Ghost races allow players to race against their own times (how long it took them to finish the track). Single events finish right after all players complete the track. Practice games never end and no players can win.
Players can also select the style of the game they want to play: practice, single event, ghost or tournament. Players can also select which bike they want to compete with as well as the appearance of the suit of their rider. They may then also select the map/track, game mode and toggle vegetation collision (whether players can crash into solid objects, such as trees or buildings) and whether they want to record a replay of the game they are about to play.
While creating a custom game in single-player, players can select the number of computer opponents to compete against, which range from 0, the minimum, to 10 - the maximum number of opponents in a game (This makes a full race in MM2 eleven players maximum.) They may also select the difficulty, which ranges from easy and normal to hard. Supercross is similar to nationals, except for the location as well as nationals tracks are far broader and thinner, whereas Supercross tracks are large yet the track is compact. It features an extreme sports-like atmosphere, with the crowd reacting to the player's performance. In Supercross mode, the player must race against other opponents within a dirtbiking track in a large stadium watched by an audience. In stunts, there is no restriction as to where the player may go, and so he may also roam freely across the map. A failed stunt results from the rider crashing while attempting to perform a stunt. To perform a stunt, a rider must gain enough height in mid-air and then is able to perform any of the six stunts. In Stunts mode, the player, in order to win, must accumulate the highest number of points by performing successful stunts. In Nationals mode, the player is restricted to racing within a dirtbiking track against other opponents, with the goal of completing a certain number of laps first (there are no gates in this mode). Except, in this mode, the races take place in urban or rural maps, which is smaller and more variable than Baja. In Enduro mode, which is similar to baja, the player also races against other opponents to ride through gates, with the goal of being the first to complete a certain number of laps. Baja, unlike Nationals or Enduro, takes place in massive, open wilderness. The first player to complete a certain number of laps is the winner. In Baja mode, the player races against other opponents to ride through checkpoints (called "gates") until all of the gates have been ridden through - this is one complete lap.
In either mode, players are not limited to track space, and are free to play amongst the terrain and inanimate objects or moving features such as trains, cars and farm tractors. Players can race against each other on the same map, play tag and can choose from Supercross or Enduro. Unlike the single-player mode, the multiplayer mode is completely lacking in structure.
In Pro-Circuit mode, a single player follows a series of events and courses in an effort to win prize money and upgrade equipment. In MM2, there are six types of racing: Stunts, Enduro, Baja, Supercross and Nationals, and the campaign-style Pro-Circuit Mode. Motocross Madness also supports network play over a LAN environment and, until June 19, 2006, multiplayer gameplay through the MSN Gaming Network. Players as well as bikes are easily customized. It has over 40 tracks in 6 event types, over 50,000 3D objects and a new career mode.
This sequel to 1998's Motocross Madness was released on May 26, 2000, with improved graphics, which included better textures and many landscape objects like trees, road signs and caravans. Motocross Madness 2 is a motocross racing video game that was developed by Rainbow Studios and published by Microsoft Games.