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Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (Xbox 360) | 
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| From: THQ
Category: Video Games
List Price: £44.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 2390
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: car-and-truck-racing-games
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 4005209095563
ASIN: B000RPJA3Q
Release Date: September 28, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Juiced 2 Review May 12, 2008
Mr. D. Carruthers (England)
This was a huge let down for me, Every car handles the same, there is no fun in buying new cars because the only difference is appearence!
No matter how far ahead you get from your opponents in races they will always catch you up.....Ive had opponentrs completely wipe out and within 4 or 5 seconds they are right behind me again....
Other cars can ram you but you cannot really alter their paths....and its guarenteed that whicever driver you have a bet against will be the one challenging for 1st place..
A huge let down for me, if you liked the first one stay away from this!!
 Juicy Bit O Fun March 23, 2008
Mr. C. Smith (Hull, UK)
Definately an improvement on the first game but still not perfect. Wheres the show off gone????? Glad to see that the calender has gone though. One of the major issues i have with this game is the 'Auto-drift' where the cpu partially does the steering for you which allows you to drop your controller to scratch yer head in wonder at how amazingly well the car seems to go round the corner without human control. This does help with the pick up and play feel of the game but for me, it just tones the challenge down a bit. Graphics, gameplay and modding help the game to become above average but not yet completely spot on (???? Juiced 3 ????)
Juiced 1 was a good hodge-podge....this is less so :o( February 13, 2008
Dean Rogers (United Kingdom)
They told me from the many reviews of the original title that it was very much a "delayed and desperate" release, all half-baked with the original ideas but clearly showing the rushed element of the final release...
...Well I read those review long after I bought the game at a second-hand store and loved it. With hindsight they were probably right but I was sucked into the sheer spirit of Juiced 1 - the music, for once, was great and the whole "trying to do something a little different" grabbed me despite the obvious flaws.
When I first heard there was a "Juiced 2" I thought the original must have sold better than I had heard but, if this sequel is anything to go by, then clearly some software house has been stuck with the licence and gave it to the trainees to have a go with.
That the cars handle like shopping trolleys or that you feel disowned from the game the moment it tries to connect to you via the "computer woman" (Y'know, the American 20-something voice-artist who has no personality but is just reading lines into a mic whilst looking over her silicon implants) is not the worst. So many modern games are that bad. This adds a whole level of "slick graphical" presentation which fails spectacularly and simply makes you feel like you are punching pointless buttons in order to feel less frustrated.
The reports were that the new generation of consoles would create a carnage of the old software houses. The logic being that new-gen games would cost so much to develop that only the strongest sellers (like GTA or Burnout) would survive. I used to mourn that (as an old Spectrum gamer) but if this is the kind of tosh that the old guard are spasming in their death-throws then the cull cannot come too soon.
Good for what it is... December 4, 2007
Mr. J. R. Elliott (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to say I really enjoyed playing this game. Yes, the developers have concentrated more on the mod'ing experience than on the pure driving gameplay, but I think this is fine. It's not supposed to be a game to rival the driving experience of Forza & Gran Turismo etc.
The game's depth comes from the car & decal editors which provide nearly limitless entertainment if you're in to that sort of thing. If you're not, then don't buy the game.
There's a huge variety of different online & offline events to get involved in which is good.
I would however criticise (a) The balancing between drifting & racing...far too much of the former. (b) The variety of offline opposition and associated car decals (c) When I finally worked out how to use some of the online features (car / decal trading etc.), I could hardly ever find enough people at my level to meet up with.
Overall, great fun. Not a perfect driving sim, but very well built car / decal mod'ing features. Online activity already fading, but may pickup after Christmas.
James
Lacking the strong points. November 12, 2007
J. Harvey (Taunton, Somerset)
This game at first is eye candy.
With its somewhat catchy soundtrack and some great visuals, i thought i was in for a treat.
Sadly, with it all added up, the game fails to deliver what the original Juiced brought to the table.
As a racer you are dropped into the game at the bottom, and like all the other street racing kind of games, you have to work your way to the top.
The game has some great mechanics, such as the Driver DNA, although it doesnt really affect much on the performance level, it allows you to determine your strong points, so you can balance all of your skills.
Some of the modifications are fantastic, and you really feel like the car is personalized to its max, or as much as your mind can comprehend.
The fun stops when you race, which, unfortunately is the main aspect of the game. The truly stupendous handling takes the realism out of the game.
So, all in all, Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights on the Xbox 360 leaves alot to be desired on the street racing franchise.
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