TransRoad: USA

About TransRoad: USA

TransRoad: USA is a single player casual management game. It was developed by Deck13 Hamburg and was released on November 9, 2017. It received neutral reviews from players.

Manage your very own logistics company, discover the complex world of cross-country haulage and keep the US economy up and running!

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54%Audience ScoreBased on 216 reviews

graphics13 positive mentions

optimization13 negative mentions

Deep trucking management with a large US map and expanding fleet options offers good strategic depth for management sim fans.
Unique features like multi-contract scheduling per truck, a reputation system influencing contracts, and internet radio integration enhance immersion.
Developers have been responsive post-release with patches improving stability and performance over time.

Severe performance issues including low framerate, frequent freezes, crashes, and poor optimization affect gameplay enjoyment even on high-end PCs.
User interface is clunky, unintuitive, and tedious with excessive clicking, poor sorting/filtering, and drag-and-drop mechanics not working smoothly.
Numerous bugs and glitches such as trucks getting stuck, broken quests, maintenance issues causing penalties, and lack of updates have left many players frustrated.

optimization
49 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
10% positive mentions, 63% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions
Optimization for the game is generally poor, with many users experiencing severe frame rate drops, stuttering, and sluggish performance even on high-end hardware. While some players report acceptable performance and ongoing developer efforts to improve optimization, the consensus urges potential buyers to wait for future updates addressing these issues before purchasing.
- “The performance isn’t great at times when zooming in and there are frame stutters when panning the map, but it works good enough to play especially with a decent computer (for reference, I’m using a GTX 1070 graphics card and average 30-50 fps).”
- “The devs seem very active and there are constant updates to squash bugs and improve optimization.”
- “Performance is a lot better now (less lag, less freezes, more fps).”
- “Performance is so low that you can't even play it: 10-15 frames with a GTX 1080, an i7 7700k, and 32GB RAM on medium graphics.”
- “Frame rate drops and graphical stuttering are the most obvious issues, but the game also taxes GPUs far beyond what you'd expect for graphics of this quality.”
- “Performance is very poor; I have a Core i5 6600k and a GeForce 1070 at 2000 MHz but get only 16-22 fps on 3440x1440 resolution.”
graphics
34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38% positive mentions, 53% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions
The game's graphics are functional and visually appealing, especially the map and trucker-themed art style, but overall look somewhat dated and simplistic. Performance issues like frame rate drops and stuttering are common, even on mid-to-high-end hardware, and graphical settings often don't improve stability. Despite this, the graphics are generally adequate for gameplay and appreciated by fans of the trucker aesthetic.
- “The intro graphics are the best in the game, and nothing like the graphics actually in played game.”
- “I like the graphics and it's fun to follow a truck through the states once in a while.”
- “First, what this game does well: graphics are good, interface is good, not a lot of micromanagement, and the potential for replayability.”
- “Performance is so low that you can't even play it.. 10-15 frames with a 1080 card, an i7 7700k and 32gb RAM... and on medium graphics.”
- “1) Frame rate drops and graphical stuttering are the most obvious issues, but the game also taxes GPUs way beyond the level you would expect for graphics of this quality.”
- “I didn't experience any performance changes when trying lower graphic settings, so it seems the programmers have done a terrible job.”
gameplay
32 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
31% positive mentions, 60% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions
The gameplay offers a large map, complex economics, and satisfying fleet management with engaging progression, but is often hindered by clunky UI, repetitive mechanics, and numerous bugs that disrupt contracts and task management. Performance issues, including low frame rates even on high-end PCs, further detract from the experience, making the gameplay feel sluggish and occasionally frustrating. Despite these flaws, some players find the gameplay fun and addictive once mechanics are learned.
- “This game has interesting economics mechanics, a somewhat engaging story/campaign and definitely satisfying as your truck fleet grows and you make large $$$.”
- “[*] Engaging gameplay: buying trucks, trailers, upgrading headquarters, unlocking depots, managing multiple schedules, creating road trains, unlocking customers, reputation system, etc... it's all there with enough depth.”
- “The gameplay is quite fun and addicting, I can see myself playing this for 20+ hours total.”
- “Big map, lots of trucks, but clunky UI and repetitive gameplay make it feel more like work than fun.”
- “The frame rates are 1990's standard, the gameplay is plagued by bugs including contracts not being able to be completed because a truck glitches out and is unusable, trucks being purchased and arriving at a garage but you're unable to task them because the truck is still 'enroute', game freezes every time a contract is finished or a stupid 'new article' appears to tell you that a truck was stopped and a licence checked, which seems to have no standing in the game.”
- “Issues including sluggish performance, a suboptimal UI and repetitive gameplay.”
stability
26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 4% neutral mentions, 96% negative mentions
The game suffers from frequent freezing, glitches, and buggy gameplay that disrupt the experience, often requiring reloads to progress. While some patches have improved performance and reduced freezes, stability issues remain a significant concern, though ongoing updates show promise for future fixes.
- “The frame rates are 1990's standard, and the gameplay is plagued by bugs including contracts not being completable because a truck glitches out and becomes unusable, trucks arriving at the garage but remaining 'enroute,' and the game freezing every time a contract finishes or a 'new article' notification appears, which interrupts gameplay.”
- “I bought this game a couple of years ago and started out okay, but after playing for about a month, I encountered glitches that made the game impossible to play.”
- “Dragging contracts to schedules and trucks to contracts often glitches, and many times I have to reload the game just to accomplish a fundamental aspect of gameplay.”
story
25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
12% positive mentions, 76% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions
The game's story mode offers a linear, somewhat engaging campaign centered on revenge against an ex-boss, but it is often criticized for slow pacing, occasional grindiness, and buggy or incomplete quest progression that can hinder advancement. While the voice acting adds some immersion, the narrative and dialogue quality are generally seen as mediocre, and many players find little incentive to continue after completing the main story. Overall, the story complements the gameplay but is not a strong draw on its own.
- “The first campaign has the player and his partner get back at their ex-boss after being fired, the second a quest mode with objectives for bonus money and more objectives, and the third a sandbox mode which the player will likely play for achievements.”
- “The gameplay story is enough to get you into things, but beyond that there's really no draw to continue playing.”
- “The story mode does have voice acting, which can be rare for 2D games, but the voice acting would sometimes cut out before the end of the written dialogue.”
- “A quest will want you to have reputation with a certain type of customer, but if you did this before the quest came up, you will have to redo it by finding another customer of the same type and leveling them up.”
- “At several points, I was actually significantly further ahead than the game's main story and had to backtrack in order to progress.”
- “Can't finish the campaign, at some point it stopped giving quests and I couldn't progress, so I had to quit and start a sandbox game to unlock all the features.”
music
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions
The game features an original soundtrack that is widely praised as amazing and outstanding, while in-game music relies on internet radio stations, including a notable punk rock station. However, the streamed radio options are considered unreliable and uninspiring, leading some players to prefer external services like Spotify for background music. Despite this, the inclusion of diverse radio stations is appreciated as a creative alternative to licensed tracks.
- “The original music is amazing and outstanding.”
- “TransRoad: USA deserves respect for including a punk rock station, offering an important style of music despite relying on internet radio.”
- “One really cool feature of the game is that you can change the radio station during gameplay, allowing you to listen to different music in-game.”
- “No good music on the radio (I've just ran a few). I had to use Spotify for music, which I agree with. This isn't including the original music for the game.”
- “Music is accomplished through the use of internet radio stations, so you will need to be online if you want to listen to any of the radio stations.”
- “It's not a very reliable station, but the developers deserve praise for remembering this important style of music.”
replayability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75% positive mentions, -50% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions
Replayability for the game is generally minimal, though recent updates improving balance and fixing some bugs have slightly enhanced its playability. While the game offers good graphics and a user-friendly interface with limited micromanagement, unresolved bugs and certain content issues limit its potential for repeated play.
- “The game has good graphics, a user-friendly interface, minimal micromanagement, and strong potential for replayability.”
- “Game has been made more playable with balanced maintenance costs, enhancing its replay value.”
- “Some bugs have been fixed to improve playability, though there is still room for content refinement.”
- “Replayability is minimal.”
- “A couple of the bugs were fixed to improve playability, but there are still bugs and some content that should be changed.”
- “The game has been made more playable by balancing maintenance cost.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
Grinding in the game is generally seen as tedious and boring, with some players feeling it detracts from enjoyment. While the gameplay can be fun enough to motivate completion, repetitive grinding and campaign bugs make the effort feel unrewarding and not worth the time.
- “It's just tedious and boring and that's how the games come across.”
- “The dialogue and story are bad enough to be a 'Fast and the Furious' spin-off and the goals are sometimes a bit grindy, but it is fun enough to see through to the end and feel like you've seen everything the game has to offer.”
- “Campaign always breaks; spent a full day grinding it out on 3 different campaigns only for them all to break. Not worth your time, effort, or money.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The humor is dark and chaotic, reflecting frustration in a comedic way, but it may come across as overwhelming or stressful rather than genuinely funny.