Taiga Car Driver:

This mornings download was mistakenly the one we got back in August, a repeat of the one we got back in February. On my return from the dentist, I said I would recheck, just in case the admin team had replaced the game with the new version; which thankfully they have.

In Brief:
Taiga Car Driver " is a truck driving survival game made with Unity; set in the freezing cold Taiga region of Russia. Pick up delivery jobs, rescue people and take part in hill climbing competitions in your truck to upgrade your vehicle.

You can see a video of game play HERE

The first in the series Taiga Car Driver was given away on the 28th February, 2022, where it received a positive 66% from 29 votes with 12 comments which you can see HERE; it was also given away on the 14th August 2022 HERE, where it received a positive 86% from 14 votes with 5 comments.

Overall, and especially for free today, this is actually a decent survival driving game and, I'd actually purchase it if it was released on Steam.

Introduction:
Break into the taiga blizzard on the legendary KAMAZ truck. Feel the atmosphere of the harsh Russian winter. Set fires to resist cold. Take the most difficult job to get high rewards. Do not leave people alone with the merciless nature - come to the rescue and save them from this insidious trap. Be the first to go through all the climbing competitions, become the legendary driver of this harsh and so charming Russian Taiga with its beauty.

Reference accessed HERE 5th September 2022.

The Game:






Unfortunately I don't have time to give the game a decent going over this afternoon so posting a full review is out of the question at this time as I have other duties this afternoon. Because I have other responsibilities, I don't have the time to give this game a decent going over so that I can write a factual account for this review; however, the short time I've played the game indicates that the game uses the same game mechanic as the first, I can say for sure it's definitely a new version, with some excellent improvements in the game. Some of the menus have been revamped and the initial splash screen that took over 30 seconds to disappear has been scrapped.

I highly recommend you check this one out, especially if you enjoyed the first one. It's basically the same type of game play, where you deliver various items for cash and experience, which can be spent on various upgrades to your vehicle. You've also got to consider your survival because of the extreme cold, picking up food, fuel for a fire etc. There are other tasks to complete, which I've not had time to check out yet, so I'll leave those for you to discover. I've taken a few screen captures, which I'll upload soon and then add them to this comment. Because the game play is basically using the same mechanic, check out my review for the first one, given away on the 14th August 22 them HERE; the descriptions should give you a sense of what to expect with this game.

I've take some of the text from my first review that is applicable to this game and posted it as follows:

The basics of the game are, you pick up various loads to deliver around the Taiga, enter competitions and rescue people to earn XP and cash. Which can then be used to unlock various upgrades for your truck. Because of the adverse weather you have to complete certain tasks to survive in the harsh environments. Cold, thirst and hunger are your worst enemies.

The game includes a 26 page manual explaining what you need to do to survive.

There are three bar indicators in the bottom left of the screen the top one (Red) indicates your hunger, the bottom one (Blue) how cold you are and the the middle one (Green) is your strength, which can be partially recovered by pitching your tent and sleeping. This is accomplished by opening up the inventory by pressing the Right mouse button. Then scrolling to the tent symbol. Doing this will pitch your tent. To enter move to the front of the tent where you'll see a ZZZ indicator in yellow Walk to this and press the left mouse button. This will an indeterminate amount of sleep. You can see time pass outside the tent while you are asleep. This does not restore your strength completely, plus sleep length and hunger are not controlled. To warm your self up you first need to collect wood (the manual suggests finding wood near trees, which guarantees a better supply) to pick up wood, stand near it and a hand should appear, press the enter key to pick up; you can pick up a maximum of five piles of wood. Access the inventory then scroll to the camp fire symbol. If you have no wood, this will be red in colour and cannot be lit, but you can still place the camp fire stones. Other inventory symbols include the phone, which gives you access to your route, the time and temperature as well as important points on the map, which are indicated with different coloured dots, i.e.

Green = Garage
Yellow = Place to take order
Red = Gas/Petrol Station
Sky Blue = Competition ''Climb Way''
Royal Blue = Rescue Mission
Violet = Hotel

Unfortunately the size of the installed game is too large to use the online virus checkers such as Virus Total (unless I paid for the non free version. However, we have been getting games from Falcoware every week since 2018, and I trust them.