Demo zu Ship Simulator 2008 The Ship Simulator 2008 Demo consists of just one player ship, the rescue boat, and one small part of the game environment, Cowes. The demo is based on a realistic yacht rescue operation: bad weather, big waves, yacht in trouble, SOS call. You experience a number of new elements we added to the game, like weather changes, emergency flares, environment changes, ship motions on waves, and big bow splashes.