| ==GRAPHICS==
The graphics are excellent,
nice looking levels and scenery, top looking cars with great damage
effects to them. Some buildings, cars of the track and the crowds
are a bit plane and dull, but the graphics are not really needed
there.
==SOUND/MUSIC==
The sounds are good of the noises of the cars. There are some
great music on the game but could of done with a bit more of them
and of could a few not so good songs. Theses though can be turned
off to your liking on the main menu options. All the team leaders
have a little animation video when talking to you about betting,
which is good but does have a few flaws with it now and again.
==CONTROLS==
The controls like a said is a mix of arcade and simulation,
as which almost all street racing games (Need For Speed) you can
put your foot down and brake/hand braking into corners and slide/drift
around. Juiced however adds some simulation (Gran Turismo) to
it, meaning braking hard or to late can lock your brakes. Going
to fast or turning to hard on rough/bumpy roads can make your
car loose grip and spin out. So all type of drive cars acted different,
front-wheel drive is much easy to use, rear-wheel drive cars needs
a lot of skill, specially on corners and 4-wheel drive is pretty
good handling/grip but can also spin as its very powerful. Extra
skill is needed for these game as when damaged car not only cost
you money to repair it but also effects your cars performance
and handling. Damaged bumpers, skirts can give you a bad balance
of weight, steering can be damaged, nitro can be leaked and so
on.
==GAMEPLAY==
Each race entry depends on the class of your car, so
when using not so fast car, you will be classed at a the lower
end and that superfast cars will not be against you only ones
of similar performance. Types of races include a circuit which
is from 3-12 laps, point-2-point where its the first to get to
the end of a long circuit. Show off mode where you mush perform
tricks and maneuvers for respect, which is hard at first but is
very fun. A sprit which is a drag race of 4 racers which some
times have a 1 or 2 small turnings and is done in 3 events and
the winner is the one with the most points. Pink-slip is the winner
takes both cars home (this is always done in one of the cars in
your highs class that you have), thinking of cheating here does
not work if you think by restarting your ps2 before the end of
the race to save losing your car, the reason it don't work is
because they take your car of your memory card before starting
the race and then saves both cars back to it if you win. Crew
racing can be done on circuit and ponit-2-pinot only, this you
can enter 1 or 2 members aswell as your self, or just 1-3 of your
own crew and just watch. The orders you can give is very basic
but can get very difficult when racing your self as well, these
are just telling a team member to drive slow, normal or slow.
Team racing can be done ether 3on3 or 3 teams 2on2on2.
One very important thing to remember is
that all racers has stress bars, this is show by the color of
there name, (yellow-normal, orange-stressed and red-very stressed)
When stressed they make mistakes, like over braking, over speeding
and will ends up spinning out (so watch out when your behind them).
To Stress they out you can just stay right up close behind them,
even being in front can stress them as this makes them rush and
go into corners with to much speed. Stressing opponents is very
useful if you can get close up but lack speed or skill to take
them.
Next is the modding, although you may of
heard it has 7.5 trillion unique customization(loads more than
any game), well it don't, although its has more and better than
NFS its not as good as Midnight Club 3. Juiced does have some
get really parts but there's not many of them, unlocking upgraded
is very easy as ones you races in a car you get some more mod's
just for that car unlike other games where you have to play for
hours or days to get a few thinks. What is excellent about this
though is the color, you can have all 3 types on your cars which
is basic, metallic and pearlescent and they look amazingly stunning
and shinny.
==REPLAY VALUE==
Replay Value is very high as not only the career takes
long time, there also stage your own events where you can choose
track, level, class and make of car(this is in the career mode)
There are over 50 really cars from the dealership like Honda,
Dodge, Ford, Toyota and more, they can be bought new, used or
even from a scrap yard which is a lot cheaper also long as the
damage cost is not to much. Even when complete the career mode
there's 2 other modes, custom race and a challenging arcade mode
which unlocked tracks and cars for you to play 1or2 player games.
Of could there's also online play too.
==BUY OR NOT TO BUY==
I would recommenced this game but it depends on what
your are looking for. Juiced is a hard game with its simulated
car handling and its also feels more really with damage that you
have to pay for. But for those looking for something fun, quick
to getting to go for Midnight club 3:DUB Edition. |