Traxion has published its review of the Road Trip Ford DLC for American Truck Simulator, and the verdict is positive: the outlet calls it a worthy addition to the game.

The headline point from the review is that SCS Software’s move to put drivable cars into a game built around hauling freight has been done with care. Traxion describes the cars as well thought-through rather than a quick bolt-on, and notes that they can be coaxed into a slide with surprising ease. That last detail is the one that will raise eyebrows, given that the game’s core driving model was built for tractor units and heavy trailers, not for something you might want to throw sideways on an empty desert road.

Traxion also frames the DLC as something the community has waited on for a long while. Passenger cars in the truck sims have been a recurring wish-list item for years, so the arrival of officially licensed Ford models is a milestone in its own right, regardless of how you feel about the driving.

Why should sim racers care? American Truck Simulator is not a racing game, and nobody is going to mistake it for one after this DLC. But it does run on a mature physics engine with a huge, hand-built map of the western United States, and the reviewer’s note about driftability suggests the car handling is not just a truck model with a smaller hitbox. For anyone who already owns the game and a wheel, it is a low-stakes way to explore the map at speed. For those who have never touched a truck sim, it is a sign that SCS is willing to broaden what the game is for.

The full review, including the specifics on how the cars drive, is over at Traxion.

Originally reported by Traxion.