{"id":2831,"date":"2021-09-14T11:50:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T09:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/14\/next-stop-zen-my-strange-life-playing-bus-simulator-21\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T11:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T09:50:48","slug":"next-stop-zen-my-strange-life-playing-bus-simulator-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/14\/next-stop-zen-my-strange-life-playing-bus-simulator-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Next stop, Zen: my strange life playing Bus Simulator 21"},"content":{"rendered":"

This peculiar game offers a peaceful escape to a gentle life as a bus driver \u2013 if you can avoid mounting the curb and smashing into pagodas, that is<\/p>\n

My first day as a bus driver did not go well. Just three stops into my inaugural route I was already running eight minutes late, having caused considerable delay (and $712 of damage) by crashing into an ornamental pagoda. I also got fined for not indicating properly and for running a red light, and then one of my passengers stood in the bus\u2019s open doorway and wouldn\u2019t move until I got out of my seat and went to talk to him. I then tried to drive off with the accessibility ramp still extended.<\/p>\n

Bus Simulator 21 is the latest in a series of highly authentic, idiosyncratic simulation games from Austrian developer stillalive Studios<\/a>. It puts you into a large open city, modelled on the US west coast, and tasks you with setting up a profitable public transport system, while also driving some of the routes yourself. You can choose from a range of difficulty levels depending on how much control you want over every facet of the transit experience \u2013 I went for the easiest, \u201cDay Tripper\u201d, because even with all the assists switched on, driving a bus is still like piloting an ocean liner along the Shropshire Union Canal. The turning circle takes a long time to get used to, slow at the start and then wildly fast, sending you careering on to the pavement and people\u2019s driveways and indeed, people. (That\u2019ll cost you $20k in insurance claims.) Other road-users are massively unsympathetic and pedestrians will happily step out on to a crossing right in front of you even when it\u2019s very clear you haven\u2019t managed to get your windscreen wipers working and therefore can\u2019t see anything.<\/p>\n

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\nThis peculiar game offers a peaceful escape to a gentle life as a bus driver \u2013 if you can avoid mounting the curb and smashing into pagodas, that is
\nMy first day as a bus driver did not go well. Just three stops into my inaugural route I was already running eight minutes late, having caused considerable delay (and $712 of damage) by crashing into an ornamental pagoda. I also got fined for not indicating properly and for running a red light, and then one of my passengers stood in the bus\u2019s open doorway and wouldn\u2019t move until I got out of my seat and went to talk to him. I then tried to drive off with the accessibility ramp still extended.
\nBus Simulator 21 is the latest in a series of highly authentic, idiosyncratic simulation games from Austrian developer stillalive Studios. It puts you into a large open city, modelled on the US west coast, and tasks you with setting up a profitable public transport system, while also driving some of the routes yourself. You can choose from a range of difficulty levels depending on how much control you want over every facet of the transit experience \u2013 I went for the easiest, \u201cDay Tripper\u201d, because even with all the assists switched on, driving a bus is still like piloting an ocean liner along the Shropshire Union Canal. The turning circle takes a long time to get used to, slow at the start and then wildly fast, sending you careering on to the pavement and people\u2019s driveways and indeed, people. (That\u2019ll cost you $20k in insurance claims.) Other road-users are massively unsympathetic and pedestrians will happily step out on to a crossing right in front of you even when it\u2019s very clear you haven\u2019t managed to get your windscreen wipers working and therefore can\u2019t see anything. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This peculiar game offers a peaceful escape to a gentle life as a bus driver \u2013 if you can avoid mounting the curb and smashing into pagodas, that is My first day as a bus driver did not go well. Just three stops into my inaugural route I was already running eight minutes late, having …<\/p>\n

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