A slight, pale man in a business suit steps into the back of a Yellow Cab taxi. The cabby, a big rough looking sort who hasn't shaven for a couple days, turns around and says in a thick Chi-town accent, "Hey! Where you wanna go?"

"China town, please." the man replies in a soft voice."

Hey! Ok! Be there in a Jif. Hold on." the cabby says as he floors it out into traffic, nearly missing a school bus, which swerves and strikes an oncoming ice-cream truck, and thereby brings joy and happiness to over fifty children.

The cabby smiles in pleasure at his frightened and now much paler passenger fully secure in the knowledge of a job well done.

We pulled out the steering wheel and pedals to test Microsoft and Angel Studios' new glass shattering, tire squealing racing game, Microsoft Midtown Madness! How does it stack up? Is it full on Autopia or just Mr. Toad's Wild Ride? Read on and find out!