18 Wheels of Steel
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18 Wheels of Steel is a series of trucking simulators published by ValuSoft. The series currently has 4 installments.
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[edit] 18 Wheels of Steel: Across America
This installment is very similar to Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel except the graphics were updated, more trucks and cargo were added, and a new map was created that enables users to travel across the entire continental U.S., through 20 cities.
This game focuses on the delivery of cargo. Unlike Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel, the sleep timer was removed from the simulation. There is an improved traffic model as well as planes, helicopters, and trains with authentic sounds.
[edit] 18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal
In this installment, released in 2004, the user can travel across the entire continental US, and also northern Mexico and southern Canada, through 30 cities.
The sleep timer was brought back in this version. It has an improved traffic model. 18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal' requires OpenGL, which causes problems on some systems.
[edit] 18 Wheels of Steel: Convoy
In this updated installment, you can travel through the United States, as well as southern Canada, much like 18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal. You can travel through 41 cities.
The graphics are also much improved in this version, and you can see drivers in the cars.
[edit] 18 Wheels of Steel: Haulin'
This installment adds more cities and has more realistic graphics, but Mexico is gone from this installment, like Convoy.
[edit] Editors
18 Wheels of Steel Across America, Pedal to the Metal, Convoy, and 18 Wheels of Steel Haulin' include editors, in which you can design your own map. Some third-party web sites offer tutorials on how these editors work, but are not as easy to work as other editors such as the ones in SimCity. The full version of the game can be downloaded as a trial of 60 minutes, from Trygames
