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Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

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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

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!

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.

I didnt buy this game expecting much since there wasnt any hype surrounding the game like there was when forza 2 came out. But i was really surprised when i put the game on in the morning and looked up and it was 10pm at night i was wondering why my wife was so mad.

Gameplay is like anyother racer you go around a track and race against other racers. But what made it exciting for me is that u can bet with other drivers both off and online and you can race for pink slips makes your adrenaline pump when you think youll lose the car you just spent 2 hours doin a paint job on. You start out in a rookie league moving all the why up to the pro league.

Theres alot more to the game but i guess you better buy it to see

They really should have dialed up the hype machine for this game. It would have actually lived up to the hype. I only saw one commercial for it before it was released. I can say without a doubt this is the most fun I've ever had in a racing game. I'm only about half way through and I can't put down my controller. What makes this game stand out from other racing games is the drifting and pre-race betting. I'm really looking forward to racing for pinks on XBL, but I figure I'd better practice up offline so I'm not just giving my car away.

The car performance isn't always the most realistic, but that's what makes it so much fun! If you want realistic car physics, check out Forza 2. If you want the most fun racing game out there, I totally recommend Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights!!

I;m a little disappointed due to the fact that the animation was much higher than many other games. It still is fun to play however, with different cars like a Ford Gran Torino, Citron C2, and the Fiat Coupe. Very fun, I recommend it

OUT OF THE OTHER TWO "JUICED GAMES", I FOUND THIS ONE TO BE THE BEST. THE GRAPHICS ARE NOT ONLY BETTER. BUT IT APPEARS TOO HAVE MORE OVERALL ACTION IN IT.

This game is Hot! Drifting is incredible, so real. The track designs and course features are original. The cars look great! You really feel proud of your cars you own. This game is a must play!

this game is ok but after about 2 hours it got really boring to me.