Experience the pulse of a buzzing metropolis with all the good (and not so good) stuff that happens: the traffic jams, harsh weather, bumpy roads, impatient passengers, and the occasional accident. Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator will task players to drive clients, hire personnel, maintain a fleet of cars and manage the business to build their transportation empire.

Off to new adventures, Simteract, the Polish studio behind the beloved Train Life: A Railway Simulator game, is hard at work developing the first-ever realistic ride-hailing tycoon: Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator. Their most ambitious game to date will feature an open-world 1:1 recreation of Barcelona using advanced city building, real-world data and complex AI traffic simulation systems.

In Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator, you assume the role of a driver who starts working in the ride-hailing industry. At the onset, you only have one cheap car and can take up jobs for existing companies to earn more money and experience. You can open your own company and compete with others for market share in the long run.

Taxi jobs, food delivery, obeying driving rules, and random passengers’ wishes (fast trips to the city or slow and chatty to the mall) are just scratching the surface of what Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator has in store for you.

Publisher NACON and developer Simteract studio announced that Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator, revealed as Urban Venture in March 2022, got held up by the traffic and is now coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store) on March 7, 2024.

Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator is now available to preorder.

In addition, players who have pre-ordered the standard version or Supporter Edition of the game will receive a unique vintage convertible model car as a bonus.

Offering a 1:1 recreation of the famous city of Barcelona — the second-largest city in Spain, after Madrid — the game features a playable area of at least 20 km2, with recreated parts of the real city and over 200 of its most famous landmarks, historical buildings, parks, and sculptures. If you never had the chance to visit Barcelona, this is your ticket there — but you might just have to earn your keep.   

The world of Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator is a living and breathing place, with realistic traffic and pedestrians walking on the streets. The pedestrians aren’t only there for show; they influence gameplay. The weather is also a factor in how the world reacts. There are fewer people on the streets when it rains, and cars drive slower to prevent accidents.

Deep customization and management tools will help you custom-build the looks of your character, brand, cabin and maintain and upgrade your vehicles for better performance. Customers will rate the cleanliness of your vehicle and extra services, while the streets will punish you for carrying cheap tires. You’ll want to do a quick stop at the garage shop during lunch break to check your car’s vitals.

The life of a taxi driver can get tiresome. Once you know the streets, the rules of business, and have earned enough money and reputation, you can step aside to handle the corporate expansion; let your employed drivers bring home the bounty. Being a boss will come with challenges, such as dealing with problematic drivers, company finances, and real estate management. There’s no recipe for succeeding in a start-up; you’ll have to make adjustments along the way to compete for your market slice.   

Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator is a sandbox game where you get to choose how to play. You can decide to be a modern-day taxicab driver to earn money and experience points, or you can take on other challenges that the city has to offer while roaming in “free drive.”

In “free drive” mode, you can drive through the city without an official destination and gather collectibles while you explore.

Key Features:

• Immerse yourself in the bustling streets of Barcelona: transport your passengers in a large area of Barcelona reproduced at 1:1 scale, explore the city and earn experience points by discovering new points of interest to unlock new skills.
• Discover the life of a taxi driver: pick up clients and take them to their destinations, while adhering to the rules of the road, adapting your routes to random events (accidents, works, parades, etc.) and the weather conditions. You should also make sure to meet your passengers’ requests, to provide an impeccable service and secure high ratings… and generous tips!
• Develop your own taxi company: buy new cars with the profits from your fare, hire employees based on their profile and assign them to cars, neighbourhoods and time slots, and make the right decisions to maximise your profits.
• Take part in challenges: you may be tasked to floor the accelerator without worrying about speeding fines, or stick strictly to all the rules of the road… but beware, the customers on these missions are particularly demanding!
• Drive the cars of your choice, and customise them: you can choose your own models and your own driving style, but also your vehicles’ size, colour, cab, wheels, components and accessories, and enhance them as you accumulate funds and experience!
• Don’t forget about vehicle maintenance: Monitor the dashboard indicators, and take your car into service stations and garages to get it repaired and cleaned.

Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam / Epic Games Store) in March 7, 2024.