New 'road Kings' Video Game Will Finally Let Me Storm Chase In A Semi

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I'm connected nan grounds present arsenic being a big instrumentality of large wind chasing, and I've seen "Smokey and nan Bandit" much times than is astir apt healthy. But, while video games person fixed maine nan opportunity to chase storms or drive a tractor-trailer, they've ne'er been truthful bold arsenic to springiness maine some of those dreams astatine erstwhile — until now. A caller crippled called "Road Kings" from Saber Interactive yet promises to fto maine purpose an 18-wheeler straight astatine a tornado and put nan hammer down. There's besides immoderate benignant of "plot," I hear, but I'm present for nan twisters. 

If nan sanction Saber Interactive sounds familiar, it's nan workplace down classical Jalop titles for illustration "Snowrunner," "Mudrunner," and "Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn." That acquisition pinch inclement-weather driving sims should thief Saber navigate nan physics down driving a afloat loaded semi consecutive into nan halfway of a tornado, which is precisely what I scheme to do successful game. Repeatedly. Even if it intends a crippled over. 

"Road Kings" puts you successful nan shoes of a baby-faced owner-operator, allowing players to build a estimation and make a sanction for themselves arsenic they transportation loads crossed nan American South. The crippled promises not only nan expertise to "face down rivals," presumably of nan Sheriff Buford T. Justice variety, but a crippled involving a "ruthless corp ... expanding crossed nan South, threatening catastrophe successful nan sanction of profit." This sounds for illustration nan setup to a "Stardew Valley"-style small-town-versus-giant-megacorp showdown, successful which nan humble self-employed subordinate characteristic must build capable of a estimation to beryllium nan worthy of owner-operators and beryllium there's a viable replacement to nan awesome shipping company, peculiarly erstwhile nan explanation goes connected to opportunity "Rescue communities, present captious supplies, and beryllium that retired connected nan road, a helping manus tin make each nan difference." It's besides possible, though, nan villains will simply beryllium Tornadoes, Incorporated and you'll beryllium successful complaint of delivering anti-tornado munitions. 

I'm looking guardant to playing "Road Kings" on my roommate's PlayStation 5 erstwhile nan crippled drops successful 2026 (I surely won't beryllium capable to spend 1 of my ain pinch nan new value hike), and it will besides beryllium disposable for PC and Xbox Series X. It's early to state a Game of nan Year for 2026, but I deliberation we already person a coagulated contender.