Auto Sale Life: Fresh Start

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Auto Sale Life: Fresh Start is a single player open world management game with a economy theme. It was developed by OTTO Games and was released on April 5, 2024. It received neutral reviews from players.

Wishlist The Full Version About the GameNote: This is a free prologue version. In this unique simulation game, grow your business by starting with the auto trade and make a profit by selling it. But your business isn't just limited to the car trade; At the same time, you can buy and manage car washes, parking lots, and many other businesses. Auto Sale Life. This game is not only about tradin…

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Audience ScoreBased on 86 reviews

story7 positive mentions

stability6 negative mentions

Innovative combination of car trading, business management, and open-world exploration offers a comprehensive and engaging simulation experience.
Immersive and detailed gameplay including managing personal needs (sleep, hunger), car repair, customization, and side missions adds depth and realism.
Visually appealing with realistic car models and vibrant environments; overall solid performance on recommended systems.

Numerous bugs and glitches severely impact gameplay, including crashes, camera issues, stuck NPCs, and broken mechanics like selling cars and market accessibility.
Gameplay can be repetitive and frustrating due to lack of clear progression mechanics, hard license tests, and imbalance in economic systems causing consistent monetary loss.
The game feels unfinished with poor optimization, bad UI, graphical issues, lack of controller support, and weak audio design reducing the overall experience.

story
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story in this game offers a unique backdrop involving an ex-convict's journey and has potential with its side missions and character history, distinguishing it from typical car sale simulators. However, many find the narrative underdeveloped, inconsistent, and lacking emotional engagement, with some plot points unexplored or poorly integrated. While the story adds depth beyond mere business simulation, it often feels secondary to gameplay and suffers from execution issues.
- “The story, though it has potential, is not like all car sale simulators; this one indeed has a storyline which is a start and a very good one.”
- “This game's quirky with its fun little side story of being an ex-convict wanting revenge on those who betrayed us.”
- “Nice back story, getting to learn more about it with this over the demo.”
- “The developer has taken an already purchasable game idea, added a thin storyline and is obviously hoping that nobody will notice the extremely sloppy way the game has been cobbled together.”
- “The storyline serves mainly as a backdrop to the business simulation, providing context but not a strong emotional or engaging plot.”
- “The story part of it doesn't feel like there was a lot of effort in it, and a lot of things aren't explained or brought up again like the protagonist being arrested at the beginning and saying something about being betrayed by friends and wanting revenge, but then when the protagonist gets out of prison they only talk about regrets and wanting to start over and do things better (nothing about revenge).”
gameplay
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay combines management and open-world exploration, offering an engaging but sometimes repetitive experience hindered by bugs, crashes, and confusing mechanics. While innovative and visually appealing, it requires improvements in stability and clarity to fully realize its potential. Developer responsiveness is a positive sign for future enhancements.
- “The game features a mix of management tasks and open-world exploration, which keeps the gameplay engaging, although it can become somewhat monotonous with repetitive tasks.”
- “While it could benefit from a more compelling story and enhanced audio, its strengths in gameplay innovation and visual design make it a worthwhile experience for its target audience.”
- “The developer seems responsive, and gameplay itself is actually cool!”
- “The game crashes when you save, the modification interface is not very responsive and never disappears, buyers can get stuck, the pathfinding ignores walls, the gameplay is repetitive, and it is impossible to lose money on a car.”
- “The game mechanics are quite hard to understand, and it is very buggy.”
- “It has potential to become something really good with the help of UE, but the developers must first fix the bugs and simplify the game mechanics because right now, after buying and selling your first car, you literally have no clue how to make good money.”
stability
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game exhibits mixed stability, running smoothly with minimal bugs on recommended systems but also experiencing significant glitches and bugs, especially early on. Graphical issues and resource usage concerns persist, though some bugs are somewhat expected given its prologue status.
- “Unbelievably buggy... the first race wouldn't work for a week.”
- “The game mechanics are quite hard to understand, and it is buggy as heck.”
- “Very buggy.”
optimization
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization is generally solid, running smoothly on recommended systems and well-suited for a detailed simulation environment. However, some issues remain, such as long initial load times, graphical glitches like clipping, unfinished car models, and unnecessary visual effects that may impact performance.
- “The game runs smoothly on recommended systems without significant bugs or glitches.”
- “It is well-optimized for a simulation game, which is crucial for maintaining player engagement in a detailed sim environment.”
- “Performance and technology rated 9/10.”
- “Still a lot of optimization needed.”
- “I'll never understand why it takes so long to load just the first scenes and why there is running water below the map; surely details like that affect performance.”
- “The clipping is horrible, the optimization is cut, the car models are not finished (some have off-center wheels, lack of texture, modifications that do not adapt to the width of the vehicle, etc.).”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are generally unimpressive, featuring generic textures, awkward character animations, and persistent glitches even at the highest settings. Additionally, the game demands significant system resources without offering much visual improvement between low and high settings. However, some users did note the graphics as stunning when paired with an excellent story.
- “Stunning graphics and excellent story.”
- “Graphics and design rated 15/20.”
- “On the highest graphics setting, the game doesn't look that much better than the lowest and still has graphical glitches, but the textures and 3D elements show effort.”
- “On the highest graphics setting, the game doesn't look much better than the lowest, and it still has graphical glitches. It uses a lot of system resources regardless. The textures and 3D models look generic and uninteresting. Characters walk oddly and just stare ahead all the time.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor received mixed reactions, with some players finding the AI-generated Morgan Freeman voiceline amusing but also awkward. Overall, the comedic elements were seen as somewhat quirky but not fully effective, often feeling out of place or strange.
- “The voiceline of Morgan Freeman AI made me laugh. It's always not a good idea to use AI as a voiceline as it feels very weird when you hear it.”
- “Funny nice game, devs please make this UI better, it isn't good enough for a full game!”
character development
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features a straightforward business setup but offers minimal character development and lacks a deep narrative.
- “While the game starts with a simple business setup, it lacks a deep narrative or character development.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The emotional aspect of the game is minimal, with the storyline functioning primarily as background context rather than delivering a compelling or engaging emotional experience.
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users find the music and sound design to be below average, rating it 10/20, indicating it may lack impact or memorability in enhancing the gaming experience.
- “Sound and music scored only 10 out of 20.”

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Auto Sale Life: Fresh Start is a open world management game with economy theme.

Auto Sale Life: Fresh Start is available on PC and Windows.

Auto Sale Life: Fresh Start was released on April 5, 2024.

Auto Sale Life: Fresh Start was developed by OTTO Games.

Auto Sale Life: Fresh Start has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Auto Sale Life: Fresh Start for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

Auto Sale Life: Fresh Start is a single player game.

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