Mon Bazou

Mon Bazou caught my eye because it marries car mechanics with cottage-industry hustle and weirdly charming Québécois vibes. If you liked My Summer Car but wanted something less punishing and more… Canadian, this one’s for you.

You start with a sad, rusty beater and the game lets you transform it by buying parts, turning wrenches yourself and scavenging a scrapyard for bargains. The core loop mixes hands‑on vehicle work (bolts, tools, swaps) with multiple income streams: selling firewood, running a maple‑syrup shack, pizza deliveries and even a small cannabis operation. There are other driveables too — a truck, an ATV and even a boat — plus trailers for hauling goods. The painting system is impressively flexible (RGB/hex), so you can make ridiculous colour combos, and there’s a full motorsport complex with oval, drag and track events for wagers and bragging rights. NPCs are named and very Canadian, offering quests, rewards and funny dialogue that give the town personality. It’s more forgiving than hardcore sims like My Summer Car: you won’t need a degree in torque to get anywhere, which makes it way more approachable. That said, it’s still grindy — progression rewards patience — and players report occasional bugs, crashes and performance hiccups on weaker laptops. Racing AI can feel pushy and the map text being in Québécois French sometimes confuses players. For a mostly solo dev project, the scope is impressive and the update cadence (slow but meaningful) keeps things fresh.

Mon Bazou is a charming, slightly rough-around-the-edges car‑life sim that rewards tinkering and patience — ideal if you want a cozy, Canadian take on vehicle sims. Grab it on Windows if you like long, laid‑back play sessions and don’t mind the odd bug.