18 Wheels of Steel

18 Wheels of Steel (sometimes abbreviated as 18 WoS) is a 3D animated series of trucking simulators developed by SCS Software and published by ValuSoft from 2003 to 2011. The series currently has 7 installments.

Games list

18 Wheels of Steel: Across America [2003]

This installment is very similar to Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel except that the graphics were updated, more trucks and cargo were added, and a new map was created that enables users to travel across the entire continental U.S., through 30 cities. In this version, players can choose from 30 trucks and 40+ trailers. The trucks each blow brownish colored exhaust from their stacks when their engines are operated above 2500 RPM. Time is made up of a total of 24 minutes in a day in the clock, and goes by rather quickly. You will also battle 3 AI drivers.

This game focuses on the delivery of cargo. Unlike in Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel, the sleep timer was removed from the simulation. There is an improved traffic model as well as Planes, helicopters, and trains with authentic sounds. This game also features the fastest fuel consumption when driving a truck.
Countries: United States

WOS

WOS may refer to:

Wizards of OS

Wizards of OS (Wizards of Operating Systems, or "WOS") was a semi-annual Berlin-based conference that was held four times between 1999 and 2006. Its topics were the cultural and political potentials of free software, software technology, digital networks and media, and more generally information freedom and open cooperation in the creation and proliferation of knowledge. The conference was interdisciplinary, and included among its attendees scientists, engineers, social researchers, scholars from the humanities, artists and activists.

The name was a word play on The Wizard of Oz. The acronym "OS" stands for operating system (not open source).

Individual conferences

The first Wizards of OS conference took place in 1999.

The third conference took place in 2004, with the subtitle "The Future of the Digital Commons". It featured, among others, the launch of the German translation of the Creative Commons licenses.

Wizards of OS 4 took place from September 14 to September 16, 2006, with the subtitle "Information Freedom Rules". Some of the topics were the future of Creative Commons, open music and the compensation of artists and European copyright legislation. Larry Sanger announced an initial proposal of his project Citizendium.