The release date won't be announced on their site first I bet, atleast amazon.com is updated once per year.

Thank you!

I loved the physics in Hard Truck 1 and 2, so please make sure that this great aspect that I love from SoftLab-NSK improves! From what I have seen in the trailers, I am a little worried since it looks like a step down from Hard Truck 2 and I saw tires that were floating. :shock:

i dont know how the game will be since i have also not played it..i cant just say something i dont know much about! but you guys should release the demo so we can help you out on perfecting the game..thats your biggest mistake about not releasing the demo!

btw..im also available for beta testing
i've never been selected for beta testing before but i sure would love to try..give a noob a chance will ya. :roll:

I hope I can beta test too. I have beta tested too. Below is my beta testing resume so far. I thought I read that open beta is not going to happen and that the Web site is wrong.

Beta Test List for Applications

Video Games

1. Microsoft Midtown Madness (Exclusively)
2. 25 to Life (Exclusively)
3. Star Wars Battlefront 2 (Exclusively)
4. Dungeons and Dragons Stormreach MMO
5. Archlord
6. Lords of the Ring Online
7. Depth Chargers (Exclusively)
8. Tabula Rasa

Applications

1. BCD2000 Mapper (v3.0)
2. MediaMonkey 3 – mediamonkey.com (Open beta, not exclusively, but I helped a lot. About 5 bugs were fixed because of my reports.)
3. VirtualDJ 5 – virtualdj.com (Not exclusively or beta but I help out with the bugs on the final releases.)
4. BCD2000 Mapper 2.2 – virtualdj.com (Exclusively)
5. PSP Ultimate Installer – psp-hacks.com (Exclusively)
6. Live! Mail
7. GMail

Sorry to disappoint you, but the open beta test isn't planned.

This is a rubbish idea, it spoils the game if released to early.... just look at KUJU's latest release... Rail Simulator Its CRAP because it was released too early and about 80% of people who baught it wish they hadn't!

A finished product is the best, if you cant wait an extra few months they go and hide in a cardboard box

I personally would wish for more gears than 6, most trucks i drive have 8, 10 an 12 gears! 6 is a little amatuer-ish, although im still looking forward to the game :D

What was bad about it? I was thinking of getting it.

I played the Rail Simulator demo and it was not too bad, but I have e-mailed the company these suggestions:

1. The lighting inside the front and passenger cabins does not change as I go through tunnels or when my angle changes from the direction of the sun.
2. The particle 2D steam textures clips through the roof in the front cabin view and the steam from the wheels are clipping through to the passenger cabin view. Especially when travelling at high speeds.
3. No animated wildlife. Demo restriction? I have the maximum graphics settings set.
4. EAX 5.1 surround sound does not work on my Sound Blaster Audigy 2. My speaker settings are set to 5.1 so it should work fine. Demo restriction?
5. The whistle stopped working correctly. When I pressed it, the sound clipped after about .5 seconds no matter how long I held the button for.
6. Instructions for controlling the train in expert mode. In retail box?
7. No people’s sound effects at stations.
8. The people are stiff when viewed from the external view. No animated passengers. Demo restriction?
9. The controls for moving around the front cabin are awkward. No body or feet seen when looking down. I cannot look around a full 360 either way.
10. As stated in the FAQ, no wheel slip is visible, but that is unrealistic. I would like to see this in a proper simulator.

this is really cool: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4zy9rrKWmEo < the way they taped some of the unloading parts reminded me of Rig N Roll.. even the purple Freightliner reminded me of it (except in Rig N Roll poster its red like the other truck of course)

this is a detail of their trip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_kKJi48Stv0 pretty crazy... to deliver some used furniture to kids in Mongolia (seemed like an excuse to take a trip of a life-time.. considering the gas mileage of these things and the cost of fuel in Europe.. not to mention shipping one of them across the Atlantic in the first place)