Midnight Club II

Midnight Club II

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Updated Classic: Midnight Club II [ENG]
By BAS-BAS23 and 1 collaborators
Updated Classic - is an assembly of fixes, improvements, PS2, Xbox, QoL and restored content for various Rockstar's games.
   
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About UC


What is Updated Classic?
Updated Classic is a modpack that restores some features that was cut and some from PS2 version, combines it with PC and gives an improvements and fixes (that won't destroy original atmosphere), even exclusive ones.

Changes


Changes from default PC version:
  • The game are now works properly on Windows Vista and newer.
  • The game is now locked on 30 FPS which leads to following changes:
    - Acceleration with Burnout are now more powerful which means:
    1. Car damage level is now increasing at slower rate;
    2. Amount of speed gaining from charging the Burnout is increased;

    - Acceleration without Burnout is now giving less start speed;
    - Allowed max speed of cars and how fast you can reach it are increased;
  • Restored cut/unused traffic cars from both PS2 and PC versions (added as a new vehicles):
    - va_semitruck_l
    - va_trashtruck_p
    - va_cargotruck_small01_t
    - va_accord_t
    - [Exclusive] vp_mitsuclassc (from Midnight Club: Street Racing)

  • Many difficulty and realism related changes:
    - Breaks are no longer works the same way as handbrake;
    - Edited some cars' oversteer to achieve more natural drifting and easy control of the vehicle;
    - Changed the speed of the wheels turn to simulate a little delay in movement and give a cars a sense of weight;
    - Mid and high-end vehicles now have the same landing damping value as a supercars;
    - Increased the speed sensitive steering for bikes which makes them turn more sharply as speed increases;
    - Some non-avoided scripted obstructions was removed in some enough hard races;
    - Reduced the amount of traffic in some races keeping them challenging instead of next to impossible;
  • Roads textures are changed to PS2 ones which have a better quality.
  • Added animation for water in fountains from Midnight Club 3.
  • Added official Manual (located in ReadMe folder).

Planning to do:
  • Restore more of cut traffic cars from PS2 version.

Demonstration
From words to action:



Here are some screenshots made in the game featuring the restored traffic vehicles:






Also a few videos showcasing features:

Download


NOTE: Updated Classic DOESN'T require original game or Steam. You can install a build and play Updated Classic without Steam.

We are marks versions of this pack, so that it's easier to navigate with the freshness of the versions. Right now, Build 2 is available for Midnight Club II.

You can download here (CHOOSE ONE LINK):

Install:
Note: Build works perfectly without Steam. But, if you want to play it through Steam, then follow the instructions below.

So, you downloaded the archive and do not know what to do next.
1. Remove the Steam Version:
First, you need to remove all files from the original Steam version of the game. To do this, click on the Midnight Club II with the right mouse button in your Steam library and select Properties > Local Files> > Browse Local Files.... After this action you will have to open the folder with the game files. Just delete them all.
2. Rehabilitation of Game:
Now everything is simple. All you have to do is take the files of the folder UC Midnight Club II - Build 2 and put the files in game folder where you deleted some files recently.

NOTE: If you want to install the build without downloading the Steam version of the game, you can simply use the .acf file from the archive below, which is responsible for having the installed game on Steam.

Download App Manifest.zip from the link above.
Put a needed file in Steam\steamapps folder, after installation, restart Steam.
Content of the archive:
appmanifest_12160.acf - File for Midnight Club II

Pre-Launch settings


Most important:

Prerequisites
Download and install all prerequisites from archive below. This is require to correct work of the game and mods.
CHOOSE ONE LINK:
1. DirectX Pack - Prerequisites/Direct X/DXSETUP.exe
2. Runtime Pack - Prerequisites/Runtime Pack/RuntimePack_x86_x64.exe
3. Visual C++ Redistributable Hybrid
For x32 systems - Prerequisites/Visual C++ Redistributable Hybrid/x32/VCRHyb86.exe
For x64 systems - Prerequisites/Visual C++ Redistributable Hybrid/x64/VCRHyb64.exe

Windowed Mode
To play with Windowed Mode open file Midnight Club II/d3d9.ini via notepad and change the values of parameters:
ForceWindowedMode to 1.
ForceWindowStyle to 1, 2 or 3
1 = borderless fullscreen 2 = windowed 3 = resizable windowed

Updates

In this section you can see a list of changes in latest versions of build.

Changes:

By December 24, 2023: Build 2
  • Restored some songs that were intended to be unlocked after beating the respective antagonists (Hector/Diego and Savo).
  • Enhanced street lights' effects.
  • Added option to play in borderless fullscreen, windowed or resizable windowed mode in d3d9.ini file.

Addons


1. Multiplayer
  • 1. Download and install Radmin VPN[www.radmin-vpn.com];
  • 2. Configure it:
    - Create your Network by clicking on a Create Network. Set up Network name and Password;
    - Share network name and password with your friend(s);
    - Your friend(s) need to join your network by clicking on a Join Network in Radmin VPN.
  • 3. Launch the game via mc2-mp.exe;
  • 4. In the game go to Networking ModeInternet (Online) or Local Area Network (LAN)Create Username and put your name.
After that you can make host or join to host.




2. Gamepad setup

Here's a good and detailed guide on how to configure modern controllers for the game:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1126936492

3. Unlocked FPS
If you still want to play on 60+ FPS, then follow those steps:
- Open file Midnight Club II/d3d9.ini;
- Change value of FPSLimit to anything that suits you.
Example:
FPSLimit = 60

4. Custom Music
Authors


Updated Classic Dev:
  • CageyPhoenix

Guide:
  • CageyPhoenix
  • BAS-BAS23
  • 7Works
  • Maxim Suspitsyn

Authors of all used modifications:
  • ThirteenAG
  • Ch3rokee
  • Ryan Govostes
  • Смысл замысла (eXuma)
  • PermissionToLand
  • Camranbant
  • 1C Company
  • Emu

My special thanks to:
  • Смысл замысла (eXuma)
  • BAS-BAS23
  • 7Works
  • Izzotop

Also thanks to:
  • ThreeSon
  • IceSkatingBurglar
  • m1racle
  • CTFRuNnEr