OMSI 2 Add-on Citybus i260 Series

If you track your simulator add-ons the way I track Paradox DLC, you already know that OMSI 2's value proposition lives or dies by third-party content. The Citybus i260 Series from BusTrainz covers a specific slice of transit history: a family of urban buses produced between 1984 and 1996, built for several different national markets. Each variant ships with a manual transmission and a 6-cylinder engine, which means you are actually driving these things rather than just pointing them at a waypoint. Clutch control, gear timing, and rev matching all matter here. From a systems perspective, the manual gearbox is the core loop. Unlike automatic-transmission buses that dominate a lot of OMSI 2 content, the i260 forces you to pay attention to gradient, load weight, and RPM simultaneously. For players who treat simulation depth the way I treat tech trees, that layered mechanical interaction is genuinely satisfying. The multiple country-specific modifications also add some flavour variety, since livery and minor spec differences give you reasons to cycle through the roster rather than park on one favourite. The weaknesses are real and worth stating plainly. With only 39 Steam reviews sitting at 79 percent positive, this is a product with a small but somewhat divided audience. The developer BusTrainz and publisher Aerosoft have shipped OMSI content before, but "Mixed" aggregate review labels on small sample sizes can mean anything from "needs a patch" to "very specific taste required". There is no Metacritic score to cross-reference, so you are leaning heavily on community feedback. Reports from buyers point to acceptable but not exceptional model fidelity, and the add-on does not ship with its own dedicated map, meaning you need compatible routes already in your OMSI 2 library to get full mileage out of it. The mod ecosystem context matters too. OMSI 2 has an active community that patches and extends third-party content, so rough edges at launch sometimes get smoothed over time. If you are already running a well-stocked OMSI 2 install with period-appropriate maps from the mid-eighties onward, the i260 slips in naturally. If this would be your first major rolling stock purchase, I would recommend building out a map library first so the buses actually have somewhere interesting to go. Newcomers to OMSI 2 in general should start with the base game tutorials before touching any add-on, but the manual transmission here is honestly a better teacher of bus simulation fundamentals than a lot of automatic-equipped content. Bottom line: this is a purchase for the committed OMSI 2 player who wants historically grounded Eastern or Central European transit flavour and is comfortable with manual gear changes as a skill requirement. Casual sim fans looking for a relaxed drive-and-watch experience will find the mechanical demands steeper than expected. Diego, Scout Team