Stepping into Bus World PS5 feels like clocking in for the most unpredictable shift of your driving career one where every route hides a story, a threat, or a moment of quiet triumph. This deep dive explores how its disaster‑stricken landscapes, from Chornobyl’s eerie stillness to China’s bustling roads, create a simulation experience that thrives on tension and atmosphere. Whether you’re navigating ash‑covered highways or guiding passengers through sudden chaos, Bus World PS5 wastes no time pulling you into its world of high‑stakes transport.

Bus World PS5 Review Pros

• Nice graphics. 
• 5.23GB download size. 
• 14 trophies.
• Game settings – language, show FPS, subtitles, hide gear tool tip, automatic transmission, camera stabilisation, passengers’ dissatisfaction in free mode, Invert axis, and sensitivity sliders. 
• You can remap all buttons and controls. 
• Audio sliders for volume, music, interface, ambience, and voice. 
• Two game modes – Scenarios and free mode. 
• Bus simulator gameplay. 
• On-screen tutorial pop-ups and notifications. 
• The first job is you transport survivors of Chornobyl, so bear that in mind. It’s not graphic or anything like that. 
• A full 3D game world, and you play in first person and can move the camera 360 degrees. 
• Simplified controls, you can easily jump between drive and reverse, a handbrake and a button to open the doors. 
• The mini map will show your route with green lines and stops with arrows. 
• Your score goes up and down with green and red numbers, and you can lose points by driving badly, missing missions, etc and get good points for picking people up, driving well, etc. 
• Four driving views so you can play in third person if you wish, without the bus, far from the bus, and in the passenger section of the bus. 
• Learn facts about the locations you are in from the loading screens; luckily, they stay there long enough to give you time to read them. 
• The game uses the language of the location and spoken word. 
• I do like that you can switch views and watch the passengers get on and off the bus. 
• In-game cutscenes see less integration and fade in and out. 
• When near Chornobyl, you will get a giga meter come up, and the screen will change to make it harder to drive. 
• Earn exp and level up to unlock new routes and free modes. 
• World map level select, and each location has a set amount of scenarios to play through. 
• Drive many different buses and vehicle types. 
• In free mode, you can choose a route, create your own or go out without one. You can earn a Bronze, Silver, or Gold medal depending on your score, and drive whichever bus you have unlocked. 
• You can customise your buses with new paint jobs. 
• The locations do look alright, and they have people walking around, other cars on the road, so they do have some life to them. 
• Driving newer buses feels better, and they are a lot cleaner and nicer on the eye. 
• It’s a game you can easily put on and just take fares and rack up some unlocks without too much stress and fuss. 
• You get timings and stop names so you can see how well you are doing. Depending on the bus and its tech, you will either have a notepad and pen or a touchpad screen to display this information. 
• Honestly, I found it rough to play at first, and it does have its problems, but I can easily sit there and just pootle about and do fares, get new buses and have a good time.
• The road rules are in place for accidents with other motorists and running red lights. 
• If you get stuck, you can call a tow truck to come and get you. 
• OK, loading times, nothing super fast and not super slow either. 
• Bus stops will have a box to show where to park and disappear as you enter it. 
• A very zen game is how I would best describe it. 
• Different times of day and weather types. 

Bus World PS5 Review Cons

• No Platinum trophy. 
• Still the same issues as the Xbox version.
• The performance on the PlayStation 5 is horrendous, with loads of slowdown, stuttering, and the rear-view mirror reflections are just slide shows. 
• It would be helpful if you could turn off effects like wing mirrors so you can try and get some more juice out of the performance. 
• I couldn’t see a reset to the default option for remapping the controls. 
• The steering is sluggish. 
• For all the realism the game goes for, there isn’t anything for the little things, like indicators or speeding. 
• Had the game just lock up and stay on a loading screen, and it happened a lot. 
• The menu system is clunky and not great to use at all. 
• There are no online interactions from leaderboards to Co op play or anything. 
• You don’t get a proper dashboard, so you can see your speed and the speed limit, and in fact, most routes don’t even have speed limit signs up. 
• The game uses the same customer models over and over, and they move like robots running out of battery. 

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Bus World PS5

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Developer: KishMish Games

Publisher: Ultimate Games S.A.

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