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Euro Truck Simulator (PC CD)
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RRP: £29.99
Amazon Price: £17.98
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Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: First Class Simulations
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"best game in the series" - 31 August 2008
Finally this long anticipated addition to the Hard Truck series arrives and it is certainly the best one. The makers of this series are doing great, the first 18 Wheels of Steel was a good game, and it established a solid ground for truck simulation games in general to follow. The releases that followed that had some flaws, and the latest one American Long Haul was probably the best of all that group. Now this game has acquired the crown. First, it is set in Europe, which is a great change and very welcome as well, from playing on American Maps all the time. The graphics are really amazing, the detail level is very high, especially the interior of the truck, where everything is animated, and you can see all the digits, and speedometers in action. This was missing or not fully functional in previous editions of the game. The greatest improvement is the handling of the truck, it feels more realistic, and not a 100% arcade driving anymore. You have to be a lot more careful when you turn for instance. Installation is quite easy and fast, no problems there. System requirements are not that big, but it is always preferable to have a good graphics card of at least 256 dedicated memory, and 1 Giga Ram. This will insure a smooth running of the game. I am running it on those setting, and I do get some glitches now and then, but nothing serious. The roads, maps, and companies all look amazing in the game, very realistic and enjoyable to watch while driving. Certain aspects of the game remain more or less the same with a little bit of improvement, like the economy and strategy, where you have to build your company from scratch, though they did introduce something like a ranking system in the campaign where you improve your status by achieving certain requirements.
I did notice some flaws however: The horn sound is not that great, not suitable for a truck at all. And there is no sound for Reverse, which is a bit strange.
I am still in the first stage of the game, and could not see that there is Radio or chatter, which was good, but now it is misssing, which makes the game a bit too quit for my liking. There is probably an option to play your own tracks, but could not find it so far.
The system of trailer detachment has changed, now it is a bit more difficult, and you have to be very accurate. Though it adds to the challenge, and makes the game even more realistic.
So in a nutshell, excellent truck simulation game, amazing graphics, sadly there is no UK map, game play is awesome, and it is definitely worth buying whether you are a big truck fan, or just a fan of simulation games, this is a real must buy. Top quality simulation game and best in the series.
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"Euro Truck simulator" - 31 August 2008
I have got this game too the gameplay is fine anf the graphics are good too,I'm using a steering wheel but when cornering its a little sensitive even though i have change the sensitivity but i keep lane swappping a lot and cutting up other drivers even though i only slightly move the steering wheel.
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"Amazing" - 29 August 2008
I have had the game one day and i can't leave it alone!
Its just great, i am very happy with the graphics and the details on and inside the trucks!
you must get your copy today!
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"Euro Truck Simulator" - 5 September 2008
This is a very good game, installation is simple and it checks your system to give you the best graphical options ( you can change these if you want). The game runs very smoothly and looks really good, day, night, sunshine, rain and thunderstorms. The roads are busy and the AI seems fine, they even stop and let you pull out or do your reversing.
I have had a few simulator titles (flight, trainz etc) and i think this keeps you coming back as everyday is slightly different. Varity of loads and locations, you can freely drive around any country you have access too, but you will need to do some deliveries to earn money to pay for fuel etc.
Only downside is that you can't drive on the Uk roads, and maybe the odd set of roadworks would add to the realism, however I have noticed that the AI vehicles do occasionally have crashes and this causes traffic jams.
Overall if you want a driving sim with a kind of business feel to it (which gives you reason for driving) then this is the one.Only 4 stars because no game is ever perfect. Be good if there were addons like you get for flight sim. Go buy it!!
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"Not enought power" - 9 September 2008
This would be an ok game if you can get your truck to actually go properly, with not trailer the truck an normally move but it occasionally stalls, but with a trailer you will spend most of the time waiting for the engine to restart, you can even try to go up a slight hill in first gear revving the engine as much as you want and it will still keep on stalling.
Would be a good fun simulator if you can actually get the truck to move, instead i just found myself getting more annoyed at it.
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"EURO TRUCK RUBBISH !!" - 10 September 2008
What a load of rubbish this game or should i say simulator is.
You got to be sad if you think this game represents driving a real truck, what a simulator is supposed to do.
The controls are far to sensitive, you end up wandering all over the road just touching the steering controls.
One route looks more or less the same as all the others.
To proceed to access another country you have to build up a sum of money. To achieve these goals you must have to play this rubbish non stop.
If this was not brought for me through my account i would not waste my hard earned 'TRUCK DRIVER' wages on it.
Avoid
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