Gameplay: 63

It's hard to consider this game valuable. First of all because there are too many racing-games of this type. Although a lot more easier than its predecessor and with some new elements, this game cannot rise up from the mediocrity level. Even though from the beginning the career mode gives you a lot of objectives to complete, after two hours you realize that everything is repeating and only hardcore fan will bear this game until the end. The A.I. is lame. If you overtake one of the opponents he will stick to you but he will be almost unable to overtake you again. If you are back in the row, the A.I. reduces the speed in order to give you a chance to get back in the game. Good for the newbies, but this genre is no more a wonder, so most of the casual gamers have played something similar. While the customization editor is intuitive and gives a lot of fun using it, the menu is extremely divided and somehow chaotic with all those "glamorous" animations and huge diversity of color palette. It looks damn cheap!

Graphics: 70

It definitely suffers from port process. Like most of the new games, Juiced 2 is a multiplatform creation, but not very successful from the graphics point of view. The cars are looking nice, but the developers didn't respect the real dimensions. From some angles, the cars look like Matchbox model cars. A minus for the decals which look blurry placed on the car. At least the gameplay takes place mostly in the night, so the flaws of the graphics are not so visible. The environment is full of low textures, as a result of a direct port from the XBOX 360 version. The feeling of speed is questionable. If you don't run the game at full details, you won't feel any thrill on the track. Hard to say something about physics. The handling of the car is smooth compared to Pro Street, but you have to admit that this is an arcade. The drift mode is the most amazing one and uses a different handling approach, so that you can easily drift. At the moment Juiced 2 has the most balanced drift mode and easily comes in handy for anyone.

Multiplayer: 75

We cannot speak of a truly multiplayer mode, as the game has only an online component which is integrated in the Career mode. Anyway this is the only thing that increases the game's playability. With so many cars available, it is fun to complete the career with your friends. Trading cars and DNA between other users makes you spend more time in the online career.

Sound: 68

Boring and with few interesting songs. In the beginning you are guided by a female voice, which should sound sexy, but sounds absent. Almost every car sounds the same, like all good arcade-racing games.

Hardware: 72

The game runs OK, until you enter in races with six opponents. This is where the framerate gets choppy.