Bus Driver Simulator
Out of all the bus simulators on Steam, this is arguably the one with the most realistic feeling to it. Much of what you’ll be driving are old, Soviet-era tanks with no power anything that moan and groan over dips in the road. Expect lacking acceleration and the barest hint of functional brakes, which only becomes more pronounced with winter mode enabled. Turning radii are laughably bad, you’ll spend lots of time hopping curbs at first. The AI controlling other traffic is a mix of sensible and terrifying, with cars occasionally lane changing into you for no reason and the odd guy driving the wrong way. Accidents entirely caused by the AI are unusual now but they still happen, which adds a bit of a time limit factor if you hope to complete your route correctly. Passenger models are quite good with displaying individual character, just don’t be surprised to see clones when driving the larger buses. One thing you’ll not see anywhere else in a driving game are pedestrians using crosswalks and occasionally jaywalking…hard to spot sometimes and crunching them comes with a stiff penalty.
– Real player with 43.7 hrs in game
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At its current state, the game is alright. Beside some stuff you may consider buying it, but it’s better to wait more and see if there will be any improvement.
Pros:
Great map, i hope the German one is as good as the Russian one.
Physics are great, you may even face sliding if you pull the handbrake or understeering if you steer way too quickly.
Graphics are great and it is good seeing that they improved a lot with the updates.
Cons:
There are some major problems that are not supposed to be in there because it is a simulator after all.
– Real player with 18.9 hrs in game
Euro Truck Simulator 2
I did a review before, Back then i had 18 Hours playtime. Now i gained a lot more hours on it :D
Back then my Review was not very detailed and since then Euro Truck Simulator 2 got updated constantly and has much more to offer by now, i decided to redo my review. So let’s begin shall we? :3
(For those who don’t want to read a book and expect a review in form of an IGN Joke - 10/10 would relax again)
The General Idea of the Game/Whats it about
The easiest answer would obviously be “Driving Trucks” B-But wait! That’s not all there is to know silly. This game is in all reality a “Relax and listen to a Podcast/Music while you drive Simulator”. This game is about you, your truck and an open Europe to travel across. How you do it, what trucks you will drive, what cargo you will haul or the places you will see is all up to you.
– Real player with 1134.0 hrs in game
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What is Euro Truck Simulator 2?
Well, basically you drive a truck and deliver trailers to your destinations across Europe. This game is from the people of SCS who made other Truck Simulator games, as referring to 18 Wheels Of Steel Series and Euro Truck Simulator
Seems boring to play if you do the same thing over and over.
It sure seems like it does, I honestly thought when I first saw this game it seemed boring when I saw this. I gave the first Euro Truck Simulator a try and loved it. This game soul purpose is meant for people who want to kill the time that’s worth it and love driving.
– Real player with 726.5 hrs in game
Motor Town: Behind The Wheel
“Sometimes the best therapy is a long drive with music”
Open World
Drive day & night, pick up hitchhikers, refuel, check engine temperature. Watch out for the cops!
Driving jobs
Taxi, Bus, Trucks and much more!
Realistic Tire Physics
With sophisticated vehicle and tire physics, you can enjoy realistic and challenging driving. Feel the tire grip and burn some tires by drifting! If you are a keyboard player, don’t forget to use ‘Burnout’ when you want to let the rear go sideways. Driving Assist is available for keyboard players and controllers are fully supported.
Singleplayer and Multiplayer Mode
Enjoy solitude in single-player or have fun with friends in multiplayer mode.
Race
You can compete with AI or Other players at the Onroad and offroad tracks.
Timeattack
The online leader board shows you how fast you are. Autocross is a good way to improve your driving skills.
Key Features
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Driving with Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad, Steering wheel
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Realistic, yet easy (with the assist feature) driving
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Single-player and Multiplayer Mode
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Open world (8 x 8 Km) with Day & Night cycle
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Passenger Transportation (Hitchhikers, Taxi, Bus)
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Cargo Transportation (Pickup, Trucks, Semi-Trailer)
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Special vehicles (Police, Tow Truck, Ambulance and more will be added)
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Refueling
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Replacing car parts
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Buying/Renting cars
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Blinker, Headlight, Horn, Driving Mode, and Auto-Pilot!
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Race
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Time attack
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Autocross
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Online leaderboards
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American Truck Simulator
American Truck Simulator is another production from the great SCS Software studio. Considering how they care for their players in Euro Truck Simulator 2, it couldn’t be otherwise! The creators once again prove that the games they create are complete products and the support does not end when the game / add-on is paid for, but all the time! Soon there should be an update of the state of California, the original state that appeared with the game’s premiere over 5 years ago and is still being improved and adapted to current standards both visually and technically.
– Real player with 270.0 hrs in game
American Truck Simulator (ATS) is the new title of the simulation created by SCS Software, which makes us live an adventure with our truck all around breath-taking landscapes and well-known places in USA. While you are travelling you will see the most famous architecture, for example The Golden Gate in San Francisco or the famous casino or hotel in Las Vegas. ATS is expanding more and more and this shows how SCS Software cares about making its product dynamic. We will play the part of a truck driver and we will travel on roads and highways with different sceneries in the background, such as desert, little populated areas or very busy metropolis. The unpublished system of event available for everybody and everywhere, thanks to the various upgrade, makes our adventure more interesting. It randomly creates accidents, parked cars and construction by the roadside or in the highway, reducing available lanes and blocking in cars, including out truck. Be careful when you are travelling because the police are always around the corner! Moreover, the fine collection system has become stricter than it was in the past, both because of the increase of the amount of money you have to pay if you exceed speed limitations, if you go right through red lights or if you cause accidents, and above all because patrol cars, which could normally drive through traffic or be hidden behind buildings or billboards, can give you a ticket at any stage; this makes the player pay attention to speed limitations, which vary according to each state. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8QocRQKJMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NfkIrItLtI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCJkbGj7des ATS natively supports mods and communities, considering that the game engine is the same as Euro Truck Simulator 2 (ETS 2) and this has made many changes be able to replace the lack of official trucks and has made the game more realistic and longer-living. In ATS you will also find a managerial section in which you can purchase your truck (getting into debts with a bank, if it is necessary), customizing it according to your tastes and you can also choose among a list of several interesting jobs dedicated to those who have decided to freelance. You can also hire drivers, purchase other trucks and create a big machine which can make you earn a lot of money. At this stage you could also purchase warehouses and expand your business in other cities. Moreover, your driver can increase his level and get experience scores which you could use in different sectors, such as fragile or luxury goods, trafficking length, special transports (e.g. explosive) and rush deliveries. This happens above all when you meet longer trailers than they were before, so that also a veteran of this saga needs some time to get used to the driving of these new means and to park them. Actually, it is possible to choose the difficulty of this latter: normal or expert. In the normal version the maneuvers which are necessary are on the same level of ETS 2, in the expert version it becomes more and more difficult because you are required to park your trailer in little areas and overcome obstacles. ATS is a title in which developers have focused more on quality than on quantity of contents. For those who have experienced ETS 2 this could be a negative point, however the realism takes advantage of it and shows places and situations which are always different. I suggest that both those who experienced its predecessor and those who are neophytes buy this game. I highly recommend this game! World of Trucks TruckersMP 100% Achievements Guide #cioflix | iPLAY4FUN | myArtwork
– Real player with 230.0 hrs in game
Frontier Pilot Simulator
I can’t. I want to but, I just can’t endorse this. This is sci-fi jet plane trucker simulator and it looks cool and I love the idea, but the execution is lacking. This isn’t some honorably realistic aero simulator so don’t expect that from it. Actually, don’t expect anything at all from it other than a challenge and cost effective entertainment.
This is a Unity game with Unity problems. Sometimes the game will hitch when other aircraft fly by or it updates the weather. Early it just completely flips out. Depending on your situation, you either have to re-trim or it kicks and spins out the bottom of your aircraft in a unnatural way. Having played KSP for thousands of hours and using planes in that game: I can see the frayed edges left by Unity in this one. What has been built so far is an accomplishment, but it will forever be held back by this. It needs to look better than it does, play better than it does, consume fewer system resources than it does, and hold fewer frustrations to compete with other games or even other sims. It has performance issues that might prevent them from ever implementing VR or increasing world detail.
– Real player with 51.2 hrs in game
I absolutely love this game and fully recommend it to people who know what early access is and are willing to look past some bugs/systems that haven’t yet been added.
Pros:
-Stable. (I’ve only encountered one crash in this game and it only happened because of a series of unique incidents that I caused.)
-Easy to learn flight mechanics that are still challenging at times and will punish you if you ever get too cocky.
-Weather events that will break the monotony of flying straight and force you to change the style of your flight. (In some situations, you’d be best just to land and let the weather pass by itself since most events force you to fly low and low altitude, clouds and mountain ranges just don’t mix.)
– Real player with 46.8 hrs in game
Train Sim World® 2
This game a fantastic simulator with obviously it’s drawbacks as with all games.
The aspects of the game that I enjoy are the ability to operate trains, being able to change services and gain experience.
Pros:
1. 24 hour timetable meaning that there are always services to operate no matter what time of the day
2. Performance improvements from the previous game
3. Decent tutorials to get you started (Useful for the more complicated locomotives).
4. After finishing a service there’s usually plenty of more services to operate which makes sustains the enjoyment for longer
– Real player with 1073.5 hrs in game
This simulation is brilliant. I bought both TS2022 and TSW2 to compare, and find myself spending all my time in TSW2. Why? In TS2022 you ARE the train; in TSW2 you’re an Engineer driving a train - so you can walk around on the train, move to different locos on foot, and explore the world. The graphics are great, sounds very good, and this game is challenging.
While an in-game tutorial is included (I recommend you play through all of it, in sequence), you will need to check out various manuals on the Dovetail forum and elsewhere for tips/tricks. You WILL get stuck - maybe on a steep gradient. And you’ll probably lose control of a train going downhill. And, at times, a loco will simply stall, and you’ll lose power and need to go manually restart a loco.
– Real player with 69.0 hrs in game
Pax Narcotica: Trafficker
BECOME A DRUG LORD
Take on the role of cartel kingpin In Pax Narcotica: Trafficker. Develop smuggling routes, establish distribution across the US, corner the market, and defeat your competition using violence and strategic intelligence .
Choose your own approach to expanding your empire - spread aggressively across the US, or concentrate on specific cities and markets. Use your funds to hire soldiers and buy weapons to defeat your rivals, or bribe key figures to disrupt their operations.
Manage every shipment how you wish, with a fleet of vehicles on land, sea, and air - invest in counter-measures and build impenetrable supply lines,
Violence is not the only option: Undercut your rivals’ prices and steal their clientele, or supply rival gangs with weapons and product and let them do the dirty work.
Hire a team of engineers and chemists to build a network of meth labs, weed plantations, and weapons factories, and reduce the risk of costly international seizures.
Send money and weapons south of the border to build up your base of operations and take over rival territory. Increase the size of your shipments north, or recruit mercenaries to expand your control into new cities.
RISK vs REWARD
Every shipment comes with a risk of seizure by the authorities, or hijacking by a rival, but when a shipment gets through the rewards are enormous. You must decide how to reduce the risk, with simple measures such as decoy cars or concealment, or buying shell companies to transport cargo across the country.
PLAN EVERY MOVE
At any time you can stop time to plan your next move. Arrange a chain of shipments; send operators to a city to assassinate a rival; transport cash across the border to pay for the next consignment, then watch the actions play out in real time.
TAKE OVER REAL CITIES
Expand into over 50 US cities, each with different demands and underworld networks. Choose your clients, negotiate the highest price, and help them build their market share.
CLEAN YOUR CASH
Invest in front businesses and real estate to clean your money, then send it south of the border to expand your power base. Always pay your suppliers on time, or risk losing the source of your power.
KEY FEATURES
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Play your way: Expand quickly and aggressively, or build up methodically
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Attack your rivals directly, or undercut their prices and cut off their funding
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Cut your product to maximise profit, or sell the highest quality merchandise to corner the market
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Choose how to invest your money; Buy larger shipments, or hire soldiers to expand your operation
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Build meth labs, weed farms, and weapon factories, and hire engineers and chemists to maximise their output
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Recruit a network of cops, politicians, and lawyers, to build your empire, protect your cargo, and clean your money
I am an Air Traffic Controller 4
Excellent game. can’t stop playing it
Needs a few tweaks is all
1. I have multiple monitors, would love approach on one screen, ground on another and airport on another . not all crammed into a single screen
2. Why can’t we put approaching aircraft into holding pattern if we don’t want them to land ? Standard stuff.
3. Freeplay shouldn’t end after too many errors .
4. Freeplay should also allow us to choose the intensity of the timetable, you simply cant do Tokyo in the middle of the day on your own , I’m sure several ATC staff handle those area’s in the real world
– Real player with 896.0 hrs in game
Short Version:
8/10, looking forward to expansion packs
Long Version:
This might be the best ATC game on steam (that is not primarily focused on radar usage).
In Japan, this dev has released numerous games not only in this series, but also previous instalments of this series such as I am an Air Traffic Controller 1 through 3 (ATC 1-3) and other series such as Pilot Story. It is also worth noting that this dev had released multiple Japanese Airport add-ons for FSX, showing that they are quite experienced in terms of aviation in Japan and 3D-modelling.
– Real player with 203.3 hrs in game
Model Railway Easily 2
If you like to design and build model railroad layouts and then watch the trains go around your layout for hours like I do, then this is the game for you. Takes a minute to get used to the UI and if you have any 3D graphics design experience then it will come naturally to you but if you don’t it just takes a few minutes to get used to. Graphics are great and you can really spend hours fine tuning and get a lot of detail in your design. This is NOT a SIM game where you become a railroad tycoon or something…. It’s just for the fun of using your imagination to design a layout and have fun zooming in and moving all around your finished layout and watching the trains go by…
– Real player with 13.6 hrs in game
This game was good for my four year old – a few hours of exploring laying tracks, watching trains go close and far, and making the ground go up and down and seeing the water fill in.
I appreciate the bright, lovely renderings of the trains. They’re handsomely done.
I’m glad there isn’t a puzzle element to it, the open-endedness is what makes it approachable for a young player.
It also seems like you have to create variety at a certain point, and if as a young player you don’t know how to do that, the game loses interest.
– Real player with 6.3 hrs in game
Truck World: Australia
#### Get ready for a next-generation trucking experience!
Travel across Australia behind the wheel of the mighty Road Train! Haul extreme cargo thousands of miles and explore the Outback’s wilderness in some of the most intense conditions on earth!
Large, Open-World
The geography of Australia encompasses a wide variety of biogeographic regions! Australia may be the world’s smallest continent, but Australia is also the sixth-largest country in the world. The geography of the continent is diverse, ranging from the snow-capped mountains in the Australian Alps to large deserts, and tropical and temperate forests. Explore them all!
Road Trains
Australia is home to the longest and heaviest Road Trains in the world, which is why these gargantuan trains are so famous. Made up of three or more trailers, Road Trains will be the ultimate driving experience.
Among many features:
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Haul cargo across Australia.
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Explore a large, Open-world.
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Transport oversized loads, high-risk cargo, and more!
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Experience a dynamic weather system with the Day/Night Cycle.
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Be part of an ever-changing economy based on developing your own business.
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Unlock, upgrade, and customize lots of unique vehicles.
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Moddable with Steam Workshop.