For some, this may have been painfully obvious. Being a mechanophobe, it was far from a straightforward conclusion. After closer inspection and a lot of trial and error, I determined that the ignition coil, spark plugs, fuel filter, fuel pump and battery were all on their last legs. For one job, I was simply told that a car wouldn’t start anymore. That said, having real-world knowledge of cars is a definite advantage. And when a car’s faults are known, Overview mode shows the offending parts clearly in different colours. If other parts are blocking you from removing a piece, it highlights them in red. Any missing pieces are shown with outlines to remind you where to put them. The game does a decent job of guiding you through this process, at least. It’s a methodical and ultimately satisfying process. Find the faulty parts, dismantle them from the car in the correct order, fix them or order replacements, then put it all back together again. And yet, once you’ve made it past these initial frustrations, Car Mechanic Simulator is a genuinely relaxing experience.Īt heart, every car that you take into your garage for repair is an elaborate puzzle. The lack of instruction is a barrier to entry that could have been easily avoided. There are a lot of menus and systems to juggle here, meaning your first few hours will likely be an infuriating case of trial and error. The paint shop “allows you to perform various paint jobs,” you say? And the repair bench is for carrying out repairs? Fascinating. Spawning inside a large garage with a couple of cars, all you can do is walk around and receive laughably basic direction on what each piece of equipment does. You’d have thought that in two years they could have added a half-useful tutorial, but this is still a glaring omission. From what I gather of its rough launch, mind, this was probably for the best. This console port for the Xbox One and PS4 has been a long time coming, then – so long, they had to drop the ‘2018’ suffix. But to its credit, I mostly enjoyed my time with this scrappy scrapyard delver – and for what it’s worth, I even learned a few things along the way.Ĭar Mechanic Simulator 2018 originally launched on PC two years ago.
With zero interest towards automobiles or the engineering of them, then, I’m likely not the target market PlayWay and Red Dot Games had in mind. Car Mechanic Simulator ain’t one to buck the trend. With a few notable exceptions, simulator games are pretty upfront about what they entail.
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