Car Tycoon

{{Short description|2003 video game}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox video game |title=Car Tycoon |image= CarTycoonImg.jpg |image_size= 220px |developer = Vectorcom Development |publisher = JoWooD Productions |designer = |engine = |released = January 5, 2003 (US) |genre = Business simulation game |modes = Single-player |platforms = Windows 95/98/ME/2000 }}

'''''Car Tycoon''''' is a business simulation game that was released on January 5, 2003, by JoWooD Productions under the Fishtank Interactive brand name. It was the first major game by the developer, German studio Vectorcom Development, and sees the player managing a company that develops and manufactures cars.

==Bugs== The game was plagued by bugs from the start. Initially, the player could not save games. Eventually a patch was released that fixed this and a few other bugs, but the game still wasn't entirely bug-free. Numerous bugs were never addressed, such as one related to the "big customers". In the game, the player is able to make offers to various local businesses requiring vehicles. The premise is to give the player another way to sell his or her cars. Unfortunately, this never works, as the offers are never accepted. As for the scenario style play, the scenario number 9: Eliminate your largest competitor, was broken. This meant that the user could never finish that scenario and the rest of the 11 scenarios were locked forever. Hence, only 9 of the 20 scenarios released were ever playable. Another bug was when the user bought multiple factories in certain game maps. Many factories, which were expensive and bought for loans, never started production. This led to a steep fall in revenues and increase in loan liabilities of the company.

==Reception== {{expand section|date=June 2025}} {{Video game reviews |MC=46/100<ref name="MC">{{cite news |title=Car Tycoon (2001) Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/car-tycoon-2001/ |access-date=2 June 2025 |work=Metacritic |language=en}}</ref> |GSpot=5.1/10<ref name="GSpot">{{cite news |last1=Park |first1=Andrew Seyoon |title=Car Tycoon |url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0%2C10867%2C2839664%2C00.html |access-date=2 June 2025 |work=Gamespot |date=16 January 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020203090117/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2839664,00.htmltml |archive-date=3 February 2002}}</ref> |GSpy=45/100<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abner |first1=William |title=Car Tycoon (PC) |url=http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/february02/cartycoon/ |access-date=2 June 2025 |work=GameSpy.com |date=February 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213161901/http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/february02/cartycoon/ |archive-date=13 February 2002 |pages=[https://web.archive.org/web/20020213161901/http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/february02/cartycoon/ 1]-[https://web.archive.org/web/20020407010922/http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/february02/cartycoon/index2.shtm 2]}}</ref> |IGN=4.2/10<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blevins |first1=Tal |title=PC Games: Car Tycoon |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/167/167395p1.html |access-date=2 June 2025 |work=IGN |date=January 25, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020601215029/http://pc.ign.com/articles/167/167395p1.html |archive-date=1 June 2002}}</ref> }} Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the game a score of 46 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating a "Generally Unfavorable" reception.<ref name="MC" />

==See also== * Detroit, a 1993 computer game about auto manufacturing.

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==External links== *{{moby game|id=/car-tycoon|name=''Car Tycoon''}}

Category:2003 video games Category:Business simulation games Category:JoWooD Entertainment games Category:Single-player video games Category:Video games developed in Germany Category:Windows games Category:Windows-only games