Post by dasher on Oct 7, 2009 16:22:11 GMT 10
have u guys seen this reveiw
Well As I said, I would be back shortly with my initial thoughts...
The Pros's...
Exterior Environment looks great
Most rigs and traffic look very good
No silly reflections like previous versions
LHD on the Ice Road, RHD in Aussie, great realism
Ambient sounds ie. cracking ice, birds are great even though some like helicopters are a little loud
Effects are very cool, blowing snow etc...
It is a lot of fun to play and pretty enjoyable
Performance has been no issue with everything maxed on an E8500 w GTX 285
High Detailed mirrors
Worked with TrackIR right away
Now the cons
It is exclusively mission based unless I am missing something
There is no continuity to the missions. (For example, you drive from Inuvik to Tuk and instead of getting a return load your next missions are from Inuvik to Tuk again or to two totally different locations)
No concept of dropping off a load. Just pull in and hit enter, no trailer orientation necessary and can't find any way to change it...
Truck interiors are ok...
No way to own a truck, you are bounced around to different trucks based on the mission
Scale of maps is very limited. The Long distance runs on the ice road take a few minutes. You don't feel the distance or the isolation...
Too much traffic on the ice roads and too many overturned vehicles (one on almost every corner at one point)
Well those are my early impressions. All in all it shows a lot of potential if it can be expanded upon and I am certainly enjoying now. Already a "worker" on my way to "trucker" with 1281 points so a big thanks to the developers for their time and effort
Well As I said, I would be back shortly with my initial thoughts...
The Pros's...
Exterior Environment looks great
Most rigs and traffic look very good
No silly reflections like previous versions
LHD on the Ice Road, RHD in Aussie, great realism
Ambient sounds ie. cracking ice, birds are great even though some like helicopters are a little loud
Effects are very cool, blowing snow etc...
It is a lot of fun to play and pretty enjoyable
Performance has been no issue with everything maxed on an E8500 w GTX 285
High Detailed mirrors
Worked with TrackIR right away
Now the cons
It is exclusively mission based unless I am missing something
There is no continuity to the missions. (For example, you drive from Inuvik to Tuk and instead of getting a return load your next missions are from Inuvik to Tuk again or to two totally different locations)
No concept of dropping off a load. Just pull in and hit enter, no trailer orientation necessary and can't find any way to change it...
Truck interiors are ok...
No way to own a truck, you are bounced around to different trucks based on the mission
Scale of maps is very limited. The Long distance runs on the ice road take a few minutes. You don't feel the distance or the isolation...
Too much traffic on the ice roads and too many overturned vehicles (one on almost every corner at one point)
Well those are my early impressions. All in all it shows a lot of potential if it can be expanded upon and I am certainly enjoying now. Already a "worker" on my way to "trucker" with 1281 points so a big thanks to the developers for their time and effort
... hardly likely, lmao