Car Mechanic Simulator on console is the same as Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 on PC, and the tutorial is not great - as evidenced by the fact that I ended up almost fully taking apart a car before giving up. Maybe I missed a cue, but it was not clear from the prompts what I needed to do except drive a car at the end of the tutorial. It's actually pretty funny, and I get really far into dissecting a junker in this clip - so check it out:
After figuring out where I went wrong, I took another run at it. You can see the vehicle I completely dissembled as I bypassed it for the other, which only needed some oil. I accidentally removed a car door, but eventually managed to restore it and take it for a test drive, ending the tutorial. I'm pretty good at racing games but found the test track in this game a formidable opponent. I then tried doing some actual jobs only to find my skills lacking here as well - but I did manage to change an air filter, eventually:
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