But on the other hand.there is nothing better right now. The historical low is 15€, which I feel is still too high to be askig for the base game, which is no longer developed, considering the technical disaster it is. the previous version of Yorkshire is freeware - ). It is also very open platform, and there are high quality buses and routes available (i.e. This is paired with a working IBIS system, where you enter your line and route.

Or the line can have different routes, or the bus might even change lines, like a real bus driver work order would. It can be a simple shift, on a single line, going back and forth. That is bus starts in a depo, and then runs its shift. Then there is the timetable, which is another thing OMSI 2 does superbly. Ofc, the modern busses in some of the DLCs aren't so 'raw', but they still aren't the rockets you experience in titles lik Bus Simulator. Torque converter in these busses feel like a torque converter, the retarder feels and sounds like a bus retarder. Going above 60kmh and you feel like the whole contraption is about to fall apart. This paired with great sounds, so as the bus struggles to accelerate it is squeaking and rattling, like an cheaply mantained box would. It's the only game where I feel the weight and sluggishness of a city bus. So, why do people keep playing it, creating free content for it, or buying DLCs? Because the only thing the OMSI 2 does well are the buses, and it does so better than any other title available now. The device mapping is also terrible (as you experienced), I have to run my Fanatec CSL Elite in CSW 2 compatiblity mode, because it wouldn't work otherwise, as omsi cannot handle 2 USB devices with the same name.Īnd this is how it will stay forever, as is it no longer being updated (outside of DLCs of course). the only saving grace is that you can disable collisions in settings. The vehicle 'AI' is terrible, brake checking you constantly when changing lanes, not repsecting traffic rules. My 5800x paired with 1080 runs it worse than TSW 2 (ultra + with increased visibility in engine.ini).

It is ugly, dated, stuttery unstable mess.

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