Ship Driver is due for release in autumn 2010. Engineering have announced ShipDriver a marine simulation controller based on their RailDriver Train Controller for Auran's Trainz and Microsoft's Train Simulator. Peripherals Ī "ship control unit", designed specifically for Ship Simulator and enabling more realistic steering, was released in 2006 by Wilco Publishing. Following a campaign by members of their growing fanbase, Vstep agreed to include the ports of Dover and Calais (in one environment). Īdditions to the game include new locations (including Antarctica and Bora Bora) as well as new ships (including official licensed Greenpeace vessels) and new dynamic weather and water systems. Ship Simulator Extremes is the name of the latest installment in the Ship Simulator series. GeForce 8800GT or ATI Radeon 4850 (with 256MB memory) Mouse with scroll wheel, Joystick, Joypad or Steering wheelĢGB RAM (Windows XP) or 3GB (Windows Vista and 7) Ship Simulator Extremes Ship Simulator Extremes The add-on features 8 new ships, the addition of multiplayer functionality, a new sailing area (Padstow,Cornwall), 20 new missions, in game downloading of new missions, option to connect and disconnect barges to the pushboat in-game, and new walkthrough options.
Free add-ons will be reportedly be available, including a hovercraft, jetski, barge, improved physics and possibly another environment. The Titanic has also undergone some minor changes for example the Second Class stairwell and the stern section are visitable, as well and the original ships have been updated.
There is also a Ship Simulator Professional V2.0 The six new ships include a supertanker, a Solent ferry, large ocean ferry, a new patrol boat and tugs.
This version also features waves, weather, day/night time transitions, damage to vessels, and new boats and ships. Ship Simulator 2008 released in July 2007 in Germany and the UK contains 7 ports and 8 open sea environments.
GeForce 5900 or ATI 9600 Pro / X600 (128MB)Ĭredits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough
Windows 2000, XP or Vista, 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon processor
This is an expansion pack with 6 additional ships and extra features such as ship walk-throughs: The Official Ship Simulator 2006 Add-On was released in February 2007. The game has a built-in scenario editor to create new missions. Users can also design their own missions, and share with others. A game element is added to the simulation by means of 40 "missions" which have to be completed as fast or as accurately as possible. The user can steer various ships, amongst others a Rotterdam water taxi, a container ship and even the Titanic, in various weather conditions and in 3 real life harbours, which are Rotterdam, Hamburg and Phi Phi Islands in Thailand. The first version of Ship Simulator was released in 2005 and was titled Ship Simulator 2006.