刈り跡の美しさと舞い散る落ち葉に没頭する至福の時間。『Lawn Mowing Simulator 2』体験版レビュー #lawnmowingsimulator2

芝刈り機のエンジンを始動させ、青々としたフィールドへと乗り出す。前作で多くの作業ゲー愛好家を虜にした本格芝刈りシミュレーターが、大幅な進化を遂げて帰ってきました。Skyhook Gamesが手掛けるシリーズ最新作『Lawn Mowing Simulator 2』の体験版がSteam向けに配信され、実際に触れる機会を得ました。

舞台をアメリカへと移し、芝の描写エンジンの刷新や待望のブロワー(落ち葉清掃)の導入など、ファン待望の新要素が惜しみなく詰め込まれています。

劇的に進化した「芝」の質感とカッティングの爽快感

今回の体験版で最初に驚かされたのは、完全に刷新された芝生描画システムです。デッキを下ろしてブレードを回転させ、青草へと突入した瞬間、視界の境界線がくっきりと浮かび上がります。

刈り取った場所と手つかずの場所の差が一目で把握でき、トラクターが通ったあとに生まれるストライプ模様の美しさは格別です。前作と比べても草の密度や反動のリアルさが増しており、広大な敷地を均等に仕上げていくプロセスそのものに強い快感を覚えます。コックピット視点と三人称視点の切り替えもスムーズで、障害物周辺の取り回しも直感的にこなせました。

待望のブロワー導入。落ち葉と雑草を片付ける心地よいルーティン

本作最大の追加要素が、落ち葉清掃とナイロンコード草刈り機(トリマー)による細部の仕上げです。

現場にブルーシートを敷き、ブロワーの風圧で数万枚規模の落ち葉を一箇所へ吹き集めていく作業は、芝刈りとはまた違った中毒性があります。散らかり放題だった庭が、道具を使い分けることでみるみる整っていく光景はまさに圧巻。隅に残った厄介な雑草をトリマーで丹念に刈り取り、最後にゴミ袋へまとめて作業完了となったときの達成感は、日常のストレスを一気に吹き飛ばしてくれるほどの清涼感に満ちています。

開発中ビルドとしての荒削りさと、製品版への期待

現時点での体験版は最適化の途上にあり、グラフィック詳細設定の一部制限やコントローラー挙動の微調整など、改善が待たれる箇所も散見されます。しかし、根底にある「黙々と景観を整える心地よさ」のコア体験はすでに完成されており、実在メーカー(Kubota、SCAG、STIGAなど)のライセンス機材を駆使して会社経営を進める製品版への期待が自然と膨らみます。

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ゲーム概要

  • タイトル:Lawn Mowing Simulator 2
  • ジャンル:芝刈り・景観管理シミュレーション
  • 開発元:Skyhook Games
  • パブリッシャー:Skyhook Games
  • 発売日(本編):2026年9月23日
  • プラットフォーム:PC(Steam)
  • 言語対応:英語(体験版時点では日本語非対応)
  • ストアページ(本編):Steamストアリンク

Lawn Mowing Simulator 2

  • 発売日2026年9月23日
  • 開発Skyhook Games
  • 販売Skyhook Games

Head to the USA and grow your own business with a realistic and relaxing lawn mowing experience! Featuring brand new grass tech, the addition of leaf-blowing plus reworked systems based on player feedback to the original - including licensed equipment from Kubota, STIGA and SCAGⓇ!

ゲーム説明

Prepare your mower and blower, and get ready to head to the heartland of mowing... Lawn Mowing Simulator 2 is heading to the USA to start a whole new career in the world of lawncare! Lawn Mowing Simulator 2 (LMS2) is the sequel to Lawn Mowing Simulator, which builds on the rewarding working-sim feel of the original. Listening to community feedback, and internal reflections, LMS2 will offer an expanded take on professional lawn care and use real-world equipment from manufacturer partners Kubota, SCAGⓇ and STIGA!The brand new USA setting and completely new grass tech will allow players to get the best cut ever, as you'll see from these comparison shots between LMS and LMS2!Not only that, but new mowers and string trimmers will be included, as well as much requested leaf blowers!Career mode gets a total overhaul for all you management fans with a 3D fully explorable HQ from which to run your business, as well as enhanced character customisation.LMS2 will feature a new USA setting, with brand new locations and a wide range of jobs for players to take. From suburban lawns to commercial and municipal locations, LMS2 will feature 11 locations (more than LMS1 did at launch). Most of these locations will have multiple contracts of varying size and theme - while the addition of new tasks like leaf blowing and weed clearance means that there will be more to do than just cutting the grass in every location.We love that some of you out there have racked up amazing numbers of hours playing the first LMS (some more than 1,000!) - and we hope you will in LMS2 as well. So to help those hours of mowing gameplay continuing to feel fresh, we have developed a system where gardens can change over time with new features that change how you approach completing them.One visit to a house might see it have a new series of flower beds added, then the next time an above ground pool or flagpole has appeared. This ensures that while you'll want to keep your loyal customers happy, not every visit to the same location is identical each time.We know these have been wanted for a long time, and in LMS2 we have leaf blowers as a part of the core game for clearing up leaves, as well as grass clippings.But leaf blowers wouldn’t be much fun without a lot of leaves to blast! So we've rebuilt the game up to be capable of a lot of grass... and a lot of leaves! In fact, in LMS2, tens of thousands of leaves can be blown around at once.And as you blow the leaves onto your tarpaulin they'll be collected until it's full. Then it's time to pick up the tarp, empty it into a debris bag, and you're ready to go again until all those leaves are cleared up!You won’t only have a leaf blower to get the job done! LMS2 will also give the player a trusty rake to help get leaves out of those hard-to-reach places.A new line up of mowers and string trimmers will be available in LMS2, as well as the new addition of leaf blowers, with each one being meticulously recreated in game to be as accurate as possible. We’ve created this handy comparison to show how LMS2 at launch will compare with the original game when it released: As you can see, LMS2 will feature more equipment than its predecessor, and we have great plans for even more additions to the line-up post-release - just like the original game!But what are the mowers, string trimmers and leaf blowers? Well, here are the details! We’re delighted that Kubota, SCAG® and STIGA have all signed up to be a part of LMS2, while we will also be bringing back our own in-house brands Patterson and Knight as well.We have invested a lot of development time in building a new grass system from scratch. This was one of the most important elements that we wanted to improve from the original game and you'll really be able to see at-a-glance the difference between cut and uncut grass.This makes a huge difference to the satisfaction of your gameplay, flowers and weeds will now become a part of the lawn's make up, as well as much more variation in the uncut lawns grass heights, which will really highlight your efforts as a player to make an overgrown lawn look perfect.
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