I have a few trucking games such euro truck, german truck simulator and american long haul from the 18 wheels series and this one is the more entretaining and stable than the other two, the voice gadget is not very useful but entretaining when the game becomes boring, the map offers enough quantity of cities and is great to have part of Mexico and Canada on it, you can haul double trailers and a good amount of different cargos and trucks, is good to be able to hire drivers and run a company and its fun although not to real things like UFOs flying when driving near roswell, planes and helicopters on different cities, cruise docking in Miami however there are more details that could be added and not minor bugs like sounds or panoramic views, the traffic AI is really poor and is almost the same in the other two games, the entrance to the cities is not really different or complicated from the highway driving, the weather is not chalenging and is annoying the dozing mode, things like customs, scales, parking and cops are missing in the other two and make more interesting this one, you can't see the damage and the issue of crashing should be something more than just get fine and drive away, they could add things like flat tires or punctures, roads closed, alternate routes, coffe and food to avoid falling asleep. Of course the graphics of ETS and GTS are fare more detailed but thats it.

This game is a bit on the worthless side. It crashes constantly, usually when trying to rest or repair your truck, there are no instructions for the download version so you have to piece together what to do from various postings on forums from people asking about the lack of instructions, it sometimes rains inside tunnels, particularly those around Houston, there are what appears to be US Army bases in Mexico and many other odd happenings. It's not a really bad game for the price, but one should be prepared for the somewhat monotonous gameplay, glitches and some annoying "laws" that usually gets you pulled over for driving the wrong way when all you have done is make a left turn. If you have played other games in the 18 Wheels of Steel series, you will be familiar with the lack of attention to detail and lack of quality support so it will come as no surprise, but newcomers to the series may not be aware of the peculiarities of these games. If you love this type of game, it does have a few improvements over the older games and may be worth purchasing. I must admit I would be very happy with the game for the price if it didn't crash so often.

yeah i like 18wos and it is a grind it out game but i love it the elements rain and snow is awesome the police car on the side of the highway i would like to see the car chasing you instead of just sitting along the highway i hope they continue 18wos series i will but the next game...IT'S AWESOME BABY!!!!

This is the 1st time I've bought an 18WoS simulator so I didn't really know what I was in for. Until now. The graphics are really nice in this game. The basics on how to control your truck are in the Help folder on your hard drive. This was a nice find. The only problem I found is with that help file. Not knowing anything about the series, it really took some looking on the various forums on how to expand my game play beyond just me driving. The on-drive help folder had just the basic button commands for how to control your truck and nothing more. I also found that controlling your truck is keyboard intensive. I had to ditch my steering wheel and pedals and just rely on keyboard and mouse. In closing ..... Although the graphics are great and the options are there for moving your game play forward.... IMO, this is a grinder's game. Lots and lots of just grinding away the miles not really knowing "why" your doing it. No forced goals. Nada. Would be nice if they had a Multi-Player option in the game that way you could roll with your buddies tourney style.... but nope. Not there. Pure solo grind. Was fun for the week, but now it's wore off and to the back of the game pile it goes.