What i absolutely love is that every button you see in your truck is interactable, it has a function. Not many games have that. And it makes the Simulation alot more immersive
The black button in the middle of all the light switches will turn off driver assist and disable the stability thrusters, allowing you to strafe with the cost of less control. It also has practical uses since abs is disabled, allowing you to coast at a constant speed and save fuel.
This is a great tip. I also want to add that utilizing cruise control with it, as well, makes fuel consumption drop quite a lot. I played for quite a few hours before really considering the fuel consumption difference of cruise control. It helps
@@tyler328that said there are some obvious minor issues, air filters degrade stupidly quickly(which is a problem when they cost 3,000 dollars each), energy cells aren’t stocked in shops as much as they should be, you can put an empty energy cell in one of the two maglock/core slots and the game will halve the energy consumption of the other energy cell. Honestly I really enjoy it but there is some teething issues that probably should have been removed before release Edit: oh yeah basically everything is stupidly fragile and just trying to put them down on the floor can damage them(you can avoid this issue by putting stuff on ledges rather than the ground where you can avoid the drop of the item)
Genuinely loving this game. I'm not a truck sim guy, I'm a space sim guy, but this game felt *right*. It's a great chill game, but I've had some close calls on longer hauls. Highly recommend supporting the devs!
To be fair ive noticed that about alot of space games like elite dangerous to some small extent Starfield then star citzen and others that people go from ooo let me explore the infinite expanse to A 40 YEAR OLD SPACE TRUCKER WITH A BIG RIG that wants to haul as much as possible
@@Tory_owens the problem is the lack of revenue from exploring in these games. The devs act like the exploration factor is the reward. If you dont monetize an action, it wont be performed in a game where the goal is to purchase more ships, equipment, etc.
I really like it. I hope the devs keep building on it and adding more stuff. Theres definately room for improvement but, out of the box, the core game systems are deep and top notch. They way it makes you think about managing systems to save money, the risk/reward loop is great. You have to plan and think outside the box.
What id love to see is the darn bed curtain closing! It is such a well made and refined game that THAT is my gripe. THAT is how far i had to go to find something "wrong" Why do i want the bed curtain to be closeable? Now youve got Nasa storage netting for safe keeping cargo (just like how the airlock is used by smart players) And its just cool to see since everything else in the truck is manipulatable. Excellent gamr
This game Is actually fun. Though it does need some changes like the ability to add a battery charger to charge batteries instead of having to spend a crap ton of $ on batteries. Or change how much they deplete or make em cheaper. Otherwise, the game is enjoyable and I hope the devs make updates and add more stuff. It’s almost like American Truck Sim, but in space. I also love that you can fly outside of your truck to make repairs. It would be REALLY cool to go to job sites and make repairs to stuff and not just hauling. I give it an 8/10 and highly recommend a play of it.
I play Star Citizen in VR, and this game SCREAMS to be played in VR.... As soon as they add HOTAS Support, I'm gonna see if I can do the voodoo that I do o7
@@jack1d1XB If I post the link it will be auto removed as the channel owner has blocked that function. I gave you the name of the star, the movie is called space truckers. Honestly, kids today want everything instantly and throw a real wobbly if they don't get it.
@gdwnet yeah.. man, I'm 25 and I would say the same thing you said there. In the time it took that guy to type the comment.. he could've found the movie. Good recommendation tbh. Will be watching while waiting to deliver load
Ironic how I think "I haven't heard of LevelCap since his Battlefield tutorials." to hearing him saying he's in his dad years of gaming. God that hits me so hard, good to see you again man. Love this game.
My biggest problem with the game is that the AI absolutely refuses to yield for you. I had to restart twice because I was exiting a highway, and another truck just slammed into me from below, and I got hit with fines
I love this game so far. Backing a trailer is quite difficult and the battery system is fun I think. One of the first things I did was buy a bunch of batteries and sell the random stuff that has no use and I made an easy 1k plus. I don't like that the computer truckers with just slam into you. I came out of light speed and got stoped by police, as they were flying away I got rear ended. That happened twice. But otherwise it's a great game my best friend and I used to just play space truckers in elite dangerous before they abandoned the game. I wish it was multiplayer
@@patlambert2296 If that's directed towards me I was talking about Xbox. We both redownloaded after not playing for a while and there was no support for the market anymore. It was just a dead, boring game.
They should make an optimized-for-VR version and release it for VR; the immersive cozy 'other life in space' vibe makes it perfect for the VR gamer....it looks relaxing and involving, tinkering with storage and going to check the screens in the cabin and whatnot. It should feature a screen in the spaceship that you can use to watch UA-cam videos for added immersion. Not really, but really.
I disagree on strafing, I think it would hurt the game by making it far easier, most of the fun challenge in the game is having to deal with truck movement in space. Btw didn’t realise there was an exterior view while seated at the controls, personally I feel like that removes a lot of the fun of the game, its both playable and fun without the exterior view and really encourages you to make use of the camera screens in tight spots.
Great review man, short and thorough. I don't usually play these kinds of games but lately I've been trying to expand my Steam library with "palette cleanser" games to introduce myself to different stuff. In this case I was looking at Elite Dangerous, but your review was the deciding factor to go with this game instead. 👍
There’s a few things I wish this game did better, like more visual feedback on upgrades, actual seeing your truck get upgraded, along with actual fleshed out interiors for some locations such as the “party” you go to early on in the game but over all, it’s great
Looks cool. Love physics interaction with items. Trying to make the similar in my game. Just throw your stuff anywhere - is much better than UI, which feels like job in browser
As a Star Citizen & truck sim enjoyer, I was so excited this finally came out! This was the perfect game to switch to after finishing Black Myth Wukong. EDIT: One of my hopes is that they add being able to save/log out in the bed. It would be a small feature, but super immersive at the end of a long hauling session!
Played the hell out of the demo and have been looking forward to the full game for a long time. Needs patching for little tweaks like key mapping and controller sensitivity, I'm finding driving with controller and interacting with M+K is a workaround. Also anyone else having problems with just in time missions? I'm going off the times in the brief and I get to the drop off system like a hour before it's due, and in game time is real time so I'm literally just having to sit there. Other than that I'm waking up in the morning with that twangy guitar in my head.
Charlie, are you able to make modifications to your space hauler? like changing the color and the paint schemes? upgrading the engines or other mechanical parts on it?
ive lost my life to this game already, its incredible. I did hit a softlock once. (spoiler free btw) was hauling mission cargo, and ran out of oxygen, suffocated and my cargo went out of bounds, so every time i went to collect it, it was just unreachable. had to reload to a prior save. save often, cause if i had that on autosave I was screwed out of 14 hours of gameplay
Mad Max DLC.... Try and get a fuel truck from A to B while under attack. Some bumping. Some rigged up space junk weapons.. Star Trucker racing. Star Trunker asteroid pulling. Space Trucker crash derby Custom truck builds and custom internal systems.
LevelCap Gaming, a new Alpha came out called Qanga. It's pretty fun and seems to be going for a star citizen approach. Multi crew, walking on moving ships, single player/online co-op/PvP, seamless entry from space to planet and fully explorable solar system. The devs built a world simulation software for UE5. Looks good, plays fun, but kinda janky😂
Seems like a game where if I played the demo for a day I'd be done or bored with it. Didn't seem deep enough for my liking. If they introduced VR, then it would be an insta purchase for me.
IRL Earth trucker here. I'm hoping they include space lot lizards.
Yes you can get on the CB and ask other truckers where the lot lizards are at.
LOL
I figured that’s what the shutters are for lol
Oh god
Surprise... they're literal alien lizards.
Looks cooler than I expected, which is extremely rare nowadays
From 2 people aswell pretty amazing
In these days games developed by a single person or two are clearly superior in terms of game quality than those offered by AAA developers.
What i absolutely love is that every button you see in your truck is interactable, it has a function. Not many games have that. And it makes the Simulation alot more immersive
American truck and euro truck inspired this game heavily
@@johnboy4955 it sure is. Whats even better about Star Trucker is that you can move around freely in your truck.
The black button in the middle of all the light switches will turn off driver assist and disable the stability thrusters, allowing you to strafe with the cost of less control. It also has practical uses since abs is disabled, allowing you to coast at a constant speed and save fuel.
This is a great tip. I also want to add that utilizing cruise control with it, as well, makes fuel consumption drop quite a lot. I played for quite a few hours before really considering the fuel consumption difference of cruise control. It helps
what are the controls for strafing?
It would be insane in VR.
That was my only question
I agree
only a matter of time before modders make that a reality. same thing that happened with ETS2
@@MsGers2 ets2 has native vr support no mod needed
it is
2 man development team made this game and it’s fucking awesome
Dam that's insane, it's fun and well optimized
@@tyler328that said there are some obvious minor issues, air filters degrade stupidly quickly(which is a problem when they cost 3,000 dollars each), energy cells aren’t stocked in shops as much as they should be, you can put an empty energy cell in one of the two maglock/core slots and the game will halve the energy consumption of the other energy cell.
Honestly I really enjoy it but there is some teething issues that probably should have been removed before release
Edit: oh yeah basically everything is stupidly fragile and just trying to put them down on the floor can damage them(you can avoid this issue by putting stuff on ledges rather than the ground where you can avoid the drop of the item)
MPH in space as god intended
Funny enough km are below it😂
blasphemy gimme kph any day :P
Blasphemy
@@wesleycoomans6850yes, below MPH, as god intended lol
@@tyenora best of both worlds
There's no ascend or descend. Definitely feel like driving/piloting a truck.
(The truck flies like the Aegis Reclaimer)
yes a little annoying in space
Flies like a Aegis Reclaimer but at least it can dock in space >:(
Star Trucker is super fun. Definitely needs a VR mode.
Genuinely loving this game. I'm not a truck sim guy, I'm a space sim guy, but this game felt *right*. It's a great chill game, but I've had some close calls on longer hauls. Highly recommend supporting the devs!
This is basically all I ever wanted out of Star Citizen.
SAME
To be fair ive noticed that about alot of space games like elite dangerous to some small extent Starfield then star citzen and others that people go from ooo let me explore the infinite expanse to A 40 YEAR OLD SPACE TRUCKER WITH A BIG RIG that wants to haul as much as possible
@@Tory_owens the problem is the lack of revenue from exploring in these games. The devs act like the exploration factor is the reward. If you dont monetize an action, it wont be performed in a game where the goal is to purchase more ships, equipment, etc.
😢
@@Tory_owensstarfield has nothing to explore tho and every planet change is a cut scene
the Song "Space Trucking" by Deep Purple was made for this
I really like it. I hope the devs keep building on it and adding more stuff. Theres definately room for improvement but, out of the box, the core game systems are deep and top notch. They way it makes you think about managing systems to save money, the risk/reward loop is great. You have to plan and think outside the box.
What id love to see is the darn bed curtain closing! It is such a well made and refined game that THAT is my gripe. THAT is how far i had to go to find something "wrong"
Why do i want the bed curtain to be closeable?
Now youve got Nasa storage netting for safe keeping cargo (just like how the airlock is used by smart players)
And its just cool to see since everything else in the truck is manipulatable. Excellent gamr
I thought the bed curtain was closable during the demo a while back, but I don't remember
@C.Sharpe could be. I honestly missed the demo, but that gives me hope haha. Thank you. Have a good day out there
This game Is actually fun. Though it does need some changes like the ability to add a battery charger to charge batteries instead of having to spend a crap ton of $ on batteries. Or change how much they deplete or make em cheaper. Otherwise, the game is enjoyable and I hope the devs make updates and add more stuff. It’s almost like American Truck Sim, but in space. I also love that you can fly outside of your truck to make repairs. It would be REALLY cool to go to job sites and make repairs to stuff and not just hauling. I give it an 8/10 and highly recommend a play of it.
This made me think of the board game “Galaxy Trucker.” Love that game. This looks super cool!
I play Star Citizen in VR, and this game SCREAMS to be played in VR.... As soon as they add HOTAS Support, I'm gonna see if I can do the voodoo that I do o7
HOTAS, VR, and some different cab designs would be great. It’s being made by only 2 people (I think) but they’re doing great so dar
Space Truckers movie starring Dennis Hopper is free on youtube. Fun movie.
VERY fun movie.
Really, where's the link then, eh, 🤔😳😡
@@jack1d1XB If I post the link it will be auto removed as the channel owner has blocked that function.
I gave you the name of the star, the movie is called space truckers.
Honestly, kids today want everything instantly and throw a real wobbly if they don't get it.
@gdwnet yeah.. man, I'm 25 and I would say the same thing you said there. In the time it took that guy to type the comment.. he could've found the movie.
Good recommendation tbh. Will be watching while waiting to deliver load
Thanks for the recommend, Great movie indeed and full of known actors. Can't believe I haven't heard of it before.
Ironic how I think "I haven't heard of LevelCap since his Battlefield tutorials." to hearing him saying he's in his dad years of gaming. God that hits me so hard, good to see you again man. Love this game.
I haven't seen the movie Space Truckers (1996) in years.... Time to change that and check this game out..
Looks good. Thanks.
you just reminded me it was a movie.
I was wondering if we can expect to haul some square hogs. 🤣
It plays pretty much like a vr game. In a good way. Given their background I so wished they'd make a version for vr.
Heavy Metal Queen time!
It literally played in my head half the trailer
10-4 V.T.
I'm so happy this game is getting attention. I've never been a space sim/trucking sim person but this game somehow just completely got me hooked
when this gets ported to VR I'll play it 100%.
c'mon, let's go space truckin!
🎶yeah yeah yeah space truckin! Yeah yeah yeah space truckin! Yeah yeah yeahh... 🎶
ship interiors, space walk. amazing.
- elite dangerous player
It looks dope and is on gamepass.
My biggest problem with the game is that the AI absolutely refuses to yield for you. I had to restart twice because I was exiting a highway, and another truck just slammed into me from below, and I got hit with fines
It's always better to drive defensively, even in real life
Yep super annoying, would be nice if the AI tried to avoid collisions.
Omg this looks absolutely fantastic!! Now if only it had a grittier look.
At the tutorial, my space track got yeeted by a random flying truck.
This would be a great VR title
Reminds me of Futurama ships😂 this is amazing
This would be so cool in VR 😂
I love this game so far. Backing a trailer is quite difficult and the battery system is fun I think. One of the first things I did was buy a bunch of batteries and sell the random stuff that has no use and I made an easy 1k plus. I don't like that the computer truckers with just slam into you. I came out of light speed and got stoped by police, as they were flying away I got rear ended. That happened twice. But otherwise it's a great game my best friend and I used to just play space truckers in elite dangerous before they abandoned the game. I wish it was multiplayer
elite dangerous abandoned? they added 2 new ships this year and 2 more are planned. its not dead.
@@FalconDS9I'm sure a lot of people are still playing it, but I hear next to no one talking about it anymore.
@@FalconDS9 did the developers come back to the game? They abandoned it . Last time I played there wad no longer a market cause the devs had left it.
He’s probably talking about xbox
@@patlambert2296 If that's directed towards me I was talking about Xbox. We both redownloaded after not playing for a while and there was no support for the market anymore. It was just a dead, boring game.
I need this in VR
They should make an optimized-for-VR version and release it for VR; the immersive cozy 'other life in space' vibe makes it perfect for the VR gamer....it looks relaxing and involving, tinkering with storage and going to check the screens in the cabin and whatnot. It should feature a screen in the spaceship that you can use to watch UA-cam videos for added immersion. Not really, but really.
I love the game and also thought about VR quite shortly after I started to play, that would be insane to touch all of those controls in VR ^^
this would be real fun with vr
Cowboy bebop vibe intensifies!!!!!!!!!
finally i can live my space trucking dreams
If the spaceship didn't look like an actual truck, I'd be so hooked
Voice Attack + Midnight Voice Pack + Space Trucker + VR + spinny seat
Coming from Elite Dangerous this seems like a much more relaxed experience.
I disagree on strafing, I think it would hurt the game by making it far easier, most of the fun challenge in the game is having to deal with truck movement in space.
Btw didn’t realise there was an exterior view while seated at the controls, personally I feel like that removes a lot of the fun of the game, its both playable and fun without the exterior view and really encourages you to make use of the camera screens in tight spots.
Nice to see peterbilt is still working hard in the future
cool review. looks quite cool!
if star trucker comes out with a vr mode, it will cause me to dust off the vr headset and buy it!
Great review man, short and thorough. I don't usually play these kinds of games but lately I've been trying to expand my Steam library with "palette cleanser" games to introduce myself to different stuff. In this case I was looking at Elite Dangerous, but your review was the deciding factor to go with this game instead. 👍
I will buy it as soon as they give us hotas support. Good review.
There’s a few things I wish this game did better, like more visual feedback on upgrades, actual seeing your truck get upgraded, along with actual fleshed out interiors for some locations such as the “party” you go to early on in the game but over all, it’s great
Looks cool. Love physics interaction with items. Trying to make the similar in my game. Just throw your stuff anywhere - is much better than UI, which feels like job in browser
I played elite dangerous and this game is amazing
It’s got the fun travel of ED but without the extra stuff
From the second I saw this I wanted a VR version.
Charlie, you would probably absolutely love sim racing, especially since you have the funds for a really good setup.
I would totally be a space trucker.
Woah this game looks cool, I will definitely check it out
Great, SC gets delayed more because Chris sees another shiny object to shove into the game.
Even yet more refined game loop and content than SC will ever have …
Gamepass baby love this game
I'd love to be able to board a space station or a space diner to rest and grab a bite to eat
This needs to be in vr, would be like vtol vr in terms of piloting the truck
As a Star Citizen & truck sim enjoyer, I was so excited this finally came out! This was the perfect game to switch to after finishing Black Myth Wukong.
EDIT: One of my hopes is that they add being able to save/log out in the bed. It would be a small feature, but super immersive at the end of a long hauling session!
Full VR support would be far better than HOTAS IMO. but I would like both.
Played the hell out of the demo and have been looking forward to the full game for a long time. Needs patching for little tweaks like key mapping and controller sensitivity, I'm finding driving with controller and interacting with M+K is a workaround. Also anyone else having problems with just in time missions? I'm going off the times in the brief and I get to the drop off system like a hour before it's due, and in game time is real time so I'm literally just having to sit there. Other than that I'm waking up in the morning with that twangy guitar in my head.
Saw this game pop up on Steam. Seems interesting. 👍
Very fun probably my game of the year
Charlie, are you able to make modifications to your space hauler? like changing the color and the paint schemes? upgrading the engines or other mechanical parts on it?
Missed opportunity by not having VR implemented. Looks fun though!
If this gets VR I would be so happy
ive lost my life to this game already, its incredible.
I did hit a softlock once. (spoiler free btw) was hauling mission cargo, and ran out of oxygen, suffocated and my cargo went out of bounds, so every time i went to collect it, it was just unreachable. had to reload to a prior save. save often, cause if i had that on autosave I was screwed out of 14 hours of gameplay
I love this game, but oh my god does it seem like VR was made for this game.
The devs said they would consider it, but damn I cant wait.
I like it, but dang it needs to fix a lot of things with the star systems and debris. There's just an unbelievable amount.
as long as there is some interaction space lot lizards I am in lol
If this game was in vr, I’d try it then.
yeah dad's gaming rules
Mad Max DLC.... Try and get a fuel truck from A to B while under attack. Some bumping. Some rigged up space junk weapons..
Star Trucker racing.
Star Trunker asteroid pulling.
Space Trucker crash derby
Custom truck builds and custom internal systems.
the sequel is even better!!
I like it a lot of nerds complain about filters and batteries... just idle down the difficulty if you can't handle it instead of negative reviews
Imagine getting told by space police, that your Space truck weighs too much.... lol
how can you not mention that famous Dennis Hopper movie with the same rigs.. We all wanted to deliver square pigs for interpork in the 90ies!
No man’s sky gen one, star trucker gen 2 of this visual type space game lol
But there is subnautica as well, regardless this game looks great 👍
It takes miles to get to the jump points from there u travel light years
Star Citizen been real quiet since this dropped.
I thought this was that episode of cowboy bebop for a sec.
This game is awesome
Oh hell yeah. I’m all for this.
Everything reminds me of her. (Star citizen)
LevelCap Gaming, a new Alpha came out called Qanga. It's pretty fun and seems to be going for a star citizen approach. Multi crew, walking on moving ships, single player/online co-op/PvP, seamless entry from space to planet and fully explorable solar system. The devs built a world simulation software for UE5. Looks good, plays fun, but kinda janky😂
Seems like a game where if I played the demo for a day I'd be done or bored with it. Didn't seem deep enough for my liking. If they introduced VR, then it would be an insta purchase for me.
Please tell me it's possible to customise the truck with colors & decals!!😮
Yes
Elite Dangerous is in Danger!😊😅😂
Huh, I thought there were no game play mechanics to ship interiors. 🤔. Looks like a great game.
That's it, I'm installing Elite Dangerous again! (I'd buy this if I could).
Then I need to find my way back to The Bubble.
*No Space Pirates and Space Police? Well, that's a relief!* 😰😅
Well so far ive seen no space pirate s but there are definitely space police
Ok... I wanna play it in wheel lmao
I am hooked
For sure it should be on VR.
MPH good ole Freedom Units
Big Rigs: Over the galaxy racing