Product Description

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (HIN) evolves the current street racing scene, letting players experience the culture of the real-life HIN tour, the nation's largest lifestyle custom car show in an intense racing experience. Featuring track and drift racing at real-world locations around the globe, next-gen AI and unparalleled vehicle customization, Juiced 2: HIN brings street racing to life, allowing players to test their skills at live street racing events against a back-drop of DJs, models and musicians. Groundbreaking new features include addictive drift/powersliding races and "Driver DNA" that tracks gamers' personal driving traits. These profiles, along with the profiles of select celebrities will be available for download across all online gaming systems. Racing developer Juice Games has evolved the game-play that revolutionized online racing, giving players the power to create their car, assemble their crew and put it all on the line in intense pink slip and crew races. Gamers will also be able to bet cash on each event, bringing a gambling element to the game that greatly increases the importance of each race. Unmatched Customization - With 90 digitally scanned cars and over 250 aftermarket mods and numerous combinations of character features, players can treat themselves to the ultimate car and driver customization Online Pink Slip and Crew Racing - Tap into your inner risk-taker by challenging other players for their cars and putting yours on the line. Dominate the rest of the competition by racing online with friends you hand-pick for your crew. ESRB Rated T for Teen

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2582 in Video Games
• Brand: THQ
• Model: 55020
• Released on: 2007-09-17
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Dimensions: .40 pounds

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

Customer Reviews

Better than i expected
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

The Most Under-Rated Racing Game on the Market
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!!

A hidden gem in the bargain bin
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