the champion to win her ;)
@@itachi1165 and helped her travel the world, and gave her a free car, and won that car back again
I played the hell out of this game, to the point where i burnt the outline of the minimap into my tv screen lol
I remember something magical happening when I put this game into my console.. unprepared, I pressed start then this music played; I was confused about the influx of emotions. Something strange captivated me, hinged onto my mind.
I remember laying in bed that night before going to sleep -- the soft melodies of this track played in my head as I thought about the surreal moment of entering the menu screen, imagining the streets and their orange glow. I wanted to live in that world.
20 years now..
@@StormofTH-cam You put things in perspective for me, kinda blew my mind with how long it’s been. Thanks for bringing me back to this track. I’ve missed it’s magic.
Wow dud it's amazing how you tell your history
I think I can relate with that bro. Be safe and never forget this amazing game.
@@NightfallAgent for real. when i was playing this game back in 2008-2010, i cant even comprehend that the game was still fairly new then, what like 5-6 years old at the time? some people still play GTA V!!
Bit too soppy that
This game is simply UNPARALLELED...!
The characters, the theme, the cars, the cinematic...
I know, you can't upgrade or customize cars... But that 'simplicity' is what I love...!!!
Gosh, I just wish I could beat that SAVO...! I've beaten all but that darn "@rse Wipe"...
Thanks, mate... I'm feeling much better now!!!
+Prince Xamim hell im still trying to beat that girl Haley
wanted to complete the story again. well let's just say that the first l.a race with savo really put me down.
Practice makes perfect... In this case, LOTS AND LOTS of practice...!!!
BTW, have you tried The Nausagi...? Early races are mostly straights, and The superbike can really dust those Saleen S7s...!!!
You know, I just wish Haley had that "Dodge Viper" that belonged to LA's Champ, Dice...
I mean, imagine... Her character would've been SO MUCH HOTTER then...!
An American chick in Tokyo with God like skills and a bloody Viper...!!! Woah...!
Now if someone could do all the fans a favor, and recreate all six cities (Update them a little), and mix the cars from all four games. So, you begin in New York City, and then it follows. Actually, begin in San Diego, then the rest follow (Los Angeles, Detroit, Atlanta, New York City, London, Paris, and Tokyo), add maybe four extra cities (Madrid, Moscow, Dubai, and Sydney).
Amen to this. A dream that will never happen. thanks rockstar.
+Khaled Zaatar impossible
Adding Non-Real Vehicles and Real Vehicles
im for the Non-Real Vehicles
+King The Son From Gabencity Well...its possible. I really don't see why it couldn't be done. An RX7 racing a Citi Turbo wouldn't be that weird.
It will be hard and with our "little" community (compared to other new games) we can't really find someone who is really good at programming. And we need sounds textures and others. It is hard indeed
But I don't say it's impossible, just very difficult
Remember, the cities need to have car cultures being the most popular thing in there lol
this is possibly my favorite game i have ever played and the last good game in the midnight club series. Rockstar should really make a HD remake of this game.
My top 3 faves are This, Mortal Kombat armageddon, and Nascar 2005 Chase for the cup.
They're stuck with gta now. Maybe they'll remake mc2 a few years after, but I don't know...they had time to remake the game and if they didn't do it until now it's a lost hope
Midnight club 3 was great as well
All those Saturday and Sunday mornings when you woke up and turned on your Ps2 and continued story mode.
Thrillingly fulfilling dark vibes come from this music to me. I never played, I would be playing on the computer and hear my brothers playing and knew what he was playing when this song came on. I always loved it and sought it out on TH-cam. THRILLED it exists cause it was hard to find.
This sound like porn music if you want dark vibe listen to Ekstrak - Belt (tuner theme)
@@dvdbox360 I listened to that and no just no. That song sounds way more generic and doesn't even compare to this music right here. This music right here is more dark and mysterious in my opinion. Also it doesn't sound like porn music at all. I have no idea how you came to that conclusion.
THIS.....this rockstar is what we want for future games
Imagine a remake of this, some more backstory on the world, where crimerate is on its peak, more detailed and larger cities, dark night atmosphere as in the original, and a bit of a realism, like you can run over peds but its gory and slows down your car, yet the big jumps and the arcade controls stays the same, same trance musics, and same opponent characters. Would be awesome!
then it would be perfect...
Gory? That is not Carmaggedon man.
Man I miss midnight club 2
Me too , me too
Don't worry you can buy on steam!
Bye bye nostalgia
I feel you bro
Completed the game more than 18 times still coming back to it again and again.. ❤️❤️❤️
Same overhere! :D xbox or ps2?
ready to race ?
What I would do for a updated graphics game of this, nothing else changed, nothing!
a re-release for the One would make my life complete.
Yes, A REMAKE...!!!
+Vortex 5X yes, I think.
Basically, just more updated graphics.
Nah id like the ones it already has
12 years later and I still come here to listen the best street racing music 👌🏿👌🏿#1
The music... the trance, God I still play it in the car!
Should just get a PS2 hooked up in the showcar I'm building
15 years ago, this was posted in 2008, cant believe its been 15 years man hope you're alive. and now 20 years since the games been out and still one of thee best racing games ever made.
Makes me happy that I still have this game (PS2) after all these years!
Lucky bastard
"I am not interested in anything you have to say. Drive!" - Makoto
My first Midnight Club... What an introduction that this song was. I fucking love this game.
this game formed my childhood and is still the best game i have ever played everything about it just feels different than any other racing game
I'm so glad I played this game. Back in '05 I asked my dad to buy me MC3 when it just came out and instead he got me MC2 but after playing it I loved it ( I eventually did get MC3 for psp in '06) haven't played my MC2 since '06 b/c my Xbox was stolen :/ when I get a job that's the first thing I'm buying so I can play it again and relive my childhood
Just get it from Steam for 6£
John Shepard it Dosn'twork for Windows Vista and Windows 7 :(
it actually does, I noticed that too which is weird but it does actually work on windows 7 as I have windows 7, don't know if it works on vista though, theres many forums on the internet regarding why it says that it doesn't work on windows 7 when it does, maybe a mistake of Rockstars and a bad mistake of theirs too as this will decrease their sales, add me on Steam 'JohnShepardN7ME' and get MC2 and I will play with you :D
ConPlays It does,I got it for free when rockstart was giving it on steam and it worked on win7 64 just fine and with no tweaks necessary,same with win7 32.
John Shepard Planning on getting it too :P
It would be great of a motion picture film of this video game. Brings back the good old days. So hyped up! Much love guys, be safe, and God Bless. 🥰❤️🙏🏻
I loved that nostalgic menu music.. reminds me of all those hours i spent playing this during my childhood and sometimes visit today
Oh damn I wrote this comment when I was 16 lol
Damn, this brings back so many memories. This game is one of the reasons I'm so into cars today. Fucking brilliant.
19 years ago I was 9, I played this game completely till Savo, but this song reminds me that I’d fall asleep to the main menu and wake up back to it in the middle of the night. At that moment I just wondered what my future would be like? Today I wonder if I was more happier back then.
Im playing this game right now to this day. :)
Me too
me too 100%
Guys you filled me with nostalgia. It hit hard
So am I, mate... Don't feel too bad...!
Same. Wish me luck with Savo :P
Summer of 03, I was 11 years old, just finished 6th grade, and little did I know the impact this game would leave on me. I still come back to listen to classic soundtrack this game had. And right now I’m contemplating buying a ps2 and this game just so I can relive my childhood
2016 Still most Nostalgic Industrial song.
nah midnight club 3 theme is the best
+Eagles In Da House how about both?
+NFS Beast NUP
this theme is by far the best
the feel that mc3 didn't have.
Lary Wide Hole why?
But the damn thumbnail fits perfectly. The color change just even set the mood even bigger. Feels like a film. Something games these days don’t really have.
right feels so good like we are on memory lane I remeber seeing those cars with th concept art a tale for good times
@@tylercouture216 hell yeah bro. These type of games took you on a wild ride. Just imagine living in this atnosphere lol. My gooodd
@@lee_the_underground_producer If you were born in the late 80's you could've lived this vibe
@@nibel-k1433 ?
@@lee_the_underground_producer what do you not understand? 😅
It's 2014, friday night. Playing this at my grandma's house on the old PS2. Times have changed.
2:25 is what i mostly remember to this, especially the rx7 bouncing of its limiter in the menu select
Soarerfox YES! It’s the part of the song that’s in my memory when I think about it
This game is absolutly mesmerizing
Underrated masterpiece
I really hate the future😤 the old days always will be the best 😭 forever 🌎
@A real bisexual petrol-head fuck you
god I would do anything to go back in time and relive the old past. 2004 playing this game was the best. I really hate the future also. Games just aren't the same as they use to be. The music. Everything about this game was incredible. Kids nowadays really missed out. This era of the early 2000's was golden and would sell my soul just to go back in relive it.
@A real bisexual petrol-head and your ignorance is why today's future is screwed up. Because of people like you. At least back then people had lives and didn't have time to waste on trolling people on the internet.
Dude wtf
@A real bisexual petrol-head You have no content on your channel (neither do I), but stooping this low because of a comment is below immaturity! Get a life, unless you enjoy trolling, if so, please prepare to be reported.
First time I saw the MC2 commercial on TV: "NOW WITH MOTORCYCLES!!!" I was stoked
Get high and listen to this sound track its 1,000x more incredible 🔥 Classic Game this was RockStar at its best
AHHH. What good times were those when i played midnight club 2 . although it was a little difficult game but the story and the cities were great . PARIS, TOKYO and LOS ANGELES
In this year of 2023, this game completes 20 years. I wish we could get something new to this franchise, or a remake of this game.
All we can do as fans is make sure mc2 never gets forgotten
@@RAIDEN901 yeah, we must keep it alive in our playthroughs
This racer is one of the best ones I've ever played during the good ol' early sixth generation era of gaming.
Three cities around the world to screw around in, challenging races, vehicles that have their own feel to them, and a cool soundtrack, this game had enough things I could ask for, then came Midnight Club 3 which is even better.
I kinda love that game, which is great.
Mc2 has the best video game soundtrack ever... made me realize how much i like trance music
Midnight Club 2 was the first video game I've ever played. Has a very special place in my heart.
Man, the Midnight Club are some of the best racing games ever made, and their music never fails to dissapoint
16 years man. This game is great
Remaster please. Rockstar plz.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤
a remaster I would absolutely die
Chills down the spine.. till this day
🌆🚗🚓🌇
Favorite part always has been and probably always will be starting at 2:26 and the deep note at 2:34. Pulls at me
Lembro de quando eu acordava no sábado de manhã ainda,ligava meu ps2 e jogava esse jogo por horas no modo arcade
Sdds de jogar essa obra prima,um jogo que nenhum outro conseguiu trazer a sensação que ele trouxe
Gina:" See you later man but don't be getting any silly ideas". Come back gina please 😭😭😭😭❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
Where are you now Gina, why you missing. Please Rockstar bring this character in midnight club again.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love midnight club franchise. Seriously man. #midnightclubcomeback
The saddest part is that the voice actress has passed away back in 2019
@@steef9591 You must be trolling man, seriously 😒. She's still alive.
@@steef9591 How? What happened?
It wasnt just this game there was many great games made around that time, played at that time and we will never be able to re live it.
I love the 90s feel if they ever make a new midnightclub it must have this feel to it the last one really did not have any of that feeling
If you never know this game, you'll think Midnight Club 3 is Best
But once y'know this game and played it till end, this game definitely ahead of it's time
The underrated benchmark of street racing games
Never did a long play on this game but the soundtrack is absolutely ahead of its time but again if it would release again people would definitely sleep on it. Just like the JSRF soundtrack
You won't get a soundtrack as great as this again. It's in part, due to the decade it was released in. The era of Trance and experimental samples was in full swing, which is like a dopamine boost every time you listen. Just listen to, 'The Art of Trance - Breathe (Original Mix)' which didn't make the final game but really should of. Everything back then or most things, were exciting, technology and design's actually looked what I imagined the future to look like, a very alien, Y2K, spaceship looking future and then of course, we were all lied to in infomercials by big corporations, everything is going to look like this or that but in fact, fast forward to now, everything is generic, minimalistic, corporate garbage. Minimalism is like a disease, infecting the whole world, just look at company logo's now compared to the late 90's to the early 2000's, there's no comparison, everything is a lot faker, a lot more garbage and I now have existential dread from the current era we live in. Sad times, man, sad times.
@cloudst1472 The gta games that took place in Liberty City also have that similar theme with the music n atmosphere, I remember speeding through cities with trance music playing as a kid 😂
Till this day I think this was the best street racing game ever. It was simple racing to get the better car, it made it so competitive and fun the music awesome should of been played on the radio. This was and still is my favorite street racing game of all time shout out to Rockstar Games.
This game had a soul
Thanks so much you guys!!! It's been 20 years and this music is still vibin' on you 💿😎💿
It's eerie.
The entire soundtrack in this game is incredible, you can be proud to be a part of it. I don't know how much it contributed to me turning out to be a musician, but it definitely did something.
Menu music and UI were pretty good.
Man, this track just screams late 90s to early 2000's. It has that sort of dark and mysterious atmosphere that really dominated the tail end of the 90s all the way into the 2000s. David Helpling is a genius. I would like to see, I think it was, three other versions he sent to Rockstar as alternatives mixes but it's doubtful they still exist.
I would also love to see this track released, standalone in 5.1 surround, would sound amazing. It's a shame all the game versions use 2.0 Stereo and weren't mixed into 5.1 Surround.
0:25 has that sort of mix of hopefulness and the dangerous reality that is street racing. There is only one path, there is only one definitive outcome and that is to be number one. At 1:05 when the female voice sample comes through, it's as though she's telling you it's now or never and there's no going back. 1:51 onward and 2:26 onward to 2:35 is like the end has come but with much loss and the passing away of several racers due to high speed crashes but this is the way of the racer and it's not for everyone and thus, the Midnight Club, continues.
I really don't think Rockstar will ever make any sort of new entry in the series and even if they did, it wouldn't be the same. II is quite possibly the great in the series because of how different it is to other mainline entries in the series like how Tekken 4 stands out to all that came before and after it. Another thing, the atmosphere that was prevalent in the second entry and throughout the music scene and other media at the end of the 90s into the 2000's no longer exists like it did, it just wouldn't work and nothing will most likely, ever come close to this sort of deep layering of everything that makes the game work like it did into one single packag, ever again. Very tragic.
The past is dead and the future isn't bright like how the turn of the millennium promised but, at least we have reminders of the greatness that once existed and is never returning.
Thanks Rockstar for making my childhood dreams come true 🎉😊
I just started playing this on my PC the nostalgia is something else still in 2022
So ahead of it's time.
Childhood memories
What a fitting tune for such a classic game :D At 1:05 I always imagined the signaling girl would cal out to all the racers on the starting line. One of the racers would then react to her by simply reving up the engine in a way that the exhaust blasts would match the music x)
As a kid I could never beat Dice, so I was always stuck in LA, despite that I still had so much fun, even using cheat codes and playing from the beginning to try the cars I couldn't ever get to. Now that I'm replaying it right now I can confidently say, even still to this day, my favorite cars are the Jersey XS and the Saikou XS. Listening to this song and Gina's themes bring tears to my eyes of nostalgia as cringe as that sounds. Lmao
MC2 had the best soundtracks ever in a game
it's so damn nostalgic to hear this
Was 11 when this video came out.... same year my dad was killed, rip, he used to watch me play this 🙏🏽rip dad ❤️ 💙
This is the only race game that makes my heartbeat speed up whenever im seconds away from winning a race
Cuz 1 small mistake and it's an instant loss. Those where the days
Remember playing the demo online constantly in 2003-2004 :D. Loved the game and played the full for some time in 2008-2009. The game was so awesome and remember falling under the map by the tunnel near the sea :D. Then there was the Asset D modders/hackers with unlimited boost, was amazed by them! Gee how I miss being 12/13.
This game's soundtrack... it was so surreal.
It really made you feel as if you were transported into their world of cars.,..
Midnight club II and Need for Speed hot pursuit 2 were the best.
And still are.
***** xD yeah, right
i have hot pursuit 2 but damn it's hard
no. lmao hold this L
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A surprisingly dark and furturistic theme for a racing game
This game is my frickin childhood.
Let’s be honest if Moses wasn’t in that car it would’ve gone A LOT faster😒
beef and broccoli, yo
I wish this game had more characters with there own unique music
I felt like everyone in the studio was going crazy when they heard this!
I still play this game everynow and then on my ps2, the was and always will be one of the greatest.
So cool, the speed the music the characters.
Thumbs up if you wished this was a song available for racing Zen.
"The future of illegal street racing", that slogan was sooo on point at the time, truly felt revolutionary👌
I still play this game just to listen to the music.
"this edible aint shit"
30 minutes later: 0:00
I remember staying up late at night playing alone in the dark. Man this game used to scare the shit out of me. Never got that feeling from any racing game again.
But why 😂 ...? The only scary person is probably that weird Asian guy that took Gina's car in Japan 😂😂😂
It feels so nostalgic to hear after 8 years 😌I miss this game so much❤ thank u for upload this theme
What would you prefer Rockstar to remaster? GTA IV or MC2?
Decisions decisions. Mc2 lol
GTA 4
I think there both fine.....to me.
MC2
the gta iv story really hit me in the feels, so i gotta go with that
i beat the game so many times, it was so fun to play it over and over again
+Zac zac only bad thing was the character wouldn't talk if a race was replayed
Why did this have to be the ONLY Midnight Club game I never got to play??? :(
And now I have bought it on Steam and it is AMAZING! :D
BrickheadTheGreater Did you play the first midnight club? It's amazing!
shadowhunter9000 I have! And I still do play it, a PS2 hard copy as well! :D
BrickheadTheGreater I have a ps2 too :D
And I have mc2, but I don't want to play alone :(
***** Are ps2 servers still up? Probably no.