MIDTOWN MADNESS
Change your player name to the following by clicking
"New" in the player selection screen.
Cheats marked with *NO SCORE* will disable race result monitoring and score. You cannot unlock new vehicles with these enabled (for obvious reasons).
Code Result
Showme Cops - Displays all Police Units on the map. *NO SCORE*
Big Bus Party - All traffic vehicles are city busses. *NO SCORE*
Tiny Car - All traffic vehicles are compact cars. *NO SCORE*
amizdA eoJ - All traffic vehicles drive around IN REVERSE.
Jet Planes - All traffic vehicles are Air Planes. *NO SCORE*
Warp Eleven - All AI is 10x faster. *NO SCORE*
* Easter Eggs:
Also entered as the player name. Only available in single player "Cruise Mode".
These codes activate the corresponding new vehicles:
Code Result
"vasedans" & Pick the Cadillac - Generic car
"vasedanl" & Pick the Bullet - Generic light car
"vavan" & Pick the Ford F350 - The van
"vadiesels" & Pick the City Bus - The Diesel
"vacompact" & Pick the VW Bug - Rabbit-type compact car
"vapickup" & Pick the Ford F350 - Pickup truck
"vabus" & Pick the City Bus - Bus with new paint job
"vadelivery" & Pick the Ford F350 - Delivery truck
"valimo" & Pick the Mustang GT - Random limo
"valimoblack" & Pick the Mustang GT - Black limo
"valimoangel" & Pick the Mustang GT - White limo
"vataxi" & Pick the Cadillac - Yellow cab
"vataxicheck" & Pick the Cadillac - Green checkered cab
"vaboeing_small" & Pick the City Bus - Mini-jet
* In-Game Cheats:
Press CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-F7 until a box appears on the screen.
Type the codes below. These only work in Single Player mode.
Code Result
/nodamage - No damage mode. *NO SCORE*
/damage - Damage back on.
/dizzy - Spinning sky.
/fuzz - Toggles cop radar. *NO SCORE*
/bridge - Bridge very quickly. *NO SCORE*
/ufo - Replace planes with UFOs.
/swap - Swap the train with a string of 737s.
/slide - Ambient cars have no friction. *NO SCORE*
/puck - Player experiences no friction. *NO SCORE*
/grav - Half gravity. *NO SCORE*
/postal - Horn fires mailboxes. *NO SCORE*
/talkfast - Commentary plays fast.
/talkslow - Commentary plays slow.
/big - Big people.
/tiny - Tiny people.
/nosmoke - Wheel / Damage smoke off.
/smoke - Wheel / Damage smoke on.
* Add these command-line switches to activate cheat modes:
-allrace - Access to All Races
-allcars - Access to All Cars
Example:
"C:\Midtown\midtown.exe" -allcars -allrace
* Tips:
- If you're finding traffic hard to navigate, get off the road and onto the sidewalk. Most of the vehicles can drive quite nicely on the sidewalks between the guardrails and the lampposts, and you'll find a clear path (this works very well out on Navy Pier). Also, don't worry about crashing into those massive checkpoint posts on the sidewalk--they're invisible (collision-wise) to your vehicle.
- If you get into a bump-and-grind situation with an AI car, you'll find yourself losing most of the tussles, even if you have the bigger vehicle. The best tactic is to quickly sideswipe the car, and then swerve away. If you time it right, you can bump the car into oncoming traffic or a building.
- The AI-controlled drivers always stay on the road, which means that you'll have great opportunities to cut a few corners here and there (remember, Chicago has plenty of parks!). When you're off-road driving, slow down a bit and try not to make any turns. If you try anything wild on the soft grass, you'll probably spin out and lose any advantage you might have gained.
- To win a race, especially a Checkpoint race, you need to know the course. Take on the course in one of the heavier vehicles with no cops and limited traffic, and you'll maximize your chances of making it through the course and learning all of the possible shortcuts. You won't win, but you'll gain vital knowledge that will help you when you go back into the race with a performance vehicle and full obstacles in place.
- Vehicle damage is your enemy! There are so many things to hit during the course of the race that you'll often find yourself with a wheelless, smoking hulk of a car before you can finish the race. Try to save your damage points for when you really need them (such as making that jump across Navy Pier) and avoid hitting too many lampposts.