Cheats and Modifications

Like always, sometimes it is good or at least fun to modify the games in a lot of ways in order to improve the experience or to experiement with them, so here's a list of things that you can/discover with Wangan ~~Xtreme Racer~~ Midnight.

Cheats

Early access to the mission mode credits

Steps to activate the cheat:

Get into the Press Start to continue menu

Enter the following command: Right, Right, Right, Right, Down, Left, Up, ○

Notes:

If the command was done correctly, you'll hear the defeat jingle and you'll be redirected to the main menu. The mission mode variant of the game credits can be located at the mission mode menu, in the "Ending movie" option

Enter the debug menu

Code:

//Enter debug menu
patch=1,EE,D02FCFC2,extended,0000FFF7
patch=1,EE,2014D85C,extended,24040000
patch=1,EE,D02FCFC2,extended,0000FFFF
patch=1,EE,2014D85C,extended,8F848540

Steps to activate the cheat:

Get into the intro cutscene of the game
Keep the Start button pressed until the menu appears

Notes:

The controls for the debug menu are as follows:

Up/Down D-Pad: select a different type of event/option.
Right D-Pad: select a different entry point for the start of the event.
Left D-Pad: select a different time of the start of the event.
X/L1: select a different car (forward).
L2: select a different car (backwards).
△: choose between automatic and manual transmission.
□: activate/deactivate the option to play the chosen mission.
R1/R2: select a different mission (forward/backwards).
R3: select a different movie and replay to be played.
○: confirm the type of event/option that you want to select.
Select: it will play a sound test for the voice that tells you to get into the Shutokou highway in AC Scenario mode.

Each option does the following things, and these are the configurations that work for each of them:

Free run: race around the entire place without any time limits/rivals to beat.
- Car: -
- Entry point: -
- Transmission: -
- Notes: there's no visible HUD during the mode, and the pausing the game hardlocks it.

Quick: if the Scenario (Cutscene) option is deactivated, you will get the AC Scenario mode, but if not, you will instead do the mission from Mission mode that you have selected.
- If AC Scenario mode is selected:
  - Car: -
  - Entry point: -
  - Time of day: -
  - Transmission: -
  - Notes: all of the cars are selectable, even the ones disabled specifically for this mode.
- If Mission mode is selected:
  - Mission: only the missions that are accessible under normal circumstances.
  - Notes: each win/lose will count towards your stats.

Time trial: it is just the Time Trial mode if the Scenario (Mission mode) option is deactivated, but if it is activated, you will get the mission selected but you won't have any rival to race against nor any objective to fulfill altogether
- If the scenario option is deactivated:
  - Car: -
  - Entry point: -
  - Transmission: -
  - Notes: -
- If the scenario option is activated:
  - Mission: -
  - Transmission: -
  - Notes: -

i.Link: it just boots the game to the title screen, presumably it would start a standard i.Link multiplayer race, but that's not possible to know since PCSX2 does not support such feature at the moment.

Replay: if Scenario (Mission mode) option is deactivated, you will play the selected replay file, but if said option is activated, you will get the cutscene for AC Scenario mode corresponding to the chosen car, but then you will play the mission selected.
- If the scenario option is deactivated:
  - Replay file: only the replay file that are accessible under normal circumstances.
  - Notes: selecting an non-existent replay file will crash the game.
- If Mission mode is selected:
  - Mission: only the missions that are accessible under normal circumstances.
  - Notes: each win/lose will count towards your stats.

Movie: it reproduces the credits sequences or the intro movie.
- Movie: if set to 0, it will reproduce the intro movie, but if set to 1 or 2, it will play the ending movie.

Intro movie: it will play the AC scenario cutscene for the car chosen (even if the car is not available for that mode). Then, if the Scenario (Cutscene) option is deactivated, you will get the AC Scenario mode, but if not, you will instead do the mission from Mission mode that you have selected.
- If AC Scenario mode is selected:
  - Car: -
  - Entry point: -
  - Time of day: -
  - Transmission: -
  - Notes: all of the cars are selectable, even the ones disabled specifically for this mode.
- If Mission mode is selected:
  - Mission: only the missions that are accessible under normal circumstances.
  - Notes: each win/lose will count towards your stats.

Staff movie: it will play the credits staff of the AC scenario mode with the car selected.
- Car: -

Select: it boots the game into the title screen

Test mode: it loads the configuration menu for the arcade game Wangan Midnight R, and when exited, it tries to load the selected replay file.

MCDTest: it plays the selected mission after the cutscene that preceeds it.
- Mission: only the missions that are accessible under normal circumstances.
- Notes: each win/lose will count towards your stats.

Mission: it reboots the game

Intro: it boots the game into the title screen

Error: it goes to a black screen

Unlock the Jukebox

Steps to activate the cheat:

Get into the Press Start to continue menu
Enter the following command: Left, Down, Down, Right, Up, Right, Right, Right, Right, Up, ○

Notes:

If the command was done correctly, you'll hear the ~~"Mission completed"~~victory jingle and you'll be redirected to the main menu. The Jukebox menu resides at the far-right of the main menu.

Modifications

Widescreen aspect ratio (16:9)

Code:

//Widescreen Hack
patch=1,EE,0017be24,word,3c073f40
patch=1,EE,001e2aac,word,3c033f40

Notes:

Only the in-game parts of the game (including the car models wheen picking them) are in proper widescreen, the rest is still in 4:3.