Trucking Simulator Games Discussion

[timmelon]

 
Thanks.
I think it’s not a problem for me to make more screenshots, even better ones!
Honestly, I can say when I played with the editor while making that photo. I narrowed the FOV, and when I reached this angle, I had a thought «That’s it! ». So, I was expected that this screenshot will be liked by many people.

[Rainberry]

If we had a contest for best PSF truck photos, this might win the best looking truck award....

OH MY GOSH.  What if we had a contest for BEST TRUCK PHOTO as well as just best overall photo (of anything in the games like scenery or something)?

[timmelon]

It’s better than my red LT photo from the last year, which also was received very well .

[Rainberry]

It is!

So I have made a few categories.

Best Truck Photo (in terms of photography skill)

Best Truck (Not based on photo skill, but by looks)

Best Overall Photo (Can be of anything in ETS2/ATS)

Best Scenery Photo (Photo of scenery)

Best Funny/Random Photo (Something silly or random you saw and photographed, whether glitches or random events)

Any others or tweaking to these ideas?  Anyone?

[timmelon]

@flemishcap @Captain Ridiculous
That contest is impossible without you .

P.S. Looks like IBB lives! So, my Ultrawide screenshots (including that LT photo) are available .

Also, I am not a master of photography, but there were some scenery photos when Wyoming came out. Like this one:

[MasterXtreme]

I'm down with a comp.  Would we split it with groups for ATS and ETS2 or just allow for both for each category?

[Anyponedrawn]

Let's do it!   I would say have the categories split by game, but a part of me says also, who cares?  Just throw em' all in and we choose a winner.

[MasterXtreme]

Sweet, we got a few on board.

[flemishcap]

I'm down for it.    Just throw em all together.  No need to separate by game.

[Silverwing]

Do it!

[Anyponedrawn]

When Northern California is being redone, this freeway interchange needs to be changed.  I can't even call it an interchange. (Look at the arrow on the screen)  For example, if I am going from San Rafael to Sacramento, you can't easily do it like in real life.  You have to for some reason take a freeway exit ramp, go on a small road, then get back on the freeway.  You can only go south and stay on the freeway for some reason in the game.  You cannot go north. Like why did they even do that originally?  Lol! I guess they didn't want to make a proper interchange despite doing it in other places? 

Also, San Rafael is really a badly designed city in the game.  It never looked remotely close to the real city.  So I don't think we'll be losing much with it gone.  I mean... the face that San Jose isn't in the game and that Oakland is literally just a Hotel California building and a seaport is also silly.  This all needs to be remedied so much. 

[timmelon]

Since it’s one of the oldest parts of the map, and rescale for the patch 1.5 was probably made in rush (yes, it was a bad decision to make ATS in 1:35 then remake it after five months after Arizona DLC release), it’s no wonder why it looks bad. But I believe SCS will fix this — they fix everything eventually, Germany is a good example.

I see you have revealed your truck .

UPD:

Napa Valley Rework

It may be a confirmation of my words — as I know, this region is pretty close to San Rafael, so maybe the upcoming update will change this city as well .

[TheBeesSneeze]

I would vote for some of these photos for the scenery awards.

So for the first time ever...

Spoiler (hover to show)

I installed a mod!!! Oh my gosh!  It was a seasons mod and if you are curious.  Link is here.

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It is the middle of winter and my adventure begins with me picking up a load in Rawlin's, Wyoming with a destination in Sandpoint, Idaho, and one more stop ending in Everett, Washington.

I start very early in the morning and there is light snow in the ground.  The sunrise is beautiful and the temperature is 8F according to the truck's thermometer.



Starting early I make good time and whizz through Wyoming, Utah, and make it into Idaho. 



As the sun shown, I got to see some of the best of Idaho's natural surroundings.  But this was short-lived...





I made it up the Lewiston Grade without much issue.  Snow plows had recently plowed the highway.



I made it to Sandpoint as the early winter sun dipped below the tree's and the moon was over-head.  It provided for a beautiful sunset.




With my delivery dropped off in Sandpoint, I slept till the early morning. I woke up to something white on my windows.




It was beginning to snow.  I grabbed my last delivery for the weekend and headed for Washington.  But it was extremely foggy and snow was beginning to fall heavier.




The rest of the trip was a slow and treacherous trip as it was nearly white out conditions all through Eastern Washington.  Spokane city skyline?  Nope, totally covered by heavy snow. 



The snow continued heavily as I reached the Cascade Mountains and crossed over the mountain pass.  But thankfully the snow turned to rain as I entered the western half of Washington.  I didn't take any photos here as it was mostly just rain and you've seen rain before.  I was able to deliver my goods to Everett without any issue, it was dark, but it was a fun journey and fun to see the weather change throughout the journey.

[flemishcap]

So I have been thinking, with this N. California redo... they will eventually do all of California.  It's going to be a lot of work for them, because you know they will redo Sacramento and eventually San Francisco.  Someday they will make it to Los Angeles too.  San Francisco is okay right now, but they have way more assets to make it more urban and to fix some of the skyscrapers to be more realistic to the real thing.  Layout is okay now, but they can make some improvements.  It will be interesting what they do with Oakland as well.

[timmelon]

Now that’s what I call an upgrade!

OK, maybe I am too excited, but this new feature is very important for me since I love bigger tires in ETS, and it’s often a problem to drive under the trailer if your truck is too high due to 315/80 tires . So, adjustable suspension is another dream come true in this game. And... maybe they will add the .aac audio support one day ? Last years a lot of Internet radio stations moved from .mp3 to this.