King of the Road is an improved version of Hard Truck 2. The game simulates the life of long-haul truckers, delivering merchandise over large territory. You race other truckers and have to keep supply and demand in mind. There are different weather circumstances, and from time to time, you are invited to circuit races where you can earn a license to hire other truckers and start a company. Cash is used to upgrade your vehicle, acquire a new one, or to pay other drivers' salaries. The first company to own a 51% share in the delivery market, wins.

While driving, you have to keep track of incoming orders, the truck load and the state of your vehicle. Servicing and refueling at regular intervals is necessary, and you can invest in scanners, protection systems and other equipment. The CB radio is not only used to talk to other drivers, but also to negotiate with the mob and the police, who are always on your tail, with wild chases over county borders.

The main improvements over Hard Truck 2 are the new refueling system in the simulation mode, different fuel prices, a revamped repair menu, better graphics, driving physics and collision objects, new equipment and gameplay balancing.

Networked multiplayer is available up to eight players.

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Alternate Titles

"Дальнобойщики 2. Издание 2-е, дополненное" -- Russian spelling (2 disc release)
"Дальнобойщики 2" -- Russian spelling
"Dal'noboyshchiki 2" -- Russian title (2 Disc Edition)

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PC Action	Jul 06, 2001	70 out of 100	70
GameStar (Germany)	Jul, 2001	64 out of 100	64
PC Zone Benelux	Aug, 2002	59 out of 100	59
PC Games (Germany)	Jul 27, 2001	58 out of 100	58
Jeuxvideo.com	Aug 21, 2002	8 out of 20	40
Clubic	Oct 04, 2002	3 out of 10	30
Joystick (French)	Sep, 2002	3 out of 10	30

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Trivia

This game is often confused with Hard Truck 2. Both were developed by Softlab-NSK and they share the same engine and the larger half of the concept. King of the Road, however, was never released in North America. This European variant has many fixes and steep improvements to the gameplay itself.

The original version was first released in Russia and was titled Dal'noboyshchiki 2 and then Hard Truck 2 in English. The European King of the Road version was not released in the developer's home country until May 2003, when 1C Company published a special 2-disc edition, again with the title Dal'noboyshchiki 2. That time, however, it was the Russian version of King of the Road, patched to version 8.0. The second bonus disc of that edition contains screensavers, wallpapers, screenshots and movies of the game, as well as previews of Dal'noboyshchiki 3, the sequel.

Ascaron was the first to publish the game in Western Europe in 2001, for the German market, but due to insolvency problems they could not do an English release. JoWood took over, released an English version, and re-released the game in Germany in 2002 as well. The base version had been upgraded to version 1.3, but these improvements were not released as a separate patch for owners of the Ascaron 1.0 or 1.1 version.

A polish version was announced by CD Projekt, but ultimately cancelled in August 2002.

The English version of KotR includes a free bonus CD with screensavers, wallpapers, trailers and demos of other games released by JoWooD.

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