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0 I’ll be taking a look at Garage Monkey’s new game, Car Dealer Simulator. We aim to turn old cars into “fresh” sales, all while working for a man named Little Sam. The game is out now, but if you want to try the demo before paying for the full game, click here.
Used cars, but new game?
Gameplay
We play a nameless character who is hired by Little Sam to help run his run-down Car Dealership. Our job is to find used cars, then repair/clean them up ready for reselling. Car Dealer Simulators’ tutorials are straightforward and do well to teach you the fundamentals. We use our Tow Truck to load up cars and then deliver them back to the dealership. Here we have several ways to improve the pricing of our car.
We will look over the car for any parts that need to be replaced. And we do this by highlighting the car parts with a red spray until the issue is shown. I thought this was pretty cool instead of having to remove the parts then finding the problem. Since it is a demo, fixing car parts wasn’t really in the demo, and only the exhaust was broken. When highlighting other parts, they do say “coming soon”.
Cleaning & Removing Rust
When cleaning the car, it plays like Powerwash Simulator, but instead of using soap to improve the cleaning quality. You’ll have to go through all the steps, which can get a little annoying. At the beginning, you only have soap and water, but after upgrading the building’s specific area, from the computer. We will unlock waxing and polish to use, and thus further increase the price.
The same goes when it’s time to remove rust as well. I found the upgrades a little better for the rust removal, however. Since it widens the radius of all the tools in the body shop area. My eyesight isn’t the best, so the Scanner feature, which highlights the areas in a bright orange, is really helpful.
Selling & Negotiations
The last part of the process, and I’d probably say my least favourite, is the selling. Mainly because I always feel like I never really get to decide the price. Since the customers in Car Dealer Simulator always offer a stupidly low price than what you offer. For example, a car I had was worth £8000 on the market, so I listed it for £7500. Nope customer wanted £5780. Maybe I’m the scam artist, but it felt a little too low, in my opinion. And you only get three chances to make an offer. You’ll also be able to find second-hand cars thanks to the office computers, and thus continue the gameplay loop.
Graphics & Audio
Car Dealer Simulator is fairly decent-looking, especially when many simulator games look low effort sometimes. The lighting is good, and the textures look pretty clean and detailed. The menus on the in-game PC menus look very basic, but they’re at least clear and tidy. I had a couple of frame rate issues, but it’s expected for a demo.
The car radio has four radio stations with different genres. Although I still listen to my music most of the time, it was nice to have that option, especially since a lot of games like this, where you drive around, are silent or have one or two songs on a loop on the radio.
Final Thoughts
Car Dealers Simulators’ gameplay is solid with not much being tedious. Like most simulators, they give the gameplay-loop of doing the same task, which is expected. While playing, it did say some parts are for the main game understandably. I had one crash, but luckily I hadn’t lost much progress. The upgrade actually improves tools, which is a plus in my book. And the overall gameplay is decent and not a chore.
I’ll happily add it to my slowly expanding sim collection, but I will wait to see what the full release has in store first. Although Car Dealer Simulators’ first impressions are decent.
Disclaimer: A code was received in order to write this review.
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