Announcing the aimless drive sim “Endless Casual Drive”. Relax and enjoy driving while interacting with animals and chatting with AI hitchhikers using ChatGPT – -

On April 25th, MorningHeart released the drive simulation game “Endless Casual Drive” announced for release on PC (Steam).

“Endless Casual Drive” is a driving simulation game where you can enjoy driving a car in a relaxed atmosphere. It is intended to be an experience where players can face themselves and feel healed by concentrating on driving. As a result, this game intentionally does not have a main objective for gameplay. On the other hand, a major feature is that there are various specifications and contents available to enjoy the richness of driving.

This work consists of three scene parts: “home,” “garage,” and “drive.” At home, you can sit on the sofa, listen to the sound of the fireplace while watching it, or fry eggs and cook. It seems that you can do things like this. If you get tired of driving, it would be nice to come back here and enjoy some relaxing time. At the garage, you can customize your vehicle in a variety of ways, including repainting the body color, changing tires, and adjusting the suspension and engine.

　

During the main drive, you can not only press the accelerator, brake, and operate the steering wheel, but also let the autonomous driving function take over and calmly immerse yourself in the flowing surroundings. In addition, a wide range of elements related to driving have been implemented, and you can change a variety of items to suit your mood, from the weather, season, time of day, location in latitude and longitude, to the background music in the car.

You can choose not only sunny or rainy weather, but also snow, storm, thunder, fog, hail, dust, etc., and in some cases you can change the density and intensity of the weather, so you can create the situation to your liking and drive. It looks like it would be nice to soak in it. The in-car BGM is compatible with playing sound sources from the local environment.

Furthermore, in this game, you can interact with animals such as rabbits and AI-generated NPC characters along the way. You can also put animals on the dashboard. In addition, characters who appear as hitchhikers will be in the passenger seat, and you can enjoy command-selected conversations and text-input dialogs via ChatGPT. If you try to communicate with each character by referring to their hobbies, interests, and personalities, as well as the detailed backgrounds of each character, you may be able to enjoy your drive even more. You can also obtain the contact information of the person you have become acquainted with, and you can call them again as a passenger at any time.

　

In addition, you can also refuel with gasoline in exchange for items obtained as rewards for hitchhiking. However, if that is a hassle, the system seems to allow you to continue driving the car without refueling. The store page also suggests the existence of content that will be unlocked depending on the distance of the drive, as well as customization elements for NPC characters, vehicles, and maps.

“Endless Casual Drive” is scheduled to be released for PC (Steam). The exact release date is undecided at this time. At the time of writing, it has been reported that English and Chinese (simplified characters) will be supported.