Shifu: Traffic & Glory

OVERVIEW

Early 1990s, China. The reform era is rewriting everything — the economy, the streets, the people on them.

Shifu: Traffic & Glory is a driving anthology set in one living Chinese city at the peak of its transformation. Five protagonists. Five VHS series. Five ways to work the same streets.

You are a Shifu 师傅 — a skilled working driver who reads the traffic, knows the shortcuts, and earns their reputation one run at a time. No GPS. No racing lines. The city is the only map that matters.

Each job sets its own rules. A truck full of livestock drives nothing like a van full of fragile goods. A nervous passenger changes how you take corners. A fleeing suspect in a crowded intersection changes everything. The city responds to how you drive it. Prove your Shifu title with every run.

FEATURES

Five Ways to Work the City

• Truck — Haul goods across city districts under deadline. Fragile loads punish hard braking. Live animals panic as you do too.

• Taxi — Read your fare, read the traffic, find the route nobody else knows. Every passenger has demands. Some are reasonable.

• Bus — A full load, a fixed route, and rush hour. The schedule doesn't care about the traffic.

• Police — Pursue suspects through streets that don't empty for you. Live traffic. Real consequences.

• Racing — City circuits where knowing the alley behind the street market is worth more than horsepower.

The City Changes How You Drive

• Vehicles from tricycles to city buses, from minivans to limos — each handles differently, each has a job.

• No GPS, no route lines — the city rewards drivers who learn it

• Dynamic traffic, weather, and seasons shift the challenge every run

• Cargo types, passenger moods, and road conditions change your approach to every corner

• 80s/90s vehicle roster: diverse cars, vans, trucks, buses and more from across the world. Each with unique handling, true to the era’s real-world traffic.

One City, Five Stories

• A living city of pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles that existed before you arrived

• Five narrative series — five working lives unfolding in the same changing streets

• Weather and seasons woven into the story, not just the scenery

• Fully bilingual — Chinese and English throughout