Juiced
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Juiced is a racing video game for Microsoft Windows
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, PlayStation 2
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, Xbox
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, and mobile phone
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. The game was delayed for release in 2004 because of its original publisher Acclaim
Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...

 going bankrupt. The game was then picked up by THQ
THQ
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, and further delayed as changes were made to it.

In early 2006, UK software publisher Focus Multimedia
Focus Multimedia
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 re-released the PC version of Juiced at a new budget price point as part of its "Essential" games range.

The game offers many different modes including a career mode and arcade mode that present the player with challenges which gradually get harder. A player can customize the car to suit their style and unlock new ones (by unlocking in arcade mode). A special feature added was the use of nitrous
Nitrous
Nitrous oxide is a chemical compound used as an oxidizing agent to increase an internal combustion engine's power output by allowing more fuel to be burned than would normally be the case.-Nitrous and NOS:...

 as expected since it is similar to other racing games which have the feature. This can be particularly useful for when the player is behind an opponent or is behind time, but the AI
Ai
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 can also use the nitrous oxide.

The game system itself is highly inspired by Need for Speed: Underground
Need for Speed: Underground
Need for Speed: Underground is the seventh racing game in the Need for Speed video game series developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts in 2003...

(which is inspired by the Shutokō Battle series), but the racing styles are realistic, similar to PlayStation's Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo (series)
is a popular and critically acclaimed series of racing simulation video games developed by Polyphony Digital.Developed exclusively for PlayStation systems, Gran Turismo games are intended to simulate the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles, nearly all of which are licensed...

. Damage is also distinctively visible in Juiced, and must be repaired before the player can tune up the car.

Cars

There about 55 cars in the game:
Acura DNX '02,
Acura Integra Type R '99,
Acura Integra Type R '02,
Acura NSX,
Acura RSX Type S,
Chevrolet Camaro,
Chevrolet Camaro Z28,
Chevrolet Corvette '69,
Chevrolet Corvette Z06,
Dodge Charger R/T '69,
Dodge Neon R/T,
Dodge Neon SRT-4,
Dodge Viper GTS,
Fiat Punto,
Ford Falcon XR8,
Ford Focus SVT,
Ford Focus ZTS,
Ford Mustang '67,
Ford Mustang GT,
Honda Civic DX,
Honda Civic Type R,
Honda CR-X,
Honda Integra,
Honda Prelude,
Honda S2000,
Lexus LF-A concept '01,
Mazda Miata MX-5,
Mazda RX-7,
Mazda RX_3,
Mazda RX-8,
Mitsubishi 3000GT,
Mitsubishi Eclipse,
Mitsubishi FTO,
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI,
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII,
Nissan 300Z,
Nissan 350Z,
Nissan GTR R35,
Nissan Skyline GT-R,
Opel/Vauxhall Corsa,
Peugeot 206 GTI,
Pontiac Firebird Trans Am,
Renault Sport Clio 2.0 16V,
Subaru Impreza 228 STi,
Subaru Impreza WRX STi,
Toyota Celica I,
Toyota Celica II,
Toyota Corolla 1.6,
Toyota MR2,
Toyota Supra,
Vauxhall Monaro,
Volkswagen Beetle GLS 1.8T,
Volkswagen Corrado VR6,
Volkswagen Golf MK IV, &
Volkswagen Golf MK V

Gameplay

There are four different Racing types, that include:

Circuit: Standard racing, complete circuit within the set number of laps.

Point-to-point: Race from start to finish.

Sprint: A Drag Race (manual controller only), the player races three opponents in a three heat series race, total of points after each heat determines the winner.

Showoff: Timed race. The player earns points by performing various tricks such as: Donut Spins, Bootleg Turns, 360's, J-Turns, Drifting, etc.

With every win and/or loss, the player gains/loses reputation with other racing crews, the rep you get from the crew leaders will you be rewarded with the following,

Attend (Requires: 100 Respect Points):- The player is given the right to watch the race (useful to learn a few tricks).

Race (Requires: 300 Respect Points):- The player is given the right to race in the crews race (Provided that the player's car meets the requirements and/or you have the money to participate).

Pink Slip (Requires: 600 Respect Points) :- The player given the right to race for the Pink Slip of a rival crew member's car (your car is also put on the line).

Host (Requires: 1000 Respect Points):- The player is given the right to host a race within the Crew territory (if the player has enough money to create the event).

Losing Rep points may take the privilege away.

Gain Respect By

Performance in the race (position, time gap as a leader, style).

Gambling (money and Pink Slip).

The appearance of the player car.

The player's car collection.

Lose Respect by

Performance in the race (position, time gap, held responsible for damaging opponents cars).

Gambling (if you fail to meet your opponent's preferred bet).

The appearance of the player car.

The player's car collection.

Damaging an opponent's car in a race.

Extra Challenges

You can do extra challenges in the game that Crew leaders have set up, to attend: call the crew leader and ask for the challenge, each leader has three challenges: Best lap, Speed, Skill, etc. However the event may require a specific car (no class rating), you must have that car in order to compete in that event. You won't lose respect points after the race, win or lose. If you can complete the race without failing, you'll earn some cash and respect points from the crew leader.

Racing Crews

In Angel City, there are eight racing crews that all have different racing styles and respects different forms of racing. These crews include:
Crew Leader Location of Angel City Respects
Urban Maulerz T.K San Ricardo Circuit Racing
AWB Biggi Campbell Hills Sprint Racing
Vixens Sue Yen Downtown Showoff Racing
The Wild Cats Maria Angel North Central Crew Racing
Omega Tau Jack Walker Angel West Side Best Car
Public Chaos Melody Southside Beach Car Collection
The Lordz Poppa Zee East Angel Island Money Gambling
Legion Carlos Anderson Pink Slip Gambling


At the Start of the game, you only have enough respect to attend and race on T.K's area. The AWB, Vixens, The Wild Cats will respect your circuit racing until you have the privilege to race in their area.

Unpublished Acclaim Entertainment version

Juiced was originally intended to be published
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 by Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...

, set to be released for the PlayStation 2
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The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

, Xbox
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 and PC
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 in late 2004
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. However, the game got caught up in Acclaim’s bankruptcy
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 issues, and never got released. Game magazine
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s around the world wrote reviews on nearly-finished copies of the game. The game was then picked up by THQ
THQ
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 and published in 2005
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.

Gameplay and features

The player can choose a wide variety of car modifications, such as visual modifications, performance modifications and more. All of these customization options provide a personalized and unique car to suit the player’s needs. The gameplay
Gameplay
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 offered to the player includes a career mode, sprint, race, solo, cruise, and a new show-off mode where the player does tricks with his or her car to keep the crowd entertained.

A feature that was seen in other car modification games, such as Need For Speed: Underground
Need for Speed: Underground
Need for Speed: Underground is the seventh racing game in the Need for Speed video game series developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts in 2003...

, was a nitrous
Nitrous
Nitrous oxide is a chemical compound used as an oxidizing agent to increase an internal combustion engine's power output by allowing more fuel to be burned than would normally be the case.-Nitrous and NOS:...

 button, which was useful if the player was far behind the competition and needed a little boost. This feature was also presented in Juiced.

The original version of Juiced affords 6 game modes:
  • Career – this is the main point of the game – to race so you can clock the game
  • Sprint – this mode offers an A to B race
  • Race – this mode is simply to race around the track with 6 other AI-driven
    Game artificial intelligence
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     cars, and beat them
  • Solo – this mode is simply to race by yourself
  • Cruise – this mode is where you drive around a selected track, with no time limits or lap counts
  • Show-off – in this mode you drive around the track and perform tricks such as a "burnouts", 360-degree "doughnuts
    Doughnut (driving)
    A doughnut or donut is a maneuver performed while driving a vehicle. Performing this maneuver entails rotating the rear or front of the vehicle around the opposite set of wheels in a continuous motion, creating a circular skid-mark pattern of rubber on a roadway and possibly even cause the tires...

    " and so on, to keep the crowd entertained.

Acclaim’s bankruptcy issues

During the development of Juiced, Acclaim got caught up in their financial issues and eventually filed for Chapter 7
Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code
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 bankruptcy before Juiced was set for release in late 2004. Delays were made as Juice Games
Juice Games
THQ Digital Studios UK Ltd was a video game developer based in Warrington, England; Juice Games was acquired by THQ in March 2006, and was merged with 'Rainbow Studios' in 2010 forming THQ Digital Studios...

 did not have a game publisher to publish Juiced, but then THQ
THQ
THQ Inc. is an American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989 in the United States, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices...

 picked it up and published the game instead. More delays were made as Juice games changed the game completely so THQ would publish it.

Copies of the game and promotional items

After Acclaim went bankrupt, they held an auction
Auction
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 to sell everything they owned that had a reasonable value. Most of the promotional
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 poster
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s were destroyed, but a number of them made it out and were sold along with a few of their other items that were auctioned at the time. The promotional posters are highly coveted around the world today, and a whole set of them was seen on Ebay
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 America in early February 2007
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. Copies of the game can be made illegally, but no originals
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 are known to be at the hands of the public
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 at this time.

Controversy

There has been controversy over an advertisement made to promote Juiced, depicting a horrified woman being magically stripped by two men. The ad has been called offensive, described as objectifying women
Sexual objectification
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, and the events depicted in the ad have been described as sexual assault
Sexual assault
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.

External links

  • Juiced official site
  • Juiced at THQ
    THQ
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    (UK)
  • BBC News article
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