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Euro Truck Simulator 2 a game widely known to be heading to Linux has begun it's closed beta and I have been lucky enough to have been gifted a copy to test, here's my thoughts on this odd title.
So it's a truck driving game where you run your own truck driving delivery company, odd but it's these types of games Linux needs to satisfy everyone.
If you remember I interviewed them a little while ago and so It may come as no shock I was picked to test!
Honestly when I first loaded up I really didn't expect much from this title as it's not one i would usually pick up and play, I am pleased to say I am more than pleasantly surprised by this one!
First thing that put a smile on my face, you can start in my home city of Plymouth! Cool eh?
The driving aspect is very nice, they give you 8 different views so hopefully you will find the one you want! It does take a little getting used to, I may have crashed a few times trying to get out of where I was parked...
The performance of the game play was great, everything felt fast (as fast as slow trucks are...) and fluid and the interface seems to be designed really well and gave me no confusion.
I will do a proper review in good time once it's polished up and out in the wild (no issues found yet!). Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
QuoteTravel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore from the UK, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and many more, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits. If you’ve got what it takes to be part of an elite trucking force, get behind the wheel and prove it!
So it's a truck driving game where you run your own truck driving delivery company, odd but it's these types of games Linux needs to satisfy everyone.
If you remember I interviewed them a little while ago and so It may come as no shock I was picked to test!
Honestly when I first loaded up I really didn't expect much from this title as it's not one i would usually pick up and play, I am pleased to say I am more than pleasantly surprised by this one!
First thing that put a smile on my face, you can start in my home city of Plymouth! Cool eh?
The driving aspect is very nice, they give you 8 different views so hopefully you will find the one you want! It does take a little getting used to, I may have crashed a few times trying to get out of where I was parked...
The performance of the game play was great, everything felt fast (as fast as slow trucks are...) and fluid and the interface seems to be designed really well and gave me no confusion.
I will do a proper review in good time once it's polished up and out in the wild (no issues found yet!). Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: JoeThe game is not without its faults though. Computer controlled traffic often drives terribly slow (30km/h in cities and 60km/h outside of cities, even when 50 and 90 are the max permitted speeds) and will really annoy you as you often cannot pass due to the low acceleration of your heavy truck.
Hey, that sounds terribly familiar, that's like driving in some European countries except that real trucks do pass.
It seems like a management game with a driving bonus. Definitely not an action game.
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You guys are understanding me wrong. It's obviously not an action or racing game. However, in real life you can expect the vast majority of traffic to drive at least permitted speed, if not faster, when there is _zero_ other traffic and the road is pretty or totally straight.
I'm not talking about hundreds of cars and trucks moving slowly in rush hour style (doesn't exist in the game). It's simply one or two cars / trucks crawling slowly in front of you when there is zero reason to not go faster. This happens with at least 75% of the computer controlled vehicles whereas in reality you perhaps have only about 10-20% of drivers who drive way too slow. To me this looks a lot like dumb or buggy "AI" and not like a realism thing.
I'm not talking about hundreds of cars and trucks moving slowly in rush hour style (doesn't exist in the game). It's simply one or two cars / trucks crawling slowly in front of you when there is zero reason to not go faster. This happens with at least 75% of the computer controlled vehicles whereas in reality you perhaps have only about 10-20% of drivers who drive way too slow. To me this looks a lot like dumb or buggy "AI" and not like a realism thing.
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Quoting: JoeYou guys are understanding me wrong. It's obviously not an action or racing game. However, in real life you can expect the vast majority of traffic to drive at least permitted speed, if not faster, when there is _zero_ other traffic and the road is pretty or totally straight.
I'm not talking about hundreds of cars and trucks moving slowly in rush hour style (doesn't exist in the game). It's simply one or two cars / trucks crawling slowly in front of you when there is zero reason to not go faster. This happens with at least 75% of the computer controlled vehicles whereas in reality you perhaps have only about 10-20% of drivers who drive way too slow. To me this looks a lot like dumb or buggy "AI" and not like a realism thing.
That's pretty realistic for me based on my daily driving, and also dumb, but maybe it's just me. Anyway, I would expect that could make it more interesting since you can try to pass them.
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Let me first explain that i'm not a gamer, all of the time a spent on a computer is coding & testing (since 83)
For my son (a truck addict) i bought ETS2 (w7), and i have to admit: this is a game worthwhile playing and worth every cent of it.
Some people just like to drive, nothing wrong with that, as the graphics are unbelievable.
But this game has quite some educational aspects: buying garages, trucks, hiring/firing drivers.
And even if you get bored with it, you can add community mods (there seems to be over 1300 of them):
Not just new trucks and lorries, (70-tons, ultra wide, ultra long) but some even manage to add new maps (russia, africa)!
(sheer fun to detect all the bloopers)
To be honest: if it would costs 10-times, i would still consider every cent worth while.
Can not wait to get an official linux version, as it currently is the single reason for having W7 on my kids pc
There are only two negative aspects on ETS2:
- it is highly addictive (just another job, for some extra XP's
- some mods are onofficial bunddled with malware/virus/trojans, so people on ms have to be carefull
For my son (a truck addict) i bought ETS2 (w7), and i have to admit: this is a game worthwhile playing and worth every cent of it.
Some people just like to drive, nothing wrong with that, as the graphics are unbelievable.
But this game has quite some educational aspects: buying garages, trucks, hiring/firing drivers.
And even if you get bored with it, you can add community mods (there seems to be over 1300 of them):
Not just new trucks and lorries, (70-tons, ultra wide, ultra long) but some even manage to add new maps (russia, africa)!
(sheer fun to detect all the bloopers)
To be honest: if it would costs 10-times, i would still consider every cent worth while.
Can not wait to get an official linux version, as it currently is the single reason for having W7 on my kids pc
There are only two negative aspects on ETS2:
- it is highly addictive (just another job, for some extra XP's
- some mods are onofficial bunddled with malware/virus/trojans, so people on ms have to be carefull
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