I stumbled upon a game I used to play a long time ago and wanted to experience it again. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t run properly on Windows 10, nor in a Windows XP virtual machine – it would simply lag or crash.

Later, I discovered that the game was failing mostly because modern GPUs don’t support the same instructions as older ones used to, and that old DirectX API calls are no longer available on modern systems. To get around those issues, there’s dgVoodoo2, a set of implementations of old graphics APIs for Windows 7 and later versions.

Here’s how to get the game running:

1. Search for “Midtown Madness 2 (Europe) (Rerelease)” on TPB and download it
2. Load the disk with WinCDEmu or other solution
3. Install the game (don’t launch it)
4. Enable DirectPlay on Windows
5. Copy Crack\midtown2.exe to the gamefolder
6. Download dgVoodoo2 from here.
7. Copy dgVoodoo2.exe into the game folder
8. Copy all files inside MS\x86 into the game folder as well
9. Run dgVoodoo2.exe as admin and set:

• Click the button .\ to create config file to MM directory
• In “General” > “Output API” select “Direct3D 11 MS WARP (software)”
• Go to “DirectX” tab and change the VRAM to 128MB
• Click “Apply” > “OK” to exit.

10. Launch the game > Options > Graphics > select from Display drop down menu, “dgVoodoo DirectX Wrapper” > “Hardware (3D video card with T&L) from the Renderer drop menu.
11. Click “Done” and that’s it!

Note that whenever you change the resolution it won’t apply any changes to the game menu – you’ll only see the changes once you start a race.

Midtown Madness 2 should now be running very smoothly under Windows 10.

Enjoy!