My Thoughts

[b1lgb]

So I have around 40 mins in the game so far. I have done the starter tutorial and the first mission.
The game is like a cross between ETS2 and construction simulator. You drive a truck, deliver the load, then sometimes you also get to unload and position the load. The tutorial has you unload the truck with a crane, but the first deliver a boat mission just has you deliver the cargo.
I have a gaming laptop, 32GB ram and a rtx 4080. The game ran smoothly enough, but it stuttered every time the music changed, which was annoying/ I also use an xbox elite controller and whilst this is supported, sometimes button presses were not registered. On the tutorial, you have to rotate the load on the crane to get it in the right position, but I struggled as the game would not detect the shoulder button for rotate. It would go right, but not left
The Driving is ok, the steering is not great. I have tried adjusting the speeds and sensitivity but it still seems slow to respond. It is no where near as polished as the driving experience in ETS2. However, other than the slow steering it was acceptable enough.
The AI drivers can be a bit weird. I had one the just turned off the road and straight into a building and another that simply took off at high speed wiping out a traffic light.
When driving the missions, you get penalised for bad driving, such as speeding or running red lights. However, it would appear that its not working correctly at the moment, as I intentionally drove very badly and went through every red light, but the game only registered me as going through 2.
I think it has good potential and it is a good concept. Hopefully the released version will be more polished than the demo.
As it stands, I would consider buying the game in a sale. I would not want to pay full price for it, unless they do some significant improvements to the driving side of the game.

**Update after completing the 3 missions**
So I have finished the 3 missions and the tutorial. My observations. Definately needs a bit more polish on the driving side, specifically steering needs improvement.
The AI cars are very hit and miss, but I am assuming this is due to the early access, I have had collisions because they randomly turned in front of me, vehicles disappearing and simply driving off the road.
I do like the style of the game and I still think it has potential. I cannot help but compare it to ETS2, but with bigger, more elaborate cargo to haul.
I really do not like the forced stopping in the middle of a delivery to carry out an extra task, such as the barrier removal or the laying of steel plates. It kills the flow of the game. However, I really like the concept of it. It would be better if we could plan the route first, then remove all the barriers etc, then drive the truck through. So basically you would have to drive the whole route in the van first, mark the problem areas and fix them before ever starting the actual heavy haulage portion.
It is unclear from the demo, if the game will have progression such as buying bigger, better trucks, owning your own trailers etc, or if each mission will be scripted and the equipment provided. I am assuming from the various gifts for completing a mission, you will be able to improve your truck, but it would be nice to be able to own a whole stable of trucks.

I am still of my original opinion that the game has lots of potential, but I would need to see some good improvements before I would consider paying full price for it.

[Patpat]

So, in fact like ETS very light but with crane control on top ?

[kandar]

The game does have potential but some things simply need to be left out, like deconstructing and entire guardrail in the middle of a delivery. All that does is disrupt the momentum of the game. It was at that point I hit the ALT F4.

Good luck to the dev(s). Hope you all can turn this game into a success. SCS needs some competition.

[b1lgb]

Originally posted by Patpat:

So, in fact like ETS very light but with crane control on top ?

Yes, basically it is like a version of ets2 with poorer driving physics, but better cargo management.
Doing the dump truck delivery, I was able to get the truck up to 165KPH then powerslide round a corner... until I was not able to control it and the resultant crash was quite spectacular. Although, never at any point did I seem able to tip the truck over, it just kept sliding

[Unster]

Originally posted by b1lgb:

Originally posted by Patpat:

So, in fact like ETS very light but with crane control on top ?

Yes, basically it is like a version of ets2 with poorer driving physics, but better cargo management.
Doing the dump truck delivery, I was able to get the truck up to 165KPH then powerslide round a corner... until I was not able to control it and the resultant crash was quite spectacular. Although, never at any point did I seem able to tip the truck over, it just kept sliding

Yikes! This game will need to do better to attract realistic physics fan like myself.