By John Walker on June 20th, 2011 at 1:00 pm.
It’s not professional to criticise my colleagues in public, but sometimes a line has to be drawn. It was my day off on Friday, and I entrusted Rock, Paper, Shotgun entirely to the others. And yet no one – NO ONE – bothered to report news of a 30 minute demo for Trucks & Trailers. I can only apologise. And sob. Fortunately I’m here now.
What a half an hour it is. There’s parking trucks, parking trucks, reversing trucks to park them, and parking trucks. Or, if you’re me, within about fifteen seconds deliberately detaching your own trailer and seeing if you can tip it over.
There’s three difficulty levels, each requiring a higher standard of trucking. And boy, does it heap on the praise when you do well:
“EXCELLENT! That was awesome! Perfectly clean and really fast. Congratulations, you truly deserve the top award.”
Of course, it gets equally as angry when you mess up:
“You have failed to accomplish this task to pro standard! A real pro should not make any mistakes.”
I’m sorry truck parking simulator : (
What an odd thing. Odder still are the graphics, that look as though they would be good if someone hadn’t smeared a thick layer of petroleum jelly across your windscreen. Strange, blurry world.
You can test your own trailer-wielding skills for a free half hour (such generosity!) here.
20/06/2011 at 13:04 clive dunn says:
This game would undoubtably benefit from a Dirt2 style trailer home menu system. The player could have a dump, cook up a bacon n egg butty and then maybe answer the phone when your boss wants you to take some office chairs to Doncaster.
20/06/2011 at 13:32 Bennus says:
I did rolf
20/06/2011 at 14:03 DeathHamsterDude says:
You have a WHOLE floor dedicated to laughing? Wow.
21/06/2011 at 02:14 MD says:
In my house, the Laughing Floor lies directly beneath the Angry Dome.
21/06/2011 at 06:53 MinisterofDOOM says:
A few years ago I saw fit to combine my Laughing Floor and Angry Dome into a Mania Chamber. I haven’t looked back. Neither feels complete without the other these days.
20/06/2011 at 13:06 Lacessit says:
I won’t have any truck with that.
I’ll get me coat.
20/06/2011 at 13:07 Chris Evans says:
I wasn’t impressed with it, it certainly lacks the freedom of the world offered by the full-on UK Truck Simulator style game. Speaking of which, Euro Truck Sim 2 is currently in development, and it looks pretty darn nice!
20/06/2011 at 14:35 Land says:
I am actually looking forward to Euro Truck Sim 2, for some reason I played German Truck Simulator for many many hours. Do I need help? Why do I have this weird obsession for hauling freight across Germany?
21/06/2011 at 04:12 luckystriker says:
Indeed that is good news. Euro Truck Sim was one of my guilty pleasures, although it got old kind of fast.
20/06/2011 at 13:17 lurkalisk says:
I have yet to properly learn the ancient Truck/Trailer Pro Standard™. I shall not even disgrace this gauntlet with my stench…
20/06/2011 at 13:22 mbp says:
Yes but is it good enough to compete with the timeless classic “Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing”?
20/06/2011 at 16:18 ZIGS says:
YOU’RE WINNER !
20/06/2011 at 22:22 Gandaf007 says:
I have failed, forgive me internets.
20/06/2011 at 13:22 westyfield says:
I like trucking.
20/06/2011 at 13:27 johnpeat says:
I like trucking
20/06/2011 at 13:36 CaptainHairy says:
I like trucking and I like to truck.
20/06/2011 at 13:38 McDan says:
I like trains.. wait that’s not right.
20/06/2011 at 14:14 stahlwerk says:
“It’s a monstertrucker…”
20/06/2011 at 14:52 Bettymartin says:
and if you don’t like trucking, tough luck!
20/06/2011 at 16:09 lhzr says:
keep on truckin
20/06/2011 at 18:04 Arglebargle says:
….Got your chips cashed in?
20/06/2011 at 13:23 metalangel says:
I love trucking games… however, the best still seems to be the now-ancient Hard Truck 2.
The 18 Wheels of Steel games are fun but it’s just been baby steps from 18WOS: Across America seven years ago to 18WOS: American Long Haul (the current one).
UK Truck Simulator is cack. It’s very clearly Euro Truck Sim with a slight modification to make everything drive on the left, as it’s filled with road signs and markings not found in the UK. The map is cack, with the motorway junctions bearing absolutely no resemblance to their real-world counterparts, huge mountains in East Anglia, and London is a tiny cluster of maybe 3 streets that can only be entered from the north (the M4 abruptly ends at the M25, meaning a huge, lengthy trip around).
I had high hopes for the long-overdue Rig n’ Roll but I read a few descriptions of the gameplay on forums that put me right off.
20/06/2011 at 13:23 Danorz says:
can i murder prostitutes, though?
20/06/2011 at 13:27 johnpeat says:
Only if you’re a journalist desperate to get a laugh from ANYONE>…
20/06/2011 at 13:32 Lukasz says:
Can you pick up prostitutes and then murder them?
without that the sim part will be somehow lacking.
20/06/2011 at 14:53 Henke says:
The only trucking simulator worth bothering with is – without a doubt – the mighty TRICKY TRUCK!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdpaim4-a8w
20/06/2011 at 16:15 lhzr says:
what’s with all the prostitute murdering talk?
that’s not what truckers do. here’s an educational video about them that should clear things up a bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crqcoCFAo9o
21/06/2011 at 08:54 SpakAttack says:
I think it’s fair to say I wasn’t expecting that!
20/06/2011 at 18:33 Olero says:
And some nice music to truck with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SaQU09UCAM
20/06/2011 at 23:22 metalangel says:
Also this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9lmCpIzhFo