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Juiced

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Juiced
Juiced cover
Developers
Juice Games
Publishers
THQ
Russia/CIS Buka Entertainment
Release dates
Windows June 13, 2005
Reception
Metacritic 63
IGDB 69
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile
Series Juiced
Juiced on HowLongToBeat
Juiced on IGDB
Juiced guide on StrategyWiki
Juiced on MobyGames
Juiced on Wikipedia
Juiced
Juiced 2005
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights 2007

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Juiced is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing game in the Juiced series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7 DRM disc check
Russia: StarForce 3.0 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.01 - fixes both the vehicle controller issue and memory compatibility issues listed here (amongst various other issues).
As some modern Windows copies have trouble installing the update, you can find the updated game files here - Patch v1.01 unpacked.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\THQ\Juiced\SAVE\

Video

Graphics Options.
Graphics Options.
Config Utility.
Config Utility.

Widescreen resolution

Only 16:10 resolutions are supported natively when "Widescreen" is enabled in Juiced Config. However, with resolutions above 4:3, the HUD will be stretched.
Use Juiced Widescreen Fix
  1. Download Ultimate ASI Loader.
  2. Extract dinput8.dll to <path-to-game>.
  3. Create scripts folder in <path-to-game>.
  4. Download Juiced Widescreen Fix.
  5. Extract Widescreen.ini and JuicedWidescreenFix.asi to <path-to-game>\scripts\.
  6. Edit Widescreen.ini if you want to change default FOV.
  7. Open JuicedConfig.exe, check "Widescreen" and click OK.
  8. Launch the game.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 4.0
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Polish retail release only.
Russian
Russia/CIS release only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Console versions only.
LAN play
6
Online play
6 JuicedEditor can be used to enable OpenSpy as a replacement for GameSpy

Issues fixed

"DirectInput problem detected - There is a problem with your DirectInput registry settings"

Install the Microsoft DirectInput Mapper

Vehicle veers off to one side/Controller deadzone issues

Install Patch 1.01
Install Juiced Controller Deadzone Fix

Game launches on secondary monitor on multi-monitor setups

Install DXVK
  1. Download the latest version from 'Releases'
  2. Extract files with 7Zip
  3. Copy 'd3d9.dll' from the x32 folder and place it in Juiced's base folder alongside the game's .exe

"Juiced requires virtual memory to be enabled"

Install Patch 1.01

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98SE, ME
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 933 MHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 2
ATI Radeon 8500
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

References