Simulators are becoming much more popular on Xbox these days, and that’s leading to floods of them arriving on Series X|S as of late. Some sims are as addictive as all-hell, and while often laden with some of that endearing ‘jank’, they’re typically quite approachable too. Well, this past week or so I’ve been playing Car Dealer Simulator on Xbox – and its varied systems and mechanics are starting to sink their teeth into me. There’s something for everyone with this sim!
In Car Dealer Sim, you start out with pretty much nothing. Okay, well, you do have a scruffy garage to call your own, but it’s hardly a thriving business once you start up. No, you have to get out there in the world, source and fix up your used cars, and get everything looking presentable before you can start making some real moolah. I was pretty surprised at just how much there is to do here in Car Dealer Sim, at least during my first few hours of play.
When I decided to download this sim to try it out, I was expecting lots of its systems to be digital, y’know? I thought I’d be sat in my office, scouring the classifieds for deals before sending cars off to cleaners and mechanics to turn a profit ASAP. However, so much of this is hands-on work here – you’re driving around your local town, you’re getting down and dirty with a hosepipe and you’re fixing what needs to be fixed in your own little mechanic hub. It’s all here and present in the game world, and I quite like how involved it all feels.
In some ways, Car Dealer Sim is like multiple simulator games all rolled into one. You’ve got your buying-and-selling car business up-front, you’ve got your little valet station out back where you can satisfyingly wipe all the dirt away, you can get into the nitty gritty with car repairs – heck, you’re even a tow-truck driver at times here as you trawl about the town finding fresh stock. It’ll take me a little more playing to see how fully fleshed out all of these systems are, but with a quick hands-on I feel like there’s so much to be getting on with here in Car Dealer Simulator.
We’re all here to make money though, and getting down to business in Car Dealer Sim is often about that final price negotiation with a customer. Got an interested party trying to flag you down as they look at your freshly cleaned car on the forecourt? Head out there, get the best price you can and hope that all of your dirty work has led to a satisfied customer at the end of things. The little price-haggling minigame is quite fun here too, although I often feel like the customer is getting the better of me right now. I need to start higher with those counter offers, folks!
I think I’m going to stick at this one, anyway, because I’m having some good fun with Car Dealer Simulator right now on Xbox. It’s not perfect, and it’s certainly not polished, but there’s just so much to do here — including proper hands-on work relating to car dealing — that it’s actually surprised me a little bit in how engaging it is. If you fancy setting up your own little in-game business, Car Dealer Sim is available now on Xbox Series X|S for £16.74 / $19.99 – or you can check out our related article down below for a similar dopamine hit on Xbox Game Pass.
Have you tried this one out? Any other simulators got their hooks into you on Xbox? Talk to us about your digital sim lives down below.
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