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#AMERICAN LAFRANCE BANKRUPT MOD#

For some reason, the Dalmatian livery is available once this truck itself is unlocked and the Green color has to be unlocked by completing the rest of the San Francisco Blitz races.

However, during the game's beta-testing, this didn't apply to the cars that also use multi-wheel steering, like the VW New Beetle and the Audi TT. This is because the flatbed trailer for the Frieghtliner Century was originally attached to it, and its wheels realistically did not steer at all, and the later versions of the game had a new trailer system, which caused the rear wheels of the Freightliner Century's trailer to also steer and the entire flatbed trailer itself to be really glitchy, no matter what type of semi-truck was used, so the flatbed trailer is no longer attached to the same big rig from MM1.

In the early beta versions of MM2, the trailer's wheels stay straight even when the tiller truck steers.

Midtown Madness 2 introduces multi-wheel steering, which could be why the Freightliner Century didn't have its flatbed trailer in the final version of it as it had four wheels. It also includes a previously unreleased add-on: the American LaFrance Fire Truck is added in MM2 to MM1 Car Pack. Heard from the Vehicle Selection Screen when the player selects the American LaFrance Fire Truck. Gray (made available in through used for MM2 Colors Pack)īlack (made available in through used for MM2 Colors Pack)Ĭhicago Fire Dept (made available in through used for MM2 Colors Pack) Pink (made available in through used for MM2 Colors Pack) Lime Green (made available in through used for MM2 Colors Pack)

Silver (made available in through used for MM2 Colors Pack)

White (made available in through used for MM2 Colors Pack) Purple (made available in through used for MM2 Colors Pack) Orange (made available in through used for MM2 Colors Pack) Light Blue (made available in through used for MM2 Colors Pack)

#AMERICAN LAFRANCE BANKRUPT MOD#

NialBlack's Color Mod Blue (made available in through used for MM2 Colors Pack) Green (unlocked through completion of all San Francisco Blitz events) The American LaFrance Fire Truck is not featured in any default races in Midtown Madness 2 as a computer-generated opponent, possibly due to its large size. In early 2008, American LaFrance was filed for bankruptcy, but recovered later that year under a new initiative to spread the vehicles' production across the US. In 2005, rights to LaFrance were once again sold to Patriach Partners, who still used the same plant, until DaimlerChrysler started using it as an assembly line for the Dodge/Freightliner Sprinter, a rebranded Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.

It was in this period that the Freightliner Century, Freightliner FLD 120 Classic XL, American LaFrance Fire Truck and Silver Eagle Fire Truck were produced. In 1995, Freightliner bought out American LaFrance, along with other commercial vehicle brands. Over the years, it has made many different types of firefighting vehicles, from airport crash turcks to aerial ladders trucks, such as the American LaFrance Type 700 of the 1950s.

In HQTM Team's Classic Madness, it is replaced by the older American LaFrance Type 700, which is also a trailer-less fire truck.Ī real American LaFrance Fire Truck, used for the Portland Fire Department in Oregon.Īmerican LaFrance has been producing firefighting equipment since 1873 and fire engines since 1903. The voice clips in the game still refer to this vehicle by using those three words). In the early beta versions of the game, this truck is known as the Frieghtliner Fire Truck (when you unlock this truck in the final version of the game, it will still say that you have unlocked the Freightliner Fire Truck. It is the only default vehicle in Midtown Madness 2 to have a trailer (unlike Midtown Madness 1 and the early beta versions of MM2 where the Freightliner Century actually had a flatbed trailer attached to it) and shares the same cab as the cut Silver Eagle Fire Truck, which is essentially a trailer-less version of this vehicle. "This fire truck is almost indestructible, but its top speed and cornering leave a lot to be desired." Details