I want to like it and recommend it, but it's really just a paint and unscrewing/screwing simulator.

Only 3 trucks to work on. Painting gets old quick. I couldn't paint wheels I wanted to paint. Trucks don't take damage so no need to repair or maintain. Just got old real quick.

They would have been better off releasing this as a DLC for CMS18. There's some good ideas here, and even as a slightly expensive DLC the good parts would have a great addition to the base game. A new garage? Different suspensions? More hands on interface? ♥♥♥♥ yeah! On its own though, it's an empty quad-'B': Bargain Bin Bundle at Best. At a quarter of the price, it's worth dealing with. Otherwise, you're paying for a name more than a game.

And I do mean empty. Here's what it has to offer:
-There are 4 different suspensions that can be mounted on the trucks, which can be reconfigured.
-The painting and sandblasting is done better.
-The very hands on approach, having to get each part and use the tools is actually more nice than tedious. I was surprised at that one. Particularly having control over how high the lifts go.

And here's where it lacks:
-INVENTORY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ MANAGEMENT. My God. There's nowhere to put anything. My disassembled truck is a pile of crap on the floor. CMS, where the engine started, has a warehouse system. Should not have been removed. You want me to carry the part to a shelf and turn it in? Fine. I'd go for that, see above. Tripping over a mountain of mufflers isn't cool.
-Reliability. This is the big one. Mainly tieing into the DLC vs Game theory here, but every aspect of the game that they've added to, is a bug riddled mess. Parts will get stuck in places and leave the player unable to move them. Orders will ♥♥♥♥ off and disappear sometimes. Got a free truck out of that bug once. Trucks that mysteriously have every bolt fall out at once. Most of the problems can be fixed with a save/load, or dis / re -assembly of the truck, but the time limits on orders make that impractical to do.
-Engine parts. In CMS you can strip an engine down to the block if you want to. Here, you can change injectors, computers, and a turbo. Meh.
-Repair minigame. Why? Just, why? It adds tedium without no depth. Instead of clicking once to repair a part, I have to click three times based on a timer. A timer that is the same for every part. This is a strong case where less would have been more for the player.

So I've spent a lot of time comparing here, so I should mention the bad too, and why it's worse here. CMS18 was a bug riddled mess when it released 28 July 17. On 1 Aug 17, they asked for a chance to fix it. Amid a blitz of patches. By September the news wasn't how broken it was, but how many patches were put out, how often, and how much work had been done quickly to fix it. That's, what, 2 months? This one came out 10 May 19, it's six months to the day later. There was some consistent work done on it, but it wasn't enough.

If you pay their full asking price for it, wait it out for more improvements, take the time to do the research and see what you're paying for before you do.

Corrected to reflect a recent patch.

🔹Great variety of removing or adding parts to a car.
🔹Realistic builds of cars.
🔹Great Multiplayer modes.
🔹Very helpful and understandable tutorial.

🔸Random freezes and lagspikes despite High End device.
🔸Time limits for offers are a little strict.


Diesel Brothers: Truck Building Simulator was developed and published by Code Horizon and PlayWay S.A. the developer that created Gold Rush.

• Gameplay:
  As mentioned above, Diesel Brothers is a Mechanic Simulator that let's you complete offers earning money and with that money work on your own Truck for either Online races or to sell it in order to upgrade your Workshop/ Garage.
  
  Mechanic Stuff:
  The best comparison would be Car mechanic Simulator as some of the mechanics are identical. Yet they are not the same games to the fullest.
  You can basically unscrew almost everything, take out the engine? sure, change up the trims? sure, add perhaps a turbo charger? check, remove rust and paint coat it again with a totally different colour? ofcourse. The game really adds more depth as far as customization goes and detail. You can swap totally different parts now, for example use a 8 bolt wheel support instead of a 4 bolt one, or use a Left Door with a Plastic trim instead of the full aluminium part and honestly I was a big fan of that addition. What I did not like or wasn't really a fan of was the fact that you cannot really scan a Truck and perhaps look for the damages it has sustained or when you look to buy a truck and find a cheap one it is basically displayed as totally new in the pictures instead of real time pictures. Other than that I was a huge fan of the mechanical stuff. One more thing I almost forgot was the fact that you now need to pick up a tool in order to unscrew or screw various parts which adds realism but make it kind of a chore to constantly look for the tool in order to do your work.
  
  Financial and Workshop stuff:
  Another major addition is the fact that you can customize and improve your workshop. You start with basically nothing and work youself up by adding lifts and new parking spots for each offer / Project you receive. Another nice addition is that you can decorate the garage by adding random props like barrells, wall arts or other things, you can't add a lot still but I hope they improve the variety. Another amazing addition is the fact that you now have a usable Storage where you can store all the used or spare parts you've collected. Now the rest of the things are identical to Car Mechanic Simulator where you can paint things ( In real time though ), buy used parts from the scrapyard and buy trucks from the auction house but sadly you dont get the barn finds.
  
  Driving Mechanics:
  Well it is honestly a very simple driving game, nothing much to add here, you basically get no advanced physics neither do the cars behave like trucks, for example I was using a lifted Sterling Long Bed and I expected the truck to be pretty bouncy and feel a lot like a Boat but it was totally stiff like a Formula 1 Racecar, still this is not a bad criticism as the game does not try to achieve realistic driving, just wanted to clear that out.
  
  
• Story:
  There is not much of a story, you choose between 4 brother with probably the greatest Dieselfan nicknames of All-Time ( Diesel Dave, Heavy D, Muscle and Red Beard ) and you start off you adventure to become the greatest Truck mechanic ever. Keep in mind that every brother adds different perks to the table so make a wise decision.
  
  
• Graphics/ Audio:
  
  Graphics:
  The Game is pretty basic looking for todays graphics, nothing bad looking but will not impress you either. Textures are a little muddy and unclear at times until you get close up to them, lighting is pretty normal as well, what I actually like the the look of freshly painted parts especially the metallic paint looks just like in real life. Overall it is a basic looking game but it surely does it job, personally I had no complains at all as far as the visual part goes.
  
  Audio/Soundtrack:
  The soundtrack is probably the best matching playlist I have ever experienced to a game theme. You turn on the radio in your workshop and you hear countrymusic or Rock which I found nice, sadly I think that the playlist isnt that big so after hearing all the songs multiple times I decided to turn the radio off. There is no voice acting as far as I can remember but it would be legendary if they would hire some fitting voiceactors to add to the immersion! I would be a huge fan of that.
  
  
• Performance :
  
  On Low End Devices:
  Intel Core i5 5200U, 6GB RAM, Intel HD 5500:
  Haven't tested that one out yet but the review will be updated when done.
  On High End Devices:
  Intel Core i7 4790k, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 1070:
  I was running the Game on Maxed out settings with +80fps on 1080p resolution.
  
  Bugs/ Glitches/ Crashes:
  I experienced to Bugs, Glitches or crashes in around 7 Hours of fixing Diesel Trucks.
  Some FPS drop should be noted though.
  
  
• Price :
  For 15 Eur. you honestly get a great game. Nothing more to say!
  
  
• Conclusion :
  Diesel Brothers: Truck Building Simulator is in my opinion the best Mechanic Simulator you can get out there, sadly it only offers trucks but that wasn't a big problem for me, combined with some new elements and mechanics, I can only recommend it.
  
  
  Overall Rating: 81 /100
  
  Date of the Review:10.05.2019
  
  
  
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This is just not a good game. Plain and Simple. If you are mechanically inclined in the least bit you'll be left wondering when you get to the good part of the game. Basically you start off with customer orders. They are all very time constraining and they all want Decals. The problem is, I couldn't for the life of me find an option to Mirror or Flip decals. So every truck came out looking like a 6 year old with stickers was told to just slap them where ever they could as fast as they can. And Decals are VERY time consuming to do properly since most orders want 8-12 decals on the truck. Then there's the UI which is clunky at best. Transferring a truck between areas is not as straight forward as it should be. And as for suspension options (if you even make it that far without pulling your hair out) are basically every truck has 3 options. 4, 8, and 12 inch lifts. And the only part of the motor you can change is ECU, Injectors, Radiator, and Turbo. There was no in depth mechanical aspects. Just taking parts off and slapping new ones on. I assume you can swap motors later on which I admittedly didn't do. But I think it fair to assume it's just drop in/drop out without anything engaging. And the cherry on top of this lackluster game was the driving physics. No damage, very little suspension deflection, and clunky turning accumulated into an experience reminiscent of early 2000s Source games (Half-Life 2 for ex.). Take note of the hours played. I enjoy sim rebuilding games, but this is by far the worst of them and I couldn't even make it to my second hour before uninstalling and refunding.
The only positive the game had was sandblasting and painting. But the paint never matched quite right with the rest of the parts on customer's trucks. You'd have to repaint the entire truck to get a clean look.

This game looked promising at first, and I did enjoy the very short time I did play it. But the game is very obviously lacking in content. The Devs have essentially abandoned this from the get go. There is no reason for me to come back to this game. I had this game in my wishlist for so long hoping it would be something my friend and I could play together. But I honestly couldn't recommend it to him.. Again, this game has potential, and it was fun for the first few hours, but after you built one truck, you've essentially built them all. This game lacks so much content, and its very obvious that the Devs do not care. They did try to keep the game updated on the first few weeks it was out, but I believe they gave up on it, they weren't prepared for the task. In the state the game is in now... I absolutely can not recommend this game. Not even for the marked down price that the game is now.

As a diesel mechanic I found this game really fun and everything was cool in the middle. Now what I mean by that is, at the beginning the game was still new and there were a lot of things that you could do that you wouldn't be able to do in a diesel shop like putting a tire on a rime with your bare hands and no help of a tool. Although it wasn't super realistic at fist it got better, way better. But then in december I started noticing a lot more bugs and it was starting to affect how I could do tasks. And that's where I am stuck now, a pees that is called the lower control arm has decided that it wanted to be in the diff instead of where it is supposed to be. Now that is a problem because It made me fail the job and I was screwed for cash. My next instinct was to wait a month and see if its fixed. Well its been half a year already (wow) since I've played it last and to my luck it was still a problem. And I saw that the last time it was updated was back in december. So I started to do a little research to see why it hadn't been updated in so long. Turns out there was a big lawsuit against diesel brothers and in the end code horizon had to drop the game. when I read that I was sad because this game had so much potential. and it is because the game has not been updated (and no word from code horizon on what they pan to do) that I can not recommend this game. If they all of a sudden start updating the game I will think about updating my review.

This is my honest review of the game. i spent hours watching other people play and decided to buy and try. so far just over 3 hours played and it lives up to the name. i have read some reviews and find the negative ones a bit harsh. this game is called "Diesel Brothers: Truck Building SImulator". NOT Truck Mechanic Simulator. people saying to rather not buy this game because you cant strip the engine... NOT what this game is about (not yet anyway). the emphasis here is BUILDING A TRUCK. i find it more realistic at this point than CMD2018. Honestly. in CMS you buy hundreds of parts and poof, ALL those parts are on your person... like where? in your massive father christmas backpack? no waiting time for parts. you cant do body swaps or build a car from the ground up. HOW REALISTIC.

another point i would like to make is this game was released to public 2 days ago. the potential for this game to add a crap ton more features is there. No game ever is released in PERFECT STATE. dont not buy this game because everyone says CMS2018 is better. CMS' emphasis is on Mechanic SIm. Truck Building is emphasis on Truck Building.

for the developers.
if you are going to make huge changes to this game like being able to tear down a complete motor and more in depth tear downs, PLEASE do this on an advanced mode. the game as it stands now can be a beginners mode which in my opinion is good. if i feel like putting a truck together while waiting to go somewhere, how it is now WORKS. if i feel like wanting to try different engine parts then let me do that in a different mode. secondly, parts preview. add images to the parts store so that we know what things look like before we buy them. that way my garage doesnt have to have every single wheel type so i can choose what wheel i want on my new truck.

the more i play the game the more i will add to this review. but i hope this review helps potential buyers to not be put off because everyone compares this to CMS2018 because its not!

This game is in early stages and lets work with the developers to make this game what we want it to be!

Fun game for a while, but it is no longer supported or updated.

game was fun up until a point where i had to swap a 12 inch suspension for an 8 inch suspension. got to the part where i needed to install the front struts and the rear axle and springs and none of them would go into place. and i triple checked that they were 8 inch variants. a total game breaking bug as i couldn't finish the truck suspension or abandon the order.

I have played Car Mechanic Simulator since 2014 and Revhead (Hard AF), since I am from Alberta I like trucks, on the paper looks like this is a great game with all the painting mechanicism, junk yard and parts, I am able to unlock everything in just a matter of hours. All the fun stuff screwing with a diesel truck is gone here such as
1. Delete delete delete DPF delete SCR delete DEF delete and Tuner
2. 6.7 V8 that blow up, 6.6V8 that doesnt pull stuff, and a inline 6 that rules should be included in the game ,not just one generic type of engine
3. Fluids, Fluids, Fluids, at least truck need engine oil and coolant to run
4. no part health? like i can't see if the part is good or not?
5. Off road lights, fender flares, diesel truck is meant to be customized, and this game is no where near the level of that
6. more detailed parts, not just generic part name
7. more realistic way of how the screw works, 4 screw does not hold down a bed neither do cab
8. driving dynamics

A lot of room for improvement, for this price I am expecting more, 14Gigabyte of contents should be more impressive. Revhead started ♥♥♥♥ and now they have caught up with the simulation part.