I'm enjoying this game and will probably rack up at least 70-80 hours in it all told, but I have a few pro's and cons to go over as despite a big upgrade from the previous Farming Simulators, this isn't altogether a perfect game, although they did improve on a lot of the previous mechanics and expand on it.

Pro's:
+ The greatest draw to this game is the open world and freedom to do whatever you want. You can either play the campaign for realism or free play to just drive around in cool vehicles right away, or personally, I enjoy spending time logging mixed with farming, which has been expanded and improved in this game.
+ Tons more vehicles than the previous game, in virtually every aspect
+ A slightly better AI system than previous
+ Mod support including easy access to mods from a built in mod menu, including tons of free mods added from Giants software themselves.

Con's:
- The AI is still a bit wonky, I had cleared out all trees near the edges of my farm and expanded the borders of fields with plows, but then the AI would do weird things like not harvest or plant in certain areas or would get themselves stuck on rocks, etc.
- No AI still for things like straw collectors/balers or tipper drivers. The AI is still "stupid" and is unaware of other AI vehicles, meaning two AI vehicles meeting on the same path will get confused and get stuck requiring manual intervention. This happens a lot say with cultivators and seeders, if they meet at the edges of the field when they try to turn, even if they're not overlapping each other. AI vehicles also get confused if something is in their path, even if it would be easy to just go around or avoid it (like a trailer parked on the outside edge of a field that seems out of the way enough).
- Money seems harder to make in this game than previous, and harvest missions almost seem like the fastest way to get money early on, and not develop your farm. If all you want to do is just work on and develop your farm, they should have made it easier to start out imo. This is especially problematic because you start out with old tractors that have really high repair costs and will drain your income.

All in all I was hoping this game would expand on the AI aspect to really allow you to play more of a farm management role instead of a farmhand itself, and while the AI is slightly less stupid than previous and other comments have pointed it out, it still has a long way to go and still requires you to do quite a bit of the work. It should be called more accurately as a "Farm Vehicle Simulator" than "Farming Simulator," and had I known the AI was still fairly bad I wouldn't have picked up this title, and by the time I really figured it out I was past my 2 hour refund mark.

All in all, I still gave it a recommendation. What I wanted out of this game may be different than others, and I'm still enjoying it despite the limitations. It's a game I'll sink 80+ hours into I'm sure before I move on to something else, but at the same time wish it was something more than what it is.

I'm enjoying this game and will probably rack up at least 70-80 hours in it all told, but I have a few pro's and cons to go over as despite a big upgrade from the previous Farming Simulators, this isn't altogether a perfect game, although they did improve on a lot of the previous mechanics and expand on it. Pro's: + The greatest draw to this game is the open world and freedom to do whatever you want. You can either play the campaign for realism or free play to just drive around in cool vehicles right away, or personally, I enjoy spending time logging mixed with farming, which has been expanded and improved in this game. + Tons more vehicles than the previous game, in virtually every aspect + A slightly better AI system than previous + Mod support including easy access to mods from a built in mod menu, including tons of free mods added from Giants software themselves. Con's: - The AI is still a bit wonky, I had cleared out all trees near the edges of my farm and expanded the borders of fields with plows, but then the AI would do weird things like not harvest or plant in certain areas or would get themselves stuck on rocks, etc. - No AI still for things like straw collectors/balers or tipper drivers. The AI is still "stupid" and is unaware of other AI vehicles, meaning two AI vehicles meeting on the same path will get confused and get stuck requiring manual intervention. This happens a lot say with cultivators and seeders, if they meet at the edges of the field when they try to turn, even if they're not overlapping each other. AI vehicles also get confused if something is in their path, even if it would be easy to just go around or avoid it (like a trailer parked on the outside edge of a field that seems out of the way enough). - Money seems harder to make in this game than previous, and harvest missions almost seem like the fastest way to get money early on, and not develop your farm. If all you want to do is just work on and develop your farm, they should have made it easier to start out imo. This is especially problematic because you start out with old tractors that have really high repair costs and will drain your income. All in all I was hoping this game would expand on the AI aspect to really allow you to play more of a farm management role instead of a farmhand itself, and while the AI is slightly less stupid than previous and other comments have pointed it out, it still has a long way to go and still requires you to do quite a bit of the work. It should be called more accurately as a "Farm Vehicle Simulator" than "Farming Simulator," and had I known the AI was still fairly bad I wouldn't have picked up this title, and by the time I really figured it out I was past my 2 hour refund mark. All in all, I still gave it a recommendation. What I wanted out of this game may be different than others, and I'm still enjoying it despite the limitations. It's a game I'll sink 80+ hours into I'm sure before I move on to something else, but at the same time wish it was something more than what it is.