The game follows the player and their uncle who attempt to build a Laika (a car modelled after the Trabant 601) from individual parts and drive from East Berlin to Turkey using it.
In order to earn money, the player can smuggle goods from one country to another, either by purchasing them or finding them in abandoned boxes along the road - some boxes are padlocked, requiring a crowbar to open them - however, the Laika has limited trunk space, and each country along the way considers some items contraband, meaning they may not be carried through the border.
Both of the parents died before the Berlin Wall was torn down, and the mother's last wish was for her husband's ashes to be scattered across the Bosporus when they arrive in Istanbul, which is revealed to be the reason why the uncle talked his nephew into going on this seemingly random road trip.
After the player drops the uncle off in Istanbul, he is never seen again, with him simply leaving a note telling his nephew that he has to go do something alone and to look after himself and to live his life fully.
[4] The game received generally positive reviews from Rock, Paper, Shotgun,[2] PC Gamer,[5] Evo[6] and GameSpot.