Add to that inevitable repair costs and you can see where this is going. For starters, even if a bit of paint is chipped from your vehicle, the goods you’re hauling take a beating. Those were the days when learning how a game worked was half the fun.Ĭompeting to reach the drop-off point first was an experience quite unlike any other racing game out there. But back then, I didn’t even have an internet connection for multiplayer, let alone a silly tutorial. You could even talk rival truckers out of their feud. Trucks up your sleeveĪpparently, you could use your radio to negotiate terms with the mob and the police on your tail but the game didn’t exactly give me a how-to guide. Once you hire a few employees (incredibly, you can encounter them on the road), your cash flow gets a massive boost but it’s a hassle nonetheless. And if you crash, the costs will mow through your pocket money. You’ll have to stop to service your vehicle or refuel it. Speed traps and the weather will test your patience at every turn and that’s before the cops are involved. Putting the pedal to the medal and flooring it all the way from point A to point B won’t cut it. Those nasty dents from screwing up your parking? That’s going to cost you. Unlike most racing games, you can’t just get free repairs at the end of each race. You earn money by fulfilling deliveries (after bidding for them) and racing with rig-masters through obstacle courses and other truck racing shenanigans. Want a snazzy new ride? They don’t come for free (but you could get stolen ones on the cheap). Speaking of trucks, the game lets you pick from over two dozen vehicles, from salons to 18-wheel monsters with their own unique handling and speed stats. Everything has a cost, from refueling to paying for being caught by a speed trap, so cash keeps your truck in the race. In Hard Truck 2, money makes the world spin. The venerable BMW M5 as it appears in the game. The goal of the game? Become the biggest player in the delivery market. Winning a race brought you a license to hire other truckers, letting you form a company of your own. Every now and then you could get an invite to a good-old circuit race. Show up late and you’ll be paid a pittance compared to the early birds. As a trucker, your goal is to deliver all kinds of goods across the map in a race against other truckers. Hard Truck 2 sets you up for the long haul. Weather systems and cops with speed traps and helicopters? Check. After a bit of time traveling, I found that this little-known game was ahead of its time.ħ0 miles to explore with some big rigs? Check. It was no diamond in the rough, but it was still a game that I have fond memories of. While the game developer’s original life as a Polish translator of videogames is well-known, the fact that they almost made a Polish version of Hard Truck 2: King of the Road caught my attention. W ith CyberPunk 2077 around the corner (hopefully), a case of chronic doomscrolling led to my curious self discovering a fragment of CD Projekt Red’s past. It almost got a Polish version too, courtesy of CD Projekt Red
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