The New OMSI? - The Bus - First Look

[@lawrenceadams3139]

I'm glad u are doing another bus simulation again

[@startrek987]

He not, he won’t even stream them

[@DiegoLopez-rf8yw]

@@startrek987 fr

[@chrismusics2293]

Same

[@digisports22]

1:08, guy walks thru bus. Yep that’s realistic! Just like OMSI. 😂

[@THE1REALJP]

Just as I had hoped for lol!

[@crypcizz4600]

Its cuz its early access, there are ALOT of bugs rn, but they will be fixed

[@crugg]

Well, it's early access. And let's quote the game devs themselves: "There will be bugs - lots of bugs- for real, there will really be many many bugs in the game"

[@LIKWID]

@@crugg but they'll release DLC for it at half the price of the game before they do anything with bugs. Never trust TML 😂👍

[@sadmetsfan7660]

@@LIKWID never trust aerosoft*

[@babyjoxx]

Being a bus driver in Augsburg, Germany, i would really enjoy if the passengers wouldn't interact with me in any way or form.

[@dominiktuchowicz7680]

Oh yeah !! xD

[@neiltrotter5933]

This guy drives bus :-)

[@Zonetrooper4444]

Sind bei euch nicht auch die Fahrerkabinen abgesperrt, damit da keiner hinkommt? Und ich habe den Busfahrer immer freundlich gegrüßt wenn ich eingestiegen bin, bin aber schon sehr lange kein Bus mehr gefahren oder ist das bei euch anders als in Berlin?

[@babyjoxx]

@@Zonetrooper4444 die Kabinen sind nicht abgesperrt, weil wir normalerweise Tickets verkaufen. Vor diese Corona Geschichte war der Cockpit völlig offen, jetzt haben die Plexiglas Scheiben montiert, damit wir wenigstens ein bisschen Schutz haben. Was die Fahrgäste angeht, die meisten sind anständig, aber es gibt auch viele Idioten. Ich schätze das es in Berlin schlimmer ist als bei uns, aber das macht unsere Situation nicht besser.

[@Zonetrooper4444]

@@babyjoxx glücklicher Weise musste ich mich nie mit den Bussen in Mitte rumschlagen und bei uns in Lichtenberg ist eh alles deutlich entspannter, ist auch meiner Meinung einer der schönsten Bezirke von Berlin. Bei uns in den Bussen haben sie noch immer nur die durchsichtigen Planen beim Fahrer, aber was mich am meisten ärgert ist sicherlich das jetzt mehr Leute schwarz fahren, da sie im Bus nicht mehr so häufig kontrolliert werden...

[@Samskie]

I would normally consider raw content like this very boring but there's just something about squirrel that makes his videos so entertaining, so calming, I dont get it but I'm not complaining

[@therobloxians7811]

In case anyone didn't know, exactly today 6 years ago on April 2, 2015 was the day that Squirrel went full time as a content creator. Congrats Squirrel! 😀😊🥳👏

[@halukcb]

didn't know that, congrats to him. I think he is one of the best creators on youtube.

[@KennethU]

Woah 2015 was 6 years ago

[@therobloxians7811]

@@KennethU Yes, it was!

[@ThumberBulls6]

How old is his baby now 🤔

[@chriswilkin2112]

Just need Yoda to ride the bus now. "EXCUSE ME, MAY I HAVE A TICKET PLEASE"

[@crunchieRL]

'Ticket may I have?' you mean?

[@focusedford2302]

Only the OG's remember 😂

[@PeekPerfomance]

I laughed

[@kingbow5er1255]

"You wierdo!"

[@Real-Yoda]

Ticket, may I have?

[@andreanhammar3875]

The peeping sound was someone pressing the button to get off the buss at 19:14

[@poilboiler]

Nobody gets off this bus alive!

[@flyinghazard467]

Can you imagine if Omsi 3 came out. Same game, same developers, outstanding graphics and optimized. Maybe some new features like companies or something like that but I think that Omsi 2 is actually just really good the way it is. How amazing would that be?!

[@donutdisturb69]

Sadly that isn't very likely. The developers went their separate ways a few years ago and abandoned OMSI.

[@automation7295]

OMSI 3 is never going to happen, the developers of OMSI went their separate ways a few years ago and abandoned OMSI. If you want another OMSI game, make your own game that resembles OMSI. You need to accept that they abandoned OMSI few years ago.

[@flyinghazard467]

Ik it won’t happen but it’s a nice idea

[@t2f2c64]

OMSI 3 already exist. It's called LOTUS Simulator and it's Early Access 😂 It's from same developers, but everything is completely new. There will be multiple modes: street (bus, trolleybus, etc), rail (tram, trains, U-Bahn, Metro, etc) and planes.

[@donutdisturb69]

@@t2f2c64 Same developer. Just one. Marcel is doing Lotus. Rüdiger has moved on.

[@lillywho]

17:00 Berlin actually doesn't have a phone ticket that uses NFC. What you do have is tickets in an app that provide a QR code for inspection and also aside from normal paper tickets you have this credit card sized NFC card that registers different tickets that you can get on subscription. It's a bit like oyster card but not really.

[@nibby_]

Wow the attention to detail, the steering wheel vibrates when you start the bus. Thats so cool!

[@BijanKafi]

I actually lived *on* this route for about 10 years, very close to station Beusselstrasse. I know most of that route by heart and I can tell you the modelling is very, very close to reality. The modelling is realistic even down to individual store names. I’m very impressed. 😳😁👍

[@thomasyoung5147]

Maps looks great, went to Berlin once we landed into Tegel and stayed near Alexander Platz, and it was just like this!

[@andrewcunnison6975]

Omsi especially Omsi 2 were way above their time, in a good way. Can you imagine how amazing it would be now if it was kept in development. The level of genuine feel from driving physics, sounds, and details are so good!! Yet to see anyone come so close

[@MusicVideoZx]

I used to play omsi with steering wheel, now i drive this bus every day, i would say omsi taught me alot, its very realistic

[@Solakidede]

Technically it is still in development, a complete re-development though. The developer of OMSI is currently developing LOTUS which is in Early Access.

[@Zoxi]

How I can download that game?

[@HotSurprise1982]

@@Zoxi u neee to buy on steam for 26 euros or 31 dollars

[@KanekiAtOtaku]

@@Solakidede LOTUS is soooo far in the early stages, it would be useless to buy into it currently.

[@FirstSmit]

even though OMSI is getting more and more unstable by the day. no bus sim in the last decade in my opinion has beat it. theyre all too cartoony. Why dont you play OMSI UK Maps?

[@williamg209two]

100% true, wish people would stop calling this the next omsi

[@FirstSmit]

@@williamg209two 🚍🚍

[@eacustomerservices]

Playing OMSI 2 With quite a lot of busses. Just don't add to much maps because that will break it. Winsenburg is my favorite and gives no problems for me.

[@FirstSmit]

@@eacustomerservices My pc can handle all the buses and maps fine

[@andre6485]

OMSI is the best and will always be TheBus has flaws and is nowhere near the quality driving experience you get in OMSI. Also OMSI has loads more bus mods and dlc than any other bus games

[@george056]

19:47 I believe is where squirrel made his first ever Omsi video that is very poetic

[@donutdisturb69]

I think that was in Hamburg. Here he is in Berlin.

[@5MinutesSimulators]

Btw you can have higher values in the FOV by typing the number manually into the box. Only the slider maxes out at 90🙂

[@marcoseliasmep]

This brakes some LODs, at least on Fernbus... Guardrails appears as weird straight lines, some buildings switch detailed models too close to the camera... I stopped using that, unfortunately the experience was not great with higher FOV.

[@nebeveipink]

Another halfway made TML game that will not get rid of the bugs before being abandoned for another half-made game again

[@matt1784]

so true!

[@ram89572]

Sounds like what UIG farming simulator games used to be like

[@danielscherndl379]

I can't help myself, but I find the game just way too bright

[@scaleop4]

yea i was thinking the same.

[@wibblyteapot]

there have been bus sims, nothing to really knock our socks off lately. The game title "the bus" - i don't feel, that is going to really grab people either. I'll keep an eye on it, but as Paul says, maybe it's too early access right now

[@IbbiAhmed]

agreed

[@totenfarmer6645]

The lighting is something that has gone back and forth with their other bus games to, you have to credit them for listening to their customers though. One thing you might not be aware of is that they are, as mentioned by Squirrel, using the unreal engine, and this actually allows you to do a lot of settings that often aren't included in the games settings from the menu, there are lots to find on the internet to tweak the Unreal settings, do a serch for Unreal .ini settings and go ahead experimenting, you won't break the install as these are simple text files with parameters, so just back up those files first.

[@rodolfo3020]

i using reshade for color correction, color saturation and gamma... works fine

[@John514s]

Right, as the disclaimer you mentioned says, this is early access and work in progress, which is in my opinion the best time to point out flaws with the game, in hopes that they will be fixed. Going into more specific things, starting with the positives: The map is impressive. Very brave move to go with 1:1 scale of a real location and they have nailed it. Big props to that. Also having licensed buses is a big deal for a simulator. The modelling of the buses is very nice as well. Some materials look great, like some pipes, pavements, the road look alright. The building storefronts have a nice parallax effect going on that makes them nice and three dimensional, however it seems to be creating some artifacts. I cant tell exactly, maybe its being taken into account in reflections and gets repeated indefinitely.. something like that. Now, for the negatives. What jumps out to me immediately is that once again TML has chosen this overly saturated, bloom-y, shiny look for the game, something that I've come to name "The default Unreal Engine 4 look" since I see it on a few games using the engine and it looks terrible. 10:41 - I appreciate the attempt at baking ambient occlusion into SOME of the textures but, please TML 3D modelers, increase your sampling and your pixel margin. I can see the black lines along UV seams all over the window and that trim piece on the side, as well as the grainy look of low resolution AO maps. As for the rest of the bus, I cannot see any baked AO. Yes, Unreal Engine can do real time AO but you can tell it does not look anywhere near as good as properly baked on. While we're on the same timestamp, your materials need work. A lot of it. The whole dashboard and consoles look like they are made from one single type of non-reflective, smooth plastic. You have enough reference to model the interior very accurately, which is commendable, at least take some time to match how the materials look as well. 2:14 - Again, please reconsider your lighting and/or materials. I can tell there's some sort of global illumination/radiosity going on but it happens to an extreme degree. You can see the paint from the cars influencing the ground underneath them, making them look like they have some sort of underglow neon. Consider adding some fake ground shadows under the cars to stop them looking like they are floating too. Old trick but its still used. 12:48 - While screen space reflections are pretty convenient, consider using a static cubemap for your buildings or at least something that does not take into account the player's bus, since we can see the wipers creating artifacts on the windows behind them, right side. 13:45 - Again, the lack of ambient occlusion is painfully obvious in places like tunnels, where it should be darker. Squirrel is running this on a 3090 he said? Basically maxed out and the real time AO only kicks in about 10 meters infront of him and only on some objects. But yeah, I could complain and nitpick about a lot of things but I tried to only mention stuff that could be better and it isnt from a technical standpoint, instead of artistic choice. I really hope this game improves and becomes a worthy OSMI replacement, since that is quite dated now.

[@automation7295]

TML Studios are just terrible at making good looking games, especially on Unreal Engine 4. Why can't bus simulators with Unreal Engine 4 looks terrible? I guess because Epic Games forced TML Studios and only wants Fortnite to look good, which it isn't

[@JohnDCrafton]

the devs probably aren't going to see your feedback here

[@John514s]

@@automation7295 Epic cannot enforce such a thing on others. If you look up games using Unreal 4 you'll find everything from photorealistic looks to anime/npr style games.

[@automation7295]

@@John514s So you're saying that TML just cannot make their games look good. If so, then I agree. TML should really ditch Unreal 4 because of "The default Unreal Engine 4 look" of their games. Good thing SCS didn't went for Unreal 4 in 1.40, also that would also never happen.

[@SewerShark]

They should try making procedurally generated pedestrians. Adding and removing accessories, random hair and clothing color, all that stuff.

[@jacob4189]

That would be cool. The old TML pedestrian models look like something from a shovelware simulator.

[@automation7295]

@@jacob4189TML really suck a making decent looking simulator games. If The Bus was made by SCS, it would've looked better and have better pedestrian models than TML. Since SCS currently is the only company making Truck Simulators right now.

[@SewerShark]

@@jacob4189 They do look like they bought the models on Turbosquid.

[@automation7295]

@@test1-hg2ts If TML adds umbrellas and raincoats, not all of them should've umbrellas when raining, that would be too unrealistio. Not everyone have umbrellas when raining in real life.

[@Vermilleno]

@@SewerShark Those models were made in freeware application named "MakeHuman' which makes those awful human models. So TML didn't even model these. They are that lazy.

[@stoway8459]

Omsi 2 is so nostalgic, i remember when it was so popular in 2012

[@sparkz343]

Agreed

[@IbbiAhmed]

@Patrice Bateman Same same same

[@natahn9568]

omsi still does has an active community, especially the British modding community which just started these recent years

[@V4310-z2r]

It still fame and it has still a huge community, because the developers invested their soul and innovation in that game. OMSI 2 is not a 0815 simulation, like other simulations.

[@GizziMoD]

that one2one mapping makes all the difference tho.. it looks great and way more believable, very impressed with side of things

[@TheShiphoo]

You're right about the accuracy of the scenery. You know it's done well, when you can recognise a part of the city you stayed in for just a couple of days.

[@Ilikepapyrus]

Squirrel: plays The Bus KZbin: yes, you're clearly playing ETS2

[@automation7295]

Me: Clearly everyone at KZbin are stupid.

[@Lukeo]

That’s not set by KZbin, Squirrel has set that by mistake (maybe The Bus wasn’t an option at the time).

[@automation7295]

@@Lukeo But it's still KZbin that adds these options. KZbin is still stupid for not adding The Bus as an option on time.

[@sinkzscs]

KZbin: yes, you're clearly playing OMSI2

[@danihelios]

I lived in Berlin for a few years, and took that Tegel - Alex bus fairly often, it's mapped pretty damn accurately!

[@dtrjones]

They've done a great job on the visuals, didn't see much in the way of asset fatigue (if you ignore the people) - each area looked distinctive and believable. I know Paul you have to take a critical eye on things but I would just hijack a bus and go and do some sightseeing in Berlin! 😂

[@TheDoghousegaming]

So I was gifted this game by someone in my community I have to agree with everything you have said, some things that was not covered by you is that triple screen support does not work fully you turn it on head to your bus but you then can not turn the ticket machine on and then subsequently you can not use the any menu buttons to get back to the start, so your only option is alt f4 and start all over again. I'm a bus driver in real life and think this game shows so much potential I just hope they fix everything all the bugs with it

[@KitHavok]

When SCS Software officially add buses into ETS and ATS it'll be a game changer !

[@motorcitygorgees9905]

Then it won’t be much of a trucking game I would suggest that SCS made a new game that would be made for buses.

[@ram89572]

@@motorcitygorgees9905 The intent was to most likely make it, it's own dlc for ETS2 or either use the ETS2 map for a standalone game. They actually at one point with ETS2 development were adding in bus station prefabs with the expectation that they would use them for "Euro Coach Simulator" or something like that. It was never going to be a city bus game. It would have been more simulator to Fernbus because it would really have been about driving intercity coaches rather than city busses.

[@ram89572]

At this point I don't know that we'll ever see that product come to fruition. Also as far as I'm aware there was only ever plans for "ECS" and so far no plans whatsoever for an ATS version.

[@Nahkampfschaf]

I do live in Berlin, take the bus regularly (though not the TXL line), but damn, that feels as accurate as it can get. TXL as an airport doesnt exist anymore though (its near enough that i could hear the planes flying over here, so i recognize a lot of the stuff in that game).

[@Rakmarok]

Is there any chance you will ever continue playing My Summer Car? I really miss the unique mix of yourself, the Finnish patience simulator and all the shenanigans you get into! Thanks.

[@imperialwatch2814]

Hopefully squirrel gets back to it with my Winter Car coming soon

[@jasonbaptiste2257]

Yea I would like him to continue the series again, I miss it

[@YourMothersSideNigga]

Honestly! That series really made my evenings! Simply because Squirrel was just having fun! Hope he continuers to give us good random games content again.

[@VRFlightSimGuy]

Great preview thankyou. I'm not at all into bus sims but this looks fantastic.

[@David_Schwarz_DOP]

Living in Berlin i´m impressed how accurate that bus line is. Really impresssive! Lets see how this Sim tunes out. Looks promessing at the least.

[@MorrisseysMonkey]

Bought this and driving about picking passengers up to "19" by Paul Hardcastle on the in-game radio...Lovely stuff.

[@Xipingu]

It has the potential, that's for sure.

[@FlavourlessLife]

You didn’t address the question on everyone’s mind... how well modeled is the window squeak when you slide it open?

[@allie-873]

This makes me more confident about me having wishlisted this on steam

[@lillywho]

What's the short CityWide bus doing there? BVG don't have the SoloBus version, only the GN14! I'm guessing they got nothing but a license from Scania and nobody else. It would be more accurate to have the CityWide GN14 and the Citaro C2 articulated version on the line.

[@CFRTrainSpotter]

While i give credit to the blokes who made this game for making the map very realistic (all according to how Berlin looks like IRL), im sorry to say but the game is HORRENDOUS. When will these devs realize that they cant get on and compete against OMSI with stuff like this? OMSI 2 might be a dated and buggy game, but at least it feels much better than this. It still has the basic graphics of Unreal Engine 4, it just feels really plasticky. The fact that you can walk outside and what not is a big bonus compared to OMSI 2, but it doesnt make up for it. Maybe one day we will have a proper successor to the OMSI series, since as i played it for like 250+ hours, i really like it and its just sad how successor games dont live up to its reputation. (not hating on Paul on anything, just criticising the game. btw, the description says that the game is ETS2 :P)

[@darrenFN3K12]

welcome back Paul. missed your videos. glad your keeping well, stay safe bud 😊

[@NickBriglia]

Full controller support means being able to play the game strictly with a controller. Right now you can steer, gas, and break with a controller but you need the mouse and keyboard for many functions. For example, in Bus Sim 18 you can do everything with the controller.

[@c.j.tonnes7648]

In regards to multi-player, in Seattle at least, often times busses stack two or three deep on the same tour, so that could be fun.

[@TheFinSeppo]

Im gonna play the devil's advocate and say that thay do not have the licenses to use BK, Rossman or other major companies logos willy nilly. The dev would be hellishly expansive if they really had all the licences to use them (see why ETS2 has no had any proper business names in towns). Call me pessimistic but I'll press X to doubt.

[@TheFinSeppo]

@Anthony Suffok Some simmers will literally not buy a product without real world brands. I mean Euro Truck Simulator just feels nicer if i deliver to an Ikea instead of the generic Worldtrans 3.0

[@TheFinSeppo]

Having played ETS2 for 4+ years with ProMods and their company package I simply can not go back to "world trans" etc.

[@Fallenangel_85]

Probably the best simulation of Berlin I've seen yet, there is even trash lying around and the traffic is vicious. (and they got a lot of licenses it seems, pretty nice for realism) People buying tickets at the bus drivers is pretty much in the past, it's fully automated today, so I hope they will reflect that in the future. Btw the movement speed of the driver is insane, it must be an Olympic sprinter

[@TheGWRailfan]

I think this game has great potential myself, idk about everyone else. I like the little details (even in early access) such as the wheel shaking around when you started the bus lol

[@MMG5641]

cant wait for one day to have a city like this in fernbus, so at the start and end of your journey you have a realistic 1:1 city to drive through

[@FeaturesGaming]

I'm still waiting for the release of Bus Sim 21!

[@gamerpine6316]

Different developer

[@Epinardscaramel]

24:09 finally, a multiplayer game for people with social anxiety! “oh there's Jeff! Ok, see you in an hour.” 😊

[@nmusic4u311]

I will never understand why they don't listen to the community. We all said we need better physics. This game just looks like Putting in everything from FernbusSimulator into a new map and thats it

[@marcoseliasmep]

I like all bus simulators out there (I even develop my own haha). The quality details of cities in TML games are impressive. Fernbus, Tourist Bus and now this one... It's not common seeing bus simulators with so realistic and well done cities. Even in older projects that had worse AIs and physics, the map quality was still great back then (like BCCS). For physics and sounds probably OMSI will still be the best for many years, we can't have everything on the same game, it's too hard to develop hehe. Lotus also promise a lot but it's too far from a finished product. I really hope they release a mod system for The Bus, with mods games stay alive for many years, even after the end of support. This could keep it "forever".

[@cookie4wookiee]

The control options are same issue as fernbus too. Tested 2 days ago.

[@asemalpha]

Berlin Tegel airport was closed from October 2020 :(

[@automation7295]

But this is a game, not real life.

[@asemalpha]

@@automation7295 what was your point?

[@automation7295]

@@asemalpha You're applying coronavirus on all games released in 2020 and after.

[@asemalpha]

@@automation7295 I did not apply anything to anything, just stated a fact that the airport is closed. I am trying to figure out what triggered you as i clearly did not say anything against the game.

[@rohitwaingankar810]

So glad to see another Squirrel video!!!!!!!!!

[@HarmanMotorWorks]

The improved map scale is definitely a good selling-point for this one! Nice vid 👍 I would love for some classic/older busses in this...

[@danielgibson7085]

You've been to the airport, but obviously never on a berlin bus. They won't tap phones on a thing because that's not a thing in Berlin. I did notice one thing straight away though when i played first time. The game is in early access, and the route used is Berlin TXL - Alexanderplatz. Berlin TXL has been closed for months.

[@sanjaykandukuri4904]

SCS software must make a new bus simulator game. That would be dope ❤️

[@TMLTV]

Thanks for your support!

[@TheAviationChannel]

*Is the steering that accurate...like as moving the steering wheel a full 180 degrees to make a small turn*

[@STRIDER_503]

1:07 dude literally went through the bus, but at least they disclaimed about bugs.

[@chingdequina7083]

Can't wait to see you make more videos in Simulation

[@salemgraves-w8n]

You can bind to buttons on your wheel, it just pops up saying that you already got something bound to that (which you know you don't) just hit accept and it will let you keep both binds.

[@safe-keeper1042]

A 1:1 city map. That's a first for me. Great job.

[@robinpayne125]

Was browsing through Steam and stumbled upon "The Bus". Thought, I wonder if Squirrel has had a look at this. Of course he has.

[@SumPatti]

the sound design and graphics look so good

[@huwjanus]

At about 13.00 while the wipers are on and the bus is stationary, you can see the wiper going up and down in the reflection on the large window outside the bus to the right of the screen.

[@Tigermoto]

Need something like this for VR. That would be incredible

[@yanDeriction]

digging the realistic look!

[@rococobasilisk6718]

I sometimes like to "travel" on Google Maps, and there was a period about 4 years ago when I explored Berlin. And I recognized a lot of not so famous places (e. g. Beusselstraße at 19:30, it just surfaced from my memory immediately). So mapping is very impressive. A huge improvement from OMSI (2). Greetings from Saint Petersburg, Russia

[@NickBriglia]

Omsi and Fernbus are still around. Their track record isn’t giving up on games.

[@theblitz1687]

13:27 did you skid or that was another sound?

[@theblitz1687]

@Pargali Ibrahim Pasha i actually like it, i was just curious if it came from brake air pressure something like that. I think having a skid sound effect on hard brakes is immersive

[@theblitz1687]

@Pargali Ibrahim Pasha i think we arent supposed to be hard braking frequently xD but for a keyboard user i agree, i guess ai is aggresive with brakes too but hopefully they will fix that

[@AppleUK2000]

Lots of potential, I know it is more difficult but it would be amazing if Microsoft for instance could procedurally generate all the roads and surrounding buildings allowing for 1:1 scale map never seen before. Imagine actually being able to drive (bus or truck etc) your local roads. Maybe some day in the future this will possible

[@kornaros96]

Hehehe, one TB for the models alone

[@briancollins6974]

Hey squirrel, you can map buttons to your wheel. When you map a button just press the accept button even though it say it will conflict. I have and it works, i have a fanatec dd1 and heusinkveld pedals. I have wipers, horn, indicators all mapped to my wheel without any problem, even though it shows up in red it all works fine.

[@NickBriglia]

You have to remember that you are buying in at the cheapest price. It will be more expensive later. Also, buy now and support the game. They need money and interest to go forward.

[@IrLosin]

what I am amazed by is that this very early access title seems to recognise his hotas and throttle quadrant, while it is a bus game so nobody woudl even ask for it. While train Sim world does not even support those, and people have been asking for that for years.

[@lionfangx]

Berlin resident here, the mapping is really awesome from what I can tell in this game, but as you say, it's still way too early for most things in the game. Graphics are OK at best. AI is very realistic though :))

[@larssamsoe7520]

Excellent vid, Squirrel - very fair and pragmatic first look. This is exactly what both we, the potential buyers, and the developers need. Well done 👍

[@Poodz_]

That map looks incredible to be fair. Probably need that 2000-3000 series GPU to run it well, but damn it does look like Germany and full of life.

[@maarten3225]

They don't need licenses for using restaurants like Burger King. Since it's a recreation of an actual location the licensing is different from what I've heard.

[@automation7295]

But they do still need licenses for using their logos, you can't just find a logo from the internet and add them in games without permissions.

[@maarten3225]

@@automation7295 I'm pretty sure the laws regarding recreations of real places do not fall under copyright. As it would be considered fair use.

[@automation7295]

@@maarten3225 Probably not, you can probably recreate Burger King or McDonald's exterior without real logo.

[@ackno9780]

love your vids man, keep it up!

[@darshansureshkumar206]

Dang the graphics on this game are so good!

[@IWatchYouFromAfarOfficial]

Looks fantastic, hopefully they'll make it the best game it can be

[@TheyCallMeMachete]

I think light in general looks great, except the glowing people of course.

[@ferrarieustratios]

It needs a lot yet (definitely needs support for ALL kinds of mods) but it looks promising

[@richysracing9524]

My main thing with any sim is does it feel good is there detail in the wheel, Yh i noticed some stuttering

[@chiefstonergaming]

Looking way better than the other bus sims! This is a most deff if they can keep up updating it.

[@TheFilwud]

Hmmm, looks like the bus is floating, not in contact with the road, I wonder if they will eventually get the "realistic" feel of OMSI 2, be great to have that feel in a modern bus "sim"

[@jeremyanderson1139]

If you're gonna fly into Berlin nowadays, you'll fly to Brandenburg Airport. It sat in limbo for many years until finally opening in October 2020

[@threeam7505]

Looking pretty good by far.

[@thehutt2]

Oh my gosh I only asked yesterday. Thanks man awesome video buddy. Love your bus sim vids, the best 👍🏼 wow it looks epic too your new rig is amazing.

[@kleew5840]

The triplets that boarded has a eerie feel

[@norax100]

Imo omsi 2 had the best bus sounds, i loved the MB 0405.

[@PeterArnold1969]

I agree with you, Paul; multiplayer would be pretty pointless in this game, as you can't really do convoys like you can in the truck sims. As for the map forward caching, that sounds like flight Sim 2020, that loads the scenery in advance as you're flying along.

[@priscillaemerald987]

Glad to see you do bus sims again. MFS was getting stale.

[@Xegethra]

I thought that about My Summer Car ages ago.

[@starzx6475]

i love how i got the ad for the game when I was watching this

[@mero2839]

Hey squirrel. If you're actually reading this can you please bring back the EU trucking diaries. It is what kept me sane during the lockdowns. Have a nice day

[@Teaslippers]

This is really interesting. I really enjoyed your coverage with omsi 2, so I’m equally interested to see more regarding this game. I’m very excited to see ‘live weather’ as this feature was a fantastic experience with fsx.

[@custardo]

These simulation games (not just this one) really could do with raytracing support

[@cnelson3225]

Very well thought-out review. You brought up some points that others haven't mentioned, like the timeline for the phased updates

[@zaoc1]

i love the potential of this.. i hope it really gets the time and updates that it deserves. I think the 1:1 scale makes it worth the 25 Euros all by itself!

[@zaoc1]

also, was there a button on the dash to dry the outside mirrors due to the rain? my truck in real life has this so I'd imagine busses do, too.

[@NobodyHere307]

Amazing game, textures, realistic and very well-made. But I remain to OMSI 2 since I got used to it. Thank you for showing me this information.

[@noahsimulation3879]

Live weather!? Yay!

[@ARDEN440i]

Man I'd really love a Bus sim set in London.

[@Fulllife3.2]

Omsi 2 has a London DLC.