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 | 18 Wheels of Steel Extreme Trucker |
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Product Description
You ‘da Boss! Move it better and faster than your competition. Build your reputation and your empire coast to coast as you haul across the most extreme conditions and loads. Grab the wheel and hop in – your extreme adventure begins here!Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1806 in Video Games
- Brand: ValuSoft
- Model: 73202
- Released on: 2009-10-02
- ESRB Rating: Everyone
- Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Format: CD-ROM
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: .25 pounds
Features
- Extreme Locations! Travel across 5 hair-raising locations including ice roads, dry desert and crazy jungle.
- May the best man win. Bid against hard-nosed competitors to secure jobs for your burgeoning business.
- Extreme Loads! Transport loads that would even scare your grandma ¿ maximum/minimum loads, oversized loads, high risk cargo and more!
- These beasts don¿t drive themselves! Back up to loading docks, manage your fuel, and maintain your trucks in peak condition.
- Extreme Deadlines! Achieve the unachievable by delivering your loads under deadline.
Customer Reviews
good graphics/gameplay, yet some features missing.
Well I tried the
game(torrent), and the following things are missing from previous 18 wos
games.
1.no more gas stations
2.no police
3.no sleepieness
4.no
dealerships
5.no repair shops
6.can not hire drivers
7.don't
have the freedom to go to which company hq you want to take loads from
8.money
system doesn't exist in this game, it's now a points reward
9.your
truck is different for every delivery(you don't own a truck).
and to
conclude this review, it's just redundant gameplay. YAY!
In the
game you are givin a job, you have to choose which is best for you based
on your skills. You can choose a job with alot of points reward but the
difficulty and distance of range will be hard.
In the world map
there is north america (canada), south america, and my favorite
austraila. There will be expansion maps just like Euro truck simulator.
Overall
it is a good game, great graphics,NOT SURE IF YOU SHOULD BUY it but
rather download it and show SCS that gamers matter not money, I guess I
had my hopes up a little too high after waiting 2 years. I just wish it
was like 18 wos ALH with those great graphics.
Arcadey, but in a good way
It's been years since I've
bought or played an 18 Wheels of Steel sim, so I grabbed this one, not
expecting much. And in terms of gameplay, from what I remember of the
old games, this one has been dumbed down a bit for the average joe. So,
if you like a lot of detail to your game, you might be disappointed.
However, I'm not an actual truck driver. I'm actually just an average
guy, and I suspect that I'm the guy they were aiming this at, because I
actually like it. It's not perfect, but it is fun to drive the missions.
Graphics
are really quite good as far as budget titles go these days. In fact,
considering that it comes on a single CD rom, I think the graphics are
quite excellent when you turn all the graphical options to high. I've
got Anti-aliasing set all the way to 8X, and Anisotropic Filtering all
the way up, resolution set to 1920 x 1200 (I was surprised the game
actually supported that high of a resolution), and everything else set
as high as it would go. And I'm getting nice, silky-smooth framerates,
and the gameworld looks quite detailed, and much better than I was
expecting. Online gameplay videos can't do it justice. (my rig: Windows
Vista, Intel Core2 Quad 6600 2.4 ghz, nVidia 9800GT/512, and a lot more
ram than is needed for this game). The box recommends a 2.2 ghz
processor, 1 gig of ram (2 gigs for Vista), 1 gig HD space, and a 256
meg video card. But I'm guessing you could easily get by with a slower
system, as this is not a state-of-the-art graphics engine. I mean, it
looks very nice, but it is relatively simple when compared to
cutting-edge shooter games. They've managed to coax a lot of nice
effects out of it, such as blowing snow and beautiful skies.
There
are a variety of different views: The one I mostly use is the in-cabin
view, to make it feel like I'm really in the truck and driving it.
However, you can switch anytime to an external viewpoint and pan around
the truck to make situational awareness easier. The mirrors are also
fully functional, as are your horn, turn signals, dashboard gauges and
headlights (off/dim/bright).
Controls work very well, and are
remappable to different keys for the most part. My only gripe is that
there is no Reverse Y-axis (mouse up/down) option, so I'm constantly
moving the mouse down when I want to look up. But for most people this
won't be an issue. I cut my PC gaming teeth on flight sims however, so
my old joystick habits cause me to pull back on the mouse to look up.
You can also choose whether you want automatic or manual transmissions.
Anyway,
this is a pretty good trucking game. It looks nice, runs smooth,
controls easily, and is easy to pick up and play. Hardcore simmers
should probably do more research, however, as this is NOT a hardcore
trucking sim. It's more of a simple sim. Also, no CD is required in the
drive, so you can just install it, and file the disk away.
A Trucking Game Lover's Review
This game is so much fun. The
graphics are great. This game is great value for the money. I have been
playing this game for almost a full month and am not even a little
bored with it. I am almost finished moving through the ranks. This game
is addicting. It is great that the company decided to add something
different to their series. I love all of the locations in this game. My
favorite location is Yungas Road. I would recommend this to anyone who
likes realistic trucking games for a reasonable price, with great
graphics. HOWEVER, I do want to mention that this game requires a decent
computer. I have an HP Pavillion Elite HPE computer, with a 3.0
processor, 8 GB of RAM, 1 TB hard drive, and a NVIDIA GeForce GT220
graphics card with 1 GB of memory. It has Windows 7. The graphics card
is excellent for this game, as it runs very smoothly, even on the very
highest settings. I had an older computer, and this game ran terribly. I
have no complaints with this game.
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