OMSI 2

OMSI 2 is an omnibus simulator in which you drive buses through Spandau. It includes familiar routes and buses from OMSI, along with new vehicles and the 12 km omnibus line 5, from the subway station Ruhleben to the psychiatric clinic Spandau. Its chronology function lets you drive through Spandau in 1986 and follow changes there through 1994, including route expansions and temporary changes to maps or routes.

Buses and routes

You can drive the articulated MAN NG272, the MAN NL202 and the MAN SD200 and SD202 double-deckers. The NG272 recreates the physical and visual movement of its joint, with corresponding sounds and systems, including bending protection. The SD200 and SD202 have reworked and additional models, covering more production years and featuring emergency door openers, destination boards and sound variations by vehicle number.

Line 5 has several new buildings, multiple termini and assignments, and a tight timetable running every five minutes. The game also replicates original timetables and tour plans for lines 5 and 92. The chronology function recreates changes in Spandau from 1986 to 1994, including innovations and route expansions such as line 137 to Falkensee, as well as temporary map or route changes caused by construction sites or special buses.

Driving and systems

The game features intelligent AI traffic with improved road and steering behaviour, plus railway and subway traffic. A system damage model introduces malfunctions that take time to repair. Weather, seasonal effects and day and night conditions are controllable, and the buses have a fully functional IBIS (integrated on-board information system).

You can switch among driver, passenger, exterior and free views. A script engine lets you affect bus handling and functions, while the map-based track editor lets you create routes and insert your own vehicles.

Tools and world

The Spandau map has an animated real vertical profile, and the landscape includes detailed scenery, animated objects and realistic traffic. OMSI 2 supports a world coordinate system, allowing DEM (Digital Elevation Model) data to be imported; a DLL can also be programmed for this purpose.

The editor includes automatic aerial imagery import, terrain that adapts to the road, an improved spline connection algorithm and object rotation on all axes. Intersections can be given individual vertical profiles, and optimized map loading allows considerably larger maps. The game also supports TrackIR 5.