Trucking Simulator Games Discussion

[timmelon]

Woah.  In my 900+ hours of playing ETS2, I can say I have never ever seen those tanks.  EVER.

Before the normal container trailers were added, those tanks were almost out of my interest, because I could take only one 20-ft.

[Silverwing]

It's crazy that there are still things one may never see in one of these games.  They have so much stuff packed into them.

[Rainberry]

I can't say I know much about trucks, and I like all the colors on your trucks Timmelon.  Design-wise though, that red truck is very unappealing looking to me.  It's not your modifications that make it unappealing, but it is the design of the truck itself.  It looks like a refrigerator with tires.  That is just my unknowing opinion.

I think that orange and blue one are my favorites by you in that grouping.

[timmelon]

It looks like a refrigerator with tires.

One of the most common nicknames for that Renault Magnum was «A fishing tank» , so you are pretty close.

[Rainberry]

It looks like a refrigerator with tires.

One of the most common nicknames for that Renault Magnum was «A fishing tank» , so you are pretty close.

It looks like that too.  Add some fish stickers on the windows and you have a mobile aquarium!

[Silverwing]

The Renault Magnum is man acquired taste. Definitely not for everyone.

[timmelon]

Also there is Brazilian VW Constellation, which can look pretty weird too :

[Rainberry]

They both look quite similar.

[MasterXtreme]

This topic is nearing 100,000 views.  Means a lot of people from outside PSF are reading and looking at it from search engines.

[timmelon]

Volvo Construction Equipment DLC!

So, that new cargo pack, mentioned a month ago, is already here! They even made separate promo videos for both games, but luckily, the price of DLC is cut by a half if you buy it for ETS and ATS in a bundle .
(or should I take the LOL-truck? )
Aside from the cargoes for lowboys, we also can take a bunch of big tires on our flatbeds — 12 for European 12-wheelers or 18 for American 18-wheelers .

[MasterXtreme]

Those tires are kinda cool.   I don't know why those stand out more to me than the actual tractors themselves. I'm sorry. 

Again, not really something I care about, but I will support SCS nonetheless.  It's nice they offered that bundle with the price cut too.
My main thing, is I don't want these Volvo tractors to replace the default tractors in the game.  (Does anyone know if they do?)  I don't always want to be towing Volvo's because the game had nicely made default tractors for deliveries too.


They used Seattle as the city on the background of the image on the left side.  Can't tell the right side.

[timmelon]

..I don't want these Volvo tractors to replace the default tractors in the game.  (Does anyone know if they do?)

Of course not, no cargoes were pushed out.


Speaking about that tires, the 53' trailer is the only one you can fill this way. 45' one is filled like the European trailer, and the 28' shorty hauls only six wheels. So, the only way to take more than 18 wheels is using the TP double (you’ll get 24), which is unavailable in most states. Triple and RM double can take only 18, being less convenient than a single 53' — that means we have a rare type of cargo for which the formula «double trailer = more money» doesn’t work in most cases . And I’m agree that stack of tires looks awesome due to it’s size — compare it with plows which look just miserably .
Also, there is nice comparison betwen the US and European lowboy — American one looks much more tough , and I see no need to use the reduced size wheels for the gooseneck lowboys — the steering mechanism can be made with normal ones as well.

[RainySunshine]

The plows look so sad.  Give me some big old tires.  Hahaha, might as well stack some monster truck tires on their too!

I bought the DLC.  It's only $4.84USD with the discount for both!!  Or you can buy one for $4.99!  You make the choice, lol.    It isn't too hard.

[timmelon]

So, who thinks Iberia’s map is not dense enough?

They are going to give us more roads, the second time after the DLC release! Of course, only two of them, but it’s nice to see new locations. So, their map team still has enough people for working on the existing part of the map (remember, the revamp of Austria is also on its way?), so, maybe, other map DLC’s will be updated in the near future? Personally, I wanted to have more highways in Baltic and Romania , because driving across those countries is too slow.

P.S. Yay, 100k views!

[MasterXtreme]

This is awesome!  They are really loving the Iberian Peninsula!  I love seeing all these new roads! 


Also on a random note, I drove through Nevada for the first time in... a long time... and noticed they update Tonapah.  When did that do that?  Maybe when they updated Las Vegas?  I noticed they updated various parts of the roads in Nevada and but complete redid Tonapah.  I can't say they did great with Tonapah, it seems a little too... not lived in, but they did something. They even made new buildings for it.