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Had I not persevered with this I might have dismissed it as a not too great simulation. As I soon found out it's a highly addictive game. All modes of the game are icon driven, that is, you must move a cursor to the picture you require.

Having set up the program to drive joysticks, you have the chance to practice driving a variable size articulated lorry along the straight, round bends and islands, and into parking bays which are all shown in plan view. The lorry itself is shown as a not-too-successful wire frame drawing. It may not be realistic to look at, but it certainly seems to handle like a truck... boy is it difficult! Plenty of practice is needed!

A head-up display shows gears, fuel, speed and load. Once start is selected, you have access to a large map of the town through which you must go to pick up a specified load —you're pretty low on fuel too, so a garage is needed. If you find a 'phone box, however, you can stop, put in a call, and a scanner shows you where to find what you need.

> What it doesn't tell you is that you have to reverse your rig to get anything, and again the handling is realistic. Very, very challenging. I've been at it for hours and haven't succeeded in getting through a full load. But the bug has bitten me! Hurray for a new concept, well executed.

D.M.