The attraction of the open street and delivering items in an enormous previous truck to companies worldwide has – unusually – been a very fashionable alternative for avid gamers. Nonetheless, on console, we now have been very restricted in our selections, wanting on with envy at our PC neighbours who’ve been touring the world in customised lorries of all sizes and styles.
Truck Driver has helped bridge the hole somewhat. Nonetheless the bottom sport divided audiences with its bugs and glitches, warming few hearts within the course of. Now there may be an enlargement pack that takes us to a brand new location. Let’s drive as we go Heading North.
Truck Driver: Heading North takes us to the Nordic-themed island of Mangefjell. It’s simple to get to from the primary sport, grabbing a ferry from the mainland; earlier than you possibly can say Good Buddy, you might be there. As all the time Uncle Karl is there on the opposite finish of the cellphone to present you recommendation and set you up with some candy contacts for jobs. The island that you’re on is a good dimension too, but it surely feels a bit extra empty. Be ready for plenty of lengthy drives considering the truth of human life.
The roles you get come from combination of various folks on reverse sides of the map, with the one story offered from the conversations with the employers. For instance, a manufacturing unit having issues with supply drivers due to issues with elves; becoming in with a part of Nordic folklore. These additions to the textual content chats made me snigger, serving to give a bit extra substance to what Heading North offers away from the fixed forwards and backwards of delivering.
With a sport like Truck Driver, it’s best to know what you might be getting your self in to. It goes with out saying that ought to you not significantly like driving in video games then neither the bottom sport nor the Heading North DLC will likely be for you. In reality, other than that driving, there may be not lots else occurring.
The excellent news is that the sport isn’t overly difficult, like others within the style could also be. You could have your truck and also you look across the island for sure jobs. A typical job will likely be so that you can join your truck to a trailer for supply, earlier than following the sat nav to the supply level. You gather money on the finish of the job and expertise factors, with the latter permitting you to realize new decals or customisation for the truck. Money lets you motion repairs to your truck and likewise purchase new ones, customising as soon as once more to your coronary heart’s content material.
Driving is fairly simple. Switching fine details on is par for the course, however then it’s only a fast push of the accelerator and you might be off. You’ll should be cautious when travelling although, largely of crashing and activating velocity cameras. Going via crimson lights will see fines coming your method too, rubbing out that hard-earned money. You even have two stamina bars to be careful for, so preserving an eye fixed for relaxation spots and gas stops is a necessity.
The island of Mangefjell appears to be like high-quality, stuffed with barren – but hilly – landscapes. Small cities seem, as do the economic areas while you actioning your deliveries. Don’t consider this as an in depth triple-A sport by way of graphics, but it surely does skies very properly, while the lighting is fairly first rate. The menus are additionally well-designed and straightforward to navigate via, but in-game there are some moments of visible pop-up by way of draw distances. It by no means bothered me, but it surely’s one thing to pay attention to. There’s little to say in regards to the soundtrack aside from that it has a folky really feel to it. As all the time with these video games, make your music or stick on a podcast.
Truck Driver: Heading North is an okay enlargement. It provides in a great variety of further missions and a few fine details of story, advised via the conversations with the employers. Mangefjell appears to be like okay and it has some good skies, however when you didn’t get on with Truck Driver the primary time round, there may be little right here to deliver you again. Consider it as extra of the identical – and sadly, that does imply the occasional bit of lifeless driving.
However then, that’s what Truck Driver is all about, so you possibly can’t criticise that as you go Heading North.
