The lighting for example, seems to either be overly bright or barely visible, while simple quality-of-life improvements like dynamic dashboards would be a nice addition so you could easily see the open/close status of the doors.ĭriving the buses themselves is a bit hit-and-miss. While the buses are nicely modelled with clickable switches, there are a few bits that let them down. Keeping with the times, there are also a number of electric buses too. Naturally you’ll start off in small, single deck buses before moving onto larger bendy-buses and, for the first time in the series, late game you’ll unlock the Alexander Dennis double-decker bus (think of your typical red London bus). With 30 officially licensed buses, there’s plenty to choose from. Keeping to timetable is equally important, although I rarely found it to be something I was worried about as the scheduling is quite generous, and you can adjust the travel times and dwell times at bus stops if you need to too.

On the flip side, you’ll lose points for speeding, hitting potholes, clipping the kerb or stopping in a bad position at bus stops. Obeying traffic lights, avoiding other vehicles and pedestrians is obviously what you’d expect to do as a minimum, but you also get extra points for good driving such as using indicators correctly or ‘kneeling’ the bus to allow passengers to board and alight more easily. While buying buses and creating routes for your company is a key part of the game, the main emphasis remains on driving the routes yourself.

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