Not sure if I posted about this or anyone else has, but you should check out "rigs of rods". It's a free to download game where you
operate a variety of heavy trucks, articulated lorries, cranes, recovery trucks, that sort of thing. To me this sounded interesting in an autistic
kind of way, and it's more of a 'tech demo' really. The 'tech' being that the game is written in an entirely new way that
doesn't merely model physics like every driving type game out there, but it fully simulates them, including the entire chassis of the vehicles in
the game, the suspension movement and so on. It makes for an ultra-real feeling experience. The reason for filling it with trucks is that they bend
and flex in real life, which they also do in this little nugget of an application. To the geeks that get excited by really realistic and just utterly
genuine feeling physics it's a bit of a life changer this. For example, crash through a pothole and each end of the chassis and the cab etc all
shake out of time with each other just like a real lorry.
Or if you want you can get a crane equipped flatbed Volvo, hoist a 5 ton weight up high, then drive aroud with it up there. It will handle exactly as
you expect, the weight will pull the truck around from up high, the chassis will flex and bend and eventually it'll all topple over. It's
fun to see how quick you can drive the roads like this. If you're still reading this then it means you are really interested so I implore, go
here
http://www.rigsofrods.com/
The graphics aren't bad either, and the sound super realistic with hydraulic whooshes and revs changing on operating the hydraulics.
There's vids on youtube if you want to see what I mean.
been playing around on it on and off this afternoon. its alright, probably only alright though, because i haven't found anything to do yet.
can't find any trailers, or skips or stuff to lift. i tried crashing a truck and then recovering it, but couldn't get it on the reocvery
truck
well I'm going to give it a go, just downloading it. Not to hopeful my stupid computer will be able to handle it but well see.
nope got some weird error when I start up the game and then it crashes, bloody computers 
this is why I got an x-box
[Edited on 3/3/08 by Mr Whippy]
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Originally posted by blakep82
been playing around on it on and off this afternoon. its alright, probably only alright though, because i haven't found anything to do yet. can't find any trailers, or skips or stuff to lift. i tried crashing a truck and then recovering it, but couldn't get it on the reocvery truck
ah, right outside the truck shop? i'll give it a go tonight