
There's driving - there's lots and lots of driving - but it's backed up by a squall of systems any other game in any other genre would be proud to host. Czech developer SCS Software's been pursuing its mundane art for well over 15 years, and by the time Euro Truck Simulator 2 launched late in 2012 (with a worldwide release earlier this year - hence a little leniency that allows it to feature here), the formula had been polished to a sheen.

Hauling timber from Rotterdam to Sheffield, rain trickling down the windshield as a local radio station cheered me through the night with the strains of Labi Siffre's Something Inside So Strong, some rare and intoxicating video game magic shimmered into focus. Yet somewhere along the A63 just beyond the borders of Grimsby, I realised Euro Truck Simulator 2 was more than just a throwaway curio. Have you heard the one about Farming Simulator, a game in which you plough lonely fields in a tractor? Well, how about Chemical Spillage Simulator, the one in which you get to sample the glamour of life in a hazmat suit? And hey, get this, there's even a series called Euro Truck Simulator in which all you do is haul freight across the motorways of Europe. This is a fun game that is ideal for passing the time and seeing how well you can drive a large truck.It started off as a joke. Some of the newest trucks are used in the game, such as Mercedes and the DLC.

Some of the jobs that you have to complete include hauling logs, taking cargo to a shipping dock and taking small buildings to set up on various properties. There is so much detail with each truck that you would think that you are driving in real life. The money that you earn can be used to upgrade your truck or to get new vehicles so that other drivers can help you with challenges. If you make it to the destination faster than you're supposed to, then you sometimes earn more money. Once the task is completed, you earn money. Most of the challenges are easy to complete. Once you get everything set up, you can start going on your challenges.

The first thing that you have to do in the game is to decide on the truck that you want and the country where you want to race in Europe.

It does take a while to download the game, but once you start playing, there usually aren't any glitches. Some of the trucks that you drive are powerful and hard to maneuver on the roads that you drive on, but if you grasp the controls, then you can easily get through the challenges that you're faced with. Travel along roads in Europe while driving a tractor trailer in Euro Truck Simulator 2.
