18 Wheels of Steel
18 Wheels of Steel is a computer game series of trucks and freight forwarding simulations developed by the Czech game developer SCS Software and ValuSoft of Germany ( a studio of THQ ), and later published Rondomedia. The focus is on the development of a haulage company and the ride on the truck from the loading to the unloading point. 18 Wheels of Steel based on the ideas published in 2002 the immediate predecessor Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel from the same developer.
- 2.1 Euro Truck Simulator
- 2.2 German Truck Simulator
- 3.1 King of the Road
- 3.2 Rig'n'Roll: The Truck - Simulation
Games of the 18 -Wheels -of- Steel- series
18 Wheels of Steel: Across America
The first game of this series is a simple evolution of Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel. It made graphical improvements, expanded the fleet and installed new routes. A significant change in comparison to Hard Truck: The sleep time advertisement has been removed. Thus, there was no forced rest times more, which in hindsight has led to a lack of realism. The background for 18 Wheels of Steel: Across America supplies the U.S. with 20 cities.
18 Wheels of Steel: Full on the gas
The second game in the 18 Wheels of Steel series brought innovations such as more trucks and trailers as well as ten new cities. The routes now stretch beyond the United States. It goes from northern Mexico to southern Canada. The entire game consists of 30 cities. In order to bring more realism to the game, the rest period indicator was re-installed, which lacked its predecessor. 18 Wheels of Steel: Full on the gas first used OpenGL. The game was released in August 2004.
18 Wheels of Steel: Convoy
In this game the player can first look of the cab with the mouse control to the outside. The side mirrors can be used. The routes range from Mexico across the United States to southern Canada. The trip goes through a total of more than 30 cities. Unlike its predecessors, the game series, team riders in other vehicles recognized due to a new graphics engine. 18 Wheels of Steel: Convoy was released in September 2005.
18 Wheels of Steel: Haulin '
Both graphically and realistically made 18 Wheels of Steel: Haulin ' a leap forward. The image resolution has been significantly increased, which makes it look even more beautiful the surroundings. Similarly, the trucks were improved and expanded the streets. The road signs functioned as better and the fixtures in the truck showed realistic. The tour then went through more than 40 major cities, although Mexico was eliminated from the trip planning. The game was released in December 2006.
18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul
For 18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul there is a slightly better graphics compared to its predecessor. The north of Mexico resumed in route planning, and just as there are for the tuning shop new parts. The background music consists of only two titles, but can be extended by its own title. The game was released in March 2008. A small Easter egg, the developers have hidden in the Mexican city of Chihuahua, namely the Titty Twister bar from the movie From Dusk Till Dawn.
18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker
In 18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker is not the first time Highway network included, instead, has to prove to the players on three particularly extreme routes:
- Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road, an ice road
- Australian Outback
- Yungas Road
Sales start in Germany was in November 2009.
18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker 2
18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker 2 contains small improvements in addition to the routes known from the previous two scenarios, Montana and Bangladesh. Nevertheless, it is sold as a separate game and not as an add -on. The launch in Germany was in February 2011.
Games of the truck - simulator - series
Euro Truck Simulator
The game Euro Truck Simulator was developed by SCS Software and published in Germany by Rondo Media on August 6, 2008. The game includes a European motorway and road network and twelve European trucks. In an update Great Britain was re-stocked. In addition, you can visit there 17 European cities.
German Truck Simulator
German Truck Simulator is the successor of the game Euro Truck Simulator and was also developed by SCS Software and published by Rondo Media on January 13, 2010. The game is mainly about delivering freight such as wall panels or fruit in 18 German cities. You start as an employee and builds throughout the game their own trucking company on. The tasks for the player also include the organization of trips for the salaried driver, vehicle repairs and tuning.
Austrian Truck Simulator is an extension to the main game, which can be downloaded free of charge.
Other Truck simulations
King of the Road
King of the Road is developed by the Russian software developer SoftLab - NSK and published in Germany in 2001 by JoWooD combined truck and economic simulations. In a virtual world, it 's about control 51% of the transport industry. These loads must be delivered not only on time, but hurry, because who supplies first, earned enough money and can hire new drivers. This is complicated not only by competing drivers that push the player from the road, but also by the police and the Mafia, which bombard the vehicle and place spike strips or mines, if you ignore the call to stop the truck.
The vehicles are both from the name and from the exterior modeled after the originals and recognizable.
Rig'n'Roll: The Truck - Simulation
Rig'n'Roll: The Truck simulator is a truck simulation, developed by the Russian software developer SoftLab - NSK and also published in Germany on May 22, 2010 by Rondo Media. The game is set like 18 Wheels of Steel in America, the tasks are the same: to deliver cargo to earn money for new trucks and so on. The development of the game took seven years, which is reflected in the compared to the older titles graphically demanding replica of the American roads and landscapes.