TL:DR - If you want a game that's My Summer Car Lite - French Canadian edition, it's a great choice. Simpler car building mechanics and smaller map with more "streamlined"/simple Job system = overall more accessible game for newcomers or those looking for a less complicated choice.

Mon Bazou is a French-Canadian themed car building / weed dealing / maple syrup production / relationship management simulation game, think My Summer Car but for the man who wants an approximation of a car's mechanics.

As a certified dumb-ass cry-baby whiner, I do not have the patience to fully assemble a car's engine and troubleshoot problems. I work in IT, and that is already my job for computers and I don't like doing it here. My Summer Car is a fantastic game, and I love it in many ways, but I am simply not compatible with it.

I say that because this game is pretty much perfect for being a happy medium between overly simple that it is boring and overly complicated that it is tedious. I also feel that, in comparison to My Summer Car, the Job system is a lot more accessible and easy to understand. I don't find myself as lost in the, of course simpler, map of Mon Bazou in comparison to Perajarvi.

In Short, this is an amazing game in the genre, especially as a starting off point to get into the more complex car games if desired. As a smooth brain, I now have a game I can play that feels like My Summer Car but doesn't come with the crushing reality of my own lack of car knowledge and general overall incompetence. Also I'm Canadian, so it's an instant 10 and I can attest this is a lore accurate small town Canadian life simulation game.

TL:DR - If you want a game that's My Summer Car Lite - French Canadian edition, it's a great choice. Simpler car building mechanics and smaller map with more "streamlined"/simple Job system = overall more accessible game for newcomers or those looking for a less complicated choice. Mon Bazou is a French-Canadian themed car building / weed dealing / maple syrup production / relationship management simulation game, think My Summer Car but for the man who wants an approximation of a car's mechanics. As a certified dumb-ass cry-baby whiner, I do not have the patience to fully assemble a car's engine and troubleshoot problems. I work in IT, and that is already my job for computers and I don't like doing it here. My Summer Car is a fantastic game, and I love it in many ways, but I am simply not compatible with it. I say that because this game is pretty much perfect for being a happy medium between overly simple that it is boring and overly complicated that it is tedious. I also feel that, in comparison to My Summer Car, the Job system is a lot more accessible and easy to understand. I don't find myself as lost in the, of course simpler, map of Mon Bazou in comparison to Perajarvi. In Short, this is an amazing game in the genre, especially as a starting off point to get into the more complex car games if desired. As a smooth brain, I now have a game I can play that feels like My Summer Car but doesn't come with the crushing reality of my own lack of car knowledge and general overall incompetence. Also I'm Canadian, so it's an instant 10 and I can attest this is a lore accurate small town Canadian life simulation game.