The life of American truck drivers is recreated in 18 Wheels of Steel: Across America. The arcade features highways from most of America with full-fledged road systems. Here, the user can develop his career by becoming the owner of a transport company. The user can purchase new cars and spare parts in the process.Modes in the truck simulator:
- Millionaire - here the user who earned a million first wins.
- West Coast Devil - delivery with a time limit from Seattle to Los Angeles.
- Madness - first you need to find the cargo itself, and then go with it to New York.
- Long Journey - delivery of products across the country using a long route - from Miami to Seattle.
- Free mode - the user delivers the product without time limits, hires drivers and tries to get ahead of rivals.
The gameplay is based on the timely delivery of goods to their destination. The goods must arrive to the customer unharmed. There are also competitors in the game, so you need to get ahead of them to make your company a leader. The passage begins with the starting point of the game - one of the US cities, which the user chooses himself. Next, the gamer needs to look at the map, which displays the location of his transport, cargo docks with stored goods that need to be loaded onto the car. Then the player goes to the loading site, chooses the necessary products himself. The goods here differ in the distances to which it must be taken, as well as in individual parameters.Payment depends on the distance of the move and the value of the product, the delivery of which has time limits. There are weighing stations along the way, where the trucker must drive in his car and weigh himself. Here are established standards for the total weight of the goods, exceeding which threatens a fine. There are also police on the highways, capable of stopping the offender in case of traffic violations or other illegal activity, speeding, driving on the wrong side of the road, an accident. The truck driver simulator also has other objects, for example, service stations, where the car is repaired and refueled.
