Sims 2: Nightlife is an expansion pack for Sims 2, as if that wasn’t self-explanatory. The other obvious thing from the title is that it brings nightlife to your Sims. For those of you who are like me, the house life gets pretty boring for a while. You couldn’t go to work and tell your Sim what to do, and there were limited activities for you to do in the Community Lots. Nightlife adds to the possibilities of a social life to make Sims 2 a little more exciting.

Nightlife adds a Downtown you can associate with your towns, but there is only one to select. Downtown features new buildings, restaurants, stores, and various entertainment centers like bowling alleys and parks. Included in the new objects and items is the ability to build driveways and garages for your car.

That’s right, now your Sim has their own car they can take to work, drop the kids off at school, or even head Downtown on a whim. It certainly beats waiting for a taxi or leaving for work an hour early. There are five cars available, from a little hatchback on up to a high-performance sports car, each with a handful of paintjobs to choose from. But like real cars, Sims can sit in them (some have a high comfort rating) and listen to the radio as they make out or Woo Hoo in their vehicle.

Speaking of radio, there are two new stations your Sim can rock out to: Oldies or Trance. I personally can’t stand listening to the music sung in Simlish and replace them all with songs from my music library, but it gives you something new to try if you get sick of what was already available.

You can now see neighboring lots making it feel like your Sim’s home isn’t out in the boondocks all alone. And if your Sim is in a Community Lot, you can click on the Community Lot next door to get there instead of having to call a cab or click on your car to sort through the options to go.

There is a new aspiration, “Pleasure Aspiration,” making Sims obviously want to do whatever they can to have fun. You can also change the aspiration of your adult Sims with the new ReNuYuSenso Orb. But if you do it under the Gold Level, you’re in for a surprise. In addition to finding a new aspiration to select, you can now designate two Turn Ons and one Turn Off.