The popularity of law evasion in driving games is at an all-time high, and now Microsoft are to add their name to the list of growing titles with Midtown Madness. The idea from the start was to create a living, breathing city where you race through the streets of Chicago, avoiding pedestrians, traffic jams and lawmen. You are given the freedom of the city with back-street shortcuts a-plenty and a choice often vehicles, including police cars, Mustangs and an 18-wheeled truck. When the game is released in June, Midtown Madness will be up against some venerable titles, notably SpeedBusters and Need For Speed 3. Next month also sees the release of Driver (see preview on page 50) and Interstate '82, not to mention old favourites Carmageddon II and Grand Theft Auto. And There's More.

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Grand Theft Auto is to receive its first add-on disc. Set in the London of the Swinging '60s, GTA London hosts a complete set of new vehicles and missions, with music that suits the period. You can take to the capital's winding streets in Routemaster buses, black cabs and, maybe, the first ever Reliant Robin to grace a driving game. Expect the pedestrians to be stoned, the police to be unarmed, and die BBFC to ban it.

Take 2 unleash GTA London in April. In these cynical days of 'reissue, repackage, reevaluate', an original game is about as rare as proverbial rocking horse shit. And when it comes to racing games, you might as well forget it, with most developers showing about as much ingenuity as the average boy band. Not so Angel Studios, the talent behind Microsoft's Midtown Madness. Instead of pissing about inventing hover vehicles that race on the moon, or resurrecting some obscure sport, what they've done is to take a modern-day city and fill it with authentic vehicles.

No guns, no gimmicks, just accurately modelled cars and a meticulously recreated city. That city is Chicago, Illinois, which to the less geographically minded is somewhere in America near a big lake. Clearly, some kind of artistic licence has been taken, and what we have is a slightly compressed version of the real thing, comprising all the major landmarks. It's very well done though, and effortlessly conveys the sense of being in a fully functioning, living city. Planes fly overhead, traffic stops at red lights, and the police even have their own network.

Sim City City simulation is a different game altogether though, and what we're talking here is action-packed racing, the game featuring a variety of different modes, with success unlocking further vehicles and tracks. Circuit races are over charted courses, with other roads blocked off; Blitz races take place against the clock; and Checkpoint races involve clearing all points before your opponents.

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The latter two modes take place with incidental traffic in full effect, often leading to the midtown madness of the title. The police obviously take a dim view of unauthorised street races, and once alerted to a felony will be all over you like a cheap suit. Having a police car slew across your path with the finish line in sight is enough to provoke a wry grin at best, and a volley of foul and abusive language at worst. However, the cops appear to be graduates of The Blues Brothers' school of motoring, and the artificial stupidity has been particularly well-implemented.

There's much fun to be had in giving them the runaround, and great satisfaction to be gleaned from glancing into the rear-view mirror to see a police car drive straight into the bollard that you've expertly negotiated. In fact, in some races you can actually plan your route in order to avoid the busies. Talk About The Weather Chicago may be synonymous with wind, but rain and snow play their part here, and driving is noticeably affected by adverse weather conditions. It's a case of horses for courses, and the ten vehicles on offer have genuinely different characteristics in terms of handling, speed, durability and so forth.

So whether it's a VW New Beetle for weaving between the traffic, an 18-wheel truck for ploughing through the traffic, or a Ford Mustang Fastback for performing Starsky& Hutcth style turns, all tastes are catered for. And if you simply want to put your choice of vehicle through its paces, as well as learn the intricacies of the city, the Cruise mode enables you to do just that. In fact it's quite easy to crank up the tunes (see Music Sounds Better With You panel) and spend an hour simply cruising around, either legally or otherwise. Clearly, there's more fun to be had in the latter, and there's plenty of scope for it, be it jumping the odd red light or playing chicken on the freeway. And to add variety, the density of police, traffic and pedestrians can all be altered. Hateful Luwie It's a comparison that's been used before, but Midtown Madness is as close as any game has come to recreating ITV's Police, Camera, ActionlJhe carnage is relentless, and although some of it is scripted to an extent, moments of pure comedy occur naturally, although this being a Microsoft game no one actually gets hurt. Of course, the cynics will dismiss it as Carmageddon Lite, berating the fact that pedestrians leap out of the way instead of exploding over your windscreen like a big bag of blood.