Fernbus Coach Simulator – Review

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I’ve long been a fan of Bus Simulator, but I regularly heard from PC players how great Fernbus is, thankfully the dev’s realised people play Sim games on console too, and this week we’ve seen the release of Fernbus simulator on Xbox.

Anyone who’s played Bus Simulator will know what to expect, you jump on your trusty coach, pick up some customers then head off to your destination to drop them off. Unlike Bus Simulator’s Inter-city services, Fernbus covers a wider landscape, a much, much wider landscape with over 50,000 square Kilometre’s to explore across Europe, the southern reaches of Marseille, Nice and Toulouse in France, as far north as Hamburg and Flensburg in Germany and reaching as far west as Brest (France) and Ostava in the Czech Republic. There’s dozens and dozens of towns and cities in between, but you can expect to see most major cities from mainland Europe in France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Czech Republic, Austira and Switzerland.

That sure sounds like a lot of driving, but the world in Fernbus works on a 1:10 scale, so that 250km drive estimated at 3 and a half hour, is the real-life equivalent of 25km, so will likely take about 25-30 minutes, Just like the real-world, there’ll be plenty to delay your travels, with Traffic jams the most likely, especially in larger cities and at peak times, but even out in the countryside late at night, you might encounter a broken-down car that can hold things up, and you’re always going to find idiots who don’t know how to merge into traffic causing a small tailback.

The Career in Fernbus has quite an open sandbox approach compared to the stricter guidelines in Bus Sim 21, and you’re free to create any route you want. Initially you’ll choose a home location and can