Trucking Simulator Games Discussion

[Anyponedrawn]

^ It's amazing when combining Washington, Oregon, and Idaho together... how in such a small area, how much the environment changes and varies.

[timmelon]

...how in such a small area, how much the environment changes and varies.

Well, the same can be said for Oregon or Idaho separately . Even Nevada have some variety, it’s not a South Pole after all.
After completing of most of highways here, I can clearly say that the state which I expected to be just a connection between WA and UT (the other roads mostly will be dead ends until MT and WY will be added), easily can overshadow them in the quality. There is not a large number of roads, but the number of places where you want to make more and more screenshots is the biggest so far. Mostly because a lot of runs were made by me at night (and of course, with an extreme trailer for extra butthurt), I haven’t seen all of «movie camera» sites yet, so I still have there a lot of driving hours ahead.
One small complain: the cargo market for dryvans in CDA is poor — mostly cardboard and pallets, unlike the most of another towns with garages. So I switched to triple flatbeds, which I very liked when Oregon just came out, despite they look very underloaded with some cargoes on them, like plows or plane engines .

P.S. The marker for Colorado State Highway 64 is still here:

[Silverwing]

One small complain: the cargo market for dryvans in CDA is poor —

Thats why you set your garage in Spokane.  You get mass money from the job sites in Spokane.  I have no idea why, but it earns me tons of money!

[timmelon]

Thats why you set your garage in Spokane.  You get mass money from the job sites in Spokane.

Already have it.
And yes, it’s very profitable.

I have no idea why, but it earns me tons of money!

Dynamite from Coastline Mining base.

[MasterXtreme]

Speaking of dynamite... it would be scary if you drove too roughly, the dynamite would explode. ;-)

[timmelon]

Well, some possibility of gameover would not harm.

[MasterXtreme]

Haha!  Truck destroyed!  I've always sometimes though they should suprise us and let bad drivers go over that cliffside or into the stream and it would ruin your truck and your delivery.

[timmelon]

Hard Truck 2 had two gameovers.
After drowning or taking too much damage they showed this short movie:

And after running out of the money, this one:

The player must be really n00by to get the second gameover in this simple game, but destroying the truck is a pretty common thing since amount of water bodies in some locations can be compared with GTA: Vice City or even Worms.

P.S. And don’t forget about LV:

This revamp made it look really bigger.

P.P.S.

Turns out Idaho DLC event was completed way faster than expected

[MasterXtreme]

I was worried the DLC event would be over too fast.  I finished it last night.  Luckily, as posted above, SCS was surprised and will let it run till August.  For a period of time, the Idaho DLC was the best seller on Steam!   That makes me so happy and I know it gives SCS purpose and drive to continue on.





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It might be nice to have a few "you totaled your truck" moments on SCS... I mean, if you don't have money to rebuy a truck, you might have to start taking odd jobs from companies again.   And yeah, totaling a truck off a cliff or into a stream would be a good reason to have that happen.  Imagine possibly losing some of the perks you gained to, to haul certain loads because of your dangerous driving.

Haven't been to the new LV yet.  Still in Idaho.  But I look forward to it. 

Now we can focus on Iberia for a bit since it's all we got.  Unless SCS wants to show Colorado early.  

[timmelon]

ETS2 1.38 Released!

[MasterXtreme]

^ Woohoo!

But SCS shouldn't do this to us!  Too many good things happening at once.  How can we put down Idaho right NOW when all this good stuff is happening on ETS2 now too?  Lol!

[RainySunshine]

I'm still just getting into Idaho.  I can't switch now!  Lol!

[Silverwing]

One of the ETS 2 updates was making all the truck dealers be unique.... weren't they always kind of unique?  I feel bad to say I never really paid attention to the dealers.  In my head I am picturing them as two separate buildings, with brand marking.  One side was a showroom and the other side had a garage for repairs, then there was a section down the middle you could drive to the back of the dealer.  Were they all like that? 

ATS has always had unique dealerships for each brand... right?  I distinctly remember them being different when visiting them.

[Anyponedrawn]

ETS 2 truck dealers are mostly all the same other than signage being different.  So they will change.

ATS truck dealers are already different. 

[timmelon]

Well, some dealers like DAF (like this in S-Pb) or Renault had different prefab design, but Mercedes and Scania prefabs were very similar prior to 1.38:


Speaking of customizing options, I think that SCS are playing with us. How else can you explain that they allow us to paint DAF’s chassis cover, but fenders still are only in plastic ? Anyway, the tuning now is no worse than earlier, and roof horns are really nice and long-awaited option. So, how do you think, what accessories they will add next? I think it’s unfair that Ivecos and older Renaults lack the sideskirts for 3-axle chassis, and it would be nice to add at least one paintable tire (and custom fenders) in ATS.