Due to expiring music licenses and the loss of the DUB Magazine branding, Midnight Club: L.A. was delisted from the PlayStation Store and Xbox Marketplace years ago. If you want to play it legally today, you have to buy a physical disc.

No native Windows executable exists. To play MCLA on PC, one must use emulation.

In recent years, the narrative has shifted from waiting for Rockstar to taking matters into fan hands. A significant movement involving recompilation has emerged, similar to projects that brought The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Sonic Unleashed