It is also the first game in the series to feature licensed vehicles and allow players to customize their cars and bikes with performance and visual upgrades. Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games, is the third game in the Midnight Club series.

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Later installments of the series include real vehicle brands with sophisticated customization options for each, and 'club' races, which consist of racers using vehicles of the same class. The goal is to defeat each of the other opponents (which include 'city champion' and 'world champion' racers) en route to becoming the new champion of the Midnight Club. Higher-performance vehicles can be won or purchased by the player after competing in races against other club members. In each game, the player begins with a relatively unmodified and slow vehicle. The kanji is removed from the titles in the Japanese versions of Midnight Club: Street Racing and Midnight Club: Los Angeles as to avoid legal conflict with Wangan Midnight rights owners Kodansha. Two kanji characters ( 湾岸, or 'wangan') appear in each of the series' logos the Japanese manga series Wangan Midnight - also inspired by the club - includes the same two characters in its logos. The Midnight Club series was inspired by the real life Japanese racing group ( hashiriya), known as the Mid Night Racing Team, that hosted illegal street runs on the Bayshore Route (known natively as the Wangan) of the Shuto Expressway in the Greater Tokyo Area. Throughout the series, players race through condensed depictions of New York City, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo, San Diego, Atlanta, and Detroit. Midnight Club is similar to the Midtown Madness series (previously developed by Angel Studios), with a focus on competitive street racing in open world urban environments. Midnight Club is a series of arcade-style racing video games developed by Rockstar San Diego (formerly known as Angel Studios) and published by Rockstar Games. Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition Most recent version of the series logo, as seen in Midnight Club: Los Angeles.

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