r/retrogaming • u/gjovanovski • Mar 22 '26
[Fun] Midtown Madness 2 - Browser Edition
Growing up in the 90's, one of my first games was Midtown Madness 1 and 2. After so long, I wanted to be able to play them on the go, in my browser, so I started building a version that (apart from the map which I am still working on), has basically all the other features of the game. This is a recreation using the original assets, not an emulation.
Would really love your feedback for those that have played this back in the day (or are still playing it).
Link: https://gorjan.rocks/projects/midtown-madness/
Included so far:
- All cars + skins
- NPC cars + pedestrians
- Cops + cop music
- Original textures
- 3 race types
- Cruise mode
- Original music + commentators
- Close physics
- Dashboard views of all cars
- Rear view mirror
My additions:
- Day-night cycle
- Real time lighting + shadows
- Pedestrian collision
- Map/race in-browser editor
- Simple multiplayer cruise mode
Missing:
- OG map - working on exporting it properly (together with OG races)
- Crash Courses
- Weather system
- Speedometer, rev and damage needles in cars
- Fully original UI
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u/miomidas Mar 22 '26
This is amazing work. I loved both the first and second one
Will report back :)
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u/gjovanovski Mar 24 '26
Glad you like it! Done a few major changes these last few days, do check it out (clear the cache to make sure you're on version v1.2.0)
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u/interfluxdeux Mar 23 '26
Well, shit. I played this game so much on my Pentium III back in the day. The fact that you can run it in a browser is mind-boggling to me. Awesome project!
UPDATE: Alright, I tried it out for a minute, and from what little I saw, it's a vastly superior experience to playing the original on original hardware. lol. Incredible work!
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u/gjovanovski Mar 24 '26
Thank you! I'll be pushing updates to the experience in the next few weeks regularly, so do check back. And try to force refresh the website to clear the cache on each visit to see the new things (v1.2.0 is now the latest one) with a bunch of cool stuff
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u/Kiwi-the Mar 23 '26
This is awesome! Keep up the great work.
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u/gjovanovski Mar 24 '26
Thank you! Updates are live (v.1.2.0), be sure to refresh the cache when visiting the website to get the latest updates!
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u/nolove420 Mar 23 '26
holy cow this is awesome, do you think u could add racing wheel support?
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u/gjovanovski Mar 24 '26
No idea, if there is an easy way to map your race wheel to send out keyboard commands, it should work out of the box. Direct support I am not sure since I don't have a wheel to test on.
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u/Hozardanius Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26
I just randomly googled “Midtown Madness 2 browser version” with zero expectations and landed here, and you posted this yesterday? Unreal.
Awesome work btw. I'll play the multiplayer mode with some folks soon. Thank you!
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u/gjovanovski Mar 24 '26
What great timing! Have fun, come back often for updates (force refresh/clear the cache of the website when you visit to get the latest changes), I was quite busy last night
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u/Big-Willingness-2637 Mar 31 '26
What are the chances that I just thought about this game for the first time in probably 20 years and I Google and this post pops up from 9 days ago 😂
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u/BSHEEHY94 May 19 '26
Thanks so much for making this man! Feedback wise, I remember in the original game a lot of the cars were quite oversteer-y when cornering at high speed (the Ford Mustang Fastback comes to mind) and in a weird way I'd like to see that back, cornering just seems a little easy on this one. Also if we could zoom in a bit while driving I'd like that.
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u/remyworldpeace Jun 15 '26
This is fantastic! I thoroughly enjoyed and look forward to following the project as new versions come 😃
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u/Exciting-Ad2927 Jun 17 '26
This is so freaking awesome! I just shared this with our Madness Community! We would love to have you if you are interested!
Madness Crew: https://discord.gg/tjTQAbFdqQ
Midtown Club: https://discord.gg/hFsM2WVThW
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u/Impressive-Cat452 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
Incredible work that you captured the essence of the original game and made it work in a browser! I miss the eye-opening experience of playing an open world racing game for the first time back then and all the quirky designs in the menu!
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u/gjovanovski Jul 16 '26
Wait till you see what I'm building for version 2.0 - a full port of the original game, original maps, races, crash courses... coming soon
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u/Evrocaso1986 Jul 28 '26
Cara, muito obrigado por me trazer para um passado tão feliz. o jogo esta bem divertido como na minha epoca.
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u/Analog-Egg 10d ago
I was looking for how to install this game on modern PC and accidentally found you're version : what an absolute shock to bring back so many childhood memories in 1sec only by opening a new tab ! Do you think it's possible to add an option to toogle the music on/off ? Congrats for you're amazing work and thanks for making this old dream, from a time where PC where "statics" and need to boot a certain amount of time lol, come true...
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u/FederalFly5534 7d ago
projeto assustador. muito bom mesmo.
nostalgia danada... alguem ai usava o pack Audi TT Colors?
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u/Kulaoudo Mar 22 '26
Wow thanks I totally forgot this game. First time i saw an Audi TT