I don't even know where to begin... I am almost stunned speechless at how awful this attempt was. I call it an attempt because a "game" would at least be fun. This... Well, friends, this is something.. ELSE..
The graphics are nostalgic, and by that I mean OLD A/F!! This is about 2004 and that's WITH Nvidia DLSS/DLAA turned on. Texture pop-in, empty textures that don't load properly. Visually this game is about as appealing as I am....
The controls are terrible. There is not a single redeeming value in the playability of this game with a basic Xbox-One wireless controller. You can't un-map buttons, there is no delete for controllers. So I am literally stuck with my inventory opening every time I press the D-Pad up to turn on my headlights. Nothing I can do about it. That's just how it is. Steering is an exercise in futility.. Just playing the tutorial, I know how the guys navigating the Titanic felt when they saw that iceberg.. The Titanic may have actually had a better turning radius though to be fair to the guys in the boat. It takes approx. 7-10 business days to make a right hand turn in this game. None of the settings, "linear, high value, low value" nothing helps. Though low-value is truth in advertising at least.
I have put a lot of tractors into a lot of trailers and I'll tell ya, not once have I backed up to the trailer, flattened the 5th wheel and then got out of the truck and pulled the trailer's kingpin INTO the 5th wheel. What TF is that about? Then of course, you get the pleasure of hooking up two power connections because, I guess, these trailers are electric brakes?? So were just going to go with 2 power cables, no primary or secondary air, and yank 20 tons of trailer into a 5th wheel to "lock it"?? On the subject of 80,000lbs, trailer brake?? No? Not a thing? Optional on these models?
How about an engine break? (Jake Brake) For going down a grade so you don't lose your brakes half-way, or so you can drop rev's quick when you are in traffic and coming off a light or up a ramp? Just gave up on physics, or even reality and went with the "this looks right'ish, sort of" method of vehicle design? Cool.
What are the mirrors even pointing at? I mean, I really could go on but I feel like if you haven't got the idea by now, you're not gonna pick up what I am laying down here.
There is so much that is wrong, I couldn't in good conscience recommend this game to anyone even with the Summer Sale going on right now. It is brutal, unfinished, poorly optimized, and just awful.. I don't recommend you try it even for the cringe value!!
