Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

by THQ

Product Features

• Real-Life HIN Racing Experience - Juiced 2 - Hot Import Nights combines an intense, addictive racing experience with the culture of the real-life HIN tour, the nation's largest lifestyle custom car show
• Drift/powersliding races - Perfect your skills in multi-car drifting races
• Driver DNA - Tracks each individual player's driving habits, creating a profile that can be downloaded off all online gaming services
• Celebrity Driver DNA - Download celebrity DNA and test your star power skills
• In-game gambling - Watch and bet on live races with up to 1000 others

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000OCXK60
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 17, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,560 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #40 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Racing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox 360

THQ XBOX360 Juiced 2 Hot Import Nights Video Game - THQ 55020.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A hidden gem in the bargain bin, February 19, 2009

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R. Parsons (A Mental State) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (Video Game)

Okay, I just picked this up a couple of weeks ago for a remarkably cheap price (it's been out for awhile) and I had pretty meager expectations going in since it came and went without much hoopla. The case wasn't helped with the dumb "Hot Import Nights" subtitle which really brought thoughts of mediocrity to my head.

However, this game is amazing fun! While limited in scope and a tad repetitive, I never got bored with it. The cars handle well and you actually have to use different cars for different events, unlike most other arcade racers where a supercar will dominate all courses without much effort.

It took me about 40 hours to complete the game to 100% completion.

There is *NO* storyline to the game. No cheesy cutscenes a la Need For Speed or Midnight Club. No bosses or bad guys. Nothing. The people you race in the rookie league are the same people you're racing in the elite league. The game is focused solely on racing and drifting.

What I like:
1) The courses are well designed and easy to drive. I didn't find a single "invisible wall" which is prevalent in many racing games, where you hit some unseen obstacle on the side of the track and go bouncing off-course.

2) The difficulty level is perfect, for me at least. Most races can be beaten within 1-5 tries so you're not banging your head for hours trying to get past something.

3) Great selection of cars, from regular Japanese tuner cars to classic muscle cars to boutique supercars like the Zonda F and the Koenigsegg CCX.. even an Ascari!

4) Soundtrack is good, if you like electronic/dub.

5) Sense of speed is great, graphics are about on par with other 360 racers.

6) Drift courses are a hell of a lot of fun. Some of the drift totals seem impossible when you first get started (like 4M points in a single drift for example) but once you get into the groove you can knock it out and feel in the zone.

What I don't like:
1) There's no conclusion to the game. I'm serious. You beat the elite level and a screen says "congratulations you are now elite" and puts you back into the regular race selection screen. That's it. No credits rolling, nothing new unlocked, no new cars, nada. Just an achievement.

2) The game LOCKS UP on a somewhat often basis. In one of the drift events if I go over a 5M single drift it will hard lock, ie, I have to actually power down the 360 to get out of it. This is a pretty serious problem and there's no expectation that it will be fixed since I believe the Juice team is out of work these days. This doesn't impact the actual completion of the game but it does keep you from accomplishing some achievements, like the 20M and 50M drifts, which are probably beyond my skill level anyways. But there's a certain anger that's felt when you get a 12M point drift and it locks up before the autosave kicks in.

All in I'd give it a 7/10 and recommend it to anyone who's played all the other big name racers and is looking for something simple.

For reference I'd give these scores to these similar games:
Need For Speed Undercover: 6.5/10
Midnight Club Los Angeles: 7.5/10
Test Drive Unlimited: 9/10
Burnout Paradise: 7/10
Need For Speed Most Wanted: 8/10
Need For Speed Carbon: 7/10

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most under rated game out there!, September 9, 2008

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Reach is Horrible - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (Video Game)

Has to be one of the most under rated games on the market. With need for speed going downhill fast, a new racing that game is packed with some action was needed, and this is it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars decent racer, May 14, 2008

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Timothy Young "SkitZZ012" (LI, New York) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (Video Game)

If you like the import scene and street racing this game is pretty good.

Goods: large selection of cars and a HUGE variety of very challenging and thrilling racing modes. the drifting feeling in this game is very well and gives a very realistic feel for powersliding. Large variety of tracks Racer bets and spectator bets are great way to keep your cash flow up. The difficulty of each league increases throughout keeping you drawn to getting faster cars. Graphics and modifications are intense. So many visual mods and decaling to be added.

Bads: performance mods are based on a point system. for example, if you have a skyline maxed out to league 2, and a sylvia maxed to league 2, the performance points are going to be very similar. This makes it real hard to "out modify" other cars that you will be racing. In other words, oppenent racers are usually very similiar in tuning, so the races are usually prettttty close.

There are way more good things than bads about this game. extremely under rated. very fun and addicting racing game. the visual mods and league promotions keep you drawn to the game. The game is very long so you wont beat it very quickly. I enjoyed this game alot. A definite recomend for street racer fans.

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