Midnight Club: Los Angeles

Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Developer(s)	Rockstar Games
Publisher(s)	Rockstar Games
Release date(s)	NA October 20, 2008 EU/AU October 24, 2008
Release type	Console exclusive
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
GameID(s)	BLES00362 (IRD), BLUS30190 (IRD), BLJS10046 (IRD), BLJM60368 Complete Edition BLES00652 (IRD), BLUS30442 (IRD), NPEB00546, NPUB30471, NPJB00503, NPHB00411
Internal resolution	960x720 or 960x704 in 1080p mode
Quick links	Check Compatibility Open Issues Search Google Wikipedia Page

Midnight Club: Los Angeles was by Rockstar San Diego and is the final installment in the Midnight Club series. The game features 43 cars and 4 motorcycles. The game is set in the city of Los Angeles, again providing an option to completely free-roam (in an open world environment larger than all the three cities combined from the previous game, Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition). New additions are a 24-hour day-to-night cycle, weather effects and traffic with licensed vehicles, adding a realistic aspect to the game. The new dynamic weather system has been reported to alter the gameplay experience, making the vehicle more prone to sliding on slick surfaces. If any damage is inflicted upon a vehicle after races, the player does not necessarily need to drive back to a garage for a full repair, but, instead, can choose the "Quick Fix" option through which old, junkyard-esque parts will be added to the car. To get back that "nice, new car look", the player must actually drive back to repair their vehicle at a garage or gas station. This also means that totaling a vehicle is only possible within a single race or event.

With the RAGE system being used for this game, traffic levels fluctuate throughout the day, with light traffic at night, heavy traffic in the morning and afternoon, and heaviest traffic in the evenings. Motorcycles are again part of the game, including the Ducati 999R and the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14. Convertible cars, customizable interiors, in-game photo mode, and customizable exotics are all new additions. Developers placed great emphasis on the elimination of load screens, stating that the player could literally jump from career mode to an online race in under ten seconds.

Configuration

Options that deviate from RPCS3's default settings and provide the best experience with this title are listed below.

CPU configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
SPU block size	Mega	Improves performance.

GPU configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
ZCULL accuracy	Relaxed	Improves performance.
Write color buffers	On	Fixes broken graphics in player's car and detached parts of it after crashing into any object.
Multithreaded RSX	On	May improve performance on some CPUs.
Asynchronous texture streaming	On	Improves performance depending on the GPU.

Advanced configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
Sleep timers accuracy	As Host	Improves performance.

Debug configuration

This tab is hidden by default. For instructions on how to enable the Debug tab in the settings window, click here.

Setting	Option	Notes
Disable ZCull occlusion queries	On	Slightly improves performance without any noticable issues.

Known Issues

Visual Bugs - Fixed by PR 12909

Issue 9598 Shadows are broken at night

Special Notes

Netplay testing

For the complete list of games tested with RPCN, please check the RPCN Compatibility List.

Game Version	RPCS3 Version	Connects?	Create/Join lobbies?	Match with others?	Online features working?	Requires custom servers?	Notes
1.00		No	No	No	No		"IP Discovery" issue?

Patches

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