Version 0.5.0.6 is just around the corner, and with it, the new radial menu supposed to revolutionize the ergonomics of the game, especially during a game on the pad.
I'll spare you long speeches right away. If I had to sum up the famous revolution in one image, it would be this:
Cattle and Crops is not Farming Simulator, let alone Pure Farming. The game offers to interact with vehicles and tools in great detail. Doors, windows, couplers, headlights, cabin lighting, transmission… everything goes there and there aren't enough buttons on an Xbox or PlayStation pad to control everything. Also MasterBrain Bytes had the false good idea of integrating a radial menu system to have all the functions under the elbow. Let's say it right away, there are TOO many functions, and we keep scrolling through the submenus of this wheel to find the one we need. The idea is good, but it would have been necessary to integrate only the essential functions. Who is actually using the wipers or repositioning their steering wheel in-game?
Worse, when opening the menu, the camera, which is normally managed by the right stick, switches to the left stick. We find ourselves in the menus of this famous wheel with the camera twirling in all directions. After 5 minutes, the only idea that comes to mind is to unplug that damn controller! The keyboard mouse pair continues to be the best way to enjoy this game which is still evolving in the right direction. Besides, the radial menu opens with a central click of the mouse… phew, we are saved!
And precisely on the evolution side, apart from this “ergonomic” system which still needs to be adjusted, the game is back on the right track. Workers are able to mow a meadow in total autonomy, and the physics of the game have been improved with the switch to PhysX 4. You can feel it when driving tractors, which behave more realistically when you are hitched. at the front and back.
The complete changelog can be viewed on the developer's website, at this address.