Motor City Online

"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
11/28/2016 at 00:35 • Filed to: Motor, City, Online, MCO, Motor City Online, NFS, Need For Speed, EA, EA Games, Video Games, Gaming, Games

Wish it was still around.

From Wikipedia:

“The vehicles featured in Motor City Online were all American models, ranging from coupes, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , sedans and station wagons of the 1930s to 1950s, to muscle cars from the 1960s and 1970s. Later in the game’s life, 3 classic trucks were available. Most of the vehicles could be cosmetically modified by chopping the roof, removing bumpers, which gave the vehicle an additional suffix on its name (i.e. “Ford Ranchero Chopped ”, “Ford Coupe Bumperless & Fenderless ”) painting the car different colors or with Scalloped/Flamed paint jobs. Players could’ve also added little trinkets like fuzzy dice, and even change the sound of the horn. Convertible versions of certain cars were available, as well as specialty and ultra rare paint jobs on cars. These paint jobs couldn’t be purchased from the modification shop, as the car had to be purchased with the paint job already. Some of these cars came as shells only if they were particularly rare.

Customization played a huge role in Motor City Online. As in reality, players had to find the right parts and put the right parts together. With over 2,000 authentic and licensed styling and performance parts, each player was able to build their own car with their own taste from ground up and specify it for any Car Class.”

Here’s a list of engine parts that could be changed.

The real kicker? There was no “Stage 1, stage 2" bullshit. No. You could choose multiple different licensed parts in each category.

There’s been some progress made recently, but it’s slow moving, not helped by the fact that the guys doing it, of course, have real lives and therefore can’t dedicate attention to it 24/7. They’ve managed to get it to accept login info, but it there’s no server for it to connect to. Here’s an example of it.

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And now, some shilling! I run the Revive Motor City Online page on Facebook! !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . I’ve just realized I’ve no idea where I’m going with this. But I felt I may as well spread it around a bit more.

DISCUSSION (8)

Aero > 19JRC99
11/28/2016 at 01:35

I loved this game. I think I still even have the box stashed somewhere.

19JRC99 > Aero
11/28/2016 at 02:07

I never got to play it. Being born in ‘99, I was 5 when it shut down. When I was 8 or 9, I was looking for muscle car related games and found a YouTube video for this. I was pissed. I found the best game ever and couldn’t even play it.

theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil > 19JRC99
11/28/2016 at 08:00

I never got to play this game, but I always like to think of it as a far better version of the DOS game Street Rod (and Street Rod II). I would love to see this game made back to reality.. in the same format, if at all possible.

bwp240 > 19JRC99
11/28/2016 at 11:48

I just picked up a copy of this game from a thrift store for 50 cents. Always wanted to try this game, but it kind of fell from memory until I found it a couple years ago.

bwp240 > 19JRC99
11/28/2016 at 12:07

If you want something “similar” look up Street Legal Racing Redline. There are a few dedicated websites that host a bunch of car/part mods. And they distribute versions of the .exe so it is free.

I have built a 700+ hp Syclone dragster and a bare bones Focus street racer.

And a 785hp A-Team Van. (although I need to retune the engine - blew the motor)

19JRC99 > bwp240
11/28/2016 at 22:37

I’ve heard of it. A large part of the draw for me to MCO is the sense of community. Plus the auctions. I’m not too sure how to put it.

19JRC99 > theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil
11/28/2016 at 22:38

That’s pretty much what it was.

RubenAlonzo > Aero
10/06/2018 at 03:56

Same here, my wife even played it (She drag raced) . I had the Firebird Formula! My favorite game, after this i moved to Earth and Beyond and even THAT was shut down as well. See, this is why we can’t have nice things :(