This game took me by surprise. I only purchased this game as it was on sale, and I figured a few extra achievements couldn't hurt right?

Well I have no interest in trucks I find myself playing this game and enjoying it. This game really does do a very good job of being a truck simulator. It is complete with customization options, plenty of DLC if you get bored of the base game, an excellent set of mods (Not from Steam Workshop) can be installed which can further enhance your gameplay experience.

If you are a truck fan, this game is almost certainly a must have. Someone who is a truck fan would absolutely love this game to bits.

If you're not a truck fan, you may, or may not like this game but if you can get it when it is on sale you should try it before mocking it, it actually does what it is designed to do very well.

Although, I'd highly recommend having a music player playing music in the background as the long drives can be a bit daunting without it.

As for its down sides.. I couldn't get the built in radio player to work on Linux at all with MP3 or radio streams as is apparently supported. Not a big issue for me as I just used another media player to have music in the background.

It can also be very resource intensive also so you may need quite a beefy system if you want to wack the graphic settings up.

So to break all this down into a nice pro/cons list:

Pros:
- Very well built simulation game. Does what it says on the tin.
- Has achievements/trading cards for those who may want them.
- Cannot be simply "beaten" in a few hours like most modern games.
- Has company management features built in allowing you to employ people, buy trucks etc etc etc.
- Trucks can be customized.
- Visually it looks amazing if your system can cope.
- Great modding community that offers many things the base game cannot.
- Multi-platform support

Cons:
- Very resource intensive mostly on the GPU and appears to only be using only 1 CPU core out of 8 on my system
- Framerate can drop in some locations for a few seconds.
- No built in multiplayer (Though can be added via unofficial mods)
- AI traffic can be pretty darn stupid at times and will happily ram you out of your lane if it wants your lane and then charge you for the privilege with a traffic fine.

Hmm, I wanted to list more cons.. but I honestly cannot think of any others. So I'm going to have to say.. yes I recommend this game :-).

This game took me by surprise. I only purchased this game as it was on sale, and I figured a few extra achievements couldn't hurt right? Well I have no interest in trucks I find myself playing this game and enjoying it. This game really does do a very good job of being a truck simulator. It is complete with customization options, plenty of DLC if you get bored of the base game, an excellent set of mods (Not from Steam Workshop) can be installed which can further enhance your gameplay experience. If you are a truck fan, this game is almost certainly a must have. Someone who is a truck fan would absolutely love this game to bits. If you're not a truck fan, you may, or may not like this game but if you can get it when it is on sale you should try it before mocking it, it actually does what it is designed to do very well. Although, I'd highly recommend having a music player playing music in the background as the long drives can be a bit daunting without it. As for its down sides.. I couldn't get the built in radio player to work on Linux at all with MP3 or radio streams as is apparently supported. Not a big issue for me as I just used another media player to have music in the background. It can also be very resource intensive also so you may need quite a beefy system if you want to wack the graphic settings up. So to break all this down into a nice pro/cons list: Pros: - Very well built simulation game. Does what it says on the tin. - Has achievements/trading cards for those who may want them. - Cannot be simply "beaten" in a few hours like most modern games. - Has company management features built in allowing you to employ people, buy trucks etc etc etc. - Trucks can be customized. - Visually it looks amazing if your system can cope. - Great modding community that offers many things the base game cannot. - Multi-platform support Cons: - Very resource intensive mostly on the GPU and appears to only be using only 1 CPU core out of 8 on my system - Framerate can drop in some locations for a few seconds. - No built in multiplayer (Though can be added via unofficial mods) - AI traffic can be pretty darn stupid at times and will happily ram you out of your lane if it wants your lane and then charge you for the privilege with a traffic fine. Hmm, I wanted to list more cons.. but I honestly cannot think of any others. So I'm going to have to say.. yes I recommend this game :-).