VirtualBus

VirtualBus is a bus driving simulator with many add-ons available.

Naturally, VirtualBus has no storyline. With the game's bevy of add-ons, there might be a way out there to add a storyline to your bus driving campaign, but by default, you're a bus driver who navigates from the front window, driving through city streets and following the laws en route to a number of possible destinations. Some are real, some are fictional, and all are crafted to varying standards of quality, depending on their source.

Unfortunately, not all is well in the world of VirtualBus. Pedestrians are often invisible, and walls are intangible. The graphical quality varies, but most commonly, it is poor, with the game's steering wheel having precious few frames of animation to help immerse you in the game. The controls are weak, with or without a steering wheel (but especially the latter), while it's nearly impossible to find your way around some maps, which are indistinct streets and avenues with nothing to unify them.

In theory, you can't beat free, which is the game's nominal price. In practice, there are so many options as to what game to play out there, on your PC or even on your phone, that playing a game like VirtualBus is hard to justify. Even trying every add-on that's ever been released for the game, you're unlikely to find a use for your USB steering wheel with VirtualBus.

Pros

• Extensible, with many add-ons released as of this writing
• Huge variety of maps, to improve or vary the gameplay experience
• One of the only bus sims out there

Cons

• Numerous bugs and missing features, even with add-ons
• Add-on community is small and shrinking
• Incomplete design and programming can ruin the experience