Customizable Settings (Midtown Madness)



For every race and even Cruise mode, players have the ability to adjust amount of traffic, weather, time of day, laps, amount of opponents, checkpoints, pedestrians, and cops before they start. These settings are preset for each race and are locked when the player has not yet won that race.

Overview
In every race, besides Cruise, the player will have to race will the weather, amount of traffic, cops, pedestrians (can be changed regardless) laps, checkpoints, and opponents that are preset for each race. They can vary based on the race and ranking. In Amateur, players will have to race in easy racing conditions. In Professional, racers will have to race in harder racing conditions. Since Cruise is a free driving mode, players can adjust anything from the race selection menu by pressing the "Change" button.

Traffic
 Players can control the amount of traffic in the city's background. They can use a slider bar to add or subtract the amount of in-game trafffic. Clear roads can help the racers find their way to other checkpoints much more easily. Traffic can be adjusted easily in Cruise, but in races, players will have to race with preset traffic conditions. They can unlock this customization after the player has won the race.

Cops
 Cops are part of the city's background. They can patrol the streets of Chicago and come after the player's vehicle once they spot it. In races, cops are stationed at preset locations. The player will have to race with a certain number of cops set for each race. They can adjust the number using a slider on the Race selection screen once they win the race. The cops will not come after the Ford Mustang Crusier when you use it in races or vehicles.

Pedestrians
 Pedestrians are part of the city's background and pedestrian settings can be modified to remove them all in-game, or they can be reduced from the amount that they already are. They impact gameplay performance. Pedestrians behave in real-life manner when a vehicle approaches them. They will duck, run, cower, and move aside. Their attire changes to match the suitable weather condition when the player changes the weather.

Laps


When players start Circuit Races, there is a preset number of laps in each race. The player can unlock this customization once that race is won. The maximum number of laps that a player can set up to is 10.

Checkpoints
 After winning a Blitz Race, players can set the amount of checkpoints for each race. (Max is 4, min is 1)

Trivia

 * The Day-Night Changing Mod is a Midtown Madness 2 mod that enables automatic weather-changing when installed, for London and San Francisco. It enables when the player sets the weather setting to "Evening, Clear."
 * The announcer's first line in Midtown Madness, "Traffic along the waterfront is all tangled up!", is also used when the player selects the evening weather option in the race select menu, however, it is shortened to "Traffic's all tangled up!", but the original unshortened version can be found in the game's files.