Trucking Simulator Games Discussion

[timmelon]

Tirsan trailer pack is available!

The mixed impression . Detail level is good, the number of sideskirts is huge (arrow, U, dogbone...), the bumpers are nice, but, for some reason, no custom paint for container carrier, dumper and drop side trailers (luckily, the curtainsider and reefer can be paited as you want). Don’t know is it a bug or a trailer manufacturer policy (as you can remember, Lode King/Prestige flatbeds also have only three or four fixed colours), but the «painted» option for the sideskirts and bumpers has little use in this case. This time I’ll pass, if I didn’t have any trailer pack DLCs, I would rather choose Wielton and Feldbinder.
BTW, I didn’t pay attention, but in old Schwarzmuller trailer pack the low bed was not updated when the trailers of that type became user-purchaseable, so we have a case when the trailer from DLC has lower quality than «Standard» trailer .

[Grapefoot]

I will again wait on another trailer pack.  They really just don't interest me that much, especially with the lack of paintable things.  This goes in the wishlist and buy later on sale.

[timmelon]

ATS 1.49 Beta is launched!

Pretty fast .  Again, there are not so much content, so I think the beta test will not be long.
In addition to the features listed in previous posts about 1.49, the game finally has an ability to bind the key combination. Really good feature since I already can’t find where to bind the commands like «suspension up-down» without using Alt, Ctrl etc.
We had 1.48 release three months ago and we have two months till the year’s end, so, I think Kansas and possible Kenworth T680 New will be released in 1.49.

[Silverwing]

^ As well as all the other things they are adding such as the new damage model, used trucks, new skyboxes and weather, and the possibility of the next California rework. 

[Captain Ridiculous]

Yeah, the rest of this year and early 2024 is going to be very busy for both games based on what we've been teased.  There is so much coming still.

[timmelon]

The smallest map DLC ever?

So, our questions about lack of Greece in the Western Balkans package have been answered .

Due to small country size, the level of detail must rise once more . I expect they will not miss Crete and the ferries to it.

[Graymist]

And here I thought they were going to make a Greece and rest of Turkey DLC... We all know how much those two countries love each other. 

[Silverwing]

This is going to be TINY. A $10 dollar DLC?

Greece early 2024 release would be in line with what insiders, MasterX and Captain R have been saying. It would be inline with the interviews with Pavel as well. How they will cram 14 cities in Greece is beyond me.  My guess is they worked on it the same time they were doing WB, so it is probably mostly done.  Maybe 70%.

[RainySunshine]

I'm very excited about this! The curvy mountain roads of Greece should hopefully allow SCS to make good use of the 1:20 scaling.  The blog post also mentioned "some islands."  Kriti (Crete) will probably certainly be in the game.

I will say that WB has been the best ETS2 DLC in terms of detailing and cities.  The closest they've been to the ATS level of realism and quality by far.  They've also mastered some new techniques for distance.  First DLC I remember having far away distances blurred.  I've been trying to find a way to remove that, but it might be built into the game that way.

[timmelon]

ETS2 Open Beta is here!

The list of changes is the same as in ATS, of course, without any map changes — we got them two weeks ago . So, all the photos from the Western Balkans will become even better with the updated skyboxes. I think the testing phase will not be very long, and full release will happen in two weeks.

[Soda]

I'm a few pages back and just giving all our photographers some major props!  Love the photos everyone!!

[Silverwing]

So 1.49 will be lite, which is fine.  We've received the OK DLC and WB DLC and we likely have new trucks coming.  California Rework and Switzerland probably early next year?  We've got plenty recently and will get more in the future.

[timmelon]

We still have two months till the end of this year . What if they not only make more blog posts now (almost every day!), but also started to work faster?

[MasterXtreme]

So 1.49 will be lite, which is fine.  We've received the OK DLC and WB DLC and we likely have new trucks coming.  California Rework and Switzerland probably early next year?  We've got plenty recently and will get more in the future.

We have another map DLC for this year too. 

[Silverwing]

Continuing our journey through the West Balkans!

We finally arrive to our first depot, a large seaport.  it is rough around the edges, but a working port. We also witness one of the largest open areas in ETS2 that we can freely drive around on, the carcass of old warehouses!





Our next adventure has us heading back inland through the mountains.  We get to witness this interesting building that has an American Indian on it.  I wonder what it is?  I assume it is an inn with a gift shop.



Where we are going, no motorways traverse.  So we take winding roads that go through towns with no ring roads.



And as a consequence, we have to deal with tight, busy streets.



But it is due to these slower roads, we get to witness some beautiful small towns.







After we leave towns though, we get some equally amazing mountain roads and scenery to enjoy.



But the cities have their charm as well.



We arrive to our final stop of the day, another busy seaport as the sun begins to set.




Thank you for joining me on this journey through the West Balkans!!