violate OSHA safety laws in VR. 10/10

First Impressions:
What I do not like:
* Timed challenges go against my forklift training and how my employer operates their warehouse. Forklift operating is about safety, and making sure products do not get damaged. Having rewards tied to speed does not make a whole lot of sense in my opinion because it pushes the player to take risks. For a game it is OK but for a simulator, I disagree with the decision.
* Storing requirements for the pallets are inconsistent and lack clarity. I find myself placing a pallet into a truck or shelf normally but the game wants me to store it facing another way. I would not mind that requirement if the game did a clearer job telling me how a pallet needs to be placed. Instead of white outlines, there could be a red indicator letting me know the pallet is facing the wrong way while it is on my forklift.

What I do like:
* Key binding options.
* Good tutorial. I understood how to play the game within minutes.
* Fun game play. I wanted a forklift game and this delivers.

I look forward to seeing the future updates, especially the arcade mode. Community maps and missions would be a fun feature. If the things I do not like about the game are fixed / mitigated, then that would be great.

your to late sonic, i'm now forklift certified!

As someone who recently got certified for forklifts, this game is really fun and a good refresher for basic knowledge. My only request is that we can get a side shift button and function in game as some do have that feature. Maybe it can be a purchasable upgrade? Keep at it!

Before this game I was a struggling alcoholic, unable to support my kids and with a wife who was only my wife because she couldn't afford to divorce me.

After this game, I have become a sigma, I work eleven shifts a day as a forklift operator thanks to the training I got from this game.

UPDATE: I have morphed into Walter White from the popular show 'Breaking Bad' and I am now the owner of a forklift operating mafia, we make crystal blue forklifts and I have one of my old students, called Jesse Liftman working for me as a senior forklift operator.

UPDATE: I recently gave birth to half a baby and we called her David

Damn this is fun. You can't tell from looking at the screenshots but driving this things is pure joy. It somehow touches your inner kid who imagined driving things. Was awesome in Non-VR. I can only imagine how much better it has to be in VR. Must buy for any big boy. Cheers!
~Someone who once dreamed about driving heavy machinery but ended up doing desk job lol.

Best Forklift Operator certainly earned its name,
before I had tried a few times to play Forklift Simulator 2019 in the official VR mode but I couldn't manage to control the forklift correctly.
In Best Forklift Operator everything feels right and the controls run as smoothly as an experienced forklift driver knows.
Anyone who has experience with a forklift in real life will certainly experience little difficulty when playing this game.

Check out my smooth gameplay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8CGzumCyUA

So in the game you will first have to do a short training / tutorial located in the open air,
personally I was a little disappointed that this workout was the only time where I had to be in the great outdoors,
after the training you will have to perform the jobs inside a warehouse and the variation of the environments could be a bit more,
at the time I played the game there was still room for an unannounced new location, maybe in the future there will be a location where you have to maneuver both inside and outside the warehouse.
In any case, the locations in which you will have to do the jobs are carefully set up, so you will also be able to avoid pedestrian lines and safety posts.

With each job you will be able to earn a little extra based on certain objectives, there is a timer with every job and when you are below a specified time to complete the level you can earn extra, or when you hit something up to max. x number of times. collides with the forklift, this can also bring in some extra money.
With this earned money you will be able to unlock other types of forklifts that are cheaper in terms of speed, turning around, ect.
You can also pay to give your forklift a different color.

So you will have to move pallets, from or in the storage location to or from a trailer of a truck or from the storage area and this always in different ways,
sometimes along the side of the trailer, and often you have to drive around the back of the trailer.
When you place the pallets in the storage locations or trailers, you will also have to take into account where the pallet is directed,
So always imagine a front and side of the pallet because you will undoubtedly experience a moment where you put down a pallet and the game does not accept it, this usually means that the pallet is not in the right direction.

I will change my review if the game updates...

First, VR (the view not the controls) is done well. Feels like you're on a machine.

I am using an Xbox controller emulator to be able to use wheel & pedals with a joystick. Mouse/Keyboard and VR controls are kinda trash. Using actual analog controls is where it's at. I had to use outside software to do this and I have a guide posted on the game's guide page.

This could be THE BEST forklift sim available except for these problems:

The mast up, down, tilt forward, and back are simply binary on/off. Binding them to an axis gives no fine control. There is also some sort of smoothing/momentum added to the forks so after you stop giving input the forks continue to move uncommanded. This is not how hydraulics behave. On top of this there is no side shift function (forks left/right).

All of this combined makes it feel kinda garbage when you have proper analog controls. Right now this game is more arcade and not something that lets you build fine motor control and real skills.

There is maybe 10 hours of game-play but if they changed the mentioned problems the free play and leaderboard modes could give countless hours more.

It really made me appreciate the work of all the forklift drivers around the world. Lift stuff from here, drop it there. How hard can it be, right? Well, it can : D But that's part of the fun.

I never had experience with forklifts before and I must say this game teaches you a lot. Had no idea about the axis at the back, or that you should lean the fork toward you when driving, or that there are only 3 gears or that the wheels have no dampers! Quite educational.

Previously I thought it's like a 'losers job' that anybody can do. I take back my previous thinking and I pray to Forklift Gods for forgiveness. D:

This one caught my eye right away, and I usually don't write reviews but I just felt this one deserved some words. For the record, I'm someone who very much enjoys the monotonous simulation tasks within this genre of titles. Coming from ETS/ATS, Train Simulator and Farming Simulator(much better pallet physics found here).

Now on to the game. So far I'm really enjoying the experience that is offered here. Early access or not, this is just good. There is a huge margin for expansion, and don't get me wrong it is needed.

From a real world view on equipment, and obviously forklifts - there is a lot missing here. Everything is pretty basic in terms of functionality. Up, down, mast tilt and your standard forward and reverse, left and right. I know there has been plenty of talk about adding shift functions in the near future and they are already anticipating the release of a new machine on the road map so that's a positive. I have no doubts whatsoever that if this continues, we will see a lot more things implemented within the limitations of what this game can do.

The freight you will handle does have a good variety to it with various sizes and weights to lift and manipulate. I like that there is construction orientated pallets, along with food and refrigerated packaged goods and some random others thrown in the mix. This makes for a diverse loading experience and that is my high point here.

The game features a basic career/mission mode. You will pick up pallets, load/unload trucks and organise your warehouse. However, unfortunately there is very little freedom and you basically have to put everything where the game tells you. Don't get me wrong, its fun and satisfying. It really isn't very realistic though, and pallet placement feels very random. You would likely not be loading a truck in the way portrayed within these missions. Often times I felt I would have done things much differently. There is also the time aspect of these missions that feels very out of place. It's not a limit, just a bonus for completing tasks under a certain amount of time. Thankfully it can be completely ignored without much loss.

Please don't let that turn you away. You're freely able to do what you want within these missions. You will only need to move 6 pallets or so for your mission. But you should find many more in the workspace that you spawn into and you can pick up and place these pallets where ever and however you like, so long as it does not conflict with your missions pallets. I've spent about 45 minutes of my 2 hours played so far placing things where the game asked and the other 1.25 hours loading trucks myself with my freight of choice.

This is where the game really stood out for me. Stacking pallets, picking orders, loading the trucks freely, its really enjoyable to just do your own thing, a chill and relaxing experience. I found this to be most satisfying. I really hope the devs take this direction with future updates. I can of course appreciate the arcade nature of the current career mode. Its fun and well done, just not really my thing.

I think if I had to ask for anything, it would be a better labelling system for freight. Right now it is just a basic UI outline around the pallets you need to lift, and where they need to be placed. Some kind of colour code or work order menu or something to help you keep track of what goes where would be super sweet. Even better if you can create one yourself but I'm probably dreaming there. Secondly, a normal free play mode with random trucks to load/unload coming in and out without a time limit or anything.

Anyways, yeah its definitely worth it. So happy I found this title. Really hoping to see this keep expanding. Even if it didn't, I would still be playing it how it is. Good job devs, good solid early access title. Good performance, no game breaking bugs I've noticed yet and overall a great experience. Thanks for creating this!!