This really is a goddamn big rig driving game!

The moment Hao Xianming entered the game, he felt completely off!

Seriously?

Are you for real?

Think about it!

What kind of exhibition is this?

The Europa Interactive Entertainment Expo, or you might as well call it the Europa Racing Game Expo!

Throughout his experience here, eighty to ninety percent of all games were racing-themed - almost all of them were either about cars or on their way to being about cars.

This was a collision of speed and passion, a roaring land of boiling hot engines!

Yet!

In such an environment, with such brand backing!

They actually created a big rig driving game?!

Hao Xianming was genuinely baffled.

Just like many viewers in the chat had said, initially Hao Xianming also thought this "European Truck" game jointly released by Golden Wind and Nuyan would be about souped-up truck cabs racing wildly on designated tracks, emphasizing the combination of power and beauty, the collision of heavy machinery and insane speed.

But!

After learning more about it, what combination of power and beauty? What collision of heavy machinery and insane speed?

None of that existed!

All there was were trucks coupled with cargo containers, and the collision of endless highways with timed delivery orders!

As the name suggested, the core gameplay of Euro Truck was having players roleplay as truck drivers, traversing the European continent with its numerous countries, transporting goods.

In the early game, players would receive a garage as their company headquarters.

However, all you owned was just a garage - the game wouldn't let you comfortably play boss, grow bigger and stronger to achieve greater glory as you might expect.

After all, you currently had zero money, and a garage alone wouldn't generate any income.

Thus, working for others became players' only source of income at this stage.

You needed to browse business orders from various cities, drive big rigs to earn money, upgrade skills and cargo type permits, then combine that with bank loans to purchase your own vehicles.

Later, through gradually accumulating wealth, you could buy more trucks while hiring other drivers to haul cargo, completing the transition from overworked laborer to boss.

Meanwhile, once your wealth reached a certain level, you could purchase more garages, acquire more trucks, hire more drivers, eventually covering every corner of Europe with your logistics empire.

This was the game's most basic gameplay logic.

Actually, to some extent, upon first impression, Hao Xianming couldn't even classify it as a driving game.

It felt more like a business simulation game.

After all, how could a slow-paced truck driving game compare to racing games in terms of handling and driving feel?

But!

This first impression was completely shattered within just five minutes—

The moment Hao Xianming sat in the Scania heavy truck cabin, he was immediately stunned by the wide, comfortable cockpit!

Since big rigs typically handled long hauls, ranging from hundreds to even thousands of kilometers,

a comfortable driver's seat was absolutely essential.

Additionally, the dazzling array of various buttons on the instrument panel left him utterly overwhelmed.

Hao Xianming felt somewhat grateful he'd chosen the beginner mode instead of hardcore mode.

Otherwise, just these buttons and control switches on the instrument panel would have given him headaches for quite a while.

After some simple organization!

"From... Fabroni to Marseille, not bad, doesn't seem too far."

Hao Xianming accepted his first ever business order - transporting a truckload of cabbage from Fabroni in eastern Gaul to Marseille port in the southeast, totaling 211 kilometers.

The cargo container was already hitched. As Hao Xianming started the engine, a powerful engine roar erupted!

Vroom—

So much power!

Hao Xianming shifted into gear and set the truck in motion!

The vehicle slowly moved forward as the factory's electric gate automatically opened ahead.

Tick... tick... tick...

Comfortable turn signal sounds echoed within the well-soundproofed cabin.

According to the navigation display on the electronic screen, he needed to turn left after exiting, then pass two intersections before reaching the highway.

"Haha I'm so high up,"

Having experienced many low-slung racing cars throughout his journey, Hao Xianming clearly found the heavy truck driving experience quite novel. Looking around while laughing, he said:

"You have to admit, this slow, plodding feeling is really unique,"

"But that's about it - just a higher viewpoint, more comfortable driving position, and more complex instruments and controls,"

"As for any additional driving experience, I really don't feel any—"

Thump!

Before Hao Xianming could finish his sentence!

The vehicle shook with a dull thud!

"Holy shit!"

Hao Xianming jolted, immediately slamming on the brakes!

Since he owned a car himself, he instantly recognized he must have hit something or been rear-ended.

Looking back!

The "driving experience" had arrived—

His cargo container had completely wrecked the factory's automatic gate.

As everyone knows!

Small vehicles, being compact and nimble in turning, can usually make tight turns in most situations.

But big rigs are different!

The truck cabs themselves are large, plus with the trailer cargo container attached, the entire vehicle measures dozens of meters long!

Such enormous length naturally results in clumsy turning!

"Ah..."

Hao Xianming stuck his head out the window, looking at the scene of his disaster, sinking into awkward contemplation.

The chat barrage erupted with joyful laughter—

"Hahahaha damn, so realistic"

"Died before even starting the mission, typical"

"Didn't earn a single cent, starts by paying for an automatic gate"

"Xiangzi Simulator: Taking you from having nothing to being buried in debt"

"Hahahahaha Xiangzi Simulator is too damn accurate..."

"Trucks need to take wide turns, turning like this is pure halberd action, specializing in sweeping through thousands"

"High EQ: Halberd sweeping through thousands; Low EQ: You're driving a dick"

"'Driving Experience'"

"Just tell me if you're experiencing it or not"

"Wait!"

Meanwhile, after pondering for a full five seconds, Hao Xianming laughed at his own stupidity:

"Then I... should reverse?"

Saying this!

Hao Xianming shifted into reverse.

Beep—beep—beep—

As the reversing sound chimed, Hao Xianming tried to extricate the vehicle.

Screech—clank—clank—

Nerve-wracking metal scraping sounds continuously rang out.

Hao Xianming watched helplessly as the factory's automatic gate got increasingly destroyed by his cargo container, like ink accidentally splattered on a wall being smeared into a bigger mess.

"Hey—hey—stop—oh no—"

Hao Xianming felt his disaster was only getting worse. Shouting in alarm repeatedly, he tried turning the steering wheel the opposite way, attempting to move the cargo container away from the automatic gate.

However!

Reversing heavy trucks with large cargo containers wasn't like small cars.

Since the trailer hitch connection exists as an axle form, the cab's turning sometimes inversely affects the cargo container's reversing path.

At this moment, the cargo container seemed to have developed a mind of its own. Even though Hao Xianming was steering right, wanting to reverse toward the right, the cargo container kept twisting violently left.

Thump!

Another jolt came!

This time, the cargo container's rear end directly hit the factory's railing, bending a section of the fence.

Hiss—!!!

Hao Xianming's heart and lungs stopped, his pupils constricting!

The livestream chat exploded with laughter—

"So much talent, Da Ming! Are you here to dismantle the factory?"

"Hahahahaha can't stop laughing..."

"Da Ming: Nobody escapes today!"

"This factory really drew the short straw, getting stuck with this guy"

"The disaster just keeps getting worse hahahaha"

"Feels like watching Mr. Bean"

"So damn accurate hahahaha..."

"Sweating bullets now, aren't you little brother!"

"Hahahahaha..."

"......"

"No no no! Wait wait! Hey! Hey! Stop laughing, help me out here!"

Hao Xianming was genuinely sweating bullets now.

Why wouldn't this damn truck reverse according to his intentions?

It had a rebellious feeling of "you tell me east, I go west; you say dog, I say chicken."

"Damn it, I refuse to believe this..."

Gritting his teeth and stomping his foot!

Hao Xianming shifted into drive, wanting to adjust the cab's orientation.

Previously his cab faced left, full right rudder made the cargo container reverse left.

This time, he planned to change direction - with the cab facing right, full left rudder should make the cargo container reverse right, right?

Clang clang! Crash clatter... bang!

A series of suffocating scraping and collision sounds erupted!

Hao Xianming felt his scalp go numb!

After finally adjusting the cab position, looking back revealed that the previously bent two or three fence rails were now completely knocked over.

Damn it! Reverse!

Hao Xianming gritted his teeth and stomped his foot.

As they say, with many lice you don't itch, with many debts you don't worry!

Since he'd already created a huge disaster, what was a little more?

Thinking this!

Hao Xianming shifted into reverse, full left rudder while stepping on the accelerator!

Screech—crash!

Admittedly, this time the cargo container did retreat right as he intended, but perhaps he'd turned the steering wheel too far.

The cargo container retreated in an almost L-shaped posture, crashing with a bang into another truck's front end in the adjacent parking space.

Deathly silence!

Hao Xianming's livestream fell into a half-minute deathly silence!

Then!

A burst of roaring laughter suddenly erupted from the motion-sensing pod!

"Hahaha! Fun! So much fun haha!"

Screech—screech—!

"This game is so fun haha!"

Ding! Clang!

"Driving big rigs is really interesting haha! Ahhh Wuhu—"

Thump! Boom!

Crash clatter...

Watching Hao Xianming completely give up on proper driving, activating berserker mode, adopting a "screw it, I'll drive however I want" attitude, forcibly making the Scania charge around with Optimus Prime-like recklessness!

The viewers were dying of laughter!

"Straight up gave up hahahaha..."

"Drove one person insane..."

"Let's put it this way, if Megatron and Optimus Prime fought here, it probably wouldn't be this disastrous"

"Hahahahaha so humiliating..."

"Lin Xiao, you now..."

"Let's be real, if he'd just wrecked the electric gate and driven straight out initially, the factory would've only lost one electric gate"

"Da Ming is a fucking corporate spy, specifically here to dismantle factories"

"Hahahahaha dying laughing"

Finally!

After destroying one electric gate, a section of fence, two truck fronts, and one container!

A battered truck loaded with cabbage finally left the devastated vegetable factory, wobbling crookedly onto the road.

However.

Just as it traveled less than half a kilometer.

—Psssssh—

A deflating sound was heard.

The overwhelmed Scania finally breathed its last, stalling completely on the road motionless.

Hao Xianming stared blankly at the fault warning lights flashing like a marquee on the instrument panel for a full five seconds.

Finally giving a light laugh, shaking his head, taking a deep breath:

"I—"

"DRIVE YOUR @#￥%@#￥! I FUCKING @#￥*&!"

"I PLAY YOUR *#￥%@#!!!"

"DELETE SAVE! RESTART!"

"If I don't find a delivery that goes straight out of the factory this time, I'm a goddamn grandson—!!!"

"GET LOST—!!!"

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com