The Truck Depot Finale

"I want that truck."

- Zoey

The Truck Depot Finale is the second and last level in Crash Course.

This finale sees the Survivors reach a garage, where a bus is waiting at the top of a vehicle elevator, just out of reach. In what looks to be homage to the Dawn of the Dead remake, the bus is armor-plated and is designed to take the Survivors through to safety and away from the Infected. However, players must first get the bus down, and that requires use of a generator located in the parking lot outside.

The generator, unlike usual finales and Crescendo Event, takes time to activate, with players having to wait while the power charges up. Unlike other finales, the generator sometimes fails, requiring a second activation. Once it's powered, the bus lowers and the horde arrives. This finale is particularly difficult for the Survivors because the Infected can attack from virtually every direction. After several long minutes of sustained horde attack, all of the power goes out.

Players are now stuck in the dark, surrounded by the Infected, and need to fight their way back to the generator in order to switch it on again, stuck in the open and having to slowly wait for the power to return. Of course, a Tank will make his appearance as with every finale. Once the bus is lowered, the Survivors enter in the back, and they escape.

Strategy

 * A bit after leaving the safe room, there is a shortcut which Survivors can use to skip a section of the map. This requires jumping on the alarmed car stuck next to the fence by the humvee in order to get over the barbed wire fence to the top of the truck on the other side. This shortcut will take the Survivors straight to the truckyard area and to the Truck Depot. But Survivors will alert the horde due to setting off the car alarm and may wish to deal with them before making their way over the fence. It is possible to jump on the truck and avoid setting off the car alarm. This is rather tricky, however and requires jumping at the right spot as to avoid sliding down back to either the ground or the Car, thus triggering it.
 * A useful setup spot for the finale is with the minigun in the garage. One of the Survivors can get on the minigun and take one spot in the garage spot as the other Survivors takes care of the rest. Close combat is a must here as the Common Infected have a large area to get up to the Survivors' position and can also stream down from the windows. The small window behind the minigun is a common spawning place for Special Infected, especially Boomers and Smokers. Do note that when using this strategy, it will be harder to restart the generator when it fails, especially when fighting a horde.
 * Another strategy is to be in the rescue closet underneath the minigun, and have two people each cover the ends of the room. When the Tank comes, get back on the minigun, and after the Tank dies, hold out on either the bus, or the platform via stair access, as the generator may require to be restarted. Repeat using the minigun for the last Tank.
 * The simplest area to fight is on top of the bus with sandbags on its roof, and defend all four sides. The Common Infected will generally swarm from several places at once, but not from all four sides unless the Survivors are slow in picking off the hordes. Special Infected can also be picked off from the top of the bus, and the sandbags on top can be used to prevent yourself from being dragged off by a Smoker, though ideally, the Survivors should be close enough to help each other if anything goes wrong. One advantage to this area to fight in is that the ammo is in front of the bus, and Survivors can easily hop off and collect ammo before climbing back up.

Easter Eggs

 * 736.jpg armored van is an obvious nod to the armored bus from the famous George A. Romero film remake Dawn of the Dead.
 * A map found in the starting safe room (see gallery for picture) shows Military Outposts that have either been overrun or are still safe. One will notice that the outpost in Pennsylvania is not crossed out and neither is the one in Louisiana. This is most likely because of the Military Outpost found in Blood Harvest and also to hint at where the Left 4 Dead 2 final campaign would be located since Crash Course was released after most of the work on Left 4 Dead 2 was complete.
 * On the right of the safehouse door you can see a message to a man named "Peter". The writer of the message is telling him they finished the truck and will wait for him. This is clearly the armored truck the Survivors use to escape, as they even refer to the graffiti.
 * In the graffiti underneath the large letter there are numerous quotes referring to popular internet memes. Some of the references include "Cool Story Bro!", QQ (depicting mock sadness, as in crying eyes), "Roses are red, Violets are Blue, You Suck.", and "PS I'M FAT!".