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 | 18 Wheels of Steel: Haulin' |
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18 Wheels Of Steel: Haulin' gives you a chance to haul some -- and kick some! Do you have the juice to go from gearjammer to boss man in the trucking business? Life on the road is filled with obstacles - are you man enough for that? Climb in the can and find out!Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #5868 in Video Games
- Brand: ValuSoft
- Model: 71270
- Released on: 2006-09-01
- ESRB Rating: Everyone
- Platform: Windows XP
- Dimensions: .25 pounds
Features
- Got the juice to run a trucking business?
- Can you go from gear jammer to boss man?
- 35+ rigs with 45+ cargo types
- Travel over 40cities coast to coast.
Customer Reviews
18WoS Series Shines with this Nice Addition
I wasn't to impressed with
Convoy which had some stability issues. Haulin continues (leaps over
Convoy) the incredible style of the 18WoS series in a tycoon game that
certainly is in a very thin class of terrific tycoon games. Haulin
allows you to drive and pick up cargo in the United States and Canada.
If you can accumulate enough money you can hire drivers, buy more trucks
as well as trailers and retire to the office.
The driving laws
are slightly tighter in this game meaning the cops will certainly get on
your case if the meter showing your calious regard for driving laws
such as running red lights, crossing the divider, and having an
accident. The fines are stiffer. The minor issue is if a gas station, a
service station, and/or a company is on the opposite side of the street
when you cross the divider even with your turn signal on, the red meter
starts moving.
So you're a truck driver going to over 40 cities
to pick the cargo that you want to haul. The price is next to it and the
farther you have to go for a drop off, the more money you make. It also
varies whether you want to take a chance and haul precious cargo,
overweight cargo or fragile. At the time of this review, I was hauling
overweight coal from Phoenix to Montreal for $38k. Ive hits lots of
traffic and caused 2 accidents lol. Already, I've been fined up to $12k.
With Haulin, the traffic is more diverse, more traffic jams, and the
traffic lights seem to last slightly longer but still can be very fast.
The AI traffic is slightly better but beware of those quick lane
changes. Just like in real life, expect the unexpected. The 18WoS series
seems to add a little more with each passing title.
Minor
issues: Would like to see more cities, roads, highways/expressways,
inclusion of parkways (you hear in real-life a lot of trucks going on
parkways when there not suppose to and get stuck which would add more
realism), live people (the streets are empty with no movement of
people), diverse traffic signals, turn signals at busy intersections,
larger cities, dont cross/cross signals for people crossing the street,
your character being able to get out of the truck and go into diners,
truck stops, motels, and interact with other truckers, mechanics at
service stations, more lively gas stations (getting out of your truck
and pumping gas) buying food and drinks (water of course), being able to
open the hood of your truck, checking the engine, for leaks, filling
fluids ect. How about the option of owning a home and buying office
property with a dock to park your truck, and go into the office and give
the paperwork of the jobs, hiring secretaries as well as other truckers
in your company. Being able to get off work and drive off to your home
and relax. Actually driving home not those unappealing cut scenes that
say 'Next Day". I would also like to see active places all over like
seeing other trucks and cars parking in parking lots either at
truckstops, gas stations, service stations ect. Sometimes going to
mechanic and he cant work on your truck immediately. Dual core
processors are mainstream now, lets optimize the next 18WoS title to use
it.
In short, this game is quite addictive and one of the best
buisness simulators and truck driving games. It has the potential to go
even farther if more content can be added. Many games are coming out on
DVD's or are already out (for example: The Sims2) to add more content
and add totally more realism, the future of this truck driving buisness
sim should be released on DVD.
You need a good processor/video
card/ and at least 2GB ram to run this game. Im running mine at the time
of this review on a Core2Duo E6300 (Dual core 1.66GHZ) and presently
2GB of Ram (one stick died and I RMA'd it) a Saphire x1900xtx and it
runs great. Be careful with onboard graphics.
I wonder if the
makers of the 18WoS series will add an online version which can allow
players to interact with each other on the CB, meet at gas stations,
diners, motels, at a truck stop ect. People can buy homes , cars, truck
dealerships, service stations with actual moving bays when your truck
goes on a lift, gas stations vibrant and working pumps either self or
full serve, auto parts stores within cities (where you can actually park
on the street or in parking lots) , or work in the office of the
trucking company. One can only hope. I think I might be the only one,
lol. After Haulin, I'm hoping the graphics will be updated and new
content is as well.
*Please Note*
If you own this title, you
will not need American Long Haul. It's 99 percent the same. Extreme
Trucker is totally different.
great game
I have to say that more i
play haulin. more i love it.
Driving distances are soooo coool! I
almost need cafe on thermosbottle in my desktop when driving. And when
there are no time limits on delivering cargoes, i just pull my truck to
truckstation and watch when other truck's go by. I can honestly say that
this is really really gre8 game from scs!
I would like to
congartulate the team who created the 18Wos Haulin`. The game has a very
solid
presence and is very enjoyable
A
Really Fun Game
18 Wheels of Steel Haulin' is
unlike any other trucking game out there. For one thing when you earn
enough money hauling goods all across America and Canada, you can use
your cash to buy your new truck from a truck dealer or order one from
the order truck part of the notepad on the game.Also in the game is the
part where you can order trailers for your trucks. To find out more
about the game,be sure to buy this game. If the video cards on your
computer are not updated,be sure to update them so that the game works
better. I had to do that and I can tell you that it works much better
than it did before. 5 stars for this game,and thanks to those people who
helped put this game together. One game play point, when you hire
drivers for your trucking company,you have to assign both a truck and
trailer to the driver.
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