RINSE AND REPEAT

Zone out with POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2

- By Andrea Shearon

Some of us will do just about anything to avoid having a thought, so let’s talk about a particularly good thought-eradicator: PowerWash Simulator. It plays a lot like the name suggests. You get a beefy hose, fancy attachments and hop from client to client blasting grime off of surfaces, and that’s its biggest appeal: just the raw, sensory satisfaction of stripping dirt off of things.

It’s the perfect brain treat when I both want and do not want to do something. As you can imagine, there’s not a lot about powerwashing to change or expand on in a sequel, but PowerWash Simulator 2 didn’t need to reinvent spraying water at dirt to be worthwhile, just refine it, and it does.

Among PowerWash Simulator 2’s improvements are fresh new attachments for scrubbing grime and soapy buffs that remove unnecessary tedium. The Swirlforce Surf Ace—a heavy-duty, circular surface cleaner—is the best example of that. While I do get some satisfaction out of slowly running powerful wide-spray nozzles back and forth in straight lines over large, flat surfaces, it’s not something that holds my attention long.