Recent reviews by void

While fun at first, the game gets very repetitive and, frankly, boring after some time. I believe this game will only be fun to someone who doesn't know much about cars and their maintenance.

First, I played on normal difficulty - dropped it quickly, too easy.
Then expert difficulty - still too easy. Incidentally, removing parts of the user interface is just annoying, and not difficult (e.g. money and xp).

The devs would need to do something about it to make the game more challenging. Call it master difficulty:

• Re-assembly is way too easy with assisted ordering and highlighting. I mean, if you forgot to put something in - it should stay forgotten. And if you're finishing an order, game shouldn't kindly tell you that you've forgotten some crucial part somewhere. A true mechanic should face the consequences! Be it money or warranty work.
  
• Damage/wear model is too simple, just rust or certain belt marks. And there should some kind of 'fog of war' for rust, otherwise it's too easy to spot rusty parts.
  
• Want to get really technical? Lay out OBD in full: fault codes, oxygen sensor data, fuel trims, air data! And graphs too!
  
• Out of all different engine liquids, there's only oil now. Well, should be more, with level checks, certain type of damange (leaking), etc.
  
• Greases? A good portion of car mechanics is about greases. Of course, this one is hard to implement in a game reasonably.
  
• Car problems are a bit random. IRL physical problems are often localized: i.e. you struck a wheel on something - a wheel and local suspension parts would be affected. And IRL engine problems are often conceptually connected: for example, a low level of engine coolant would lead to overheating, worsening oil state and inducing piston wear, etc.
  
• Payment should reflect the work required. My impression is that in CMS 2015 your bonus (i.e. profit) depends on the part costs, and not on work required to get to those parts.

Also, I've seen CMS 2014 having repair order comments like "I lent the car to my wife, and now my suspension is ruined!" That was a nice touch, pity there's nothing like this in CMS 2015.