Diego

"'Look out for his father, Diego, as the old man never got over his racing addiction.' - Excerpt from Angel's arcade mode description"Diego is a minor character in Midnight Club II. He is the father of Angel and is a famous Hollywood movie producer. His minor presence within the city of Los Angeles comes into play when he decides to challenge the player to a race after beating Angel for the first time. Diego is one of the many Los Angeles street racers that teaches the player a new technique, with his being the infamous burnout, which is carried over for the rest of the game. Diego is voiced by John Doman.

Diego is a reference to Diego Angel, the founder of Rockstar San Diego.

Background
According to him, Diego has been fixing cars when he was a child and has been participating in street racing since 1976 (27 years to be exact). He is an old-fashioned racer and is known to have extreme hatred towards modern street racing at the time the game was released.

Career mode
After beating Angel in his first race, Angel can heard thinking out loud in the following cutscene, saying that "the old man's in town. Hope he doesn't catch wind of this". After this, he threatens to "take him down" and to "make sure that their [car's] brakes are ready to bleed".

Despite this cutscene featuring Angel, Diego is the one who appears at the starting line in the place of Angel for this race only.

After telling the player how to get a "better jump off the line" by "warming the tires", the race starts once a traffic light down the street turns green. After beating him in a drag race down the L.A. River, he gives the player the keys to his prized 1971 Bestia. Angel mentions him again in the post-race cutscene following the race, saying that "the old man is losing his touch".

Races

 * Drag