--- title: "The Sequel to the Internet’s Favorite Finnish Car-Building Life Simulator Is Now Available" date: "2025-12-29" modified: "2025-12-29" authors: - name: "Adam Ismail" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/adam-ismail" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-sequel-to-the-internets-favorite-finnish-car-building-life-simulator-is-now-available" categories: - "Culture" - "News" - "Video Games" --- # The Sequel to the Internet’s Favorite Finnish Car-Building Life Simulator Is Now Available ![Screenshot of My Winter Car where the player is giving a thumbs-up to someone in a small pickup truck.]() *\Amistech Games via Steam\* If you play [games]() on a PC and like cars or racing, you may already be familiar with *My Summer Car*, a legendary indie title from 2016 (how the time's flown) about building a project car from nothing in Finland and trying not to die in the process. A sequel's long been in development, and I'm pleased to report that the day of its early access release has finally arrived. Get ready for *[My Winter Car]()*. These games are really life simulators, but the life you're trying to live isn't a full or remotely pleasant one. "This is not a fun game," the official trailer for *[My Summer Car]()* warns right out of the gate. I embedded [a gameplay video]() for the original game below, recorded by its developer, to give newcomers a sense of what they're in for. "As you might guess, building this car from scratch is taking a huge amount of time," he says, surveying a cherry red coupe, moments after his in-game avatar sips a beer. "For me, who knows how this car has to be built, who knows every bolt size, the correct order, and simply all of this shit, it takes at least two hours to get this car finished." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0IZ_TEzg7M That's the kind of challenge you're up against here. I think it really says something that [*My Winter Car's* Steam page]() advertises "first-person survival game with Permanent Death feature" *before* anything about building cars. We also have "full car and engine assembly with 200 unique parts" to look forward to, as well as "player body temperature simulation" and "realistic law enforcement that gets after you if you do stupid things." What more could you ask for? How about crippling depression in a country that sees, at most, six hours of sunlight this time of the year? "Even with all the fun and interesting things, there is still terrible coldness and darkness of Finnish winter that makes the life dangerous, depressing and tiring," the description continues. "It is hard to keep a track even of the time of the day. World around seems to go forward, but player is spiraling even deeper in the pit he was establishing already in the original game." Look, *My Summer Car* was a game that was once updated with a patch note that read "added TV to jail." When—not if—your character died, you'd be presented with [a newspaper report]() about what happened. It'd be front-page news, because nothing else of significance ever happens in that neck of the woods. I mean, just check out the sequel's adrenaline-fueled "cinematic trailer" below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioBj4gDxpwI Amistech Games recommends you try *My Winter Car* only if you've already played the first, because this one's apparently even harder. That makes sense; I imagine doing anything in Finland is harder in the winter than in the summer, except freezing to death. You can try not to while also building a car for the low price of $14. *Got a tip? Email us at tips@thedrive.com*[]() ## Author Adam is a Senior Editor at The Drive, concentrating on curating and developing the site's slate of daily journalism, from initial pitch to final copy edit. When he's not at his desk researching leads and working with writers, he's testing vehicles or reviewing racing games, new and old. He joined The Drive in 2023, following seven years of covering consumer technology and cars. A car lover and gamer since his earliest memories, Adam came to know the automotive world through video games. First it was Daytona USA, Sega Rally, and Ridge Racer; then came Need For Speed, which inspired an encyclopedic knowledge of '90s supercars, and, of course, Gran Turismo. If not for them, he'd assuredly be doing something else right now. Adam is based in the suburbs outside Philly, where there are ample roads for his hot hatch to stretch its legs. In his car, he's probably listening to indie rock, drum and bass, or Yankees baseball. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()