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Trucking...

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:11 am
by Ashar
A new release by SCS Software...18 Wheels of Steel: American Longhaul...I'm glad they brought Mexican cities back...Shame they dropped out Toronto in favor of other Canadian cities...Oh well...Here are some shots...Sorry about the HUD...I forgot I could turn it off until after I took the screenies... :-/

Hauling an Oversized Pipe...
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Funny How They Wanted the Pipe at a Food Plant... ::)
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Great VC...
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Great Looking Night Lighting...
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Now, I'm off for my Biology exam... :P

See ya,
Ashar ;)

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:10 am
by Jayhawk Jake
I should pick up one of those games again...surprisingly fun for some reason.

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:11 am
by krigl
Cool! What do you do - just drive from place to place? If so, regional diversity? Or does it all look the same after 10 minutes.... :-?

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:24 am
by Ashar
Cool! What do you do - just drive from place to place? If so, regional diversity? Or does it all look the same after 10 minutes.... :-?


Yep...You drive from city to city...You can pretty much do a cross America journey if you wanted to and if you had the time...And yes, there are mountains, cliffs, deserts etc etc as you pass along...The weather can change as well going from rainy to sunny or snowy. Its quite fun in actuality...You can choose amongst a plethora of cargo to haul...Some of them looks rather interesting :P ;)

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:26 am
by krigl
Does look quite fun  :)

And if you hit another vehicle - by MISTAKE, obviously :D? Game over?

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:30 am
by Ashar
Does look quite fun  :)

And if you hit another vehicle - by MISTAKE, obviously :D? Game over?


Nope...They simple turn on there 4 way flashers and wait for the police...I on the other hand drive off as if nothing had ever happened...The game is lots of fun...You can take any route you want, crash into anything you want (including cops)...The only thing they'll do is ask you to pay up a fine...Oh, and you need to stop at traffic lights...That's a rather large fine :P

If you want, you can try out the game for 60 minutes...It's only a 113MB download ;)

American Long Haul

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:40 am
by machineman9
*downloading*

looks like one of those games that doesnt really look any good till you play it

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:33 pm
by krigl
Thanks for the link Ashar, may have to do that over Xmas....ah... just tried it, got an Adware alert...well, no downloading that then, but if I see it cheap in the shops I'll pick it up, the screenshots in the site gallery look quite tempting. Basically 'Truck Simulator'  :)

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:33 pm
by Ashar
Thanks for the link Ashar, may have to do that over Xmas....ah... just tried it, got an Adware alert...well, no downloading that then, but if I see it cheap in the shops I'll pick it up, the screenshots in the site gallery look quite tempting. Basically 'Truck Simulator'  :)


Adware alert? I didn't get that... :-/

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:09 am
by beaky
Neat... does it come with "lot lizards"? ;D

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:41 pm
by MWISimmer
Can you play it one handed whilst eating a greasy bacon sandwich and holding a hot cup of coffee between your legs?

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:13 pm
by Ashar
Can you play it one handed whilst eating a greasy bacon sandwich and holding a hot cup of coffee between your legs?



Yep

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:26 pm
by Alonso
Looks like a nice game... what about system reqs?

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:40 pm
by Ashar
Looks like a nice game... what about system reqs?


It uses minimal system resources...
Recommended system:

   * CPU: 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or better
   * RAM: 512 MB
   * Video Card: OpenGL 1.5 compatible 128 MB PCI Express with hardware T&L
   * Hard Disk: 540 MB free space
   * Operating System: Windows XP or Vista with DirectX 9 or higher installed
   * DirectX compatible soundcard
   * Optional: DirectX compatible gamepad or steering wheel


;) ;)

Re: Trucking...

PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:49 am
by Fozzer
Looking Good, Ash...

...(apart from the fact that you have to drive on the "wrong" side of the road... :'(... ;D...!

Do you get to drive a Peterbilt, like the one in the film Dual "Duel".... ;)...!

http://www.peterbilt.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_(film)

Paul.... 8-)...!

P.S. Did you get to find out anything "new" in your Biology Lesson, without having to get Married first?.. ::)...!

.... ;D....!