Fernbus Simulator

Fernbus Simulator is a bus simulator game developed by TML-Studios and published by Aerosoft for Microsoft Windows. The game is powered by Unreal Engine 4 and was available on 25 August 2016 worldwide.

Fernbus Simulator
Cover art of the game featuring a MAN Lion's Coach
Developer(s)TML-Studios
Publisher(s)Aerosoft
Engine
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows
25 August 2016
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
February 28, 2023
Genre(s)Vehicle simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
The game simulates the Flixbus.

Fernbus Simulator is set in Germany, offering a route network of approximately 20,000 kilometres and 40 German cities that is built in a scale of 1:10.[1] More city routes were released as DLCs, expanding the map to the following countries: Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic and Denmark. The game features quite the same gameplay of the similar-genre video game Euro Truck Simulator 2, which includes construction sites, traffic congestion, police patrols and traffic collision, with dynamic weather and day-night cycle are available in the game.[2] The game also provides various licensed buses from MAN, VDL, Scania, and Neoplan that Flixbus uses for their fleet, allowing players to drive on highly detailed German motorways.[3]

Development and release

Fernbus Simulator is developed by a German-based game studio TML-Studios, the developers of the City Bus Simulator series and the World of Subways franchise.[3] It is powered by Unreal Engine 4 of Epic Games.[4] The game was released on 25 August 2016 for Microsoft Windows.[5]

Reception

The game is well-sold on the digital distribution platform Steam, but often comes in criticism and gets a mixed rating.[6] The game is often used to compare with Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator, and gets praised on the design of the game in terms of atmosphere, motorways, residential areas and detailed bus cockpit.[7] However, bugs, missing textures, insufficient to reality and a lack of long-term motivation makes the game widely criticised.[8]

References
  1. "Fernbus-Simulator". Welt (in German). 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. "Fernbus Simulator von Aerosoft macht euch zum Buslenker". heute.at (in German). 29 August 2016. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. "Fernbus Simulator". Aerosoft (in German). Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. "Worldwide Fernbus Coach Simulator launch on August 25th". Steam. 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. Stone, Tim (5 August 2016). "The Flare Path: Topical Titbits". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  6. Bachmann, Rhonda (26 August 2016). "Fernbus Simulator: Aerosofts Fernreise-Simulator mit starkem Steam-Einstieg trotz Kritik". pcgameshardware.de (in German). Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  7. Schnelle, Mick (1 September 2016). "Fernbus Simulator test". gamersglobal.de (in German). Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  8. Marco (26 August 2016). "DER FERNBUS SIMULATOR IM TEST". gptimes.de (in German). Archived from the original on 31 August 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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