The Video Game Thread v3

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Ha ha ha. So do you just drive a truck from points A to B to C, etc, with the odd pit stop?

Originally Posted by Coys1882

How does a trucking simulator work? It can't really be a 1:1 scale can it? Do people actually take a job of moving freight from Fernie to Vancouver and sit and drive a digital truck for 10 hours?

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Right? Like... you know you could get paid for a more realistic version of this experience?

It's a greatly scaled down version of the real world. So you'll see key landmarks and sights you'll remember from your drives on these roads, but it'll be much shorter. For example, I would drive from Salt Lake City to Denver in American Truck Simulator and it would take about 30 minutes (normally 7-8 hours).

You start as a one-person operation but there's a mild sim aspect of running a trucking company. You hire people to run trucks as you earn enough money to buy more trucks. Driving a truck can have a fairly realistic handling and acceleration/deceleration if you want it. You need to stop for fuel and rest as you'd expect despite the compressed nature of the world. Some deliveries have tighter timelines and don't leave you much room for making routing errors, and sometimes you'll be on the verge of passing out from lack of sleep that can make you lose control of the truck for a few seconds. The main challenge comes from the end point of a delivery, maneuvering your truck in a parking lot or delivery area accurately and without damaging the truck or trailer.

I find the game to be really chill and relaxing, and it's fun just seeing the sights as you drive around either America or Europe.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

I find the game to be really chill and relaxing, and it's fun just seeing the sights as you drive around either America or Europe.

There's a flying sim that my dad loves that's much the same. He's spent hours 'flying' everything from a Cessna to 747's. He has no interest in becoming a pilot (he doesn't want to 'get paid for a more realistic version') but he just likes to 'fly'.

[cam_calderon]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Right? Like... you know you could get paid for a more realistic version of this experience?

Yeah, I can earn Mbappe's salary if I just put on some boots and a white jersey.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

There's a flying sim that my dad loves that's much the same. He's spent hours 'flying' everything from a Cessna to 747's. He has no interest in becoming a pilot (he doesn't want to 'get paid for a more realistic version') but he just likes to 'fly'.

Microsoft Flight Simulator...one of the longest running and most popular video game franchises of all time. Also the longest running Microsoft application as it pre-dates windows.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Right? Like... you know you could get paid for a more realistic version of this experience?

It's more of a business sim with driving really.

But also trucking is ruined in recent years. Spend $10000 to get a license to earn less than $30/hr? I'll stick with the game

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Is there a Northern Sask DLC with optional stop signs?

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Is there a Northern Sask DLC with optional stop signs?

Sounds like Desert Bus.