Truck World Australia Closed Beta Preview

[haverfordwest]

Great stuff Vern, i only run all games at 2560x1080 which is my monitor's native res. I can run most games at highest settings graphics wise. But this isn't an all singing and dancing mega pc. It's what i could afford, the vid card is only an RTX 4070 couldn't afford a 4080.

I wanted something different when i decided to get Roadcraft and i am pleased with it so far. Driving is a bit fiddly, as i have to use the keyboard to steer.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Yes the controls are a bit more awkward than Snowrunner particularly having to keep the right or left buttons held down to winch etc. Managed to get the first mission done where you have to bulldoze the obstacles out of the way to get through a gate onto the rest of the map. But I can see me having a bit of fun with this! Also play around with graphics a bit more, as I said maybe try Lossless Scaling on 1080p but with textures cranked up to medium.

So goodbye train sims for a bit, I think…

[haverfordwest]

Yeah i don't have a game controller, only a quite expensive joystick i bought for Il2 Sturmovik Great Battles. But of course no joysticks supported in Roadcraft. I just rammed the front loader into all that rubbish and flattened the gate at the same time, then shoved the lot into the bushes 🤣🤣. Have you set up a route yet for the trucks to deliver ?

Have you tried Truck World Australia yet, off to have a little play in a minute.

Yeah no desire here to re-install any train games.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Not grabbed the Aussie one yet Mike, once I got Roadcraft working, that took over my interest. Maybe in a day or two. One or two of the reviews on Steam seem to be saying the physics is a bit off and you don't get the heavy feel of handling the truck.

Think the route setting is the next objective on Roadcraft, just following the road around to the location on the map.

[haverfordwest]

Yeah i said that in my post above Vern. Deleted now got ETS2 & ATS to use if i want to drive and at the moment they are both better.
Roadcraft a game that is worth the money for a change, for me personally.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Tried to reply earlier but the forum seemed to be down most of yesterday! Anyhow yes, leaving the Aussie sim for now. Roadcraft is thoroughly addictive, even if the road building aspect is very simplified. Something very zen about levelling out the sand (which should really be hardcore and various grades of gravel) then the tar.

[haverfordwest]

Yes it was down Vern all day i believe. RC is very addictive i agree, but some aspects of it are simplied. As you say the road building is one, plus the bridge building.
The macadam method would make it more interesting 😂 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadam

Mike.