Midnight Club: Los Angeles for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

Great selection of real name-brand cars and mods. Graphics are "acceptable" but nothing special. However the cars look genuine inside and out. A lot of the posted traits of the cars are true to life. Example, the RX8 handles very well in the tuner category but is a little slower on acceleration. The city contains real stores such as Best Buy, Game Stop, T-Mobile, etc. There ARE police in this game and they do chase you occasionally. Although it's not very often and they're easy to lose in the city. On the highway it's a little tougher until you get the fast exotic cars. I have never seen the police use any tactics or bust out a helicopter.

Gameplay. First, light posts and trees may as well not exist. You NEVER wreck if you hit one. Even dead on at 150mph. The game just "pushes" you to one side or the other of the tree/post. On the note of wrecking, there is "somewhat realistic" vehicle damage. If your car gets too much damage, you're out of the race. However this NEVER happens because it's so unrealistic. I know it would suck if everytime you smashed into a car, you were forced to drop out. But it take literally 8-9 head on collisions at 150mph to damage out. Even decently hard impacts on buildings often dont move the meter at all. Weather. It does rain occasionally, however it doesn't seem to have much, if any, effect on driving.

Bugs. Well I think the tree/post thing is kinda a bug. But one honest one I have found is when you're between races in a series and you choose to "repair your vehicle before the next race," the car still appears wrecked at the starting line even though your damage meter is now at zero.

I have spent the majority of my review picking apart the game. Basically just to note the downfalls of what would keep this game from getting a perfect 10. I love this game. Nobody who is a Need for Speed fan will dislike this game.