Developer: SCS Software

Publisher: ValuSoft/THQ

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Game Info:

Heed the call of the open road, throw the gears in motion and take off in a tractor trailer. Be your own boss behind the wheel of your big rig. Over 40 cities, over 30 trucks, and much larger variety of cargo compared to the previous titles in the 18 Wheels of Steel franchise. Huge driving distances. New approach to real-time chrome reflections. Meet many trucks on the road to form long convoys on your way to fame and fortune!

System Requirements:

Minimum System Requirements are the very minimum specs that your computer needs to run the software. If you try to use the program when your computer does not meet the minimum system requirements, you will experience a wide array of unpredictable results.

Minimum:

• Operating System: Windows 98/ME/XP with DirectX: 9.0c
• Processor: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz or 100% compatible processor
• RAM: 256 Mb
• Hard Drive Space: 400 MB Free
• Drives: 4X CD-ROM
• Display: 256 Colors or Higher
• 32MB 3D Video Accelerator with T&L and DirectX 9.0 compliant video drivers
• Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 compatible sound card
• Other: Mouse

Features:

• New generation of Prism3D engine is used, with a lot of improvements and total overwrites of several areas.
• The game world covers continental US from coast to coast, and several locations in Canada. Mexico was removed.
• Border checkpoint included in game.
• One big map is again available in the game. The map is quite bigger than the one in Pedal to the Metal.
• The number of cities has increased (41) as well as the mesh of connecting roads, and the resulting world is really huge.
• Much more time you need to drive from one city to other.
• You can choose up to 32 trucks!
• You can dispatch more than 90 different loads.
• The roads more or less is based on real road network.
• Much more trucks on the road!
• All truck interiors have more details now!
• More real looking cross roads and highway system.
• The improved world editor is a part of the game�s executable.
• Police AI and car AI was rewritten. Police is more active now but not tiresome nevertheless.
• Police HUD is included in game.
• The first truck game with convoy possibility.
• New physics and collision system was rewritten.
• Sleeping time is removed from game.
• The real looking truckstop is now available. You can do all in one place ;-)
• Better looking cargo terminals.
• Special mission possibility: buses, double trailers, cars.
• Mini map as GPS is included to game.
• Rear view mirrors at last.
• The graphics are enhanced.
• You have a choice to activate turn signals manually or just have them operate on their own as a cheap visual effect when you take a turn. Other vehicles in the game use and understand turn signals of course.
• KM/H or MPH display mode possibility.
• Simple tutorial is included in the beginning of game.

Links:

• Developers page.
• Official site.
• Official game partner.

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Last edit: 31.10.2006 03:38:50 +1000

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