Midnight Club: Los Angeles for PlayStation 3 (PS3)

Ingame PlayStation 3
Midnight Club: Los Angeles cover art
Release date

21-10-2008

Genres

Racing, Arcade

Developer

Rockstar London

IGDB Rating ★ 7.9
IGDB

Midnight Club: Los Angeles is a video game in the Midnight Club series of racing video games. It was officially announced for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on January 11, 2008 by Rockstar Games. The game was developed by Rockstar San Diego. The game features 43 cars and 4 motorcycles. The open world map of Los Angeles is confirmed to be the size of all three cities from the previous installment combined. It has also been confirmed by several sources that each car has a polygon count of roughly 100,000. After several delays, Midnight Club: Los Angeles was released on October 20, 2008 in North America and on October 24, 2008 in the PAL region.

Midnight Club: Los Angeles is currently tracked with a Ingame rating on EmuRank. RPCS3 leads the current evidence so far, but the recommendation is still early.

EmuRank currently tracks 2 reports for this game, but coverage is still concentrated in 1 emulator. Testing on the remaining 1 emulator would make the comparison more reliable.

Compatibility Verdict

Ingame

This verdict uses EmuRank's six-level compatibility scale. The compatibility levels guide explains what Perfect, Playable, Ingame, Intro, Loadable, and Nothing mean when you compare emulator results.

Recommended emulator

RPCS3

Confidence

Low

Playable or better

50%

Scoring window

2 report s

Total tracked reports

2

Emulators tested

1

Operating systems

1

Last updated

50% of selected reports reach Playable or better across 2 reports in the current scoring window.

Ingame means the strongest current emulator evidence suggests this is the game's best supported compatibility tier. Low confidence means this recommendation is the best available signal, but the evidence base is still early and may shift.

Compatibility and confidence are separate signals. EmuRank tracks the full report history for this game, but the public ranking gives priority to the strongest current scoring window for each emulator.

How EmuRank Scores This Game

EmuRank currently tracks 2 reports for Midnight Club: Los Angeles across 1 emulator and 1 operating system.

For ranking purposes, reports are ordered by relevance using votes, freshness, and source quality. This means the most trusted and recent reports carry more weight in the final recommendation.

RPCS3 has 2 total tracked reports for this game, and all of them are inside the current scoring window.

Why RPCS3 Is Recommended

RPCS3 is the current first recommendation because it combines the strongest compatibility evidence with the most convincing scoring window for this game. All 2 tracked reports for this emulator are inside the current scoring window.

50% of selected reports reach Playable or better. Community results are mixed — some reports rate the game Playable or better, others report lower compatibility. Check the OS breakdown and latest reports before deciding. Confidence is currently Low — the recommendation is the best available signal, but should be treated as early evidence.

This recommendation is also reinforced by official-source evidence: 1 official report is tracked for this emulator on this game.

2 total report s 2 in scoring window Perfect: 0% Playable+: 50%

Best Emulator by Operating System

OS-specific data is currently available for Windows only. Coverage across other operating systems would improve per-OS guidance.

Windows Ingame

RPCS3

Confidence Low

50% Playable or better  · 2 report s

Early evidence on Windows: Ingame via RPCS3 (Low confidence, 2 reports). More data would strengthen this result.

Conflicting Results and What to Watch

Some compatibility evidence for Midnight Club: Los Angeles is mixed or incomplete. Results for RPCS3 show variation across reports. The evidence window is small — results are likely to shift as more reports arrive.

  • Very few reports

Testing Coverage and Data Sources

EmuRank currently tracks 2 reports for this game across 1 emulator and 1 operating system.

The report base is also detailed: 1 include configuration text, 1 include GPU data, and 2 include notes. That makes the report history below useful not only for the verdict, but also for comparing real-world setups.

1 of the 2 reports comes from official sources, which adds additional weight to the compatibility evidence.

Total reports

2

Emulators tested

1

Operating systems

1

Official reports

1

With config

1

With GPU data

1

Reports

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The summaries above explain the current recommendation, but the raw reports below remain the best place to inspect exact emulator versions, operating systems, hardware notes, and edge cases. They also show where successful and unsuccessful setups differ, which is why EmuRank keeps the full report history visible on the page.

2 report s tracked for this game. Use the filters below to narrow by emulator, OS, or compatibility level.

2 results
Emulator
Version
OS
Compat.
Relevance
Votes
Report Date
Author
RPCS3 0.0.37 Windows Playable 54.2 0 Richord
RPCS3 Official report 0.0.40 Windows Ingame 54.5 0 RPCS3Bot
RPCS3 0.0.37 Windows
Playable
★ 54.2 ↑ 0 ·
RPCS3 0.0.40 Windows
Ingame
RPCS3Bot Official report
★ 54.5 ↑ 0 ·

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New reports keep recommendations current. This page is still early, and reports on the remaining 1 supported emulator or confirmation on the current leader can change the ranking quickly.