European Truck Racing Championship (
ETRC) now has its own official game, featuring plenty of famous race tracks (including Nürburgring, Le Mans, Laguna Seca and the Fuji Speedway) and a total of 45 official trucks to choose from across its two classes:
► ETRC
► WORLD SERIES
Imagine driving a 5 Ton Semi Truck, now take off the Trailer, and race it! Controlling one of these trucks feels heavy, you can feel the heft of the truck the entire experience.
The main draw of FIA European Truck Racing Championship is its career mode. Surprisingly, you can’t just jump right into it, you have to complete a series of driving tests first to get your licence.
After proving your skills, you get to enter the game’s career mode proper, and can choose to take part in either the European Truck Racing Championship or the World Series.
Your choice mainly dictates the types of trucks you’ll be driving in and against.
► In the ETRC are lighter and nimbler, but they’re also more prone to oversteering.
► In the World Series trucks are bigger and heavier, planting them more firmly on the ground, but they’re also faster.
In fact the only real "simulation" part of the game comes in brake management. Five ton rigs take a while to build up speed, but when they get going it takes a fair amount of power to slow them down, so that means putting some real pressure on your brake pads.
You have a limited reserve of water for each race, and when your brakes become too hot after reducing your speed (represented by a circular meter surrounding the water gauge) you’ll need to spray them with water to reduce their temperature. Let them heat up too much and your brake pads will begin to deteriorate, which will reduce their performance and make taking bends and chicanes a nightmare. Inject too much and the pads will grow cold, making them too stiff to accurately gauge your stopping distance.
If you’re new to racers in general, dont worry, you can toggle the brake cooling mechanics OFF.
FIA European Truck Racing Championship is a surprisingly good racer, though it’s not going to appeal to all due to the fact that it’s about racing big heavy trucks rather than the latest sports cars. Still, for those seeking something a little bit different, it’s definitely worth investigating. I wouldn’t say it does anything spectacularly well, but when there’s nothing else quite like it available, it doesn’t matter all that much.
The official FIA ETRC game is a completely new option for all fans of racing sims.
► 45 trucks with their official livery, including top manufacturers like Volvo, Man, Freightliner and Western Star
► 20 teams and the championship's best drivers
► 14 circuits including official ETRC ones, as well as Laguna Seca, Circuit of The Americas and Fuji Speedway
► 5 single-player modes and 3 multiplayer modes
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