Juiced (PS2)

Nowadays racing games on consoles have to offer that little bit extra. Gone are the days when simply completing a couple of circuits of a track and picking up a trophy would keep the average gamer occupied, now you have to add a little twist to the genre if you want your game to stand out from the crowd. Luckily THQ Games have moved the goalposts in the latest game to hit the market, Juiced. The premise of the game Very much a rags to riches game, the idea is to start with nothing and gradually earn respect, money and mods (modifications) for your cars. Career mode allows you to buy a basic car and work hard to customise it before either selling it ...  Read the complete review

Game Summary There is a choice of four gameplaying modes. Arcade mode gives you instant access to already tuned cars and tracks. There are 11 series each with 5 events. You must complete the first 4 events to unlock the 5th. Custom mode Lets you set up events with the unlocked cars and tracks from arcade mode. You can set up races as you want and customize the car, although not as you can in career mode. Cars are divided into different groups of various power (group A are the best). Career mode You start from scratch, you get to chose and build your own cars, then race with them to earn cash and respect to ultimately become a the ...  Read the complete review

Overview ==================================== Juiced pits you against a wide range of characters with enhanced driving street machines. In a series of increasingly risky challenges, you can earn cash, cars, and pride. You'll have to work hard to get to where the real petrol-heads and money lurk, building up a collection of nitrous-burning monsters for every type of challenge. ==================================== I bought Juiced last year for the PS2 as I wanted a good racing game and was rather enthralled by the adverts for it. For a racing purist you can go wrong with Gran Turismo, but having played all the series of this game I wanted a ...  Read the complete review

Juiced is a racing game for the Playstation 2 developed by THQ. The aim of the game is very basic, you simply having you start out as a rookie racer and working your way up the ranks in the games career mode. The game has you pick from several real life cars with more available as you play through, you can even customize your cars though it isn't as deep as Need for Speed in this aspect. Then you will go through a series of events that range from standard circuit races, point to point events, sprint races which are essentially drag races and require you to shift gears at the perfect time and showoff mode where you must do drifts and car stunts to ...  Read the complete review

Game Info Genre = Street Racing Developer = Juiced Games Publisher = THQ Players = 1-2 With Online Play Age = 12+ --------------------------------------------------------------- Juiced is about respect, getting to the top, create and be the best crew around. Combing arcade and simulation car control, its very different from others. You start out in juiced by choosing your name, crew name with a logo and of course 20 grand, from here you you mush buy a car, put a few mod's on it and enter the world of street racing. The graphics are excellent, nice looking levels and scenery, top looking cars with great damage ...  Read the complete review