Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Apr 12, 2022

  Runs rather poorly Trucks aren't animated and akwardly stiffly float around corners (no turning) Trucks pass through other traffic Couldn't have a truck accept a mission in the city it delivered goods to - it did two empty trips before being able to start that delivery Uninstalled
• gghiby

  May 16, 2022

  For me, there are two major deal breakers as far as features that are not listed in the description 1. In-game currency - it's in Euros ONLY, and there is no way to change the currency to US$, as I'd like since I live in the US, hence I think in US$, not in Euros 2. It's not endless - the game is round based, it looks after 30 days game time, the game will end, thus losing all the work we put in, all the assets, everything - if we want to continue to enjoy the game, a new game is needed, fresh, from the start, and we have to build up all over again all the assets now, this is something very frustrating to me, hence not fun, as such it's not what I've expected from this game, and the developers need to know that us, buyers, are unhappy with their product, so they can make a better on in the future I feel a bit sorry for the negative review I'm posting, because I can tell that a lot of hard work was put in for development, but, yet, at the same time, if they care and read, our feedback, the developers need to understand it's a buyer's market, and they need to provide products that will be appealing - not frustrating - to us sadly I had some suspicions it may not be what I was expecting even before I got it, so I'm truly sorry to see I was right to suspect it's not a good one... I've uninstalled already...
• gamedeal user

  Aug 22, 2022

  I bought this game after reading all the reviews. Some negative reviews really portrait personal opinion and experience with the game which is in no way should be generalized but should be considered before buying. I had this game on my WISH LIST for months, but I hesitated to buy it because of the number of negative reviews. Non the less, I bought it on sale, and I liked it. Gameplay I have Trans Ocean 1 & 2, and I am enjoying this one. I assume you watch YouTube to learn more about this game in case you did not play Trans Ocean and American Truck simulator. The gameplay may not be for everyone. • In general, this game offers a lot. The gameplay is very similar to Trans Ocean but on land and requires a lot of micro-management as well. • Also, it is played almost like American Truck simulator (it has all the futures from ATS such as buying trucks, Garages, different types of Trailers and all related upgrades, etc., …). • You cannot drive a truck here. Instead, you will play as a manager with a better control over the company (employees and other assets). Performance: I did not experience optimization issues (lags or crashes) as some people warned about. Depending on your computer specification: having a moderate system (processor and video card), you may experience lags on high graphic settings (check PC requirements before buying). I have the following PC’s specification which is more than the game’s requirements Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700 @3.70 GHz Ram: 16.0 GB Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12G Hard Drive: SSD Display Resolution: 1920 * 1080 Windows 11 Home edition
• gamedeal user

  Nov 10, 2017

  Just bought this, mixed about it. It is a very casual grinder game, was hoping for a more deep sim. For what it is, it is ok. Problem is every three minutes or so the game freezes for about 15 seconds. When it plays it also suffer from mircostuddering. Update: Had two crashes to boot. There is a big problem with the economic balance, you need to grind for in game years before expanding or buying more trucks.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 10, 2017

  I like the idea of this game, but I sadly can’t recommend it in its current state. However, from what I was able to play (due to the sluggish performance & low FPS) I liked what I saw. I think it has potential, but it needs some serious work on the performance front. Based on the reviews and discussions in the forum, this is a common issue for practically everyone that’s played the game. Hopefully the devs will take notice and correct this ASAP. As far as the review, in short – my low down quick & dirty is: if you liked playing TransOcean 1 & 2, you'll probably like this game. It's made by the same devs and is basically the same game, just with tractor trailers carrying freight from Point A to Point B. My advice is to wait for a few updates to roll out that fix the performance issues before buying. If and when they do, I’ll change this review to a recommended / thumbs up. My PC specs are listed on my profile for review & comparison. Note – I’ve only tried this on my gaming laptop at the time of this review. UPDATE #1: I've tried it on all my computers, and I get the same performance issues on the others as well. Is it playable? Just barely…not sure about you, but I don’t like to waste my cash ($21.24) on a just barely playable game. To be honest, 4 days now since release and we are yet to have a patch. Due to this, I'm honestly considering a refund, as well as never purchasing a Deck 13 Hamburg or an astragon Entertainment GmbH product again. I think these issues should have been addressed before releasing. I mean what were their test machines, and on what settings did they try the game on?? If you (I do) compare other botched releases to this one, others have worked hard to correct the issues pretty much IMMEDIATELY (i.e. CMS 2018). I for one am not at all sympathetic to these developers having to “research” the cause of their issues. There really shouldn’t be any excuses - it’s practically the same game they’ve produced before (TransOcean), just on land, and…it uses the same ENGINE (Unity)! I’m really not sure why it’s a big surprise to these folks all of a sudden?? At the time of this update, I still stand behind my review as “Not Recommended.” Caveat Emptor, eh?! UPDATE #2: I've recently been playing the Beta update, and things seem to be improving. I'm now seeing better performance while playing, but I'm also getting locks and crashes. Obviously I'm now over my time limit to refund, so I guess I'm riding it out. I seriously doubt I'll update this review again, unless I'm just blown away with future updates & changes. My final verdict - if you really, really like trucking logistics or management games, AND can live with issues that may never be fixed. Then do yourself a favor, and wait to grab it on a very generous sale or in a cheap bundle. Overall though, I still can't recommend it. Save your money and stay far, far away from it...
• gamedeal user

  Nov 11, 2017

  For the record i am a massive fan of the Transocean series and really hoped this game was going to live up to the name sadly it does not. Its a great concept but very rushed, the UI is a mess to navigate, The driver system is stupid since there is no way to train your drivers to have different licences, and it didnt seem to run as bad as claimed by most reviewers. It does look like crap compaired to deck13s other series. This game would have benifited massively by delaying a couple months to clean it up and really flush out the concept. To bad it will get a few patches then be dropped just like Transocean 2 was. Im not sure where Deck13s talent went but its clear the quality of games are going downhill fast since Transocean 1.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 14, 2017

  Ok I really enjoy this game, I have played 30+ hrs and had no crashes yet, this game does not hand you the cash you earn it. I have 3 saves going ATM and everyone is different. Best management trucking game I have played. IRL I been a owner operator for over 32 years and let me tell you this title is as close to real as it goes as far as company management. Take a big loan and you will struggle, don't watch the market you will struggle, the economy is great, fuel prices randomly go up and down to help or eat your profit, drivers want raises which effects your bottom line. Buy cheap trucks you will pay in late deliveries. Now understand this is a new game there are optimization issues as in other reviews, however in my case not game breaking, devs know about them and are working out to fix issues. But as game is now it's worth the money
• gamedeal user

  Nov 17, 2017

  Pre Alpha quality. The game was released much to early. It's a shame because I enjoyed playing it, sadly I had to restart 5 times because I kept getting game braking bugs. Now I'm just fed up with it and I've lost interest because the frustration has overtaken the enjoyment.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 4, 2018

  I've got about 10 hours into this now, mostly on the Sandbox mode. I briefly played the Campaign, and decided I understood the basics well enough. The game is a lot of fun. If you enjoy management sims, this is going to be fun for you! I'm not sure I'd $24.99 for it, but I got it on sale for 16-17 bucks and it has been well worth the investment. The main reason I'm writing the review is because I ran into an issue with what I thought was a bug, and it turned out I didn't understand how part of the UI functioned. The developer responded within four hours and it sorted my issues out. I wish there was a double thumbs up or something just for these situations.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 24, 2018

  Overview: TransRoad: USA is a management simulation game that involves running a trucking company in the USA, and expanding into a trucking empire with three possible modes. The first a campaign in which the player and his partner get back at their ex-boss after being fired, the second a quest in which objectives are met for bonus money and more objectives, and the third a sandbox which the player will likely play for the sake of earning achievements. Much like a perfected version of Freight Tycoon, Inc., (which is also on Steam, but I do not recommend purchasing) the player starts out with one truck and only the ability to accept freight hauling contracts from a city's basic trade area. Successfully completing contracts within the deadline will boost a player's relations with both the buyer and seller, and once the player reaches the first level of relations with companies, the companies will then offer contracts to the player which are usually worth more than the contracts offered by civic trade areas, and with incentive to max out relations with everyone so that more lucrative contracts can be accepted, along with unlimited contracts in which the player has to haul a minimum amount of freight between two points within a week. Expansion involves buying out other depots on the map, which increases the ability to own and operate more trucks. As the player progresses, concessions (rights) for new types of trailers can be purchased to haul even more valuable cargo than what the basic dry van trailer can move, and once all of the depots on a map are bought up, the player can only expand through buying out other trucking firms. Graphics and sound: The graphics aren't overly sharp, but there's nothing game-breaking about them. It's nice to see major landmarks in American cities, and depending on the type of trailer a truck is carrying, it is enjoyable to watch trailers get loaded. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1276811484 The sound does what it needs to, except the mouse-clicking sound is annoying. Fortunately this sound (and many more) can be changed in the settings, complete with the ability to mute individual types of sounds. Music is accomplished through the use of internet radio stations, so you will need to be online if you want to listen to any of the radio stations. Despite this method of corner-cutting (though it is a viable alternative to having to purchase rights to use songs from music labels), TransRoad: USA deserves respect for putting in a Punk Rock station. (It's not a very reliable station, but the developers deserve praise for remembering this important style of music.) Positives: TransRoad: USA allows for trucks to handle up to three contracts on a single schedule, so if you're the type of player who can't stand moving cargo from Point A to Point B with no ability to haul cargo along the way back to Point A, you don't have to settle for that. (Contract offers permitting.) And while a player could come up with more complex routing methods for hauling freight (especially on long distance routes), most players should be content with "only" being able to apply three contracts to a single schedule at a time. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1259102086 Special contracts also makes TransRoad: USA very exciting. Some special contracts are more interesting (as well as more difficult) than others, but regardless of one's personal opinion, the bonus money associated with even a low-volume special contract is often a good enough incentive to try and complete them. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1273154381 The developers of TransRoad: USA do keep a sharp eye on the community. Who knows? Maybe one will even reply to you personally if you have an opinion to state about the game. One of the developers may even like your screenshots of the way you play the game. Negatives: While TransRoad: USA has many different brands of trucks (with each make featuring six different models), I've found that the game has created a few trucks (all within the same make) as the "be all, end all." Unless maybe the player wants to buy Peters' trucks because they love Peterbilt, there's really no reason for the player to buy anything other than Zeds. In the campaign, the on-screen text often doesn't match what voiceovers are saying. This is normally forgivable, but it happens too much in the campaign to where it can be agitating. TransRoad: USA has plenty of on-screen movement while the game is paused, and this could be a problem for people looking to get that perfect screenshot, but the main reason this is a problem, is because it can confuse the player into thinking that the game isn't paused. While eight schedules seems like plenty for the most part (there's seven types of trailers that trucks can haul), a special contract can change this, and it can feel like not enough, and especially if you've established a network of unlimited contracts that you wish to keep on their assigned schedule when you get late in the game. The way icons work, sometimes player is going to have to zoom in extremely close just to be able to click on what it is they exactly want to click on. This gets agitating later on when you're empire is so big that you'll rarely need to zoom in, except just to see what businesses are in a city. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1270923151 Dragging contracts to schedules and trucks to contracts often glitches, and many times I have to reload the game just to accomplish a fundamental aspect of the game. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1260582988 Six trucks and trailers per deopt is manageable for the most part, but once your trucking company becomes large, trucks become more difficult to manage, and with the game offering the player no help. Six trucks and trailers per depot feels like way too little, and with no way of hoarding trailers. (Trailers not in use have to be sold at a loss.) Unlimited contracts later on often require more than six trucks, and with no ability to assign a default depot to drive to when not hauling loads, depots can end up with a huge mix of different trailer types, which is irritating to players who wish to keep their trailer types the same at each depot. All this, and having to do a manual count of trucks with differing axle and trailer types with the depot list not being in alphabetical order drives me crazier than a laughing hyena on crack rock. Another thing that's aggravating about TransRoad: USA, is that despite having trucks on a single schedule, there's no true ability for trucks to form convoys. This may not be an issue if trucks have widely varying amounts of horsepower, but since I believe in keeping my fleet as homogeneous as the audience of a Trump rally, once I'm able to exclusively purchase new trucks of the same horsepower, it's irritating having to see a convoy that stretches from the east coast to the midwest. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1273023264 This game has reefer trailers, but no achievement called "Reefer Madness." Conclusion: 2018 has started out with my life being dominated by TransRoad:USA, so I will say right away that this game is a strong buy at any price. While I may not have stated in the "positives" exactly why this game is so good, TransRoad: USA is an example of why a certain niche loves management simulation games: Taking entities in hopeless situations, and making them indomintable. Although every management sim becomes repetitive to some extent, the campaign in TransRoad: USA helps deal with repetition by throwing in the occasional problem so challenges change instead of turning into an inverse difficulty curve. Sure I have gripes, but it means that I'm passionate and have played long enough to where they've become issues, and the developers give me hope that at least the worst problems will be addressed one day.