Thanks to the Thames, there are plenty of drawbridge jumps to navigate, and thanks to London's old world city planning, there are tons of tiny alleys and side streets to navigate. London feels akin to Chicago in the original game, but that's probably due to the lack of insane hills that make SF such a great place to race. While I didn't see any of the flatbeds that allowed you to get airborn in the original, I did find some hidden ramps in buildings, or on structures themselves, like the sculpture at Justin Herman Plaza that allowed me to get a nice bird's eye view of the waterfront, before getting a mole's eye view of the grass. The cruise mode is as fun as ever, and allowed me to check out some of the new secrets and jumps that the design team has talked about. I revved up the engine of a London patrol car and hung on for life as I tried to navigate San Francisco's Embarcadero Center without slamming straight into a wall. The one thing I forgot about MM is just how fast the racing can get when you get behind the wheel of a top-end car. The crashes are even juicier, as you can tell from the Double Decker smasher pic I've included for your pleasure. While there are still some bugs with car AI, the physics are tighter than the original, as well as more cartoonish (you can figure out how that makes sense on your own).
The first thing that hits you in the new game is just how friggin' large it is, with two full-scale cities that each offer a denser experience than the first game.
The descriptions of the new gameplay in a recent interview with Producer Jay Panek of the game are proving to be right on the mark. Within five minutes of launch, I had crashed two cars, and caused irreparable damage to thousands of pedestrian's self-worth. We got a copy of Midtown Madness 2 in the office today, and other than weeping at the lack of multiplayer (it's not in this beta build), we got right to business.
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