As soon as they entered the exhibition hall!

They were greeted by the massive Europa Expo logo!

What's worth mentioning is that this year's Europa Expo organizing committee had even modified the logo style they had used for many years. On top of the original EUR artistic characters, they added an extra wheel symbol and made the tail of the R character resemble an F1 checkered flag pattern, which made many viewers smile knowingly—

"Hahaha the organizers finally recognize themselves, what Europa Interactive Entertainment Expo? Europa Racing Game Expo!"

"The organizers aren't even pretending anymore hahahaha..."

"They just slapped a wheel right on their face: I focus on racing games, I am a racing game expo, so what?"

"Laughing to death, I never expected they'd directly change the LOGO!"

But no wonder the organizers aren't pretending, look at all these racing games everywhere

"Racing game fans are probably going wild"

"So many types, Formula, rally, cars bicycles motorcycles..."

"This is my first time watching this expo, it's actually quite interesting..."

...

Yes!

Because this expo's attention was unprecedented.

There were quite a few viewers watching the Europa Expo for the first time.

And led by Tian Tian's group, the player viewers followed their perspective and genuinely experienced the charm of this expo known as the 'Racing Game Sanctuary'.

From multiplayer competition to individual career.

The common game categories in sports games were perfectly represented in racing games too.

Multiplayer competitive games focused mainly on online battles, while single-player careers placed more emphasis on story progression and linear upgrades of racing equipment. With the talent tree system, although they weren't as competitive as multiplayer games, they still offered plenty of fun.

From car racing to motorcycles.

Which was more thrilling—metal wrapping flesh or flesh wrapping metal—had always been an eternal debate among racing enthusiasts.

But undoubtedly, whether it was cars' metal wrapping flesh or motorcycles' flesh wrapping metal, in those speed contests pushing beyond limits, the scenery flying past and the unparalleled speed experience could make anyone's blood boil.

From Formula racing to extreme rally racing.

The standardized asphalt tracks were Formula racers' heaven for chasing glory, while Dakar's endless Gobi desert was rally drivers' homeland for freeing their souls.

Maybe you preferred the steaming hot atmosphere of racetracks and the satisfying tire change services, or perhaps you preferred the achievement of personally modifying and upgrading your car and the feeling of man-machine unity. But no matter what type of racing audience you belonged to, speed was always your only pursuit.

This was the collision of speed and passion!

This was the challenge of extremes and fearlessness!

On the racetrack with waves of heat, Hao Xianming firmly gripped the steering wheel, his gaze cautious and focused, searching for overtaking opportunities at extreme speeds!

On the rally track with yellow sand everywhere, Lin Xiaomeng wiped the blowing sand off her helmet amidst the bumps, trying to recover the time lost during cornering on straight sections!

Without a doubt!

Racing games!

Speed was always the primary pursuit, passion and excitement were always the top priority!

"Whew—can't do it anymore can't do it anymore—getting a bit too much to handle—"

Finally, after experiencing "Burning Wheels" brought by CloudPower's "Fire&Sea" studio, Hao Xianming waved his hand, indicating he was about burned out.

Objectively speaking, this rally racing game brought by CloudPower this time actually had quite commendable content—

As a game with single-player story mode, its opening chapter was quite standard:

At the start, players would play as an underground racer hired by someone, participating in a rally race in a fictional region called 'Devil Valley'.

During the race, due to opponents' sabotage, the originally top-ranked protagonist unfortunately fell off a cliff.

The good news was the protagonist who fell off the cliff didn't die and was found by a beautiful blonde woman, but the bad news was the severe impact caused the protagonist to lose some memory, forgetting many driving techniques.

Moreover, there seemed to be a bigger conspiracy behind this accident.

So, to uncover the truth behind the accident while also recovering his driving skills, the protagonist, funded by the beautiful woman, re-embarked on the path of a professional racer.

The story was conventional, but the plot setup was quite clever.

Fire&Sea studio very cleverly linked "amnesia" with the "skill tree"—every time the protagonist recovered a memory, it meant an upgrade in the skill tree.

And during later gameplay, the protagonist's racing car would also upgrade accordingly.

Besides this, some side quests could similarly help the protagonist level up.

Top-notch industrial quality, standard plot, clear upgrade system, overall exciting and smooth experience...

Without a doubt!

This time CloudPower, perhaps because they weren't competing directly with Golden Wind, seemed much clearer in their thinking, bringing a racing work commendable in all aspects.

But!

"The problem lies exactly here,"

As a review editor, Hao Xianming naturally would provide on-site evaluations after playing each game during this trip:

"Ultimately, this is still a mainstream racing work,"

"Car upgrades, driving skill improvements, speed competition, police, fancy cars and beautiful women,"

"Everything comes down to the same essence."

Too tired.

The fatigue of monotony.

Speaking of this.

Hao Xianming smacked his lips, thought for a moment, then shrugged:

"But objectively speaking, this isn't Burning Wheels' problem, but rather the common issue of the entire racing game genre,"

"After all, for so many years, racing games have always been set up like this,"

"Although various manufacturers have been trying to find breakthroughs and changes, the results have been minimal,"

"Honestly, in all this time, the only thing that felt somewhat innovative to me was probably the Road Rash mode in Nuyan's previous game Ridge Racer,"

"And in this expo, we've also seen works centered around that kind of gameplay,"

"As for bigger innovations..."

As he spoke.

Hao Xianming spread his hands toward Tian Tian:

"I personally think it's very difficult to create new format changes anymore..."

Even Golden Wind was no exception.

Hao Xianming added in his heart.

Yes.

This time, they deliberately didn't first experience that European Truck game jointly developed by Nuyan and Golden Wind.

One reason was their live broadcast schedule was arranged this way.

Secondly, it actually reflected everyone's worries and lack of confidence about this European Truck.

Because everyone knows!

Looking at global racing games, ultimately they all come down to one thing!

Cars!

What else could there be?

Nothing else!

So in today's racing games, global manufacturers can only engage in an arms race in industrial quality!

But if you're talking about industrial quality!

Who could compete with the wealthy, self-proclaimed world's largest game manufacturer CloudPower?

Therefore!

Regarding what various media called "Golden Wind's swan song," the Daily Gaming News team actually held quite pessimistic attitudes.

But!

Amid this generally pessimistic attitude, there was still a glimmer of hope.

After all, this was Golden Wind, a game created by the renowned Steel Chain Fingers studio in partnership with Nuyan.

And with such complex feelings!

Not long after!

As the camera advanced deeper into the expo, Tian Tian's group also arrived before Nuyan's booth!

However!

What was unexpected was!

At this moment, Nuyan's booth was actually packed with people!

Of course, if it were just this, the Daily Gaming News team wouldn't be that surprised.

After all, the reason this Europa Expo's attention surged was because many media called it Golden Wind's swan song, so players' enthusiasm was definitely high, and having many people queuing to experience it was normal.

What baffled them the most was the state of these experiencing players!

—

As one motion-sensing pod cover opened, they saw the player inside looking relaxed, first stretching.

Then standing up and walking to the next player, extending a hand: "I parked the truck on the emergency lane, hazard lights are on remember to turn them off, about seven or eight kilometers until taking the ferry to Britain, they drive on the left over there, it's your turn brother, the cargo is bananas, watch the timing."

And the receiving player would also extend a hand to shake with the handing-over brother, nodding seriously: "No problem, leave it to me."

"Safe travels brother."

"Thanks for the well-wishes friend."

Huh???

Tian Tian was completely stunned!

What are you all doing?

Shift handover?

How... what... hazard lights? Left-side driving?

You... racing games have developed to the point of following traffic rules this strictly?

And what did that "truck loaded with bananas" mean?

You... transporting goods?

Tian Tian was full of question marks!

And Da Ming and Xiao Lin were equally confused.

The three even simultaneously took half a step back, looking up again at Nuyan's company sign.

That's right!

It's Nuyan!

Weren't Nuyan's games always "Vroom vroom!" "Whoosh whoosh!" "Vroooom—pop pop—vroooom—"?

This damn harmonious scene... why does it look so damn unharmonious???

"Any ideas what's going on?"

Completely bewildered, Tian Tian turned his gaze to Hao Xianming and Lin Xiaomeng beside him.

And both shrugged simultaneously, indicating Confucius doesn't know, Laozi doesn't know either.

As for the chat barrage, they were even more confused—

"Huh? What is this?"

"How are bananas involved? Isn't this a racing game?"

"Yeah, truck racing right, like those trucks with souped-up engines spewing fire, right?"

"Looks like... probably... not?"

"I'm a bit confused, why is everyone acting like they're strictly following traffic rules?"

"Using fucking hazard lights really got me, racing games have hazard lights this thing?"

"Your words make it sound like other racing games transport bananas"

"Hahahaha right holy shit! What confuses me most is the damn banana transport setting hahahaha..."

"Could it be... this is a cargo hauling game?"

"Huh? Long-haul trucking? Transporting steel coils?"

"Brother remember: rather starve than haul pipes, rather die than haul coils"

"No way! Holy shit! It can't be this ridiculous! Did Little Yellow really make a long-haul trucking game?"

"Huh???"

The viewers were stunned!

As for Hao Xianming and Lin Xiaomeng, they also exchanged confused glances!

"This..."

"Ah this..."

"Try it?"

"Then... let's try it?"

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com