Trucking Simulator Games Discussion

[Silverwing]

Those stoplight/roundabout things in Spain made NO SENSE to me.  It defeats the purpose of everything you are trying to solve.  You have the negative of a stop light and you have the negative of a roundabout, but now all together!  Lol.  Like what? 

There is a lot of overly complicated sections of road in Spain I've noticed.  It's like they had extra concrete and wanted to use it all. 




As what Tim said, I love the engine noises.  My favorite release of stress is to still hop on a truck and just drive the open highways in ATS.  My favorite.   Less city congestion the better. 

In the Washington DLC With the ferry, ATS could add so many more truck routes still and implement the ferries better.  It's one of the biggest ferry systems in the world and we only get one ferry boat in Washington.  Seems like a waste of good opportunity.  Maybe they would need a different scaling process?  No idea.

[Anyponedrawn]

Are these street sweepers new? I've been seeing them when I'm driving through the larger cities.

I think the street cleaner is new.  I think.  But I know I have seen a different street sweeper somewhere else.... I am pretty sure.

Due to lack of mile-eating ferries (not counting the short one in Washington), the player level in ATS is usually a bit higher for me. And I remember my usual routine of returning from ETS to ATS in 2017-2018:

I forgot the game has a leveling system.  I never pay attention to it.  Now I am curious what it is.  I know in ETS2 if I can cheat the system and take a long ferry ride with very little road mileage for good profit, I will do it, lol.  I didn't have that luxury in ATS. 

In the Washington DLC With the ferry, ATS could add so many more truck routes still and implement the ferries better.  It's one of the biggest ferry systems in the world and we only get one ferry boat in Washington.  Seems like a waste of good opportunity.  Maybe they would need a different scaling process?  No idea.

It still seems like they could have added more ferries.  It's not like the ferries take up space.  They would just need to ferry terminals at each end and some road and scenery.  For example, they have Seattle, put the dock there and connect it to the other side of the water where it lands in real life.  they already have the road on the other side of the water.  Or at Everett, they can put the new ferry terminal there and it connects to the island terminal they already made that goes to the scenery town of Port Townsend.  There are many opportunities for more with minimal effort on their part. 


To drive into a bigger ferry would be cool.  In the game is among the smaller ferries in the WSF fleet.

New ferry terminal right outside of Everett in the game.

This Seattle ferry dock is right next to the Port of Seattle in the game.  Just a mile more or road would be needed.

I also want them to add the Tacoma Narrows bridge in Tacoma.  A huge missed opportunity.  I mean how cool would this be?

[flemishcap]

^ I would love everything said above.  ATS already has the most varied and beautiful locations, and they could just keep improving it.

[flemishcap]

Here are some more pics I would like to share.

I went to Gibraltar.  You can see it from the distance in the game but I wanted to see it up close.



So lets get closer...  The textures are flat with nothing behind them.  Very low poly earth and some strange text on the map inside the rock itself.






Also where are all the Seat cars in Spain?  I haven't seen a single one!!! 



They apparently made two slightly different locomotives in Spain.



Some beautiful scenery.





And some more industrial scenery.

[timmelon]

Also where are all the Seat cars in Spain?  I haven't seen a single one!!! 

Really? I have seen a lot of them here.
It’s really funny when you are overtaked by Seat Cordoba while driving around Cordoba.
Even funnier than driving at 80 mph across the Interstate 80.

And some more industrial scenery.

Yay, another connection between two games.
We had Vitas Power wind turbines in ATS, now we have Gallon Oil barrels in ETS .

[MasterXtreme]

Look again, Flemish, there are some Seat's around.  I couldn't help but notice the one in your pic is from the OLD map.   I agree though, the 90s/2000s Seat's were my jam.  Same with classic Skoda's.  New one's don't do it for me as much.

[Silverwing]

In the Washington DLC With the ferry, ATS could add so many more truck routes still and implement the ferries better.  It's one of the biggest ferry systems in the world and we only get one ferry boat in Washington.  Seems like a waste of good opportunity.  Maybe they would need a different scaling process?  No idea.

It still seems like they could have added more ferries.  It's not like the ferries take up space.  They would just need to ferry terminals at each end and some road and scenery.  For example, they have Seattle, put the dock there and connect it to the other side of the water where it lands in real life.  they already have the road on the other side of the water.  Or at Everett, they can put the new ferry terminal there and it connects to the island terminal they already made that goes to the scenery town of Port Townsend.  There are many opportunities for more with minimal effort on their part. 


To drive into a bigger ferry would be cool.  In the game is among the smaller ferries in the WSF fleet.

New ferry terminal right outside of Everett in the game.

This Seattle ferry dock is right next to the Port of Seattle in the game.  Just a mile more or road would be needed.

I also want them to add the Tacoma Narrows bridge in Tacoma.  A huge missed opportunity.  I mean how cool would this be?

Yes, yes, yes, and yes!  YES.  YES TO ALL.

[Silverwing]

@Graymist Some nice scenery shots.  I didn't realize they had two engines, even with slightly different paint schemes.  One looks newer than the other too.  I think those are Spanish based locomotives. 

The Gibraltar images were interesting.

[Grapefoot]

Loving the photos everyone! Also liking the input. 

[MasterXtreme]

"GIB FLOORING?"  Hmmm.  I wonder what that means?

[timmelon]

Well, Google says it’s a shop with wood and laminate.
Located in Gibraltar .

[MasterXtreme]

Weird.  WEIRD.  ^  Is there a wood and laminate shop there in the game anyone? lol.

[RainySunshine]

http://www.gibflooring.com


Realize that people who live in Gibraltar have totally unique businesses that are not Spanish businesses.  They have to have all the services for their little rock country.  It's very interesting.  Not to mention they have to cross (or did) an airport to get into their country.  Yes, they used to have to drive across the tarmac when airplanes weren't coming, lol.  Not sure if that is still the case.

[MasterXtreme]

Information pertaining to Wyoming below.

[spoiler]A big announcement for Wyoming is coming very soon.  It's pretty obvious what it will be, but it's coming sooner than later.

[timmelon]

Just discovered some funny thing .
If you use your own trailer and «detach» (but not «dismiss») it before entering the service shop, it will still be present in repair/upgrade menu regardless how far away you left it — apparently, the service shop can work remotely .
As a proud user of triples and RM/TP doubles, I found it very useful — I often leave my trailer on a straight part of the road for visiting a small filling station without a risk to stuck there.
So, If the game developers allow us to cheat that way, I wonder how soon they will give us an ability to call the trailer — the hired drivers do it all the time, taking (for instance) an order with food tank and returning with a flatbed, which was bought five minutes before completing the first order .