Gina

"Always flirtatious and into her beats, Gina is the cornerstone of the LA scene. Whether she's spinning records or racing cars, Gina is always pushing it up a notch. She's prone to getting into trouble so keep an eye out."
- Arcade mode description

Gina
Appearances	Midnight Club II
Gender	Female
Locations	Los Angeles, U.S.A. Paris, France Tokyo, Japan
Vehicles	Blue Citi Turbo White Vortex 5
Businesses	Street Racing DJ
Voiced By	Leyna Weber

Gina is a character in Midnight Club II. Upon first contacting her, she is perceived as a mere acquaintance, acting rather contrary to the protagonist. After earning her pink slip however, she supports the player throughout Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo, offering advice and general encouragement. Gina is voiced by Leyna Weber.

Biography

According to Rockstar's website, Gina is quite into the LA club scene, where she maintains several DJ residencies. DJing is said to be one of her major obsessions, aside from racing. It is recommended that Gina be the fifth challenger the player visits in Los Angeles. She is always found in the vicinity of south Hollywood, circling around a block that includes a Mexican restaurant, a roadside motel, a row of palm trees and an elevated cobblestone walkway. Flashing your headlights, she then attempts to leave you in her wake, darting through turns deep within Hollywood before doubling back towards downtown. Be cognescent of her sharp turns, as you can easily fall behind after failing to follow suit. Her sprint ends in front of a mall in the center of downtown.

Her first race, Unexpected Guests, leads the player to understand what is about to ensue. Bursting out of the aforementioned mall are an unknown group of bikers, which are having a simultaneous bout proceeding to the same destination as Gina's crew, albeit through alternate means. A relatively straightforward course, there should be no problem navigating through the checkpoints. As part of the scripted traffic, there is only a bus, preceded by a pickup truck leaving a motel. The finish is located at a small gathering space, near a Cloak barber shop south of Hollywood.

Showdown, her second race, has the player against four others, however, Gina is replaced by Mauro as main racer. The player can hear Gina encouraging them, even though she is not fond of the lead in Mauro's motorcycle gang. This race has the player spearhead down the Walk of Fame, onwards through a series of reoccuring checkpoints within the downtown core. The race concludes in a stunning fashion, leaping off of Palisades Park in Santa Monica onto an oceanside parking lot.

In Gina's third race, properly entitled Weight Training, the player is subject to a time trial. Though the player must return to the start position within the time slotted, this course is mainly geared to allow the user to familiarize themselves with their new motorcycle, the Cohete. The lone checkpoint is located at the far outskirt of the city, in the industrial park. Whether attempting some new maneuvers, or simply putting oneself to the task of completing the race, head back to the Santa Monica beach for the well deserved finale.

In her fourth and final race, Flight to the Finish, the player competes against Gina and four Monstruos. This track spans across most of the city, and is riddled with potential hazards, so it is advised that the player competes with their newly given motorcycle. As with many other races, the scripted sequences found within are abundant, and described in the following: a bus and a van both cutting into the middle lane on the fist leg of the upper LAX Airport, a stretch limousine pulling out from a departure gate, a mail truck and another limousine on the final leg, an idle police vehicle eyeing for illegal activity at the entrance of the Watts district and a selective spawn of vehicles within a curved parkade. The finish is located at said parking lot, directly past the crane in the construction site. The player has the opportunity to make use of the crane, ergo jumping from its foundation, as the title of the race suggests, or the player could simply enter the tunnel underneath the overpass, which is marked by several signs bearing flashing red lights. Upon completion, the pink slip to Gina's Citi Turbo is theirs to keep.

From this point forward, Gina serves to both assist and motivate the protagonist, first heard when racing against Dice in Crossover. After dethroning the previous champion, she offers an escort to Paris, where she is known to travel, thus hinting at the second location for which competition is to be found. When familiarizing themselves with the foreign city, she will offer her knowledge, which is worth listening to to ensure an edge against the competition. When the protagonist faces the likes of Primo, and earns first place in Seine Insane, instead of keeping the resulting prize, the Vortex 5, he hands it over as a gift, keeping the Schneller V8 instead.

Later, in Tokyo, she has been thoroughly fooled by Ricky, a shady character with ties to the Yakuza crime syndicate. The Vortex 5 is now in his possession, and she is in debt to an alleged gang leader, Ken'ichi. To prevent her from harm, the player must first beat Ricky, and then pursue the representative, where a unique challenge is in their midst. In order to repay her outstanding debt, the player must arm themselves with a police cruiser, and eliminate every racer who has disrespected him, who are conveniently all present in one very race. If successful, the player will be graciously thanked.

When the player advances far enough to meet Savo, the world champion, she appears again as a source of encouragement, as her frequent busrts of energized motivation help carry them throughout each subsequent race. Having beaten Savo, the player has one last look at Gina, who commends them on their achievement while synonymously demonstrating her profound affection. She leaves the protagonist with a small laugh, and with the thought that they will see her again sometime.

Trivia

• She is of unknown oriental decent.
• She is the only character to appear in all three cities (excluding Savo, who only appears as a final challenger.)
• Gina loosely resembles the 'raver' stereotype. This is seen through her style choices (unmarked white tank top, full black headphones), her mannerisms (use of word "jockey", other modernized sayings, or phrases), her profile's background noise (sounds of partying, cheering), and through her song ("Timeshift" by Subtech, a vastly unknown late nineties house/trance song, whose genres were popular choices for then contemporary raves and parties).
• According to cut dialogue from beta versions, Gina might have dated Angel sometime.
• It is possible that she and Moses are related, as they are both oriental, drive the same make of car (Citi/Citi Turbo), and incidentally and uniquely befriend the protagonist. They could be acquaintances.
  • Gina might also be related to Blog, as they are both DJs.
• She is shown to have a temper at the beginning of their first encounter, defending the running over of civilians and generally mocking the player.
• Gina is voiced by Leyna Weber. Her voiceover appears in another Rockstar title, that being Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, as Amy Sheckenhausen, the host of K-Chat.

Vehicles

Citi Turbo

Gina in wallpaper