$29.99Fernbus Simulator Germany from the driver's seat
Drive a licensed coach on real long-distance routes, keep your schedule through traffic and construction, and let the motorway miles do the rest.
Is Fernbus Simulator worth it?
Fernbus Simulator is worth it if…
- you find long, calm drives more relaxing than racing
- you like jobs with a routine: tickets, stops, schedules, repeat
- you want to learn real routes through a big, detailed Germany
- you enjoy sims where the small cockpit details are the fun
- you have patience with a game that still has rough edges
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The long haul across Germany
The job is simple and never quite easy: pick up a coach, follow the FlixBus route network, and reach the next station on time. Roughly 2,000 km of drivable roads stand in for about 20,000 km of real routes, linking more than 40 German cities including Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne. Time runs at 1:10 scale, so a full tour fits into an evening rather than a working week.
The Autobahn does not cooperate. Construction sites, accidents and traffic jams test the schedule, and you drive through all of it by day and night, in every season and weather. Rain on a grey afternoon feels very different from a clear run at dusk, and the game lets both happen. When the pace gets slow, it gets slow on purpose: this is driving to unwind to, not to sweat over.
Running the bus, not just driving it
A coach driver does more than steer. At each stop, passengers with valid tickets board right away, while the others line up at your door to buy a new ticket from you. You stay in contact with the control centre, and you can leave the bus yourself between duties.
The two licensed MAN Lion's Coach buses come with fully working original cockpits, modelled inside and out, and the original passenger announcements play on board. Repaints are there if you want the bus to look like yours.
What should you know before starting?
How realistic are the buses and routes?
The buses are licensed MAN Lion's Coach models with original cockpits and original passenger announcements, and the route network is a recreation of the real FlixBus network, scaled down so tours stay playable. The driving feel and the way the coach leans through corners are a highlight for many who stick with it.
Does the game have any problems you should expect?
It does. Performance can drop sharply in places, and bugs and rough controls come up often enough that patience helps. The core loop of driving a detailed coach through real German scenery works, but go in expecting a simulator with flaws rather than a polished one.
Is there anything to do besides driving?
Quite a bit, all around the job itself. You sell tickets to passengers at the door, stay in touch with the control centre, and can step out of the bus when the route allows. Custom repaints let you change how your coach looks, and the evaluation tool gives each finished tour a score to improve on next time.
