This file is downloaded from https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/midtown-madness-2-2000

Name: Midtown Madness 2

Alternative Titles:
Midtown Madness 2 OST
MM2 OST
MM2 Soundtrack

Year: 2000
Platforms: Windows
Developed by: Angel Studios
Published by: Microsoft

Description: 

Recorded and rendered as 320kbit mp3's from in-game music, playing segmented infinitely playing .sgt DirectMusic files from the folder MM2AUD inside the MM2aud.ar archive file, extractable using a DeAR tool. The mp3's here are edited to include both the "start", "loop/restart/return", and "idle" segments. "Cops" segments are not included. Since the segments loop indefinitely, and change based on what you do in game (drive, idle, pause menu, cops), the segments have been ordered to what I would deem a full song. Starting with "Start", then "Loop/Return", then "Idle" segments to finish the song.

Existing renders online are either lower quality or has a lot of reverb from the recording setup that's been used, so this is a new take on including all official tracks in the game in higher quality, of course except the "Cops" versions (faster versions of the same songs more or less).

To read more about how the audio in MM2 works, read here a paper about DirectMusic-made music: https://air.unimi.it/retrieve/735d07d9-954c-4c6d-bcc8-6484ffe45f54/73.pdf

This "rip" could otherwise be done by directly playing the .sgt files in WinAmp v5.9.2, with the Ficedula DMusic player v1.10 (x86) input plugin, downloaded from here: https://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Ficedula_DirectMusic_Plugin

That was the only way I could get .sgt files to play with the associated .dls sound files. However, it still played in a subjectively lower quality than what could be recorded straight from the game, especially noticeable in the treble of the hi-hats etc.

Sound effects such as ambience sounds and the bigair sound, as well as short unique segments not fitting with the main songs are also omitted, otherwise they are included as segments of the final full song (e.g. NightRoamStart is part of Duck'n'Cover, LondonTrans1 ir part of LondonReturn, parts of Results1/2 and Vanilla1/2 are identical, Pause is part of UI song, etc.)

List of all .sgt files found in the MM2AUD.ar:
BackOffCops.sgt
BackOffCopsIdle.sgt
BackOffIdle.sgt
BackOffReStart.sgt
BackOffStart.sgt
bigair.sgt
BulletCops.sgt
BulletIdle.sgt
BulletIdleCops.sgt
BulletReturn.sgt
BulletStart.sgt
DuckCops.sgt
DuckIdle.sgt
DuckIdleCops.sgt
DuckReturn.sgt
DuckStart.sgt
EnemyCops.sgt
EnemyIdle.sgt
EnemyIdleCops.sgt
EnemyReturn.sgt
EnemyStart.sgt
GrooverCops.sgt
GrooverIdle.sgt
GrooverReturn.sgt
GrooverStart.sgt
LeTigreCops.sgt
LeTigreCopsIdle.sgt
LeTigreIdle.sgt
LeTigreRestart.sgt
LeTigreStart.sgt
LondonAmbience.sgt
LondonCops.sgt
LondonCopsIdle.sgt
LondonIdle.sgt
LondonReturn.sgt
LondonStart.sgt
LondonTrans1.sgt
NightRoamStart.sgt
Pause.sgt
PimphandCops.sgt
PimphandIdle.sgt
PimphandIdleCops.sgt
PimphandReturn.sgt
PimphandStart.sgt
Results1.sgt
Results2.sgt
SFAmbience.sgt
SunIdleCops.sgt
SunRoofCops.sgt
SunRoofIdle.sgt
SunRoofReturn.sgt
SunRoofStart.sgt
TacoLocoCops.sgt
TacoLocoCopsIdle.sgt
TacoLocoIdle.sgt
TacoLocoRestart.sgt
TacoLocoStart.sgt
UI.sgt
UndergrounAmbience.sgt
UseForSomething.sgt
Vanilla1.sgt
Vanilla2.sgt

Through a text editor it can be seen which .dls file is used in each .sgt file.

Published on site: 16th of June, 2025