Midtown Madness
Angel/Microsoft · released 1999 · discussed in 536 posts, 1999-2007 · overall tone positive
Posts per month
Key threads
- Driver demo compared with Midtown Madness 1999-09-03 · 29 postsA poster said the official PC demo of Driver was disappointing, with robotic pedestrians and building pop-up. Joe McGinn and others praised its arcade driving model and force feedback as better than Midtown Madness, while critics preferred Midtown Madness's detail. Tips covered the hidden options screen and draw distance settings.
- Anticipation and impressions of Midtown Madness 1999-04-28 · 21 postsPosters looked forward to Microsoft's Midtown Madness, which some had played in beta or preview. Most described it as a solid and detailed arcade racer with decent physics for its type and good force feedback, though not a sim, and compared it with the upcoming Driver.
Busiest threads
- Midtown Madness is Maddening!!! (10 posts about it)
- Anticipation and impressions of Midtown Madness (9 posts about it)
- Midtown Madness or NFS High Stakes (9 posts about it)
- Driver demo compared with Midtown Madness (7 posts about it)
- Midtown Madness (6 posts about it)
- Midtown Madness: Screen jerk/Freeze (5 posts about it)
- Driving Simulation? (5 posts about it)
- Midtown Madness questions (5 posts about it)
- midtown madness trouble revisited (5 posts about it)
- Games for venting road rage: GTA3, Midtown Madness, Carmageddon (4 posts about it)
- Car and Driver reviews FF wheels this issue (4 posts about it)
- Re: I have *unopened* copy of Driver...keep, or return? (4 posts about it)
- Wow.... Microsoft Midtown Madness (4 posts about it)
- Midtown Madness-an opinion(somewhat long) (4 posts about it)
- Midtown Madness Mess (4 posts about it)
Sentiment by year
Each post that discussed the sim was rated from −2 (very negative) to +2 (very positive).
| Year | Posts | Positive | Negative | Tone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 310 | 112 | 47 | positive (+0.26) |
| 2000 | 116 | 25 | 13 | mixed (+0.12) |
| 2001 | 37 | 9 | 4 | mixed (+0.19) |
| 2002 | 44 | 13 | 11 | mixed (+0.05) |
| 2003 | 17 | 6 | 2 | positive (+0.24) |
| 2004 | 6 | 3 | 2 | mixed (+0.17) |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | very positive (+1.00) |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | very positive (+1.50) |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | very positive (+1.00) |
Who talked about it most
Tempor · 19 GTX_SlotCar · 18 ymenard · 15 Joe McGinn · 11 Joe62 · 10 Wolfgang Preiss · 9 Daxe Rexford · 9 Sinjin · 8 Marc Collins · 7 Bill Jones · 7 Jeroe · 7 Steve Smith · 6 Olav K. Malmin · 6 Mountain Kodiak · 6 Kasey Chang (remove EATSPAM to reply) · 5 Destroy · 5 Sideshow Bob · 5 Thom j. · 5 daxe · 5 Revvin · 5
