

This means that there’s more choice than ever for how you want to run your farm – whether you’re focusing on certain crops, forestry, or animal husbandry there’s always a new vehicle or tool that you aspire to upgrade to. One of the most anticipated additions to the vehicles is the addition of John Deere equipment, which brings the total number of vehicles and equipment to over 300.
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For a series that sets itself up as an immersive simulator, it’s sad to see this still hasn’t been addressed. That said, the level of detail scaling is still disappointingly close, with terrain, trees and other objects painfully emerging into detail as you get nearer, even on a powerful PC.


The lighting improvements, sky animations, and added wildlife – birds will settle on your fields, only to fly off as you drive near them – makes the game world feel more alive than ever. Gone are the days of static crops clipping through the base of your vehicle they now bend when your vehicle passes through them, and unless you have narrow tyres fitted to your tractor, your crops will be destroyed in the process. Once you do get yourself up and running, the most immediate change are the graphical improvements. Placing buildings is easy enough, and the terrain will be adjusted if it’s too steep, but the costs quickly rack up if you’re not building on flat land. The large, flat concreted areas are a dead giveaway for where the game expects you to set up your farm, and there aren’t too many alternatives, unless you’re happy to build on one of your fields. When I tried out the Farm-Manager mode, I was keen to try out the new building mechanic, but quickly found that the maps (of which there are two in the base game, and a third currently as free DLC) made it obvious where you should be building your base. It’s really only for the dedicated players out there who enjoy a fair bit of grinding. The last mode, Start from Scratch is exactly what it says on the tin, giving you very little to get started with and even turning the in-game economy against you with lower crop prices. You’ll also need to decide where you base your farm, including grain storage, equipment sheds, and your farmhouse. Of course, if you’re coming from Farming Simulator 17, you might dive into Farm-Manager, where you start off with nothing but a big pile of cash that you can spend as you see fit, which now includes buying parcels of land rather than fields.
