On a final word, I want to add that Playway is dedicated to bringing DLCs, so with the roughly 10-15 cars in the base game, and roughly 2-3 cars added per DLC (which usually run at around 3-5 dollars), there’s going to be loads of cars to fix and lots of parts to play around with.ĬMS 2015 is one of the games that you wouldn’t really think is fun, much like Visceral Clean-up Duty (a janitor simulation game :P), and yet it’s incredibly fun and awesome. So you can take apart the engine to change pistons, or remove the gearbox to reach the clutch, or take off the knuckle housing and drive-train. You’ll also start to get tasked with replacing or repairing parts. Thankfully, it’s all pretty easy (even though it’s a bit time consuming) and at some point, you’ll be able to tell the general area of the problem by the little blurb they give you for each contract. You might even have to go test part by part, if the test you’ve preformed before don’t show up anything. You’ll have to take it out to a test track to see how the brakes and engines are. The great thing about this, is that the learning curve isn’t steep, even if you haven’t played CMS 2014.Īfter you’ve got your teeth into the game mechanics, it will no longer hold your hand, and you will be expected to figure out what the issue with the car is on your own. Once you’ve gained a bit of experience by completing contracts, you can start spending experience points on skills that will help you go about your business a little faster, such as a chip analyzer, quicker bolt and screw removal, faster part removal and so on.
So at first, you’ll be given the goal of changing filters, changing the oil, and checking the brakes, which will familiarize you with the basics of the interactions of the game. These contracts tend to build up your understand of the game, very much like a tutorial. So what is there to say about the gameplay other than what you couldn’t infer from the title of the game? Well, CMS 2015 gives you a nice little mechanic’s garage, and a few contracts to start out.
Even so, CMS 2014 got off to a great start, which allowed Playway to set up a kickstarter for CMS 2015 (which I backed!).īut enough about that, if you like being a mechanic, or find it an interesting concept, read on for the full review below! Surprisingly, mechanic simulation is not something that most people would go for, considering that most simulation games are more along the management lines. Fortunately I instantly fell in love with it. Much like all games in the niche area, I stumbled upon the first game (the 2014 version) almost by mistake.
Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 is the follow up release to the acclaimed CMS 2014, a pretty awesome game all around.