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# My Summer Car captures the youthful spirit of trashing your ride
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/summer-car-cars-bunch-stuff/
- Published: 2016-08-16T16:00:36.000Z
- Updated: 2016-08-16T09:38:19.000Z
- Description: You like cars, right? I did for a while—car mechanic was my #2 dream job as a kid, sandwiched between entomologist (#1) and Jedi (#3)—until being passenger to a couple of semi-serious crashes meant my excitement was crushed. I still harbor some redneck-esque desire to own a really big truck one day,
- Author: Maddi Chilton
- Tags: News, adventure, cars, finland, my summer car, simulator, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

You like cars, right? I did for a while—car mechanic was my #2 dream job as a kid, sandwiched between entomologist (#1) and Jedi (#3)—until being passenger to a couple of semi-serious crashes meant my excitement was crushed. I still harbor some redneck-esque desire to own a really big truck one day, or to dig up a VW bus out of a junkyard and try going cross-country before I come to terms with its shitty AC, but right now, that’s the extent of my car fever.

Which is good, since *My Summer Car*’s [recent Greenlighting](http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=651939391&ref=killscreen.com) means that my 7-year-old self is going to be resurrected soon, off to her destiny of beer and fishing and barreling through the Finnish countryside in a highly-customizable hunk of metal. Sweet.

cornered the market for permadeath car games set in the 1990s

*My Summer Car* is a car simulator. I think that’s pretty clear from the trailer, which is mostly flinging low-poly parts around while slightly manic music plays in the background. Someone yells through a phone that you’ve stolen their fuel! This dude unsheathes a wrench. The cashier at a gas station wants to talk to you about his life! That’s cool, but there’s a pile of tires right there and I’m gonna do stuff with them. Oh my god, you just got in a giant car accident! Mourn your sick ride while reaching over into the passenger seat for a beer. You’re still upside down, by the way, and the wheels are still spinning.

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Okay, so maybe this is a more than a simulator. It has a lot more to do than just upgrade, what with all of the fishing and alcohol and … moose, I think. It’s certainly cornered the market for permadeath car games set in the 1990s. I appreciate its dedication to [realistic mirror hangings](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=fuzzy+car+dice&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&ref=killscreen.com), and the fact that you’re apparently able to make your car entirely leopard print. You can chop firewood, which is obviously a must-have for any car game. And it’s in Finland! Don’t forget that it’s in Finland. It’s your standard 1990s Finnish permadeath drinking, wood-chopping and car decoration simulator.

The good thing is that once *My Summer Car* is out I won’t ever have to bother with another car simulator. I may not even need my real car. The case to move to Scandinavia and learn to fish while deciphering invoices for engine parts is persuasive. Sounds like my dream job.

*You can check out My Summer Car on Steam Greenlight right* [*here*](http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=651939391&ref=killscreen.com)*.*

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