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A while back there was some hubbub about the MC series being given to R* Toronto instead, but I guess that never came to fruition, unless we're going to be surprised.

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This game was solid but going from MC3 to this was like going from SA to IV, which in hindsight... kind of exactly what it was lol.

 

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1 hour ago, Rafae S said:

This game was solid but going from MC3 to this was like going from SA to IV, which in hindsight... kind of exactly what it was lol.

 

That is a good comparison. For what it's worth, Los Angeles is more polished than 3 but, while I like both games, I'll always keep coming back to 3 since it has a more diverse (and better) soundtrack, and a better selection of cars.

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On 10/9/2019 at 2:38 AM, KarimNTerr said:

Happy 11th birthday, MCLA!

I missed it but Jesus Christ, 11 years?

Feels like only yesterday...

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A former Rockstar games employee Jesse Hayes mentioned "Midnight Club Las Vegas" in his resume
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NOTE: this is a cached version of his website because he removed Midnigtht club from his resume
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5wCz3KAAREEJ:https://eclatcreative.squarespace.com/s/JesseHayesCVs.pdf+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=hr

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Doing God's work. Keep it up Apollo!

 

It's sad to think the series is over but it's still fun to speculate what could have been.

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universetwisters

I thought the unreleased Midnight Club game was supposed to be London? Not unless they had more than one MC game they were working on

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I purchased MCLA Complete Edition some time ago. Only completed about 20% of the game because I got tired of everybody flying past me. Pulled it out maybe a month ago and boy am I having fun. Beat Hugo in his new class A today. The Hills Tournament is next. 

 

Afraid to race Doc for pinks at the moment. Already lost to him once.

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@Tao Cheng At the moment my favorite ride is the 240SX class C. I can't lose that to Doc right now. Trying to reach $500K and win the Hills Tournament first.

 

@KarimNTerr  Yeah, there are a lot of similarities. 

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Can Rockstar ever port this game on pc? I am aware of emulation though. I would love to play this on Windows and Linux natively though.

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If there is another Midnight Club in the works, I hope they add chopper bikes like the bikes from Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition Remix on PS2 and Xbox (ported via 3rd party developer). I'm also hoping the original Xbox disc copy of MC3: Dub Edition Remix works on Xbox Series X.

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On 5/25/2020 at 6:16 AM, Saad31 said:

Can Rockstar ever port this game on pc? I am aware of emulation though. I would love to play this on Windows and Linux natively though.

They won't make an effort to try and port Red Dead Redemption, one of their most acclaimed games, so I doubt they would ever port this mostly forgotten game, unfortunately.

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On 7/18/2020 at 6:00 PM, Ho Diver said:

They won't make an effort to try and port Red Dead Redemption, one of their most acclaimed games, so I doubt they would ever port this mostly forgotten game, unfortunately.

I wouldn’t call it “mostly forgotten”, I think it’s the second best selling MC title after 3. I think the only reason people don’t talk about Midnight Club more is because there’s not been a title in 11 years, whilst Need For Speed keeps cranking them out. Didn’t MC3 and MCLA both outsell the competing NFS titles of those years? 
 

I hope some day they go back to the franchise, would make sense with so many big names at R* leaving recently. A smaller game with a shorter dev time would be a great way to get new blood acquainted with the Studio, and as a low-risk tideover until the next GTA. The only problem I see is the whole underground street racing scene is very... 2004. How well would it go over today? There’s a reason NFS moved away from that aesthetic, after all. 
Also, where would they even set it.
 

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I started playing MCLA a few weeks ago thanks to emulation. Never had a console of this generation and I totally missed the chance to play this game in its heyday.

 

Love the game, gives the same fast-paced, exciting thrills as MC3 with better graphics (that honestly hold up pretty well even today). The game feels a bit short on car selection though, gives me the impression it was going to continue receiving content but they must have shifted their focus towards RDR 1. It's such a shame the series was abandoned after this, honestly the announcement of a new Midnight Club game would make me happier right now than hearing new stuff about GTA 6. Although I fear if that was the case, they would find ways to exploit it in the same fashion as GTA Online and Red Dead Online...

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20 hours ago, Nico said:

I started playing MCLA a few weeks ago thanks to emulation. Never had a console of this generation and I totally missed the chance to play this game in its heyday.

 

Love the game, gives the same fast-paced, exciting thrills as MC3 with better graphics (that honestly hold up pretty well even today). The game feels a bit short on car selection though, gives me the impression it was going to continue receiving content but they must have shifted their focus towards RDR 1. It's such a shame the series was abandoned after this, honestly the announcement of a new Midnight Club game would make me happier right now than hearing new stuff about GTA 6. Although I fear if that was the case, they would find ways to exploit it in the same fashion as GTA Online and Red Dead Online...

 

Rockstar/TTWO/whoever you want to blame has probably come to the conclusion that GTA Online's vehicle and racing scene is enough to cover this genre, and they're not wrong when it comes to the general player-base, but of course a fair few of us would love to receive a dedicated racer in the form of a Midnight Club game :( That sense of speed you mentioned, the thrill of dodging traffic, its just damn good fun AND a great challenge. GTA O just doesn't scratch that itch sadly.

 

 

Coming from MC3, the car roster really can feel quite lacking (no Porsches, or RUFs rather thanks to EA, was also a huge missed opportunity for a place like LA), but the increased depth to customization we got in its stead made up for it IMO. The South Central DLC added some choice vehicles too (and one crazy OP motorcycle lol). Then we have instances of cars being cut like the Supra and R35 GT-R (which is still driveable in its unfinished state); maybe there were indeed more plans for MCLA like you said.

 

Also somewhat sad is the fact that the "hardcore" Midnight Club fandom considers Los Angeles the black sheep of the family; nothing beats Midnight Club 2 for them (a game that I personally find overrated, but anyway...).

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I honestly think GTA Online was a poorly executed great idea that, despite all its issues, still managed to climb atop of the world and gave Rockstar / Take Two excuses to basically kill off any investment towards any project they might deem "risky" (not bring instant millions in profit). This comes from someone who thinks GTA V overall was a mistake, although obviously I'm in a minority there. Would much rather have a dedicated game for street racing than a "jack of all trades" that isn't particularly good at any of those trades. But once again, from the perspective of someone who never liked V and could only play a bit of Online (and not without glitches I could never find solutions for). Rockstar was as its absolute peak in the mid-late 2000's and it's sad to see where they are now.

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