There are thirteen different buses to unlock, from a minibus to a big-boy coach, all with at least a couple paint jobs. To be fair, there is a lot to do in this game. You are given a single route to complete given certain parameters, and you go about your business. The career mode is the meat of “Bus Driver Simulator ” the place where you buy new buses and parts and drive most of the routes. You need the money you get from fares for everything from filling up your tank, to buying new buses and adding fancy new doors in the spare parts shop. And finally, you have a handy little screen in front of you that shows important information like your schedule and fare deposits. There is even a little radio that you can turn on to play some lo fi chill-hop beats that you could study, relax, or even chill too. In addition to driving a bus you are required to turn all kinds of lights on or off, to start your engine and to open and close front AND back doors. Turn signals are vital, of course, as is a rear view mirror to let you know what’s going on behind you in the streets of Cologne, Germany or Serpukhov, Russia. The bus handles very clunkily, but given that this game is meant to simulate the experience of driving a bus, the clunkiness is a feature and not a bug. When you’re not waiting in “Bus Driver Simulator,” you are often driving a bus. Did it take you thirty seconds to arrive even though this stop is supposed to happen in two minutes? Well, then you wait for another minute and a half. And so when you start a new route in career mode or scenario mode, you are often tasked with waiting for up to three minutes before you can even drive your bus to the next stop.
The buses of “Bus Driver Simulator” arrive on time, thank you very much, and if you dare to leave a bus stop too early you shall be penalized by losing some of the measly fares you earned by driving to the bus stop in the first place. Luckily for me, KishMish Games have crafted this exact experience in the form of “Bus Driver Simulator,” and I can play it from the comfort of my own home.Īs implied, much of your time with “Bus Driver Simulator” will be spent waiting.
Imagine how lovely it would be to just… go to work and stare out of the window, occasionally glancing at a clock telling me that I need to wait another three minutes before completing my next task. Punch in, sit around, wait for things to happen, punch out. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic I, like many others, have hoped for a return to the boring normality of a routine everyday job.
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