Disappointed

[Hotel]

Got the US release version. Very Disappointed. No Track IR support, physics are horrible, AI drivers are horrible, rain is not enough to warrant the use of the wipers, the damn police always seem to know if you nicked someone's car, heck the police is "too much policing", they might as well be gestapo or KGB.

My fault is Im a sucker for trucking games... after 18 WOS series, i thought RNR would be like Simbin's GTR series is to trucking games... or maybe Codemaster's Dirt or Grid games. Honestly, its only half a notch better than WOS because of graphics, but its pretty much the same flat and dull trucking game that is WOS. RNR is NOT what Hard Truck or Hard Truck 2/King of the Road were during their time. HT was a game changer. And its a shame after all these years, 1C is only able to come up with a game that's only marginally better than HT by today's gaming standards.

If only I could get a refund.

[danizzz]

The first two hours of playing i thought it was pretty good.

After 3 days of playng im thinking about a refund myself!!

Its not what im searching in a trucking game.

Now im back on the good old "Haulin" with the some mods. Its ten times better than RNR!!!

[obsolum]

Originally Posted by danizzz

Now im back on the good old "Haulin" with the some mods. Its ten times better than RNR!!!

What mods for Haulin' are worth getting? I still have Haulin' installed myself but haven't played it in a very long time. I never looked for mods for it. You can PM me if you want as I don't think discussing other trucking games will be appreciated here

thanks all for review and warning

so i can save my money

i dont like crap games like this

lol for making 7 years this game thats a big piece of bul.shi. lol

i go to europe truck sim thats much better

[Elwenil]

I for one, find this game to be horribly disappointing and no where near worth all the hype. I was getting a little tired of the same old grind in the Hard Truck games and based on a friend's recommendation and the description at GamersGate, I bought this worthless waste of HDD space. If you are running an older system, do yourself a favor and ignore the "minimum system requirements" and they are total BS. I run a Pentium 4 3.0, 4G of RAM and a GeForce 9500 and no matter that I try this game runs like a slideshow about 10 minutes into it. The sound is horrid and generic, the graphics look dated, the controls are about what you would expect from other trucking games but what really gets me is the whole concept. I may be tired of the endless nothing of Hard Truck but this game is about as unrealistic as it gets. It's an arcade race with cart style physics disguised as a trucking simulation. I did want something with more of an objective to it and when a friend suggested this as it had lot of "competition" in it, I assumed it meant competition with other companies for business, not flat out racing. Who in their right mind would race a loaded rig on public highways? WTF kind of "simulation" is this? To make matters worse, the AI is retarded and the cops and other truckers will randomly side swipe your rig and then naturally you get pulled over and fined. The worst is when you are exiting on a ramp and the truck behind you that is in 2nd decides that he can take the ramp at 80 MPH when a player with a keyboard or even a gamepad can only safely control their truck at 30 or so and you get rear ended, lose your load and get fined, then penalized because you can't get you load hooked back up and make it to the warehouse on time.

And the warehouses. WTF? I know this takes place int he near future but half the fun of a trucking sim is getting your load and hooking up. Why take that away? And why in the hell does the game take control of the rig to pull in the warehouse and then you get your load attached automatically only to have the game drive you straight into a pole or off the road by going straight instead of left or right where the road splits? Why not at least give the player control of the rig just outside of the warehouse? I can't believe I paid $36 for this worthless game. I'm warning all of my friends to stay away from this game and this developer as this is just ridiculous.

[obsolum]

Good post

[FLN]

The biggest mistake in RnR is they called this is simulator.
Many people who love sim buy it, but after that what will happen?
If it would be called action truck racing game, there were not much problems like now. There are people prefer racing game to real sim, why don't aim to sell them?
I enjoy RnR some because I am not absolute sim fan, though if it were more sim like that's preferable.
I don't see any benefit from disguising and advertising RnR as truck simulator.
Be honest. that's the only true way to be appreciated.

[Elwenil]

I agree 100%. If this had not been marketed as a sim, I would not have bought it and would not be so angry right now. Honestly, how freaking hard is it to make a decent truck driving sim? 18 Wheels comes close but fails in a lot of ways also. Rig n Roll fails in so many ways but I've been over that already.

Why cannot one of these developers make a good one for once? I'd pay good money for a real good trucking sim. And by sim, I mean sim. I don't want all of the boring crap that most of these games have trying to be a sim or the over-the-top garbage like Rig n Roll. I'd swear that the developers of these games have never driven or even been near a truck before. And from some of the games, it's obvious they have never driven in the US before. Driving a truck is sometimes very challenging. Put those challenges in a game along with a little business simulation on building up a company, some competition doing the same and there you go, a decent trucking sim. We don't need super smart AI for random vehicles in traffic that cut you off, cops that ticket you for sneezing, or to drive on an ice road. Hell, I can even deal with sub par graphics. Just give me something REAL, or as close as I can get to it. I want to pull grades, I want to have to select the right gear before going down a mountain so I don't burn up my brakes or over rev my engine. I want some random mechanical failures, blow outs on a trailer, busted air line with a runaway. I want to pick my loads and be able to hook up the trailer and bump the dock myself. I want drop and hook runs, dedicated runs, specialty flat bed and lowboy runs, you name it. That sort of thing would make for an interesting game. Not this endless BS of driving the same roads with all the time with nothing changing except some weather and kamikaze drivers. Get rid of the stupid CB jargon that no one has used since the '70s, the stupid hillbilly stereotypes, overdone Western accents, the homicidal AI, crazy camera views that bob and weave like a prize fighter, and the pointless gameplay. Give me customizable trucks, a little challenge and variety on the highway, some business competition, decent graphics, solid gameplay and a story to work through or an objective to strive for like buying out all the competition or something and I'd gladly pay $60 for it. Hell I pay that for most console games and it would be a good value to pay that for a trucking game that plays well and makes sense instead of wasting $36 on something like RnR. Actually RnR is a good abbreviation for that since it also means "rest and relaxation" and that's all it's doing on my HDD is resting and relaxing. But seriously, why do these developers continuously put out these half baked games? Probably because we buy them, eh? I understand that this is a niche market, all sims are, and no one wants to spend a lot of time and resources on this sort of thing but if a developer would put some real effort into it, I'm sure it would be a success and probably grow the market a bit which can only lead to more success.

[Kromus]

@Elwenil

Good posts.

[RoadRanger]

Well said, Elwenil!

For now, the closest thing to a real sim you may find is Rigs of Rods. Not very polished yet, but the physics aren't bad. And it's free, too! Now if only someone would implement accurate 13/18 speed gear shifting, complete with grinding, and the inability to shift at wrong speeds...