If there’s one thing that can usually be counted on about public transit, it’s that you’ll get to your destination. Eventually. Your bus may catch fire, you may get your shoes covered in vomit, you could get stuck in traffic in a snowstorm for four hours, your bus might be forty minutes late, then three of them show up all at once, but you’ll get to your destination. Probably. PC gamers have gotten a headstart on this one, but now PS4 and Xbox One owners finally get to join in on the fun. It’s time to drive buses and be thanked!
In Bus Simulator, players can take the wheel of eight different bus models from Mercedes-Benz, Setra, MAN, and IVECO BUS. Models include short, maneuverable city buses, more comfortable county buses, and extra-long articulated buses. (Seattle Metro’s infamous Breda buses were supposed to make an appearance as well, but either broke down or failed to make it up a hill somewhere along the way.) It’s not just driving buses though, there’s also the ability to manage the entire transit operation for a fictional European-based city called Seaside Valley. Various missions in Seaside Valley will require different buses and skill sets.
Players don’t have to go it alone either. Green Day may have walked a lonely road, but in Bus Simulator, players go on multiplayer driving adventures with up to three other people in the cooperative multiplayer mode. Just like the PC version, the console edition of Bus Simulator also includes support for most current wheel and pedal setups. Any more authenticity and you’d be having to break up fights in the back of the 60′ articulated bus on the downtown routes.
In Bus Simulator, everyone stops for the trains.
The console version of the game also includes all of the bonus DLC content which has been released for PCs over the past year.
Bus Simulator for PlayStation®4 and Xbox One is now available for 39.99 EUR / 39.99 USD (RSP) as a digital download in the PlayStation® Store and the Microsoft Store. For more information, check out the game’s official website, or Twitter and Instagram.
