On August 26, the Aerosoft NextSim 21 event took place. This annual meeting allows the publisher to unveil the future of its catalog and to take stock of its current games. Are you ready to eat the simulation over and over again?
Police officer, firefighter, motorway maintenance technician, tram or heavy truck driver, Aerosoft has refueled for this 2021 edition of NextSim. Over several days, a Discord server allowed journalists to chat directly with developers and attend presentations of new features. No less than ten games were in the spotlight. Let's take stock quickly.
TramSim Munich
ViewApp will offer a new episode of its title TramSim very soon. This announcement is quite unexpected insofar as it is still criticized in the first installment, which allows you to drive in the city of Vienna, to be a game that lacks finish and interest in the gameplay. In addition to performance problems, we will especially remember the last update, which was supposed to provide better support for VR… a mode that we were unable to launch on this version. Should we abandon TramSim Vienna to only play TramSim in the city of Munich?
You can already discover the game on its Steam page, which is already published.
Heavy Cargo: The Truck Simulator
We already knew the Heavy Cargo DLC for Euro Truck Simulator et American Truck Simulator, here is a full-fledged game on exceptional convoys will see the light of day. Developed by toxtronyx interactive, Heavy Cargo The Truck Simulator (hello originality) is a promising title in which you will have to transport, load, open / accompany the convoy, or even prepare the road by removing obstacles for example. The map is about 200 km², which may not seem like much (about 15 x 15 km), with difficult passages like small mountain roads.
The game is announced on PC for 2022, but the Steam sheet is already ready.
Winter Resort Simulator and Alpine: The simulation game
HR Innoways announces the release of a new DLC for its title Winter Resort Simualtor Season 2. It will allow you to manage ski jumping descents. This expansion joins a new game developed by the German studio, Alpin The Simulation Game. In the latter, the gameplay is different, more casual. We take care more of the comfort of skiers in a game where you can hit the slopes with a 3rd person view. Little info at the moment, the game is in full development.
Highway police simulator 3
Scheduled for PC in 2022, it is a new installment in the Autobahn Police Simulator series. The recipe remains almost unchanged. You will have to deal with accidents, traffic checks, chases, secure streets and place roadblocks, all with dynamic traffic. The trailer and the presentation did not say much, but let show a correct development if we disregard the characters who are not really in line with the general graphic quality.
The Steam file for the game is already available and even a dedicated discord.
Notruf 2 (Emergency Call 112)
We will not come back to this game. The NextSim 21 was an opportunity for one of the developers to come and apologize for the video game disaster proposed by Notruf 2. Bug, loss of framerate, simply bad gameplay, the developers would almost come. to blame it on Unity, the engine used. Despite this moment a little moved for such an event, Crenetic announces the arrival of an update and a paid DLC that will allow you to play, no longer a firefighter, but a policeman. The title ? Notruf 110 (Emergency Call 110). What else.
Straßenmeisterei Simulator (Road Maintenance Simulator)
A rather unexpected simulation that caught our eye. Discover the professions of highway safety in the motorway, an original and interesting idea proposed by Caipirinha Games. About thirty missions, including repair and maintenance of guardrails, pruning of hedges, road repair, or the installation of signage. So many trades and actions unknown to me, and that I look forward to discovering. No release date for this magnificent game developed on the Unreal Engine.
The Steam file, already created, displays a nice “Coming soon”.
Fix-it: The renovation simulator
We already had Lawn Moving Simulator for the lawn, and Power Wash Simulator for high pressure cleaning, here is Fix-it, a title that puts you in the shoes of a maintenance technician, or rather a handyman, at the head of a small company. Electricity, painting, gardening, transport, demolition with a jackhammer ... You will be the Tony micelli neighborhood. The few images shown during the event do not suggest much, just a few decorations and 2 - 3 actions such as karcher, demolition or painting.
The Steam sheet is more chatty, take a look.
Console outputs
Finally, apart from the few recent or upcoming updates on The Bus, Heavy Dutty Challenge or Truck & Logistics, Aerosoft announced the publication of Autobahn Police Simulator 2 on Nintendo Switch, Rescue HQ on PS4 / Xbox One and finally Tourist Bus Simulator on PS5 and Xbox Series S / X.