Will the CZECH SCS software simulators finally get good competition?
This year, with a partner, we are spoiling, we also go to the largest game fair.
The genre of truck simulators was controlled by a long -term game of the Czech Studio SCS software. In addition, the American truck simulator and the EURO 2 truck simulator can enjoy long -term additional support in the form of paid extensions and free updates, which provide both titles of a large community of active players.
In recent years, however, several studies have tried to violate both home games with their own projects. However, in the vast majority of cases, these are games that encounter either an insufficient budget or inadequate experience of their authors in the field of this particular genre.
The result is often very contradictory projects that cannot be equal to the hegems of an agricultural simulator or the aforementioned euro/American simulator.
Driving a truck
However, this year, Gamescom was published by road kings, which at first glance look reliable. The project is due to the experimental interactive studio Saber, which in the past brought to the market, for example, successful simulators of SUVs MUDRUNner, Snowrunner and Roadcraft. In addition, Focus Entertainment supports the development of the game as a publisher who has long been one of the leading European publishers with an interesting portfolio.
Therefore, when we received an offer to try the game behind the closed door right on Gamescom, I took this opportunity. On Stand of the Focus Entertainment Publishing House, I could try about 30 minutes of the game, which introduced the main elements of the game. I was the first to experience one player’s campaign, a game mode, which is rather an exception in the genre of simulators.
In addition, the developers told me during the game that the campaign should take about 10 hours, which is more than a number of well -known AAA brands led by Call of Duty or Battlefield. From the point of view of the gameplay, the campaign is based on linear missions with more “action” content in the form of emergency situations.
I could specifically try the trip, accompanied by the ongoing hurricane, which left behind the destruction in the form of a destroyed road and lightning. Although the creators said that as part of the campaign, they will largely make bets on various types of extreme weather conditions, they also added that they want to offer other specific problems that the truck driver may encounter.
South of the United States
However, despite the presence of the campaign, the main attraction of the sandbox Road Kings will remain, in which you can complete various orders on the skin of the driver, and then the owner of your own transport company. In this game mode, unlike the campaign, you will have to explore the open world that will deliver you to the USA. In particular, the authors rely on the region between the southern part of the US state of Georgia and the northern part of Florida, which, among other things, is known for the frequent appearance of hurricanes and a tornado. Of course, the game world itself decreases for the needs of the game compared to the real, and its total size was estimated by the authors by 500 km².
Despite this, you can ride classic highways and stripes. Of course, there will also be larger cities, which in the game demonstration represented Florida Jacksonville. In the field of filling the games, he plays, as expected, first of all, to fulfill various orders in which you will have to transport certain costs from point A to point B. In this regard, I was intrigued by a function that allows you to accept more orders at the same time. In practice, you can load several different costs from different suppliers on the floor -inter equipment, and then gradually divorce them (if you, of course, can fit in a trailer).
Everything else mostly works similarly to SCS software simulators, which means that the game will punish you for violating the rules and damage to the precious cargo. In addition, you will have to take care of your own vacation and enough fuel/food for drivers and trucks.
Complex driving model and inconsistent graphics
In addition to the filling, this also deserves praise, which is also surprisingly close to Czech competitions several times. Everything is important from reliable physics to various advanced functions, such as engine braking. In the end, I tried the game on the steering wheel and drivers, and in the full game I would definitely reach the wheel. Unfortunately, the whole experience of the proven version is relatively significantly spoiled by the contradictory technical side.
Although the game works on a modern unreal engine, it loses its leading representatives in its current form. For example, the relatively widely used dynamic weather, for example, is very ignored. In addition, when moving to vegetation and buildings richer parts, textures are visible. General lighting and work with advanced effects are also very medium. Although it is still necessary to think that this is a working version, my eyes remain in my eyes.
This is a similar drawback, for example, Dakar Desert rally, which is associated with developers from the Saber Porto studio. Therefore, it is no coincidence that the same team costs the road.
However, if the authors manage to move the game at least a little and at the same time not to spoil optimization, the novelty from the sabra may be the most successful alternative to the current hegemone of the genre. Road Kings will be released on a PC for 2026, as well as in parallel, as well as in the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S series.
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Source : Zing
