Yeah, I know... drive a huge monster of a vehicle carefully? I'm not talking about proper timing with brake and gas to navigate pinpoint turns... that comes later in the parking games. But to get through each of the levels, you have to be pretty wary of what's coming up ahead because anything you hit will slow you down. Similar to the branching paths in the classic racing game Outrun, when you come to a fork in the road, you have to choose which way to go. Choose carefully as paths can lead you to curvy roads filled with traffic or take you off road into boulder-filled mountains - yeah, select your evil basically. One major gameplay mechanic is getting more speed with the slipstream. In a nod to Daytona, get behind a big rig and you'll be in its slipstream, making you more aerodynamic and giving you an added boost of speed. You have to do this quite often cuz you sure won't make the goal if you don't take advantage of every slipstream situation. In this sense, I can see a lot of gamers getting frustrated because they can get past the first few stages, so it's essential to use the slipstream turbo mechanic.

18-Wheeler is quite a lot of fun and pretty challenging and nothing is more frustrating than the parking mini-games. In these mini-games you have to follow the green, floating spheres to the highlighted parking spot. Most of the time, you'll be steering your behemoth through alleys or even tighter spaces and it's very rare you'll be able to get your truck through on one pass.

It's a definite shame that 18-Wheeler will be missing its online multi-player feature, and even though you can play via split screen, it would've been a real scream bumping your friend's big-rig off the road.