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The Bus, a bus simulator, promises a 1:1 recreation of BerlinPlus multiplayer and modding tools to come in early access

Plus multiplayer and modding tools to come in early access

A screenshot of The Bus, a bus simulator, featuring a yellow Scania bus in the foreground, idling in traffic, with buildings and trees from a Berlin street in the background.

The Bussits at the opposite end of the spectrum fromForza Horizon 4(which arrived on Steam today) but the road to my heart has lanes for both giddy arcade racing and bus simulators.

This particular bus simulator has ambitions, too. The Bus is aiming to offer 1:1 recreation of Berlin, an economy system akin toEuro Truck Simulator, modding tools, and multiplayer.

The Bus Teaser (Alpha)Watch on YouTube

The Bus Teaser (Alpha)

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The catch is that The Bus’s developers, TML Studios, say the game will launch into early access on March 25th with many of those above features absent. They’re planning for early access to last 8-16 months.

The greatest bus simulator of all time got all of those details right, and was even set in Berlin.OMSI 2was gloriously specific, in that it’s not just a bus simulator, but a simulator of a particular kind of bus driving around 1980’s Spandau. It’s more immersive than most VR games I’ve played.