#LICENSE KEY BUS SIMULATOR 18 PC#
#LICENSE KEY BUS SIMULATOR 18 SIMULATOR#

And the audio design is fantastic too, perfectly capturing the noisy clatter of being aboard a bus. Are those brake lights radioactive? But the buses, inside and out, are brilliantly detailed. The game’s a little sterile visually, and features some really over-the-top lens flare. This game, however, requires a lot of concentration, and throwing people into the mix, some of whom will randomly ask to be let off before a stop, gives you an endless selection of ways to screw up or lose time. The most intense that game ever gets is being sent down a narrow country road with a wide load or your mind wandering and you missing a turn-off.

#LICENSE KEY BUS SIMULATOR 18 SIMULATOR#

So if you’re looking for a simulator where you can fire it up and just chill out for an hour, play Euro Truck instead. Mistakes mean fines, and bad driving will eat into your end-of-route pay. You’re also constantly being graded your driving: using indicators correctly, not hitting the curb, and braking neatly in front of bus stops. And it doesn’t help that your passengers will comment on the fact that you’re late, complaining when they don’t reach a destination on time. The clock on your GPS is constantly ticking down, and when it hits the minus (indicating that you’re behind schedule) the pressure really begins to mount up. Maybe in the next update?Īnother key difference between Bus Simulator 18 and other sims is how it never gives you a minute to relax. Sadly there’s no option to add undercar LEDs, spinners, or lowrider hydraulic systems yet, though. Yes, you can customise your bus, applying garish paint jobs and decals to make it your own. The buses are all real, though, with licensed vehicles from MAN, Mercedes-Benz, IVECO, and Setra to buy, customise, and drive. That familiarity of driving through a real city can really enhance the realism and immersion of a sim. I would have preferred a real city to a fictional one, though. The map is fun to drive around, with a nice range of scenery and a good mix of built-up and quiet aras. I think most people at some point have wondered what it would be like driving a bus, and I found stepping aboard my Mercedes-Benz Citaro K for the first time oddly thrilling-a feeling amplified by the incredibly enthusiastic woman who walks you through the tutorial.

#LICENSE KEY BUS SIMULATOR 18 PC#

The latest weirdly specific simulator to arrive on PC is Bus Simulator 18, which lets you drive a city bus around a fictional city, picking up passengers, printing out tickets, and making stops on time.

I’m not equating sitting on my arse playing Garbage Truck Simulator for an hour to a hard day’s graft, but you know what I mean. Whenever a truck rumbles past me on the street I think of my hours spent in Euro Truck Simulator 2 and I feel like I understand the job, at least on some superficial level. Since playing World of Subways 3: London Underground I’ve never been bothered by a tube delay.

What I love about simulators is how they give you a glimpse into the lives of people who drive buses, dump garbage, and haul cargo lives that are, for most people, a mystery.

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