Mezzanotte Club

The Mezzanotte Club is an Italian street racing crew who are based primarily in both Infinity Highway boroughs which are connected between Bayview and Palmont cities. This club is led by the former F1 Champion Viktor Gagne.

## History

Two years prior to Hot Import Nights, Gagne is a 5-time Formula 1 champion and the false idol of Ruka Cooper. He is bitter about the fact that he may lose to Ruka and is willing to go to great lengths to ensure he wins. He attempts to bribe the organizers of his races but is unsuccessful in his ultimate race with Ruka as Gagné's car tires blew up, causing Gagne's car to lose control and end up flying to the wall and crashing, then he eventually loses the race and his Formula 1 career permanently.

Two years after losing his Formula 1 career permanently, Gagne became a street racer and is the chief of the Mezzanotte Club as part of Darius' plans in order to get his revenge against Ruka and bring back his former FIA Formula 1 career.

When Ruka and Neville are on their way to Palmont City, Gagne's Mezzanotte Club chases them with their BMW X6Ms and Dodge Challenger SRT8s, and then block them with several Hummer H2s. As Gagne with his Ferrari GTO harasses Ruka for losing the race in the FIA Formula 1 Championship and his career two years ago, unfortunately, he was stopped by Neville, asking him to give Ruka a few weeks to prepare for the race between Ruka and Gagne. Afterward, Gagne and the rest of the Mezzanotte Club crews are left.

After Ruka wins their first event in the Infinity Highway races and the Infinity Highway Sponsor events is chosen, Gagne gives him a warning to Ruka through his phone saying "Did you took a first win in the Infinity Highways, huh? Then stop being so fun Ruka Cooper!" while Ruka replies "Racing in the highways are fun! But I won't lose to race against your crew mates!". After Ruka 3 Sponsor race events in the Infinity Highway, Gagne alone will arrive again, harassing Ruka demanding a never be a true hero of the road, as Ruka replies to Gagne, saying "Never be a true hero? think again. I'm the true hero in the road and I'll bring the villain down with my knowledge and speed. I'll prove it!", while Gagne replies "The true hero? I don't think so. You never made it to the further limits of your knowledge and speed.", and eventually drives off after a short conversation.

After Ruka wins all Mezzanotte HIN racing league races, Gagne phones Ruka saying his Infinity Highways are belongs to the Mezzanotte Club and demanding him "These are all ours, not yours kid!" Eventually, Ruka races Gagne again as from two years prior in the FIA Formula Championship. Racing against Gagne in three races: circuit race, speed trap race, and sprint race from the north and south Infinity Highway. Eventually, Gagne is defeated by Ruka once again as Gagne's revenge against Ruka from two years prior is unsuccessful, and Mezzanotte Club disbanded, thus Mezzanotte Club permanently no longer exists.

After Ruka defeats him, Gagne gives a 2,300,000 cash check as well as a Ferrari Voucher to Ruka in order to buy the fastest hyper car, then he left.

Later on, the Stacked Deck leader Darius recruits Gagne into his crew along with Caleb, Takashi, Carter and Jayna, all five former crew bosses including Damien who joins the Stacked Deck crew.

## Territory

When the player arrives in any Infinity Highways boroughs, the Mezzanotte Club controls three out of the five districts of the two Infinity Highway boroughs (north and south), no minor crews can take over any Infinity Highway boroughs. Eventually, depending on the player's entrance, either the player's crew or Bushido will retake these territories. However, regardless, the Mezzanotte Club will lose territory from the Player's Crew, and as a result, will cease to exist after Gagne is defeated.

## Vehicles

Unlike the other crews in Palmont and like the Stacked Deck crew, the Mezzanotte Club is one of the Crew that has its members drive all three car classes - Tuners, Muscles, and Exotics, and also has SUVs, but they're Tier 2 or sometimes Tier 3. The Mezzanotte Club's livery is always painted in purple and violet with black rose thorn stripes.

### North Infinity Highway

* BMW X7
* Cadillac Escalade
* Ford F-150
* Ford Explorer
* Hummer H2 (also appeared in south Infinity Highway)
* Lincoln Navigator
* Toyota Fortuner
* Toyota Hiace (also appeared in south Infinity Highway)
* Toyota Highlander
* Nissan Terra

### South Infinity Highway

* BMW X6 M (F86)
* Dodge Challenger SRT8
* Nissan Silvia Spec-R Aero
* Nissan Fairlady 240ZG
* Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 2.8
* Porsche 911 Carrera S
* Porsche Cayman GT4
* Toyota 2000GT
* Toyota CHASER Tourer V
* Toyota MR2 GT-S
* Ferrari GTO (only driven by Gagne)
* Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX (Tier 3 variant, only driven by Melissa Mezzanotte)

## Members

* Gagne (Leader)
* Other street racers joined from other crews who were disbanded.
* Melissa Mezzanotte (formerly Mezzanotte Club, ally and joins Ruka Cooper, Ruka Campaign only)

## Trivia

* The name Mezzanotte Club means Midnight Club in the Italian language.
	+ Midnight Club is an arcade-style racing video game series developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games.
* The Mezzanotte Club is the only Crew that has SUVs and races against opponents driving with SUVs the same way as regular cars.
* Unlike most crew HIN racing leagues which are only short or medium length tracks, Mezzanotte racing league tracks are the longest length tracks with only 2 or 3 laps, and also the same longest length tracks in Silverton HIN racing league with 3 or 4 laps.
* Melissa is the only female crew member of the Mezzanotte Club of Palmont, but she not part of Gagne's crew member and allied with the player.