There is also a Ship Simulator Professional V2.0 The Titanic has also undergone some minor changes for example the Second Class stairwell and the stern section are visitable, as well and the original ships have been updated. There are six new ships a supertanker, a Solent ferry, large ocean ferry, a new patrol boat and two new tugs. This version also features waves, weather, day/night time transitions, damage to vessels, and new boats and ships.
It contains 7 ports and 8 open sea environments. Ship Simulator 2008 released in July 2007 in Germany and the UK. This is an expansion pack with 6 additional ships and extra features such as ship walk-throughs. The Official Ship Simulator 2006 Add-On was released in February 2007. The game has a built-in scenario editor to create new missions. Users can also design their own missions, and share with others. A game element is added to the simulation by means of 40 'missions' which have to be completed as fast or as accurately as possible.
The user can steer various ships, amongst others a Rotterdam water taxi, a container ship and even the ill-fated RMS Titanic, in various weather conditions and in 3 real life harbours, which are Rotterdam, Hamburg and Phi Phi Islands in Thailand, plus a fourth harbour, New York City was later released as a free download. The first version of Ship Simulator was released in 2006 and was titled Ship Simulator 2006.
