FAQ

DirectX Ports: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 240429
(These will work for all Microsoft published games that use DirectX 7 or 8 technologies.)
Blizzard: 6112-6113 for Starcraft & Warcraft III
Empire Earth: 33334-33336

Make a shortcut to your AOM game and add this to the target line:
AddressServer="repeater.aom.eso.com"
This will let ESO's servers work their firewall magic for you... it's worked in every scenario we've tried so far...

In the RECORD folder under your base Motocross Madness 2 folder
default is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Motocross Madness 2\

You are most likely playing on an XP system that is missing the Indeo Video Codec necessary to play the introduction video (which rocks and features the killer Incubus song, "New Skin".) It was initially taken out of XP, and later put back in, available via a Windows Update download.

However, you can also download the Indeo codec from the FNG site.

I own both a Microsoft published MCM2 and a Xplosiv copy of the game. I was worried that the Xplosiv version might contain Spyware, like the "Super Saver" version of the original Motocross Madness had (when Microsoft turned it over to a third-party publisher.) It's confirmed, no spyware on the Xplosiv version. I did a full spyware scan before installing and a full scan after, and didn't find any.

Make sure you're options are set to "Bumper Cam" mode for your favorite cam.
Get into a race. Hit ESC to bring up the options. There will be a Display menu that will have the "Rear-View" option available to you.

Thanks Toxic for discovering this for us!