The North American version of SCS Software's bus driving sim Bus Driver (PC) has gone gold and entered the manufacturing process, publisher Meridian4 has announced.

With the title due out at some unspecified point this month, the publisher took the time to size up the mammoth competition that has everyone else holding back:

GTA IV stand aside because here comes Bus Driver! Can you drive buses in GTA IV...oh you can? But does it reward you for picking up and dropping off passengers according to a schedule...I didn't think so. One point to Bus Driver!

Though Bus Driver does not allow players to squash, splatter, or run over pedestrians a la Grand Theft Auto IV, it should be noted that improper braking or vehicular collisions can result in passenger injury and, subsequently, a lower score. ... Read more