Ship Simulator 2008 is the much anticipated sequel to the highly successful, revolutionary simulation game; Ship Simulator 2006. The game includes many new ships and harbors as well as attractive new features like open sea missions, free roaming and exciting new goal-oriented missions, advanced weather conditions, realistic waves, walk through on the vessels and many more.

The waters you sail are also as varied as the ships, with newly added harbors such as Southampton (including the Solent), Marseille and San Francisco. Ship Simulator 2008 will amaze you with its progress and will rock your simulated world.

• Dynamic ocean waves, with realistic ship motions
• 30 new complex and challenging missions involving new vessels and new environments.
• Extensive day, night, and weather systems
• New environments: San Francisco, Southampton/Cowes/Solent, and Marseille
• 16 new ships, each with walkthrough functionality and interactive bridge controls
• Controllable container crane missions
• Advanced vector graphic sea chart based on realistic 3D seabed models, with full-screen display option, transparency setting, and level-of-detail on text & depth readings
• Advanced damage system showing dents and holes in the ships after severe collisions
• Free-roam mode where players can choose a ship, an environment, set all weather, day & time parameters and go sailing in their preferred conditions
• Advanced rope system, which allows you to connect and disconnect player ships to other ships or to mooring boulders at will (anchoring is now also possible)
• Addition of icebergs which cause damage when you collide with them
• A system for sinking ships when damaged below the water line
• Advanced system for scoring and ranking in different ship type classes, linked to your on-line profile on the forum
• Including a free mission editor to create your own adventures and share them with your fellow players on the forum